Hurricane Streets 1997

Hurricane Streets 1997

Hurricane Streets 1997

Hurricane Streets 1997
Hurricane (original title)
R | 1h 26min | Crime, Drama, Romance | 19 February 1998 (Australia)

Storyline:

Marcus is a kid on Manhattan’s mean streets. He’s turning 15, his father is dead, his mother is in prison for smuggling undocumented aliens. His grandmother is raising him. He has four close buddies who have a basement clubhouse; they shoplift and sell the wares to kids. One is moving toward selling drugs. Marcus wants to take a breather from the city and visit family in New Mexico. He also meets Melena, 14, a sweet kid who dreams of going to Alaska; her father is not just protective but angry and uncommunicative. The gang pressures Marcus to move up to burglary and car theft. He just wants to breathe open air. Can anything go right?

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A trip to the Moon 2017

A trip to the Moon 2017

A trip to the Moon 2017

A trip to the Moon 2017
A Trip to the Moon (original title)
1h 27min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 1 March 2018 (Argentina)

Storyline:

Tomas is an outcast young teenager trying to pass an exam. His family is constantly pressing him and her mother forces him to take antipsychotic drugs. In his need to escape, Tomas plans an intriguing trip to the moon. In this particular journey where reality and fiction mingles, he will disentangle an old family secret.

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The Secret Garden 2020

The Secret Garden 2020

The Secret Garden 2020

The Secret Garden 2020
PG | 1h 39min | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 7 August 2020 (USA)

Storyline:

The main character Mary Lennox “Dixie Egerickx” is a spoiled 10-year-old girl of rich parents who grew up in India. After everyone in her family dies from cholera, Mary is sent to live in Misselthwaite manor in Yorkshire with her uncle Archibald Craven “Colin Firth” and the housekeeper Mrs. Medlock “Julie Walters”. Mary discovers that the house holds many secrets. There she finds a key that leads her to a garden held locked for years by her uncle after the death of his wife. Soon she finds a room in the manor where her sick cousin Colin “Edan Hayhurst” has spend his entire life in his bed, completely unable to walk. But with the help of her new friend Dickon “Amir Wilson” the children manage to bring the garden back to life. In the garden Colin learns to walk and he becomes a healthy and happy young boy. When Lord Craven one day sees the children playing in the garden, he is amazed by the sight of his son walking. He feels joy for the first time since years.

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Seduction Theory 2014

Seduction Theory 2014

Seduction Theory 2014

Seduction Theory 2014
22min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Storyline:

A darkly comic coming-of-age story of a boy, his psychiatrist father, and the girl he can’t get out of his mind. Set in the 1960s, the film is sharp, funny, and moving, with elements of Philip Roth, Woody Allen, and Salvador Dali. Directed by Oscar-nominee Steven Ascher, whose childhood bed was his father’s former psychiatric couch. Starring Tony-nominee Michael Cumpsty and Christian Goodwin.

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Four Windows 2006

Four Windows 2006

Four Windows 2006

Four Windows 2006
Vier Fenster (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 20min | Drama | 15 February 2006 (Germany)

Storyline:

Divided into four chapters – Son, Daughter, Father and Mother – “Four Windows” is a look inside the brains of a not-so-normal German family. Son leaves for school but actually cruises the local gay video arcade. Dad hires a hooker, Mom flirts with the handyman and Daughter rides the subways, looking to share some intimate moments. At dinner that night, the secrets they hold come to a head.

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The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders 2020

The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders 2020

The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders 2020

The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders 2020
1h 35min | Drama, Sport | 27 July 2020 (USA)

Storyline:

Four drama-fueled shorts from Germany, France and the UK that explore how rivalry between teams can spill over into teacher-pupil relationships, high school crushes and brotherly compassion.

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Glue S01 (2014)

Glue S01 (2014)

Glue S01 (2014)

Glue S01 (2014)
TV-13 | 45min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Mini-Series (2014)

Storyline:

When the body of a local teenage boy is found underneath the wheels of a tractor, the villagers in this remote community and his friends are forced to open up their world and watch their secrets spill out.

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Life Is a Long Quiet River 1988

Life Is a Long Quiet River 1988

Life Is a Long Quiet River 1988

Life Is a Long Quiet River 1988
La vie est un long fleuve tranquille (original title)
1h 30min | Comedy | 3 February 1988 (France)

Storyline:

Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and (apparently) contented children. The other family is poor, with rambunctious (even delinquent) children, often hungry, but with lots of laughter in the house.

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Hot on the Trail 1984

Hot on the Trail 1984

Hot on the Trail 1984

Hot on the Trail 1984
Le jeu de pistes (original title)
1h 34min | Adult | Video December 1998

Storyline:

Le Jeu De Pistes, also known as Scouts 2, follows two teams of French boy scouts as they race each other to reach an agreed destination.
The thirteen youths in this classic Cadinot film engage in all kinds of sexual antics along the way. Exhilarated by the sounds and smells of the beautiful countryside, sensuality is on the rampage, and these guys can’t wait to share their own big swollen treasures with their buddies and a few lucky locals, including a hunter with a big gun, a fisherman and his long pole, plus two farmhands with very heavy loads!
A must for fans of shorts, white briefs, and teenagers in scout uniforms.

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