Amateur Teens

Amateur Teens

It's only your first time once.

Directed by Niklaus Hilber

Produced by Leaves & Leaches Pictures, A Film Company

201592 min4.8 / 10

A sobering coming-of-age drama that examines how social media distorts adolescent sexuality and peer dynamics, culminating in tragedy where moral culpability remains deliberately unclear.

A group of normal 14-year-old teenagers at a secondary school in Zürich with the normal yearnings for love and acceptance. But the power of social media, with its high-gloss selfies and perpetual pressure towards cooler and sexier, increasingly forces the kids to deny their true feelings. So a tragedy runs its course, one in which it is almost impossible to differentiate between perpetrator and victim, guilt and innocence.

Questions people ask

  • Is Amateur Teens sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does Amateur Teens end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Amateur Teens violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Amateur Teens scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is Amateur Teens easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

15/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity58

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Amateur Teens

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Amateur Teens

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Amateur Teens, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Amateur Teens, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Amateur Teens, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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