Greatest Night of Summer

In 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising rock band, embarking on a coming-of-age journey as he discovers the exhilarating and heartbreaking realities behind rock stardom.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Cameron Crowe

Cast

Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventur...

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Jiří Menzel

Cast

Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta

A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

George Lucas

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat

Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Satyajit Ray

Cast

Karuna Banerjee, Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal

Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life’s hardes...

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Francis Ford Coppola

Cast

Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin