Welcome to the Dollhouse

7.1

1996

88 mins

ComedyDrama

An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.

Happiness

Year : 1998Rating : ⭐ 7.4

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.

The Edge of Seventeen

Year : 2016Rating : ⭐ 7.1

Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.

Storytelling

Year : 2001Rating : ⭐ 6.5

College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

Wildflower

Year : 2023Rating : ⭐ 7.4

The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.

Margot at the Wedding

Year : 2007Rating : ⭐ 5.8

Margot Zeller is a short story writer with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. On the eve of her estranged sister Pauline's wedding to unemployed musician/artist/depressive Malcolm at the family seaside home, Margot shows up unexpectedly to rekindle the sisterly bond and offer her own brand of support. What ensues is a nakedly honest and subversively funny look at family dynamics.

Family Weekend

Year : 2013Rating : ⭐ 6.3

A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

The Breakfast Club

Year : 1985Rating : ⭐ 7.7

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.

Sisters

Year : 2015Rating : ⭐ 6.0

Two disconnected sisters are summoned to clean out their childhood bedrooms before their parents sell their family home.

Band Aid

Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 6.3

A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.

Three O'Clock High

Year : 1987Rating : ⭐ 6.8

Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Revell. When Jerry accidentally invades Buddy's personal space and touches him, Buddy challenges Jerry to an afterschool fight in the parking lot, which Jerry tries to avoid at all costs.

American Fiction

Year : 2023Rating : ⭐ 7.2

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Flower

Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 6.3

Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to live with the family, Erica finds her domestic and personal life overwhelmed. With Luke and her sidekicks Kala and Claudine in tow, Erica acts out by exposing a high school teacher's dark secret.

Heathers

Year : 1989Rating : ⭐ 7.2

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

Diggers

Year : 2007Rating : ⭐ 6.0

In 1976, four working-class friends come of age in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers, as were their fathers and their grandfathers before them. They must cope with and learn to face the changing times in both their personal lives and their neighborhood.

Bottoms

Year : 2023Rating : ⭐ 6.8

Unpopular best friends PJ and Josie start a high school self-defense club to meet girls and lose their virginity. They soon find themselves in over their heads when the most popular students start beating each other up in the name of self-defense.

Crimes of the Heart

Year : 1986Rating : ⭐ 6.1

Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.

Ghost World

Year : 2001Rating : ⭐ 7.1

Two quirky, cynical, teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives following high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle-aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.

Parenthood

Year : 1989Rating : ⭐ 6.7

The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.

Sweetie

Year : 1989Rating : ⭐ 6.1

The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, returns home after an absence, exposing the rotten roots of their family and placing a strain on Kay and Louis’ relationship.

Class Act

Year : 1992Rating : ⭐ 6.3

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought of as a real bad dude, if only the school bully would stop trying to rough him up. And Blade definitely likes being thought of as important instead of as trouble.