Tag Archives: coming of age

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

IMDB Rating: 7.80
55489 votes

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Harry's fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort's Death Eaters are gaining strength and even creating the Dark Mark giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the young wizard and witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise to the challenge for the Tri Wizard Tournament while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort's rebirth be too much for the young hero?
Actors
Frank BryceEric Sykes
WormtailTimothy Spall
Barty Crouch JuniorDavid Tennant
Also posted in 2005, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Memoirs of a Geisha

IMDB Rating: 7.00
19841 votes

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In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo, until she is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. As World War II looms Japan and the geisha's world are forever changed by the onslaught of history.
Actors
ChiyoSuzuka Ohgo
TanakaTogo Igawa
SakamotoMako
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, Romance | Comments (0)

Zathura: A Space Adventure

IMDB Rating: 6.30
6346 votes

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Danny and Walter are two brothers who barely get along even while driving their parents to distraction as their older sister tries to ignore them. Despite their squabbling, the brothers manage cooperate enough to play an old mechanical board game named Zathura. However, after their first move, they find that the game has apparently flung them, their sister and their entire house into outer space. Furthermore, the brothers surmise the only way to return home is to finish the game. However with almost every move, new dangers arise as the siblings find themselves learning to cooperate in ways they never expected as they realize what they mean to each other.
Actors
DannyJonah Bobo
WalterJosh Hutcherson
AstronautDax Shepard
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

A Home at the End of the World

IMDB Rating: 6.70
4157 votes

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Two childhood friends face their past relationships, including their own, alongside a new friend in the 1980's in New York City. Their friendship becomes a love triangle as they struggle with a father's death and an unexpected pregnancy. Together, the shall face each other as they realize that everything they have may not be what they expected.
Actors
Bobby MorrowAndrew Chalmers
Carlton MorrowRyan Donowho
EmilyAsia Vieira
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music, Romance | Comments (0)

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

IMDB Rating: 5.60
4260 votes

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An American girl (Garai) and her parents arrive in Cuba right before the Revolution breaks out. She meets a local boy (Luna) who instantly notices her dancing abilities and romances her. But as Castro's forces are forcing Americans to leave the country, will she stay or will she go?
Actors
Javier SuarezDiego Luna
Katey MillerRomola Garai
Jeannie MillerSela Ward
Also posted in 2004, Drama, Romance | Comments (0)

Raise Your Voice

IMDB Rating: 5.00
4270 votes

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Hilary Duff stars in Raise Your Voice as a young woman from a small town who spends the summer in a performing arts school in Los Angeles. She encounters big city circumstances and romance that challenge her small town upbringing. Sean McNamara directs.
Actors
Terri FletcherHilary Duff
Jay CorganOliver James
Simon FletcherDavid Keith
Also posted in 2004, Drama, Music, Romance | Comments (0)

Brother Bear

IMDB Rating: 6.50
6812 votes

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Long ago, as the Earth was emerging from the Ice Age, there were three brothers. After a bear takes the life of the oldest brother, impulsive youngest brother Kenai kills the bear in revenge, only to be transformed into a bear himself. Denahi, the middle brother, comes upon this bear and, thinking it killed Kenai, vows revenge. Now brother hunts brother and Kenai's only hope for survival is to befriend his own worst enemy, a grizzly cub named Koda. Koda main goal is to show Kenai the real meaning of brotherhood.
Actors
KenaiJoaquin Phoenix
KodaJeremy Suarez
DenahiJason Raize
Also posted in 2003, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Mona Lisa Smile

IMDB Rating: 6.10
12692 votes

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Set in 1953, Katherine Watson (Roberts) is a free-spirited graduate of UCLA who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom.
Actors
Katherine Ann WatsonJulia Roberts
Betty WarrenKirsten Dunst
Joan BrandwynJulia Stiles
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (1)

After School Special

IMDB Rating: 4.80
825 votes

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Deacon, Matt and Fred will do anything for even a glimpse of sex and spend their mornings pirating porno movies from Fred's after school job at the video store. But when Fred is fired, the well runs dry, and our heroes come up with a new plan: make their own "adult" film.
Actors
Deacon LewisErik von Detten
FredTony Denman
MattDaniel Farber
Also posted in 2003, Comedy | Comments (0)

Igby Goes Down

IMDB Rating: 7.10
12240 votes

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Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic seventeen year-old boy, is at war with the oppressive world of his East Coast "old money" family. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there, and he sets out to find it. After happily flunking out of several Prep Schools, Igby escapes into the bohemian underworld of Manhattan. His darkly comic trip—shared by a deviant cast of characters, including his terminally bored, part-time lover Sookie, his Godfather's trophy mistress Rachel, and smack-dealing performance artists Russel—veers from bizarre to tragic in Igby's ultimately noble attempt to keep himself from "going down."
Actors
Jason 'Igby' Slocumb, Jr.Kieran Culkin
Sookie SappersteinClaire Danes
D.H. BanesJeff Goldblum
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)
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