Fabulous Films for Young Adults
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| War of the Worlds
2013 - Selection(s) Ray Ferrier, a divorced father who witnesses one giant craft destroy his New Jersey town, is on the road with his teen son and preteen... |
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| Grave of the Fireflies
2013 - Selection(s) Forced to fend for themselves in the aftermath of fire-bombing at the end of WWII, Seita and Setsuko's doomed struggle is both a tribute to... |
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| Winter’s Bone
2013 - Selection(s) An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact. |
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| 127 Hours
2013 - Selection(s) A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive. |
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| Hunger Games
2013 - Selection(s) Katniss Everdeen, 16, volunteers in her younger sister's place during the annual Hunger Games and must rely upon her sharp instincts when she's pitted against... |
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| Zombieland
2013 - Selection(s) A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the Last Twinkie and a pair of sisters... |
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| 28 Days Later
2013 - Selection(s) An infirmary patient awakens from a coma to an empty room to find that a powerful virus has transformed the world around him into a... |
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| I am Legend
2013 - Selection(s) Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find... |
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| American Experience: The Donner Party
2013 - Selection(s) This documentary by Ric Burns uncovers the tragic story of the Donner Party as they traveled across the West to settle in California. |
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| Alive
2013 - Selection(s) Faced with the brutal weather conditions in the Andes after their plane crashes, members of a rugby team struggle to survive. |
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| Jurassic Park
2013 - Selection(s) When scientists discover how to breed dinosaurs from preserved DNA and open a theme park, things go terribly wrong. |
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| Which Way Home
2013 - Selection(s) Among the thousands who ride the Mexican freight trains, many are children traveling alone to risk everything for the chance of a better life. |
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| Apollo 13
2013 - Selection(s) When the Apollo 13 spacecraft was seriously during an explosion, the crew and Houston-based mission controllers race against time and heavy odds to return the... |
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| King of Thorn
2013 - Selection(s) As the Medousa Virus spreads worldwide, a handful of individuals are selected to be cryogenically frozen while a cure is developed. When they awaken they... |
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| Battle Royale
2013 - Selection(s) A 9th grade class is sent to a remote island where they are locked into exploding neck collars, given a random weapon, and forced to... |
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| Rabbit-Proof Fence
2013 - Selection(s) In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across... |
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| Big Miracle
2013 - Selection(s) Three whales are trapped by ice in the waters off Barrow, Alaska. Various segments of the population come together to save the whales. |
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| Shaun of the Dead
2013 - Selection(s) Brain-hungry zombies shamble through the streets of London, but Shaun only cares about his girlfriend Liz, who just dumped him. With the help of his... |
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| Cast Away
2013 - Selection(s) When Chuck Nolan's plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean, he finds himself stranded on a deserted island. With few supplies, Chuck must physically and mentally... |
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| Soul Surfer
2013 - Selection(s) After surviving a shark attack that leaves her with only one arm, Bethany Hamilton makes a comeback as a competitive surfer. |
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| Defiance
2013 - Selection(s) Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order... |
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| Tomorrow When the War Began
2013 - Selection(s) A group of teenagers return from a camping trip to discover their country has been taken over by an invading army and must band together... |
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| Devil’s Arithmetic
2013 - Selection(s) A teen girl learns to appreciate her Jewish heritage after being transported back in time to the concentration camp that imprisoned her ancestor. |
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| Wall-E
2013 - Selection(s) Wall-E is the last robot of the "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class" left on earth to clean up the environmental degradation done by the former... |
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| Eight Below
2013 - Selection(s) This film tells the story of a pack of sled dogs abandoned at a research film. These dogs must battle hunger, the extreme climate, and... |
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| Step Up
2012 - Selection(s) When a girl loses her dance partner, she discovers that the student doing community service as a janitor has dance skills that could help her... |
