Anton Yelchin
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Wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) is failing miserably at fitting in at a new public high school run by the world-weary Principal Gardner (Robert Downey, Jr.). As he begins to better understand the social hierarchy, Charlie's honest charm and likeability positions him as the resident 'psychiatrist' dishing out advice, and the occasional prescription, to his fellow students in need. Along the way, he decides to take some of his own...
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When Max, an all-around nice guy, and Evelyn, his beautiful girlfriend, move in together, Evelyn turns out to be a controlling, manipulative nightmare. Max knows it's time to call it quits, but he's terrified of breaking up with her. Fate steps in when Evelyn is involved in a freak accident and dies, leaving Max single and ready to mingle. Just as Max is thinking about moving on with what could be his dream girl, Olivia, Evelyn returns from the grave...
4) Like Crazy
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A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.
6) Rudderless
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A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
7) Odd Thomas
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In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
8) Experimenter
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Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) designs a psychology experiment in which people think they're delivering painful electric shocks to strangers in another room. Ignoring pleas for mercy, most subjects don't stop with the experiment because they've been told to continue. Milgram's exploration of authority and conformity remains relevant to this day. With Winona Ryder and Jim Gaffigan.
9) Jack
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Jack, a fifteen-year-old high school student, finds his simple, middle-class life turned upside down when his parents divorce and he discovers that his father is gay. When his best friend Max reveals his own devastating family troubles, Jack slowly learns to appreciate all has-however unconventional, confusing, and troubling it may be.
10) You and I
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Despite their very different upbringings, best friends Lana and Jane bonded over a shared desire to make it in high society. However, as this desire becomes more intense their friendship is put to the test.