14 Movies Starring Michael Angarano

Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-29

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (9179 Reviews)

Director:

Wes Craven

Genres:

DramaMusic

Fullplot:

The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin. In her struggle she loses everything as the system comes down on her with all their might but her determination for the kids happiness helps her to battle back with wonderfully inspirational results.

Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-29

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (9195 Reviews)

Director:

Wes Craven

Genres:

DramaMusic

Fullplot:

The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin. In her struggle she loses everything as the system comes down on her with all their might but her determination for the kids happiness helps her to battle back with wonderfully inspirational results.

Little Secrets

Little Secrets

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-08-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2595 Reviews)

Director:

Blair Treu

Fullplot:

Emily Lindstrom, 14, is an aspiring concert violinist; she's spending the summer practicing for a big audition while her girlfriends are at camp. She's also got a thriving neighborhood business: for 50 cents, she'll keep your secret. Her mother is very pregnant, and her parents seem more concerned about the new baby than anything Emily cares about. A new family moves in next door; their son, Philip, 12, becomes Emily's friend. Eventually, the weight of Emily's secrets - her own, the ones she's keeping professionally, and a secret Philip tells her, send her life temporarily crashing down.

Dear Wendy

Dear Wendy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-02-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

Italy, USA, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, France, Germany, UK

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (8751 Reviews)

Fullplot:

DEAR WENDY is a story about the young loner Dick who lives in the poor mining town of Estherslope. When he happens upon a small handgun one day, he finds himself strangely drawn to it, despite his fervent pacifist views. Together with his newfound partner he soon convinces the other young outcasts in the town to join him in a secret club he calls The Dandies. A club based on the principals of pacifism and guns. Despite their firm belief in the most important Dandy rule of all - never draw your weapons - they soon find themselves in a predicament where they realise that rules are made to be broken.

Sky High

Sky High

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-07-29

Languages:

English, Cantonese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (56896 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Mitchell

Cast:

Writer:

Paul Hernandez

Robert Schooley

Mark McCorkle

Fullplot:

It all begins when young Will Stronghold, the son of the two famous superheroes: Steve and Josie, A.K.A. the incredibly strong, seemingly invulnerable Commander and and the high-speed flying Jetstream. However, Will does not actually know if he has any powers of his own, and has not told his parents this. He and his best friend, Layla are facing their first day of a secret school in the clouds like none on earth: Sky High, the first and only high school for kids with super-human powers going through crime-fighting puberty. But with no apparent superpowers of his own, however, Will seems destined to grow up a mere sidekick. But as he discovers his true strengths, he'll also learn that it takes loyalty and teamwork to truly become a hero!

The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-07-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (887 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Twenty-four male students out of seventy-five were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.

Snow Angels

Snow Angels

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-09-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(10576 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

David Gordon Green (screenplay)

Stewart O'Nan (novel)

Fullplot:

On a cold afternoon, with snow on the ground, the high school band is practicing for the last football game. They hear shots. Flashback a few weeks before. Arthur is a high school student, bussing at a restaurant. Annie and Barb are waitresses there - Annie was Arthur's babysitter when he was little. She's now separated from her husband Glenn, who's on the wagon, starting a new job, praying to Jesus, and trying to prove he has his balance back so he can see more of their small daughter, Tara. Annie's seeing someone else, Arthur's parents have just separated, and Arthur is attracted to Lila, a new student at the high school. It's a small town, people's lives cross.

Man in the Chair

Man in the Chair

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-01-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1460 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Christopher Plummer plays Flash, a curmudgeon with a hankering for classic movies and booze. Cameron is a volatile teen who commits grand theft auto just because the car is an exact replica from Christine. Their relationship is forged in the darkness of a movie theater and fueled by a mutual appreciation of rebellion and cinema. Cameron enters a student film contest, though he lacks the resources of his peers. Learning that Flash is a retired Hollywood gaffer-and the only surviving crew member from Citizen Kane-Cameron follows him to his home at the Motion Picture Residence for the Elderly, a colony of aging film folk set aside by the industry. A quirky fellowship develops, in which Flash and his friends help Cameron make his film, and, in doing so, change his life.

The Forbidden Kingdom

The Forbidden Kingdom

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-04-18

Languages:

English, Mandarin

Countries:

USA, China

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (83526 Reviews)

Director:

Rob Minkoff

Fullplot:

An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

Red State

Red State

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-09-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (49966 Reviews)

Director:

Kevin Smith

Fullplot:

The teenager Jarod invites his best friends Travis and Billy-Ray to have a foursome with a thirty-eight year-old woman. While driving to meet the woman, Travis hit a car parked on the road. When they meet the woman, she gives spiked beer to them and they pass out. When the three friends wake up, they find that they are trapped in the fundamentalist Five Points Trinity Church of the infamous Pastor Abin Cooper and that they will be killed. Meanwhile the church is under siege by ATF agents led by Agent Joseph Keenan that have been ordered to destroy the terrorist cell. Will the teenagers be saved by the agents of the law enforcement agency?

Gentlemen Broncos

Gentlemen Broncos

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-05-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (8235 Reviews)

Director:

Jared Hess

Fullplot:

Benjamin, home-schooled by his eccentric mother, is a loner whose passion for writing leads him on an journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier, and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town's most prolific homespun filmmaker.

Haywire

Haywire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-01-20

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

Ireland, USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (69011 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Freelance covert operative Mallory Kane is hired out by her handler to various global entities to perform jobs which governments can't authorize and heads of state would rather not know about. After a mission to rescue a hostage in Barcelona, Mallory is quickly dispatched on another mission to Dublin. When the operation goes awry and Mallory finds she has been double crossed, she needs to use all of her skills, tricks and abilities to escape an international manhunt, make it back to the United States, protect her family, and exact revenge on those that have betrayed her.

The Brass Teapot

The Brass Teapot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-04-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (10510 Reviews)

Director:

Ramaa Mosley

Cast:

Writer:

Tim Macy (screenplay)

Ramaa Mosley (story)

Tim Macy (story)

Fullplot:

Based on the comic book series "The Brass Teapot" about mid-twenty year old couple who, in these difficult economic times, finds a mysterious, magical brass teapot which makes them money but at a surprising price. After realizing the teapots powers, John and Alice must decide how far they will go to fulfill their dream.

Empire State

Empire State

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-08-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (13071 Reviews)

Director:

Dito Montiel

Fullplot:

After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis (Liam Hemsworth), settles for a security guard job with the EMPIRE STATE Armored Truck Company. Chris makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to his best friend, Eddie (Michael Angarano), and is soon unwittingly drawn into an elaborate scheme to rob the abundant amounts of cash being stored there - resulting in the largest cash heist in U.S. History. As the stakes continue to rise, Chris and Eddie must outwit James Ransone (Dwayne Johnson), the veteran NYPD Detective that is hot on their trail, as well as the local crime bosses that want to know who pulled a job on their turf, or suffer the consequences.

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