A vaguely unconventional teacher galvanizes disadvantaged eighth graders in this highly conventional drama.

This adaptation of a video game franchise is more interested in unpacking childhood trauma than packing in jump scares.

In her feature debut, the director Linh Tran tries to capture the longing and inertia between adolescence and adulthood.

Sonia Kennebeck’s documentary unpacks the circumstances surrounding its subject, but fails to crack her complexity.

This animated musical about a young woman’s sexual and romantic awakening uses a gloriously tactile aesthetic.

Benicio Del Toro plays a detective investigating a suburban homicide in this overstuffed thriller.

Gael García Bernal plays a flamboyant figure taking the world of Mexican professional wrestling by storm in this underdog drama directed by Roger Ross Williams.

Two lovebirds-to-be meet at an airport in this unoriginal but sturdy Y.A. romance, which pivots on the probability of falling in love.

This documentary, subtitled “The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America,” unveils the legacy organization’s habit of covering up cases of sexual abuse.

The delightful odd couple of the Oscar-nominated French film head to the mountains in ‘A Trip to Gibberitia.’ Every frame brims with painterly detail.