Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.
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1997★ 6.6
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1985★ 7.7
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2012★ 5.8
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1996★ 7.1
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The Clique
2008★ 5.9
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SubUrbia
1997★ 6.2
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Rushmore
1998★ 7.4
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.
Palindromes
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Killing Bono
2011★ 6.2
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2009★ 6.9
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Peggy Sue Got Married
1986★ 6.1
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The Edge of Seventeen
2016★ 7.2
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Gimme Shelter
2013★ 6.6
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Pretty Persuasion
2005★ 5.8
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Wildflower
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Saved!
2004★ 6.4
Mary is a good Christian girl who goes to a good Christian high school where she has good Christian friends and a perfect Christian boyfriend. Her life seems perfect, until the day that she finds out that her boyfriend may be gay — and that she’s pregnant.
Rebel Without a Cause
1955★ 7.5
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2000★ 6.8
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House of D
2004★ 6.3
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