About A Boy (2002)
Hugh Grant, who hates kids and loves their mums, becomes friends with an odd 12-year-old boy.
American Pie (1998)
High-schoolers enter a pact to lose their virginity.
A Better Life (2011)
A Mexican illegal immigrant father and his son strive to improve their lot.
Down To Earth (2001)
Budding black stand-up comic is killed and comes back in the body of a nasty white billionaire.
The Golden Compass (2007)
A bold young girl with a mysterious destiny sets off to rescue endangered children from the frozen north.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
Can love conquer all when your boyfriend's a vampire?
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