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Rocket Science

IMDB Rating: 6.80
3142 votes

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Coming of age in Plainsboro, New Jersey. High school student Hal Hefner stutters. On the evening his parents stop arguing and separate, 43 miles away at the state tournament, his school's legendary debater, Ben Wekselbaum, goes blank mid-sentence, Ben's teammate Ginny Ryerson doesn't get a first-place trophy, and the world changes. That fall, to Hal's amazement, Ginny recruits him for the debate team, mentors him, and will be his partner. He still has his stutter, but he works hard and he falls in love with Ginny. On the day of the first debate of the season, the world changes again. From then until the day of the state tournament, Hal has a lot to sort out. Is love rocket science?
Actors
Hal HefnerReece Thompson
Abraham LincolnDionne Audain
Ginny RyersonAnna Kendrick
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Senior Skip Day

IMDB Rating: 4.70
514 votes

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The plan for these high-school seniors with a major case of senioritis: break into Principal Dickwalder's house and throw the party of the year. But Principal Dickwalder overhears Adam explaining the plan; ruining the celebration... or does it? Adam's only chance at redemption is to host the party himself. Gorgeous models stripteases a gigantic gravity bong a funeral and some crepes are the key elements to the best skip-day party ever. Their only problem? Prinicipal Dickwalder is on a mission to stop the festivities. This hilarious fun-filled adventure will make you want to plan a skip day of your own.
Actors
Mr. Frankfurt DickwalderLarry Miller
AdamGary Lundy
Ellen HarrisTara Reid
Also posted in 2008, Comedy | Comments (0)

The Basketball Diaries

IMDB Rating: 6.90
12964 votes

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Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin — all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.
Actors
Jim CarrollLeonardo DiCaprio
Jim's MotherLorraine Bracco
Chanting WomanMarilyn Sokol
Also posted in 1995, Biography, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)

Mr. Woodcock

IMDB Rating: 5.00
2005 votes

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Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
Actors
Jasper WoodcockBilly Bob Thornton
John FarleySeann William Scott
Beverly FarleySusan Sarandon
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Mist

IMDB Rating: 7.90
4869 votes

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After a violent storm attacks a town in Maine, an approaching cloud of mist appears the next morning. As the mist quickly envelops the area, a group of people get trapped in a local grocery store -among them, artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son. The people soon discover that within the mist lives numerous species of horrific, unworldly creatures that entered through an inter-dimensional rift, which may or may not have been caused by a nearby military base. As the world around them manifests into a literal hell-on-earth, the horrified citizens try desperately to survive this apocalyptic disaster.
Actors
David DraytonThomas Jane
Mrs. CarmodyMarcia Gay Harden
Amanda DunfreyLaurie Holden
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (1)

Sideways

IMDB Rating: 7.80
47569 votes

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Miles Raymond, a failed writer and divorcé who teaches junior high school English takes his best friend, former hot actor Jack, on a weeklong drive up to California's wine country. There they explore the nature of their failures and question their relationships. Jack, about to get married, has an affair with a woman and wonders whether he should call off his wedding. Miles questions whether or not he made the right choice while trying to form a relationship with the woman's best friend, a fellow oenophile who is a waitress at a restaurant that he frequents often when visiting that part of the country.
Actors
MilesPaul Giamatti
JackThomas Haden Church
MayaVirginia Madsen
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (1)

The King and I

IMDB Rating: 7.40
5935 votes

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After the death of her husband, Anna Owens moves from England to Siam with her son Louis to become a teacher for the children of the king of Siam. She finds Siamese customs to be quite different from English ones, which brings her often in conflict with the king. However, after some time they find themselves getting along much better.
Actors
Anna LeonowensDeborah Kerr
King Mongkut of SiamYul Brynner
TuptimRita Moreno
Also posted in 1956, Adventure, Drama, Family, High IMDB rating, Musical, Romance | Comments (0)

Porky’s

IMDB Rating: 5.70
9604 votes

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The mother (and father) of all Teen Sex Gross Out comedies is set in the 1950's where there's only one thing on the male sex's mind. Well, sex to be correct. We have PEE WEE: the horny toad that is desperate to lose his virginity. TOMMY: the bad boy of the bunch. MEAT: tough jock whose nickname originates from his abnormally large body appendage. MICKEY: a wiseass redneck without a care in all the universe. BRIAN: the smart Jew. And TIM: the racist giving talents of his abusive father. Each one takes a trip to PORKY'S, it's the most popular strip joint in Florida. But when they try to get in, they're tricked and humiliated. Returning home, they vow revenge. Following crazy sex jokes like Ms. Balbrick's famous "Pecker Pull" incident, to the ultimate return fire on a strip club, PORKY'S is and will remain the grandest of all teenage comedies.
Actors
Pee WeeDan Monahan
BillyMark Herrier
TommyWyatt Knight
Also posted in 1982, Comedy | Comments (0)

Hard Ball

IMDB Rating: 5.90
5805 votes

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An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Actors
Conor O'NeillKeanu Reeves
Elizabeth WilkesDiane Lane
Ticky TobinJohn Hawkes
Also posted in 2001, Drama, Sport | Comments (0)

Billy Madison

IMDB Rating: 6.10
22902 votes

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Billy Madison is a non-working, non-educated slacker who lives entirely off his dad. He spends his day drinking beer, reading girly magazines, and hanging out by the pool. When his father realizes that Billy is unfit to run the family business, Billy decides that he must go back to school and earn a real education. He figures it will be no problem going back to high school and learning over again, until he learns that his father bought Billy's passing grades all the way back in elementary school. Thus, Billy must return to elementary school and pass each grade one at a time in a short time, or else he loses his place as heir to the company. In addition, Billy tries to win the hand of Veronica, a sexy school teacher who thinks her students are more mature than Billy.
Actors
Billy MadisonAdam Sandler
Brian MadisonDarren McGavin
Veronica VaughnBridgette Wilson
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)