Top 10 best sex education movies to watch

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Sex Education

Sex Education: Season 2

Sex Education is playwright Laurie Nunn's first television production. The series was released on the Netflix online movie platform from January 2019.

Sex Education follows "virgin" male student Otis (Asa Butterfield) who organizes a sex therapy session in his school, inspired by his mother's own work. Otis has always felt uninterested in sexual matters and that worries his mother and friends quite a bit. Things started to get worse when her rebellious friend suggested going to the teenage psychophysiology consultation room.

Not only want to help improve the sex life for his friends, the purpose of this bold idea of ​​the boy is to seduce the girl of his dreams Maeve (Emma Mackey) - a smart and personality schoolgirl, and is also Otis' "partner" in therapy.

The Sex Education script removes feelings of embarrassment when it comes to teen sex education. The film provides knowledge about bisexuality, homosexuality, warnings about unsafe sex, and answers common concerns during puberty in a close, stress-free, forced manner. .

In addition to lessons about sex, Sex Education emphasizes the role of family and friends in the psychophysical development stage of each teenager. Each character in the movie has their own family story. The obsessions in childhood, the feeling of not being deeply connected to the family create many conflicts between parents and children. However, the conflicts at the end of each episode are resolved through gentle, effective communication.

Movies encourage parents to listen to their children more, educate by sincere conversation instead of imposing and controlling. The work offers many subtle perspectives, helping parents easily empathize with the uncertainties when their children enter puberty.

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Atypical

Atypical - Official Trailer

This is also the original series of Netflix, similar to Sex Education. Atypical is the story of Sam Gardner (Keir Gilchrist), an 18-year-old boy with autism. The time Sam decided to find a girlfriend was also when his parents wanted their son to have a more independent and independent life.

Suffering from autism, Sam is not like a normal person, so the movie's name is Atypical - Eccentric, but why can't autistic people love anyone and not be loved in return? The series proved otherwise. Unlike Sex Education, Atypical does not have many hot scenes and does not mention too deeply about sex. Instead, by telling stories gently and touching the heart, the school story of an 18-year-old boy in beautiful America will warm the heart of any audience.

In terms of a number of factors such as sensitive scenes, adult sexuality and a loose life, Atypical is somewhat inferior to Sex Education. However, in terms of meaning and humanity, Atypical is slightly better.

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Skins

Skins Series 1 Preview Trailer

Skins is a television series about a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England. The film explores issues such as family disorders, mental disorders (such as eating disorders), gender issues, adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and even death. The series was created by Scottish screenwriters Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain and produced by Company Pictures.

This is the story of young people, from family and complicated relationships to first love; All-night parties, marijuana use, and their views on sexuality and gender are the hallmarks of the series. Skins most realistically depicts the life of young people in urban areas in the UK. The outstanding and sensitive issues are expressed frankly and openly with the underage actors.

Skins is the most special and authentic sex education film of young people, especially young British people. It is also the leading series in depicting adulthood in the mid-2000s in the UK.

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Derry Girls

Derry Girls trailer

Derry Girls is a Northern Irish sitcom created and written by Lisa McGee and produced by Hat Trick Productions. Derry Girls is the story of 5 high school students who are growing up and starting their journey into adulthood – going through adolescence. The series is also labeled 16+ as Sex Education on Netflix, but Derry Girls does not appear as many direct sensitive scenes as the British film, but indirectly refers to the issue of puberty in a humorous way. through character dialogue.

Derry Girls has been the most watched series in Northern Ireland since 2002. In January 2018 when the first episode of the series was released, the series was confirmed to have a part 2 but it is now 2019 and part information 2 has yet to be announced by the manufacturer. Debuted for 1 year, but the charm that Derry Girls brings has not shown any signs of cooling down.

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Lady Bird

Lady Bird trailer

Set in the first half of the 2000s, Lady Bird tells the story of Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) who gives herself the nickname "Lady Bird" with the dream of "running far away" from the peaceful but boring Sacramento countryside. as well as want to experience "being an adult". Throughout the film is the growing up story of "Lady Bird" when struggling with strict family conditions, relationships such as love, friendship, intimacy and even sex...

As one of only two films with an almost perfect 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes with 5 Oscar nominations in 2017 despite being an independent film with a limited budget, "Lady Bird" by director and actor Greta Gerwig has excellently portrayed the difficulties and contradictions of a "you're not yet 18" girl when she is about to enter life.