Films like Dead Poets Society

Em 1959 na Welton Academy, uma tradicional escola preparatória, um ex-aluno se torna o novo professor de literatura, mas logo seus métodos de incentivar os alunos a pensarem por si mesmos cria um choque com a ortodoxa direção do colégio, principalmente quando ele fala aos seus alunos sobre a "Sociedade dos Poetas Mortos".

Headstrong yet aimless, Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he secretly solves highly difficult graduate-level math problems, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he gets court-ordered therapy. Eventually, therapist Dr. Sean Maguire helps Will confront the demons that are holding him back.

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

Una joven estudiante que se hace llamar Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) se muda al norte de California para pasar allí su último año de instituto. La joven, con inclinaciones artísticas y que sueña con vivir en la costa Este, tratará de ese modo encontrar su propio camino y definirse fuera de la sombra protectora de su madre (Laurie Metcalf).

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

Kennedy has one day to get her shit together or get kicked out of school for good. Instead of buckling down, she rallies a ragtag crew for a midnight pool-hopping adventure through the lavish estates of her college town. But under the surface, Kennedy is searching for answers to the questions tearing her up inside in the wake of her father's death. As the secrets spill, this wild escape becomes a cathartic journey of self-discovery.

The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.

Le monde de David Sheff s’effondre lorsqu’il découvre que son fils de 18 ans, Nic, est accro à la méthamphétamine. David décide de tout faire pour le sauver, se confrontant à ses propres limites mais aussi à celles de sa famille.