Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

Juno

Elliot Page and Michael Cera star as precocious teen Juno MacGuff and track-shorted Paulie Bleeker in Juno, a coming-of-age tale that won the 2008 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Pregnant Juno selects a failed rockstar and his wife to adopt her unborn child, but things take an unexpected turn when she becomes more than just the family's birth mother.

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause stars a slew of now-deceased actors, including James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo. A troublemaking teen is supposed to maintain a clean slate in his new town, but he soon becomes involved with a number of unsavory characters.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.