Summary: A fresh take on the coming-of-age story, this surreal tale follows the artistically driven Oscar, hovering on the brink of adulthood. Struggling to find his place in the world after a rough childhood and haunted by images of a tragic incident, Oscar dreams of escaping his small town. After he meets a mysterious and attractive new co-worker, Oscar follows the guidance of his pet hamster Buffy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CLOSummary: The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Chbosky, the film is written for the screen by the show's Tony winner...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD DEACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DEACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS DEASummary: Iceland's official submission to the Academy Awardsʼ for Best International Feature Film! Addi, a boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys explore aggression and violence but also learn about loyalty and love. As the group's behavior escalates towards life-threatening situations, Addi begins to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BEASummary: After being invited to his first kissing party, twelve-year-old Max is panicking because he doesn't know how to kiss. Eager for some pointers, Max and his best friends Thor and Lucas decide to use Max's dad's drone to spy on a teenage couple making out next door. But when things go ridiculously wrong, the drone is destroyed. Desperate to replace it before Max's dad gets home, the boys skip...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GOOSummary: Based on Tim Winton's award-winning and international bestselling novel set in mid-70s coastal Australia. Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRESummary: Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY SUPSummary: Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE WORSummary: Three teenage friends convey the hilarity of their awkward sexual quest and the genuine pain of growing up. Hermie is finally united with an "older woman" of 22.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014