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Year and director
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Answer
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Cast
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1955 | Nicholas Ray
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Rebel Without a Cause
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James Dean, Natalie Wood
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1961 | Elia Kazan
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Splendor in the Grass
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Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty
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1962 | Robert Mulligan
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Gregory Peck, Mary Badham
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1967 | James Clavell
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To Sir, with Love
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Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson
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1969 | Ken Loach
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Kes
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David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher
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1971 | Peter Bogdonavich
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The Last Picture Show
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Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges
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1971 | Robert Mulligan
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Summer of '42
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Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes
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1979 | Philip Kaufman
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The Wanderers
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Ken Wahl, Karen Allen
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1980 | Alan Parker
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Fame
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Irene Cara, Eddie Barth
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1980 | Ronald F. Maxwell
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Little Darlings
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Tatum O'Neal, Kristy McNichol
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1982 | Amy Heckerling
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High
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Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Penn
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1982 | Steven Spielberg
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E.T. the Extraterrestrial
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Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace
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1983 | Francis Ford Coppola
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The Outsiders
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C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon
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1984 | John G. Avildsen
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The Karate Kid
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Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio
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1984 | John Hughes
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Sixteen Candles
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Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling
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1985 | Michael Dinner
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Heaven Help Us
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Andrew McCarthy, Mary Stuart Masterson
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1985 | John Hughes
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The Breakfast Club
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Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez
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1986 | Rob Reiner
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Stand by Me
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River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton
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1986 | David Seltzer
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Lucas
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Corey Haim, Kerri Green
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1987 | Emile Ardolino
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Dirty Dancing
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Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey
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1987 | Howard Deutch
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Some Kind of Wonderful
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Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson
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1987 | Lasse Hallström
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My Life as a Dog
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Anton Glanzelius, Melinda Kinnaman
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1987 | David Leland
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Wish You Were Here
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Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell
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1987 | John Duigan
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The Year My Voice Broke
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Noah Taylor, Ben Mendelsohn
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1988 | Donald Petrie
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Mystic Pizza
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Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish
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1988 | Giuseppe Tornatore
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Cinema Paradiso
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Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin
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1988 | Ramón Menéndez
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Stand and Deliver
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Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips
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1989 | Peter Weir
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Dead Poets Society
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Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke
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1989 | Cameron Crowe
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Say Anything…
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John Cusack, Ione Skye
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1990 | Richard Benjamin
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Mermaids
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Cher, Winona Ryder
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1991 | John Singleton
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Boyz n the Hood
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Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube
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1991 | Howard Zieff
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My Girl
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Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin
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1991 | Robert Mulligan
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The Man in the Moon
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Reese Witherspoon, Jason London
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1992 | Robert Mandel
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School Ties
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Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon
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1992 | Craig Bolotin
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That Night
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Juliette Lewis, Eliza Dushku
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1993 | Agnieszka Holland
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The Secret Garden
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Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith
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1993 | Richard Linklater
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Dazed and Confused
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Jason London, Wiley Wiggins
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1993 | Leslie Harris
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Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
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Ariyan A. Johnson, Kevin Thigpen
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1993 | David Mickey Evans
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The Sandlot
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Mike Vitar, Tom Guiry
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1993 | Lasse Hallström
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
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Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio
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1994 | Spike Lee
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Crooklyn
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Zelda Harris, Alfre Woodard
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1994 | Gillian Armstrong
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Little Women
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Winona Ryder, Christian Bale
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1995 | Pat O'Connor
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Circle of Friends
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Minnie Driver, Chris O'Donnell
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1995 | Todd Solondz
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Welcome to the Dollhouse
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Heather Matarazzo, Eric Mabius
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1995 | Alfonso Cuarón
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A Little Princess
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Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron
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1995 | Amy Heckerling
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Clueless
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Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy
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1995 | Lesli Linka Glatter
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Now and Then
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Gaby Hoffmann, Christina Ricci
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1996 | Carroll Ballard
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Fly Away Home
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Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels
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1996 | Bronwen Hughes
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Harriet the Spy
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Michelle Trachtenberg, Rosie O'Donnell
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1996 | Danny DeVito
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Matilda
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Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz
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1996 | Hettie MacDonald
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Beautiful Thing
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Linda Henry, Ben Daniels
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1997 | Kasi Lemmons
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Eve's Bayou
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Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good
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1998 | Sarah Kernochan
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All I Wanna Do
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Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann
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1998 | Simon Shore
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Get Real
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Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton
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1998 | Wes Anderson
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Rushmore
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Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray
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1998 | David Moreton
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Edge of Seventeen
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Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes
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1999 | Brian Robbins
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Varsity Blues
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James Van Der Beek, Paul Walker
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1999 | Robert Iscove
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She's All That
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Rachael Leigh Cook, Freddie Prinze Jr.
