The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love. From TMDB
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60 of 89 · most liked firstA compulsory rewatch of Rocky Horror after The Perks of Being A Wallflower, another from my dad's Hitchcock collection, and a 90s Sandra Bullock romcom with my youngest. #LetterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky #moviesky
unlabelledView post →Tonight’s Movie Selection: "The Perks of Being a Wallflower” (2012). Based on the novel by Stephen Chbosky. Two thumbs up 👍 👍 and bonus points for excellent soundtrack www.imdb.com/title/tt1659...
unlabelledView post →A book to a movie, and two great songs. A key scene in the book is set to "Landslide," but when the book was made into a film, the book's author and film's director decided to change it to "Heroes." From The Perks of Being a Wallflower: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgzE...
unlabelledView post →"Such an Old-Fashioned Word" Fleabag x The Perks of Being a Wallflower Three friends in Film School face their respective "Coming-Of-Age" arcs as they grapple with exactly what sort of feelings they have for each other and what they want in life... #NewAdult #LitFic #Con #friendship
unlabelledView post →#SeptemberMovieChallenge Day 22 Friends getting together in a movie The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (2012)
unlabelledView post →Notably "Landslide" was featured in the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower but was replaced in the movie by "Heroes"
unlabelledView post →My #LastFourWatched for this #LetterboxdFriday 1. Free Enterprise 2. Life of Brian 3. Divos! 4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower #Movies #Films #Letterboxd
unlabelledView post →$11 total, got lucky today! 😭 found the movie cover of The Perks of Being a Wallflower which completes my collection for the editions I have of it! Then got lucky finding The Butterfly Garden, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, The God of Endings, and Fahrenheit 451! #BlueSky #BookSky #Thrift #Books
unlabelledView post →I remember reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower and being like oh what a nice slice of life book. Then watching the movie and realizing he was molested. I don’t trust my reading comprehension. Maybe I have to read out loud or stick to audiobooks so I don’t blur pages together in a trance like sta
unlabelledView post →#lastfourwatched - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), The Odyssey (2026), Creep 2 (2017), Creep (2014) @letterboxd.social #letterboxdfriday #films #films2026 ❤️📽️🎬🎥
unlabelledView post →Introduce yourself One book - The Perks of Being A Wallflower One movie- Silver Linings Playbook One tv show- Coupling One album- "For My Broken Heart" Reba McEntire #promosky
unlabelledView post →Just finished The Perks of Being a Wallflower book and now onto the movie. Should I have tissues handy? #booksky
unlabelledView post →I’m sorry but it’s Heroes but only because of The Perks of Being A Wallflower, aka my favorite movie.
unlabelledView post →I'm late to the party but I started reading 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' a few days ago. I might have liked it better had I read it in high school. Is it just me who liked the movie better? I watched the movie before reading the book (yes, that's kind of busted 🤡) #booksky #teenmovie #movie
unlabelledView post →The Perks of Being a Wallflower [67] is on Hulu: www.metacritic.com/movie/the-pe... #11pmspecial "There is an honesty to The Perks of Being a Wallflower, a genuineness of experience that makes the movie soar when it just as easily could have stumbled." - Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
unlabelledView post →My 15-year-old nephew just discovered The Perks of Being a Wallflower, both the book and the film.
unlabelledView post →Most popular film on Letterboxd I haven't seen, per decade: 20s: Longlegs 10s: The Perks of Being a Wallflower 00s: Little Miss Sunshine 90s: 10 Things I Hate About You 80s: Akira 70s: House 60s: The Color of Pomegranates 50s: Funny Face 40s: To Be or Not To Be 30s: Freaks 20s: Haxan
unlabelledView post →15 movies to get to know me: Cinderella (1950) Deadpool 2 Breakfast Club Doctor Dolittle (1967) Frozen 2 A Goofy Movie Princess Mononoke Pitch Perfect Leap Year Star Wars: Rogue One The Marvels The Perks of Being a Wallflower Fierce Creatures The Fault in Our Stars Finding Dory
unlabelledView post →If you were on Tumblr in 2012, you either made THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER a core part of your personality, or you knew someone who did. This week we’re diving into why this “boy movie” was so beloved by young women and how it’s held up all these years later. Episode drops on Thursday!