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| Hairspray (2007)
2012 - Selection(s) Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. |
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| Strictly Ballroom
2012 - Selection(s) Scott is a ballroom dancer who adds non-ballroom steps to his dancing, infuriating his mother, his partner and everyone in his studio. When Scott teams... |
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| Idlewild
2012 - Selection(s) A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on... |
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| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2012 - Selection(s) Benjamin Barker is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned for 15 years. When he returns to London, he learns that his beautiful wife committed... |
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| Newsies
2012 - Selection(s) A musical set at the turn of the century that follows the story of newspaper boys in New York. |
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| West Side Story
2012 - Selection(s) Tony and Maria are star-crossed lovers in an updated version of Romeo and Juliet. |
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| Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
2012 - Selection(s) Nick and Norah's lives intersect when they meet while on a quest to find a secret concert by their favorite band. |
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| 8 Mile
2012 - Selection(s) A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make the most of what could be his final opportunity but his problems... |
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| Once Upon a Mattress
2012 - Selection(s) In this hilarious tweaking of the fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea", Queen Aggravain has ruled that none may marry until her son, Prince... |
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| Chops
2012 - Selection(s) High school students compete to win an opportunity to perform at a well-known venue and work with jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. |
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| Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
2012 - Selection(s) A prince, a pumpkin, a glass slipper ... history's most enduring fairy tale returns with a thoroughly modern twist! Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella shimmers to... |
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| Every Little Step
2012 - Selection(s) This documentary follows the auditions of a group of actors for the revival production of A Chorus Line, while also telling the story behind the... |
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| Save the Last Dance
2012 - Selection(s) When tragedy strikes, Sara stops dancing and gives up her dreams of attending Juilliard. After meeting a love interest and learning some new dance moves... |
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| Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
2012 - Selection(s) A true chronicling of the triumphs and tragedies of the band's 16 year history, Back and Forth chronicles Foo Fighters entire existence: from Dave Grohl's... |
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| Almost Famous
2012 - Selection(s) A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies it on... |
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| Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
2012 - Selection(s) Scott Pilgrim plays in a band that aspires to success. He dates Knives Chau, a high-school girl five years younger, and he hasn't recovered from... |
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| Mao’s Last Dancer
2012 - Selection(s) A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's... |
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| Bride and Prejudice
2012 - Selection(s) Bollywood meets Jane Austen in this bhangra musical version of Pride & Prejudice. |
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| Selena
2012 - Selection(s) Jennifer Lopez plays Selena, a rising Tejano singer, who is learning to balance her life as a Mexican American performer. |
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| Only When I Dance
2012 - Selection(s) This film follows the lives of two ambitious young dancers, Irlan and Isabela, as they train their talents and try to leave the favelas from... |
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| Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2012 - Selection(s) "The world is a mess and I just...have to rule it!" Socially awkward Dr. Horrible tries to find the courage to talk to his love... |
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| The Sound of Music
2012 - Selection(s) A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower. |
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| War Dance
2012 - Selection(s) Set in war-raved Northern Uganda, the award-winning War Dance will touch your heart with a real-life story about a group of children whose love of... |
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| Drumline
2012 - Selection(s) A band director recruits a gifted Harlem street drummer to play in a Southern university marching band. |
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| 2011 Fabulous Films for Young Adults
2011 - Selection(s) 2011 Fabulous Films for Young Adults The Fabulous Films for Young Adults list identifies a body of films relating to a theme that...
