Blackbird
An unlikely friendship with a preppy classmate lands toubled teenager Sean Randall in serious hot water when he's falsely accused of planning a Columbine shooting scenario.
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2003★ 7.4
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2002★ 6.8
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2003★ 7.1
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Before and After
1996★ 5.9
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2009★ 6.3
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1992★ 6.7
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2010★ 7.2
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The Children Act
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2013★ 7.0
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The Rainmaker
1997★ 7.0
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Dear Evan Hansen
2021★ 6.2
Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.
Short Term 12
2013★ 7.7
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The Children's Hour
1961★ 7.7
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1949★ 7.0
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