unlabelledView post →some details about me. Name: Giselle Kwon Heigh: 5'4" (1.65) Sign: Taurus. Age: 25. MBTI: Isfp. Colour: Red ‘nd Black. Movie: The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. Animal: Dogs, Cats, Turtles, Rabbits, Butterflies… 💗💞💘 Food: Sushi. Drink: Coffee ‘nd Wine
unlabelledView post →A personal comfort movie that I'll always appreciate is certainly The Perks of Being a Wallflower, as it really resonated with me a lot as a person, since it's such a wholesome and relatable movie with a lot of heart and emotion to it, as it handles its themes of accepting love in a meaningful way.
unlabelledView post →Maybe it was watching the frozen four game - but I’ve decided to go with a coming of age theme for tonight’s movie game. Avs win - The Perks of Being A Wallflower Avs lose - Big Time Adolescence #GoAvsGo
unlabelledView post →I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I've always heard it was a bit different than the movie, but I wasn't prepared for how existentially sad it was!! Good book though 🤌
unlabelledView post →If you haven't watched The Perks of Being a Wallflower go watch it RIGHT FUCKING NOW alternatively go READ it. the movie is peak cinema and somehow the book is still even better!!!!!!!!!! #filmsky #booksky #amreading
unlabelledView post →A book had never made me feel as seen as this one and I love it to this day. This copy has been beaten and bruised, annotated and had tea spilled all over it- definitely well-loved! Also, the movie is great but the book is inarguably even better. The Perks of Being a Wallflower By Stephen Chbosky
unlabelledView post →This afternoon's movie is THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Yet another great Pittsburgh-set coming of age story. 📽️ #FilmSky
unlabelledView post →13 years ago today, Emma Watson was spotted working out in Pittsburgh with Johnny Simmons. They were both there to film 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'. All photos at: www.emmawatson-updates.com/2011/05/emma...
unlabelledView post →The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Just really, really good. Incredibly powerful film. Not even slightly surprised how it became a classic.
unlabelledView post →Watched The Perks of Being a Wallflower with the Polycule tonight :3
unlabelledView post →Finally Thrifted: The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Excited to read it! Havent even seen the movie #booksky #reading 📚💙
unlabelledView post →Just watched “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” (2012) for the first time and experiences like this, while so very rare, are the reason I keep coming back to film. What a beautiful gift of art.
unlabelledView post →With 4 yrs staring us in the face with trump, guess I'll continue making film recommendations like: The Perks of Being a Wallflower starring Kate Walsh, Emma Watson, and Logan Lerman. It's a coming of age movie you'll love.
unlabelledView post →The double-deck Fort Pitt Bridge carries Interstate 376 / US Routes 22/30/19 across the Monongahela River when it emerges from the Fort Pitt Tunnel to present drivers an amazing vista of downtown Pittsburgh - notably featured in the film "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012). Shot May 2024.
unlabelledView post →Film Advent Calendar Day 18: Hearing “Heroes” by David Bowie instantly took me back to the tunnel scene in The Perks of Being a Wallflower. That film spoke to me in 2012. I had just started dating my ex-wife, thought I had life figured out, and didn’t understand romance. But I understood Perks.
unlabelledView post →while on vacation, me and the kiddo watched the movie "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and the RHPS features in it a couple of times as some of the characters perform in the shadow cast.
unlabelledView post →The Perks of Being a Wallflower is also a charming and delightful movie that has some pretty interesting LGBTQIA+ representation that feels so genuine, as Patrick goes through his own personal struggles of him dealing with the circumstances in society, as he later learns his resilience.
unlabelledView post →The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. For some ungodly reason that movie was incredibly triggering for me. I watched the whole thing, but it took me 18 hours, because I kept stopping to pace around the room and have anxiety attacks.
unlabelledView post →Best movie soundtrack? The Perks of Being a Wallflower
unlabelledView post →The Perks of Being a Wallflower hit me HARD. I don't know how to describe it, but I felt like I was in the movie next to these characters. I got so emotionally attached to everyone and the final few moments were stressing me out. #FilmSky #MovieSky #Movies boxd.it/9WT07Z
unlabelledView post →Try the Perks of Being a Wallflower. Also covers the also a movie one.
unlabelledView post →Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 — The Perks of Being a Wallflower One movie 🎥 — LOTR One album 💿 — Miles Davis - Kind of Blue One TV show 📺 — Sex and the City
unlabelledView post →Introduce yourself One book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower One movie: Stardust One album: Hybrid Theory One tv show: Doctor Who
unlabelledView post →The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a movie that will always belong in a special place in my heart, since it's such a relatable and wholesome movie that has a lot of it's own charm and soul to it that makes it special and I also loved how it handled the struggles of trauma and mental health
unlabelledView post →Celebrate #EmmaWatson's birthday with her film costume from 2012's #ThePerksOfBeingAWallflower on display tinyurl.com/2n3u8ayt
unlabelledView post →‘STILL THRIVING!’ 2004 romantic comedy film ‘13 Going on 30’ will get a reboot starring ‘People We Meet on Vacation’ actress Emily Bader and Logan Lerman of ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ Netflix announced on Wednesday, March 25. via Eizelle Onde/The Nexus #TheNexus
unlabelledView post →In my American Studies class I do a mini-unit on film analysis to set up CITIZEN KANE, and in asking students to pick clips from movies they love to analyze with formal film language, one movie strikes me now as much better directed than I ever remembered: THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER.
unlabelledView post →This is hard, so I am going to go with FIRST ANSWER BEST ANSWER mentality Music: Relationship of Command by At the Drive-In Movie: 12 Monkeys Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Shows: X-Files Game: Disco Elysium
unlabelledView post →Movie: The original Gone in 60 Seconds from 1974. Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
unlabelledView post →Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals" "The Perks of Being a Wallflower With Big Naturals"
unlabelledView post →Happy Anniversary to ‘The Perks of Being A Wallflower’ (2012; film). In honor the blog is live (March 2025), on my 10” x 10” piece printed on white pearl linen, was made for Gallery1988’s ‘Canon Event’. nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/... @procreate.com #gallery1988 #stephenchbosky
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching The Perks Of Being A Wallflower in theaters Rewatching on the big screen, a movie that changed my outlook on life #filmsky #promosky
unlabelledView post →I saw ”The Perks of Being a Wallflower” (2012) last night in a theater for the first time and, once again, the effect of it was profoundly overwhelming. It is arguably the best film ever made about teenagers. It is as good a film about teenage depression as “Ordinary People” (1980).
unlabelledView post →The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) How do you feel about this coming of age movie? Joining my to revise that film year: @brittsbyhobnob.bsky.social from @1001by1.bsky.social and Nikko Caruso (part of the @moviearcher.bsky.social team) #movies #filmsky
unlabelledView post →#A-ZFilmSongs H = Heroes - David Bowie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower Another brilliant soundtrack all round but the tunnel song is the most memorable of the film. Makes me want to watch it all over again! youtu.be/XDzFxgGPZqE?...
unlabelledView post →The Perks of Being a Wallflower is my fave coming of age film. It haandles mental heath and school friendships with real delicacy. I'll have to read the book now.
unlabelledView post →The Perks of Being a Wallflower [67] is on Showtime: www.metacritic.com/movie/the-pe... #11pmspecial "There is an honesty to The Perks of Being a Wallflower, a genuineness of experience that makes the movie soar when it just as easily could have stumbled." - Arizona Republic
unlabelledView post →That cat likes both the book and movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
unlabelledView post →Looking for a particular kind of queer story. https://www.booksns.com/229594/ I'm looking for a gay coming-of-age story that's reminiscent of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, or the film Beautiful Thing (1996). by brotherbear2002
unlabelledView post →it's pretty wild that he produced "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Even more wild that he let the author the book, Stephen Chbosky direct the movie.
unlabelledView post →2026 Film Reviews 611. Girls Like Girls (2026) - 4.5 612. The Dog Stars (2026) - 4.0 613. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (2012) - 5.0 #2026FilmsDH
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