We Are Ninja

thematically connected

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The epistolary novel that defined its generation of outsiders

thematically connected

No Longer Human

Dazai's autobiographical novel about alienation remains the darkest mirror of the culture

thematically connected

Princess Mononoke

Studio Ghibli at its most epic — nature, industry, and the cost of progress

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Boyhood

Linklater filmed a boy growing up over twelve years — the most patient portrait of adolescence in cinema