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| Invasion of the Body Snatchers
2010 - Selection(s) Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while... |
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| America the Beautiful
2010 - Selection(s) A documentary about teens in the modeling industry in a society where "celebutantes" like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90... |
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| The Devil Wears Prada
2010 - Selection(s) An aspiring journalist recently graduated from college lands a job in a trendy fashion magazine where she doesn’t fit it, but she learns to conform... |
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| Matrix
2010 - Selection(s) A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it. |
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| American Teen
2010 - Selection(s) A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques. |
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| Donnie Darko
2010 - Selection(s) An edgy, psychological thriller about a suburban teen, who struggles to figure out where he fits in, and comes face-to-face with his dark destiny. Donnie... |
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| Mean Girls
2010 - Selection(s) When a young girl who has lived in Africa and been homeschooled moves to New York, she must enter a public high school. Survival of... |
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| Gimme Green
2010 - Selection(s) Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. But what do they really symbolize? Pride and prosperity? Or waste and conformity? Gimme Green is a humorous look... |
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| Drive Me Crazy
2010 - Selection(s) A popular high school senior Nicole, planning her schools centennial prom, has her life turned around when her “perfect date” dumps her for the cute... |
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| Milk
2010 - Selection(s) His life changed history. His courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, became a Gay Rights... |
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| Odd Ones Out
2010 - Selection(s) This film follows three transgendered teens over four years as they contemplate what to do with their lives. |
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| Edward Scissorhands
2010 - Selection(s) Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible... |
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| Napoleon Dynamite
2010 - Selection(s) A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal... |
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| Planet B-Boy
2010 - Selection(s) Jumping continents and crossing cultures, "Planet B-Boy" looks at the history of breakdancing and its vibrant resurgence in urban cultures around the world. Planet B-Boy... |
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| Freedom Writers
2010 - Selection(s) A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. |
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| On the Waterfront
2010 - Selection(s) An ex-fighter gets a job working on the gang-ridden waterfront under a crooked gangster boss. |
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| Quantum Hoops
2010 - Selection(s) California Institute of Technology is ranked among the world's five top academic institutions, and its faculty and alumni hold an astonishing number of Nobel Prizes... |
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| Girl, Interrupted
2010 - Selection(s) Susanna is depressed and directionless after finishing high school in the late 1960's. A suicide attempt lands her in Claymore, a mental institution. She befriends... |
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| The Outsiders
2010 - Selection(s) When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to... |
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| Rising Son
2010 - Selection(s) The rise, fall, and rebirth of Christian Hosoi, the young man who helped skateboarding re-emerge as a major cultural influence in the 1980s. The inventive... |
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| Good Will Hunting
2010 - Selection(s) A young working-class genius is hauled back from the brink of self-destruction by a gifted counselor. |
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| Pleasantville
2010 - Selection(s) A brother and sister are magically transported through their television set and into the black-and-white world of a 1950s sitcom called Pleasantville. Soon they affect... |
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| Heathers
2010 - Selection(s) The group at Westerbergh High are three girls named Heather and Veronica. When charismatic anarchist J. D. becomes friends with Veronica, things start happening to... |
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| Say Anything
2010 - Selection(s) A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college. |
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| Breakfast Club
2010 - Selection(s) When Saturday detention started, they were simply the Jock, the Princess, the Brain, the Criminal and the Basket Case, but by that afternoon they had... |
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| Gridiron Gang
2010 - Selection(s) Based on a true story, Sean Porter, a former football star and now a juvenile detention center counselor takes a group of inmates and turns... |
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| Some Kind of Wonderful
2010 - Selection(s) A young tomboy finds her feelings for her best friend run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl... |
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| Breaking Away
2010 - Selection(s) Four friends come to terms with life after high school. When top-notch cyclist Dave learns that the world's bicycling champions are always Italian, he attempts... |
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| Into the Wild
2010 - Selection(s) Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure... |
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| Step Up 2
2010 - Selection(s) Andie is on the verge of being being sent to Texas to stay with another relative due to her behavior. As a last resort to... |
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| Dead Poets Society
2010 - Selection(s) Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life... |
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| As Real as Your Life
2009 - Selection(s) All Game Products |
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| The Boys of Baraka
2009 - Selection(s) Loki Films |
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| Devil's Playground
2009 - Selection(s) Wellspring Media |
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| 10 Things I Hate About You
2009 - Selection(s) Touchstone Home Video |
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| Dogtown and Z-Boys
2009 - Selection(s) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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| Bend It Like Beckham
2009 - Selection(s) Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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| TheHeart of the Game
2009 - Selection(s) Miramax |
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| Juno
2009 - Selection(s) Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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| Invisible Children: Rough Cut
2009 - Selection(s) Invisible Children, Inc. |
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| Love.com
2009 - Selection(s) Viz Pictures |
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| Persepolis
2009 - Selection(s) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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| Miyazaki's Spirited Away
2009 - Selection(s) Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
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| Shadya
2009 - Selection(s) National Film Board of Canada |
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| Osama
2009 - Selection(s) MGM Home Entertainment |
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| Superbad
2009 - Selection(s) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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| Whale Rider
2009 - Selection(s) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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