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New Waterford Girl

New Waterford Girl

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1999 IMDB Rating: 6.9

A gifted teenager, dreaming of life beyond her small town, becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door.

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Simon Birch

Simon Birch

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1998 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon,...

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Now and Then

Now and Then

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1995 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta — recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down...

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Lost in Yonkers

Lost in Yonkers

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1993 IMDB Rating: 6.8

In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.

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With Honors

With Honors

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1994 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.

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Angus

Angus

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1995 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Angus is a large, pathetic 14-year-old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of only one girl, Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being...

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Slums of Beverly Hills

Slums of Beverly Hills

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1998 IMDB Rating: 6.7

In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

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Empire Records

Empire Records

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1995 IMDB Rating: 6.7

The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain.

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Mermaids

Mermaids

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1990 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move to a small Massachusetts town and Mrs. Flax begins...

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Reality Bites

Reality Bites

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1994 IMDB Rating: 6.6

A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the...

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