Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds
Director: Greg Motolla
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy, Drama

I was really surprised that this film made it onto this list. Not because I had low expectations for it, but because after I watched it, it lingered in my mind for months afterwards. It got a bad wrap, as you can read almost anywhere, from a misleading marketing campaign promising the next Superbad, but in reality it’s a far more tender and personal story of growing up than the raunchy laughfest that Superbad is. The strongest thing about Adventureland is how well-written its characters are; not necessarily its dialogue, but what the characters choose to do and their motivations all seem so incredibly natural, and that none of their problems exist for the sake of the story. Everything just is. And that’s rare for a quirky coming-of-age dramedy.