Robert Cormier

A surreal portrait of a Catholic Private School and it's hierarchy. A new student must submit to the bizarre rituals of his peers and the expectations of the school's administration by selling chocolates (imdb)

Barney Snow (Wood) wakes up in a hospital with no memories but his name & recurring images of a car crash. With little else to go on, he makes the place his temporary home and soon learns that all of the other residents in this youth clinic are dying from terminal illnesses - except him. When another patient, Mazzo (Perrino), asks Barney to play host for his visiting twin sister Cassie (Cook), the two strike up a fast friendship that blooms into romance and promises a fresh start for Barney... (IMDb.com)

A policeman (Crowe) works to figure out whether a violent teen (Foster) murdered his family. (imdb)

Adapted from the Robert Cormier novel. This film follows the life of a young boy whose happy, if somewhat unusual life with his friends and family gradually starts to unravel, until the truth of the boy's situation is finally revealed. (imdb)