Movies by Jake Ryan

Eighth Grade
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.

Fear Below
A rag-tag team of divers attempting to salvage a sunken car from a river are thwarted by a highly aggressive bull shark.
The Floaters
Struggling musician Nomi accepts a last-resort job from her overachiever best friend Mara: mentoring misfit campers, the “Floaters,” at their childhood Jewish summer camp. As the camp struggles to survive amidst competition with a longtime rival, Nomi, the Floaters, and Mara must overcome their differences to bring the community together and save the camp.

Age of Summer
A determined teenage boy struggles to find acceptance within the Jr. Lifeguards of Hermosa Beach while juggling relationships and challenges in the summer of 1986.
Foureyes
A 10-year-old boy is thrust into the tumultuous world of puberty when he gets a new pair of eyeglasses.

Titty Boy
When a teenage boy with gynecomastia (aka "man boobs") finds out his family can’t afford to pay for surgery to correct the issue, he takes the matter into his own hands.

Youngest
Autumn, a young girl who recently lost her father, bonds with Ethan, one of her older sibling’s friends at a high school house party. When she experiences her first heartbreak, she takes matters into her own hands. Short film.

Out of the Shadows
A newly married detective and his pregnant wife move into their dream home unaware of its dark history. When his wife claims their baby is being tormented by a supernatural force and seeks the help of a renegade demonologist, he must investigate the past to save his family.

My Melbourne
An anthology of four diverse stories about identity and belonging.

Streamline
A prodigious 15-year-old swimmer with the world at his feet self-destructs after his father is released from prison. Inside of the pool, he lives a life of rigorous perfectionism and outside of it, his existence is lonely and hollow.

Paradise Bay
Andy, an unfulfilled office worker, receives a strange message on his computer, promising him a trip to an exclusive resort Paradise Bay. The catch: he must try their experimental drug, but Andy soon discovers the promise of paradise may not be what it seems.