Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

Summary: Leslie and Jess create the secret kingdom of Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres and giants where they spend their free time ruling as king and queen and fighting evil creatures.

Release Date: February 16, 2007

Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy

Director: Gabor Csupo

Writers: Jeff Stockwell

, David Paterson

, Katherine Paterson

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Walden Media, Hal Lieberman Company, Lauren Levine Productions Inc.

Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Starz, Cartoon Network, Home Box Office (HBO), HBO Max, Disney+

Countries: United States, New Zealand

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 17,000,000

Domestic: $ 82,272,442

International: $ 55,314,621

Mr. Church (2016)

Summary: Unique friendship develops when a girl and her dying mother retain the services of a talented cook - Henry Joseph Church. What begins as a six month arrangement instead spans into fifteen years and creates a family bond that lasts...

Release Date: November 11, 2016

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Bruce Beresford

Writer: Susan McMartin

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Cinelou Films, Envision Media Arts, Shenghua Entertainment, Voltage Pictures

Distributor: Cinelou Releasing

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 8,000,000

Domestic: $ 685,780

Fist Fight (2017)

Summary: When one school teacher unwittingly causes another teacher's dismissal, he is challenged to an after-school fight.

Release Date: February 17, 2017

Genre: Comedy

Director: Richie Keen

Writers: Van Robichaux

, Evan Susser

, Max Greenfield

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow Pictures, 21 Laps Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, Wrigley Pictures, Van Brand, Talent One

Distributor: Warner Bros., Cinémax, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 22,000,000

Domestic: $ 32,187,017

International: $ 9,000,000

Children of Heaven (1997)

Summary: After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.

Release Date: January 22, 1999

Genres: Drama, Family, Sport

Director: Majid Majidi

Writer: Majid Majidi

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Kanun parvaresh fekri

Distributor: Buena Vista Television, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Miramax

Country: Iran

Language: Farsi

Movie budget: $ 180,000

Domestic: $ 933,933

The Hunter (2011)

Summary: Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.

Release Date: October 06, 2011

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Director: Daniel Nettheim

Writers: Alice Addison

, Wain Fimeri

, Daniel Nettheim

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Porchlight Films, Screen Australia, Screen NSW, Madman Entertainment

Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

Country: Australia

Language: English

Domestic: $ 176,669

International: $ 1,504,109

Wonder (2017)

Summary: Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the...

Release Date: November 17, 2017

Genres: Drama, Family

Director: Stephen Chbosky

Writers: Stephen Chbosky

, Steve Conrad

, Jack Thorne

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Lionsgate, Participant, Walden Media, TIK Films, Mandeville Films, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit, Lionsgate Productions

Distributor: Lionsgate, Disney Channel, Freeform, HBO Max

Countries: United States, Hong Kong, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 132,422,809

International: $ 182,603,121

Hereditary (2018)

Summary: A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.

Release Date: June 08, 2018

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery

Director: Ari Aster

Writer: Ari Aster

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: R

Production: PalmStar Media, Finch Entertainment, Windy Hill Pictures

Distributor: A24, HBO Max, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 44,069,456

International: $ 43,749,606

Three on a Match (1932)

Summary: Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.

Release Date: October 29, 1932

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Writers: Lucien Hubbard

, Kubec Glasmon

, John Bright

Runtime: 1 h 03 min

MPAA: PG

Production: First National Pictures

Distributor: Warner Bros., Associated Artists Productions (AAP), MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 444,000

About a Boy (2002)

Summary: Will, who attends single parent meetings to woo women, meets Marcus, a troubled 12-year-old boy. As they become friends, Will learns to be responsible while he helps Marcus with his studies.

Release Date: May 17, 2002

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Directors: Chris Weitz

, Paul Weitz

Writers: Nick Hornby

, Peter Hedges

, Chris Weitz

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Tribeca Productions, Working Title Films, Cinema Vehicles

Distributor: Universal Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United Kingdom, United States, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 41,385,278

International: $ 89,164,177

Singles (1992)

Summary: A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood.

Release Date: September 18, 1992

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Cameron Crowe

Writer: Cameron Crowe

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Atkinson/Knickerbocker Productions

Distributor: Home Box Office (HBO), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Bros. Television, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 18,471,850

A Goofy Movie (1995)

Summary: When Max makes a preposterous promise to a girl he has a crush on, his chances to fulfilling it seem hopeless when he is dragged onto a cross-country trip with his embarrassing father, Goofy.

Release Date: April 07, 1995

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Director: Kevin Lima

Writers: Jymn Magon

, Chris Matheson

, Brian Pimental

Runtime: 1 h 18 min

MPAA: G

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Television Animation, Disneytoon Studios

Distributor: Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Home Video, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Disney+, Buena Vista Television, Disney Channel HD, Disney XD, Toon Disney HD

Countries: United States, Australia, France, Canada, Spain

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 35,348,597

Adam (2009)

Summary: Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

Release Date: August 28, 2009

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Max Mayer

Writer: Max Mayer

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Olympus Pictures, Deer Path Productions, Northwood Productions, Northwood Productions, Serenade Films, Vox3 Films

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,277,396

International: $ 759,777

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Summary: Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.

Release Date: December 14, 2018

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation

Directors: Bob Persichetti

, Peter Ramsey

, Rodney Rothman

Writers: Phil Lord

, Rodney Rothman

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Avi Arad Productions, Lord Miller, Pascal Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Amazon Prime Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Disney+

Countries: Canada, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Spider-Man

Movie budget: $ 90,000,000

Domestic: $ 190,241,310

International: $ 203,361,125

Dragonfly (2002)

Summary: A grieving doctor is being contacted by his deceased wife through her patients' near death experiences.

Release Date: February 22, 2002

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Director: Tom Shadyac

Writers: Brandon Camp

, Mike Thompson

, David Seltzer

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Gran Via, Kalima Productions GmbH & Co. KG, NDE Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,323,400

International: $ 22,000,000

Paris, Texas (1984)

Summary: Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.

Release Date: August 23, 1984

Genre: Drama

Director: Wim Wenders

Writers: L.M. Kit Carson

, Sam Shepard

, Walter Donohue

Runtime: 2 h 25 min

MPAA: R

Production: Road Movies Filmproduktion, Argos Films, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Wim Wenders Stiftung, Argos Films

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Countries: France, United Kingdom, West Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,162,000

Domestic: $ 2,422,082

International: $ 487,549

Freedom Writers (2007)

Summary: Erin Gruwell, a young teacher in a racially divided Los Angeles school, inspires her class of at-risk students, deemed incapable of learning, to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Release Date: January 05, 2007

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Richard LaGravenese

Writers: Richard LaGravenese

, Freedom Writers

, Erin Gruwell

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, Double Feature Films, MTV Films, Jersey Films, Kernos Filmproduktionsgesellschaft & Company

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Countries: Germany, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 21,000,000

Domestic: $ 36,605,602

International: $ 6,489,573