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Superbad
Superbad (2007) is a Columbia Pictures teen comedy directed by Greg Mottola, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg from a script begun at age 13, starring Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse as McLovin.
Sweet Sixteen (2002 film)
Sweet Sixteen is Ken Loach's 2002 social-realist drama, written by Paul Laverty, about Greenock teenager Liam (Martin Compston) dealing drugs to buy his imprisoned mother a home; it won Cannes Best Screenplay and became Loach's first BBFC 18-certificate film.
Take Care of My Cat (고양이를 부탁해)
Take Care of My Cat (고양이를 부탁해) is Jeong Jae-eun's 2001 South Korean debut drama about five Incheon friends drifting apart after high school, linked by a stray cat; a box-office failure that won Rotterdam and Berlin recognition and was re-released in 2021 and 2026.
The Holy Girl
The Holy Girl (La niña santa) is Lucrecia Martel's 2004 Argentine drama, her second feature, competing at Cannes. Sixteen-year-old Amalia, groped by Dr. Jano at a hotel medical conference, treats saving him as a divine vocation.
The Mighty Celt
The Mighty Celt is a 2005 Northern Irish coming-of-age drama, Pearse Elliott's directing debut, starring Gillian Anderson, Robert Carlyle, Tyrone McKenna, and Ken Stott, about a Belfast boy training a greyhound in post-ceasefire Belfast.
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias) is a 2006 Brazilian drama by Cao Hamburger about 12-year-old Mauro, left by parents fleeing the 1970 military dictatorship, raised by a Jewish neighbor in São Paulo's Bom Retiro during Brazil's World Cup win.
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble is a 2000 British comedy-drama-sport film directed by John Hay, starring Lewis McKenzie as a shy Manchester City fan whose confidence grows via supposedly magic football boots; it won the 2001 Berlin Crystal Bear.
This Is England
This Is England (2006) is a British drama by Shane Meadows, semi-autobiographical, about 12-year-old Shaun and racist skinhead Combo in 1983; BAFTA and BIFA winner, later Channel 4 series '86, '88, '90.
Waiting for Happiness (等待幸福)
Waiting for Happiness (等待幸福), also titled Heremakono, is a 2002 drama film by Abderrahmane Sissako, a French-Mauritanian co-production that won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes.
Water Lilies (2007 film)
Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres) is Céline Sciamma's 2007 debut feature, a French drama about three teenage girls' first desires around a synchronized swimming team in Cergy; it premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard and won the 2007 Prix Louis-Delluc for first film.
Winds of September (九降风)
Winds of September (九降風) is Tom Lin Shu-yu's 2008 Taiwanese debut feature, a Hsinchu coming-of-age drama set in 1996 during the baseball match-fixing scandal; first of an Eric Tsang-produced Taiwan-Hong Kong-China trilogy, Golden Horse Best Original Screenplay winner.
Y tu mamá también
Y tu mamá también (And Your Mother Too) is a 2001 Mexican road movie by Alfonso Cuarón starring Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, and Maribel Verdú, about two teenagers and an older woman traveling to the invented beach Boca del Cielo; Venice award winner and Oscar-nominated screenplay.