THEME EXPLORATION

teenage rejection

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Come and See
Come and See
1985 · Elem Klimov
Daisies
Daisies
1966 · Věra Chytilová
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
Grease
Grease
1978 · Randal Kleiser
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Spider-Man
Spider-Man
2002 · Sam Raimi
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars
2014 · Josh Boone
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace
2004 · Joshua Marston
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Greta Gerwig United States

Her films like 'Lady Bird' and 'Mistress America' intimately explore teenage alienation, social exclusion, and the painful search for belonging and identity.

 Céline Sciamma France

Her works including 'Girlhood' and 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' deeply examine social rejection, outsider status, and the emotional intensity of adolescent exclusion and desire.