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1999 | Gil Junger
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10 Things I Hate About You
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Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger
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1999 | Wayne Wang
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Anywhere but Here
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Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman
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2000 | Gina Prince-Bythewood
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Love & Basketball
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Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps
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2000 | Jay Russell
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My Dog Skip
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Frankie Muniz, Kevin Bacon
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2000 | Stephen Daldry
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Billy Elliot
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Jamie Bell, Julie Walters
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2001 | Chris Columbus
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson
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2002 | Jay Russell
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Tuck Everlasting
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Alexis Bledel, Jonathan Jackson
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2002 | Patricia Cardoso
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Real Women Have Curves
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America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros
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2002 | Paul and Chris Weitz
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About a Boy
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Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult
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2002 | Peter Care
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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
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Kieran Culkin, Emile Hirsch
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2002 | Niki Caro
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Whale Rider
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Keisha Castle-Hughes, Cliff Curtis
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2003 | Catherine Hardwicke
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Thirteen
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Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed
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2004 | Mark Waters
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Mean Girls
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Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams
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2004 | Brian Dannelly
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Saved!
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Jena Malone, Mandy Moore
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2005 | Ken Kwapis
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively
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2005 | Mike Mills
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Thumbsucker
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Lou Taylor Pucci, Vincent D'Onofrio
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2007 | Gábor Csupó
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Bridge to Terabithia
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Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb
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2007 | Greg Mottola
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Superbad
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Michael Cera, Jonah Hill
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2007 | Jason Reitman
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Juno
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Elliot Page, Michael Cera
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2009 | Andrea Arnold
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Fish Tank
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Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender
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2011 | Dee Rees
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Pariah
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Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans
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2012 | Benh Zeitlin
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Beasts of the Southern Wild
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Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry
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2012 | Steven Chbosky
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Logan Lerman, Emma Watson
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2013 | Jordan Vogt-Roberts
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The Kings of Summer
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Nick Robinson, Moisés Arias
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2014 | Céline Sciamma
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Girlhood
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Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla
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2014 | Richard Linklater
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Boyhood
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Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette
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2015 | Marielle Heller
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The Diary of a Teenage Girl
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Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård
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2015 | Rick Famuyiwa
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Dope
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Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori
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2016 | Andrea Arnold
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American Honey
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Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf
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2016 | Kelly Fremon Craig
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The Edge of Seventeen
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Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson
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2016 | John Carney
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Sing Street
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Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton
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2016 | Barry Jenkins
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Moonlight
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Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome
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2017 | Greta Gerwig
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Lady Bird
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Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalfe
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2018 | Bo Burnham
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Eighth Grade
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Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton
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2018 | Greg Berlanti
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Love, Simon
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Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner
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2018 | Jonah Hill
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mid90s
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Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges
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2019 | Olivia Wilde
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Booksmart
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Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever
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2021 | Lee Isaac Chung
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Minari
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Steven Yeun, Alan Kim
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2021 | Sian Heder
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CODA
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Marlee Matlin, Emilia Jones
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2022 | Steven Spielberg
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The Fabelmans
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Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams
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2023 | Kelly Fremon Craig
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
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Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson
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2023 | Gene Stupnitsky
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No Hard Feelings
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Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman
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2023 | Alexander Payne
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The Holdovers
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Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa
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2024 | Sean Wang
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Dìdi
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Izaac Wang, Joan Chen
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