Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Youth: 29 Films to Rent
- Booksmart (2019)
- Dir. Olivia Wilde
Feat. Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein
- Sensational directorial debut for actor Olivia Wilde, who transforms the High School coming–of–age comedy into a riotous celebration of…
- Blockers (2018)
- Dir. Kay Cannon
Feat. Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, John Cena
- A surprisingly tender sex–comedy about a trio of parents who attempt to stop their teenage daughters from having sex on prom night. Features…
- Love, Simon (2018)
- Dir. Greg Berlanti
Feat. Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner
- A high school love story taking the best of the genre cliches (yes, John Hughes) and translating them into a gay context – an unprecedented…
- Mid 90s (2018)
- Dir. Jonah Hill
Feat. Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges…
- Evocative coming–of–age drama from actor–director Jonah Hill, following a 13–year old boy in 90's Los Angeles who falls in…
- Lady Bird (Ladybird) (2017)
- Dir. Greta Gerwig
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts…
- Sublime coming–of–age drama which marks the writing and directing debut of formidable indie talent Greta Gerwig, who draws upon her own…
- Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
- Dir. Trish Sie
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld…
- Adds nothing new to the formula, but it's a winning one – The Bellas reunite after finishing college and return to their a capella roots after…
- Jasper Jones (2016)
- Dir. Rachel Perkins
Feat. Levi Miller, Aaron L. McGrath, Angourie Rice…
- A nostalgic portrait of Australian childhood in the summer of '69 that tells the story of a bookish boy who finds himself caught up in a local murder…
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Tim Burton's spectacular adaptation of the young adult fantasy novel about a teenager who discovers a portal to a different time in coastal Wales…
- Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth…
- Satisfying conclusion to the dystopian series has Katniss reunite with her friends as the war of Panem escalates.
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
- Dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Feat. Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke…
- Winner of the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, this imaginative, eclectic dramedy follows an awkward high–school filmmaker and a gravely ill…
- Divergent (2014)
- Dir. Neil Burger
Feat. Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd…
- Shailene Woodley plays a 'divergent', a personality type marked for elimination in this dystopian thriller based on Veronica Roth's bestselling young…
- Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth…
- Third in the series finds Katniss in District 13 fighting to save Peeta who is now a brainwashed captive of President Snow.
- Maze Runner, The (2014)
- Dir. Wes Ball
Feat. Dylan O‘Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter…
- Post–apocalyptic thriller with teenage boys battling for survival in an enclosed maze.
- Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson…
- The victors of the Hunger Games must rally at the threat of an uprising in this blockbuster sequel to Suzanne Collins's best–selling young…
- Chronicle (2012)
- Dir. Josh Trank
Feat. Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan…
- Amping up the 'found–footage' concept to even dizzier heights than CLOVERFIELD, this fantasy has three teens running amok after acquiring…
- Hunger Games, The (2012)
- Dir. Gary Ross
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth…
- A 16–year–old girl must compete in a televised tournament in which 24 teenagers from a post–apocalyptic society fight to the death…
- Attack the Block (2011)
- Dir. Joe Cornish
Feat. Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail…
- A gang of teenage delinquents rally to defend their tower block from alien invaders in this quick–witted urban sci–fi comedy that…
- Super 8 (2011)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths…
- A young group of film–loving friends witness a train crash and suspect it was not an accident and their suspicions are fueled by a series of…
- Boy (2010)
- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Taika Waititi, James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu…
- Taika Waititi continues his dream run as director with this fictionalised coming–of–age tale that draws on his own experience growing up…
- Runaways, The (2010)
- Dir. Floria Sigismondi
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon…
- A high–strung, hell–for–leather rock movie based on the short–lived exploits of pioneering girl band The Runaways and their…
- An Education (2009)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina…
- An assured and alluring coming–of–age drama set in swinging sixties London (1961 in fact), with teenage ingenue Carey Mulligan falling in…
- School of Rock (2003)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White
- A must for rock fans of all ages, this hilarious, tongue–in–cheek tribute to rock music is charged by the head–banging enthusiasm…
- Final Destination (2000)
- Dir. James Wong
Feat. Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith…
- A young man's premonition that his Paris–bound plane of classmates will explode after take–off causes a fall–out of unpredictable…
- American History X (1998)
- Dir. Tony Kaye
Feat. Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Stacy Keach…
- Potent dissertation on generational anger among the skinhead community of Los Angeles' Venice Beach, that though flawed by brushes with cliche, is a…
- Breakfast Club, The (1985)
- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall…
- Five teenagers do detention together in this John Hughes classic.
- Quadrophenia (1979)
- Dir. Franc Roddam
Feat. Phil Daniels, Michael Elphick, Ray Winstone…
- Brilliant portrait of alienated youth, inspired by The Who's concept album, focuses on a young Mod's personal crises and his gang's violent agenda…
- Grease (1977)
- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing…
- Musical sensation set in a 1950s high–school was a box–office phenomenon, now an enduring classic. John Travolta, Olivia…
- Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates…
- From Anthony Burgess' novel, Stanley Kubrick flexes his genius with this electrifying satire about an ultra–violent gang of 'droogs' whose…
- Rapture (1965)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Gozzi, Dean Stockwell…
- Drama based on the 1954 novel "Rapture in My Rags" about a lonely teenage girl living with her widower father, who develops an attraction to an…