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20th Century Girl

2022 · 119 min

A bittersweet, nostalgic first-love story that slowly builds warmth before landing a quiet, aching gut-punch. Gentle and sincere, it lingers on youthful longing and the sting of what was never explained.

Tagline
A first love pov story.
Overview
In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.
Stream in the UK
  • Netflix
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • grief
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

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Starring
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119 min
Country
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Languages
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