Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Youth: 31 Films to Rent on VHS
- Sugar and Spice (2002)
- Dir. Francine McDougall
Feat. Mena Suvari, Marley Shelton
- A group of 'sugar and spice' cheerleaders plan a bank–robbery in this passably efficient black comedy. Despite the array of stereotypes, this…
- Get Over It (2001)
- Dir. Tommy O’Haver
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller…
- Although helped by the charisma of Kirsten Dunst, this teen–movie retreads many of the usual formulas, with hero Ben Foster losing his…
- Interstate 60 (2001)
- Dir. Bob Gale
Feat. James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Kurt Russell…
- An appealingly quirky teen road movie from the writer of the BACK TO THE FUTURE series, in which Marsden sets out on the mythical American highway,…
- Princess Diaries, The (2001)
- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway
- PYGMALION–style tale of an initially gawky Anne Hathaway getting made over as a princess, that doesn’t exactly get the royal treatment…
- Van Wilder - Party Liason (2001)
- Dir. Walt Becker
Feat. Tara Reid, Ryan Reynolds, Tim Matheson
- Freewheeling 'college comedy' in which perenial undergrad Reynolds must use his social skills to make a living after his allowance is cut off. Fairly…
- Hopeless (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Hickey
Feat. Philip Pinner, Scott Wills, Adam Gardiner
- Charming enough to have inspired a 26–episode TV series, this rookie Kiwi comedy boasts a genuine low–budget verve, a charismatic cast of…
- Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Dewi Humphreys
Feat. Harry Enfield
- Kevin (Harry Enfield) and his odd–bird disciple Perry, two disaffected, DJ–worshipping teens, give us the run–down on how to hate…
- Where the Heart Is (2000)
- Dir. Matt Williams
Feat. Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing
- A likeable chick flick tracking Natalie Portman's path from pregnant, jilted trailer–trash, towards some kind of happiness. The movie's…
- Girl (1999)
- Dir. Jonathan Kahn
Feat. Dominique Swain
- Hybrid of the teen–flick with grunge–rock movie, starring Dominique Swain (LOLITA) as a brainy virgin who decides to fall in with some…
- Skipped Parts (1999)
- Dir. Tamra Davis
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bug Hall, Brad Renfro…
- Set in the early 1960s, this begins as a typical coming–of–age comedy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh and her son shifting to Smalltown, USA…
- Whiteboys (1999)
- Dir. Marc Levin
Feat. Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok, Mark Webber…
- Wannabe honky rappers Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok and Mark Webber take their many–times–removed Iowa version of hiphop to the streets of…
- 200 Cigarettes (1998)
- Dir. Risa Bramon Garcia
Feat. Ben Affleck, Martha Plimpton, Jay Mohr…
- An all–youth ensemble sample some Big Apple nightlife in the last remaining hours of 1981 before mingling at a precarious loft party.…
- Butcher Boy, The (1998)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw
- Despairing yet distinctive black comedy depicts the insanity implicit in a boy's view of his small town in Ireland, circa 1962. Adopts a lurid…
- Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
- Dir. Deborah Kaplan
Feat. Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Getting good party–points out of the classic formula, this perky high–school comedy unravels the limited world–views of its…
- Dead Man's Curve (1998)
- Dir. Dan Rosen
Feat. Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell, Dana Delaney
- Taking malicious advantage of a school–policy loophole, two desperate students conspire to dress up the murder of their room–mate as a…
- Jawbreaker (1998)
- Dir. Darren Stein
Feat. Rose McGowan
- A trio of teen–queens (incl. Rose McGowan), used to inflicting tongue–lashings on their classmates go onto the back foot when they…
- Outside Providence (1998)
- Dir. Michael Corrente
Feat. Alec Baldwin
- The Farrelly Brothers venture towards the deeper end of comedy with a, by turns, idiosyncratic and witless farce about a 70s era teen–stoner…
- Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
- Dir. Tamara Jenkins
Feat. Marisa Tomei, Alan Arkin
- A New York teen comes of age while being dragged around various LA hovels by her poor–schmuck father (Alan Arkin) and her two irritating…
- Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, The (1998)
- Dir. Sheree Folkson, Kieron Walsh
Feat. Ciaran McMenamin, Simone Lahbib, Nicole Stapleton…
- Young persons are the target of the whimsical Scottish TV series following the fortunes of an eclectic rock group who go from garage nobodies to gain…
- Daria (TV Series) (1997-2002)
- Derisive cult animation series starring the ultimate high school anti–heroine – Daria Morgendorffer – a bookish student who keeps…
- Trojan War (1997)
- Dir. George Huang
Feat. Will Friedle, Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Comic misadventures beset a young turk who scours the town in search of a condom in order to consummate with the ready–and–willing girl…
- Pcu: Pit Party (1994)
- Dir. Hart Bochner
Feat. Jeremy Piven, David Spade, Jessica Walter…
- Boisterous, ANIMAL HOUSE–style campus comedy takes an unabashed poke at that '90s catch–cry – 'political correctness'. Beer…
- Class Act (1992)
- Dir. Randall Miller
Feat. Meshach Taylor, Rick Ducommun
- Funky feature with HOUSE PARTY rap act Kid 'n' Play as a straight–A student and street–wise homeboy who have their identities switched at…
- Flirting (1991)
- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Thandiwe Newton, Nicole Kidman, Noah Taylor
- Award–winning sequel to THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE sensitively explores adolescent life in two single–sex high schools in rural Australia,…
- Where the Heart Is (1990)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Uma Thurman, Crispin Glover, Dabney Coleman…
- Trendy New York teens are forced out of their parents house to live in a ramshackle dump, and learn the ways of the real world. Kooky fun.
- Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
- Dir. Ron Nyswaner
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Fred Ward, Bonnie Bedelia…
- Fans of Keanu Reeves will find small delight in the hunky one cutting his teeth in this often amusing comedy as a free–spirited teenage misfit.
- School Daze (1988)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn…
- Spike Lee's black high–school musical is perhaps over–ambitious, but the disorder is compensated in sheer exuberance and…
- Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
- Dir. Howard Deutch
Feat. Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson
- Some wonderful romantic angst from John Hughes' pen, with Mary Stuart Masterson in love with Eric Stoltz in love with Lea Thompson.
- Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1985)
- Feat. Leigh McCloskey
- Typical 80's teen sex comedy largely inspired by fast food jobs and the Hamburger University program of the McDonald's Corporation.
- Skateboard (1977)
- Dir. George Gage
Feat. Leif Garrett, Allen Garfield, Kathleen Lloyd
- Teen idol Leif Garrett is barely out of huggies to star in this quite entertaining cash–in on the first wave of the skateboard craze in the…
- Tall Story (1960)
- Dir. Joshua Logan
Feat. Jane Fonda, Anthony Perkins
- A young Jane Fonda makes her screen debut in this candy–coated comedy as a bubbly co–ed with romantic yearnings for basketballer Anthony…