Movies Similar to Unpaid Sabbatical

Around the Fire(1998)

Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved and cool hearted family, Simon commits numerous petty crimes and is soon sent away to boarding school where he befriends a "Deadhead," adopts the "hippie" lifestyle and dabbles in many drugs in his search for acceptance.

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Love You More(2008)

Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.

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The Brave Little Toaster(1987)

A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.

6.9

God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness(2018)

Pastor Dave responds to the unimaginable tragedy of having his church, located on the grounds of the local university, burned down.

6.6

Travolta and Me(1993)

In the late 1970s, a French teenage girl is obsessed with the then popular American movie heartthrob John Travolta.

5.3

Gregory's Girl(1981)

A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.

6.8

Dorm(2006)

When 12-year-old Ton transfers to an all-boys boarding school, he's taunted by his peers and terrified by their tales about the ghosts that inhabit the school. Ton is utterly miserable until he befriends a mysterious fellow pupil.

6.6

The Village Next to Paradise(2024)

In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love, trust and resilience will power them through their life paths.

7.6

Smile, Man!(1972)

When his mother is widowed, Ole is sent to boarding school. There he soon discovers that other boys have their problems too.

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Wake Up Sid(2009)

Wake Up Sid! is the story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this world and become a success in the fast-paced life of Mumbai.

7.2

Descent(2007)

Following a brutal assault, a college co-ed's life spirals until she encounters her assailant while working as a dancer. The predator has become the prey, and the prey has set her sights on revenge.

4.3

Flirting(1991)

Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.

6.7

Femme(2017)

The Ysbreeker family -- mother Jolien, father Frank, daughter Roos and son Teun -- are enjoying their annual holiday on a camping site in France. Teun is at the beginning of his puberty and can't quite control his hormones. Roos, a teen girl in the middle of her puberty, is more interested in her first camping love than in her own family. Teun notices that his sister is becoming a woman, in all different ways. How does he react? Does it have any influence on the brother-sister relationship?

4.6

Larrua Jo(2021)

Falling in love with your best friend is not easy. Avoiding the subject and feeding the fantasy is something which will take its toll. Knowing you are crossing a red line is not always a reason to stop. Sometimes, it's necessary to meet a harsh reality in order to believe it. Gentzane, a young girl settled in her inner world, justifies each one of her actions to be around the person she loves.

0.0

Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret's Lake(2005)

14-year old Erik gets sent to live with his older brother, Henry, during the summer as his mother is dying in cancer. Henry starts dating Ewa, who is married to Berra. A few days after Ewa shows up battered and bruised from an altercation with Berra, he is found dead on a nearby parking lot.

6.1

A Taste of Honey(1961)

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.

7.0

Junkers Come Here(1994)

Hiromi appears on the outside to be a mature, resilient girl, but on the inside she feels like she's falling apart. She is having troubles at home mainly because of her parents wanting to separate. Her dog, Junkers, tries to comfort her in ways no other dog can. You see, he can talk and grant her 3 wishes.

6.8

Red Cargo(2023)

Two undercover agents sent to get rid of a rhino poaching syndicate, become the hunted after discovering that high ranking government officials are implicated.

0.0

Suncoast(2024)

While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.

6.7

Formula 17(2004)

Naive country-boy Tien-Tsai travels to Taipei, where his quest to lose his virginity is impeded by his insistence on finding true love first.

5.2