Movies and TvShows featuring "playing-hooky" theme.
Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, and friendship, at risk.
Quentin's lifelong crush, Margo, disappears, leaving behind clues that Quentin and his friends follow on the journey of a lifetime. They go on a road trip to find Margo, discovering hidden secrets and unrequited love along the way.
Wonder Wheel tells the story of an unhappy marriage, an affair, and the lives of people living in 1950s Coney Island. Ginny, a former actress, is trapped in a loveless marriage with Humpty, a carousel operator. When she meets Mickey, a lifeguard, their forbidden romance threatens to undo their lives. As Ginny's estranged daughter Carolina returns, the situation becomes more complicated.
At Middleton is a romantic comedy about George and Edith, two parents who meet while accompanying their children on a college tour. As they explore the picturesque campus, George and Edith find themselves drawn to each other and embark on a day filled with unexpected adventures, laughter, and romance.
In the old west, a notorious gunfighter named Jimmy Ringo tries to leave his violent past behind and settle down. However, his reputation precedes him and he is constantly challenged by aspiring gunslingers. As he navigates through the dangerous world of the Wild West, Ringo must confront his own demons and make a choice between a peaceful life and a gunfight that could define his legacy.
Trespass Against Us (2016) follows the story of a family of outlaws living in a caravan in England. The domineering father leads the family in a life of crime, including burglaries and police chases. The son, torn between loyalty to his family and a desire for a better life, finds himself caught in a dangerous situation that threatens to tear the family apart.
L.I.E. is a gritty drama that explores the life of a 15-year-old boy named Howie who finds himself caught in a web of illicit activities. After the death of his mother, Howie forms an unlikely friendship with a Vietnam War veteran who is involved in pedophile activities. As Howie delves deeper into this dangerous world, he must navigate the complexities of his own sexuality and the consequences of his choices.
One Kiss is a coming-of-age drama about a gay teenager whose life is turned upside down when he develops feelings for the new boy at school. The film explores themes of love, acceptance, and overcoming personal struggles in a society plagued by homophobia.
I Was Born, But... tells the story of two young boys who, after moving to a new neighborhood, confront a neighborhood bully and deal with the challenges of growing up. The film explores themes of loss of innocence, social order, and the self-absorption of adults in a humorous and poignant way.
In this animated comedy short, a truant officer tries to catch a mischievous squirrel who is playing hooky. The squirrel leads the officer on a chase through various comedic scenarios, including fishing and golfing. Eventually, the two end up in a photo booth, where the squirrel gets hit on the head with a mallet. The story is set during World War II and showcases the antics of the squirrel and the truant officer in a humorous and surreal way.
The Ryries have suffered a loss: the death of a baby just fifty-seven hours after his birth. Without words to express their grief, the parents, John and Ricky, try to return to their previous lives. The couple's children, ten-year-old Biscuit and thirteen-year-old Paul, responding to the unnamed tensions around them, begin to act out in exquisitely idiosyncratic ways. But as the family members scatter into private, isolating grief, an unexpected visitor arrives, and they find themselves growing more alert to the hurt, humor, warmth, and burdens of others—to the grief that is part of every human life but that also carries within it the power to draw us together.
One day, five kindergarten children suddenly disappear from a kindergarten in Tokyo, sending their teachers and parents into a panic. The five of them are connecting on trains and headed to an unfamiliar place for some purpose. Before their journey, they had made a promise to each other “not to cry no matter what happens”
A husband and wife go on a weekend camping trip with their baby daughter, but things take a turn when they stumble upon a bag of money. They must navigate through a series of hilarious and chaotic events to keep their big lie hidden.
Drug adict teen gets out of rehab only to be accused of her boyfriend's death.
Against the background of the Civil War, sixteen-year-old song-and-dance artiste Lotta Crabtree works her way across America, becoming ever more popular.
Mother rabbit sends her charges off to school. Peter needs a bit more attention; he's hiding with the chickens, using a feather duster to stand in for a tail. On his way to school, Peter starts to sneak into a farmer's field, but is caught by three schoolmates. They threaten to tell the teacher, and Peter heads off to school.
Little Lulu, torn between playing hookey and going fishing, or going to school, chooses to go fishing...where she encounters the Fish from Cartoon Hades.
In Fish Hooky, a group of children decide to play hooky from school and spend the day at an amusement park. They encounter various adventures and misadventures throughout the day, including getting chased by a truant officer and getting locked in a room. Ultimately, they manage to outsmart the truant officer and return to school without getting caught.
On their way to Night School, Casper the Friendly Ghost and his pal, Spooky Ghost, pass a zoo, and Spooky has a good time scaring the animals until Casper, posing as the ghost of the scared denizens of the zoo, scares Spooky.
