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Cromartie High School (TV Series)Cromartie High School (TV Series) (Sakigake!! Kuromati Kôkô) (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Hiroaki Sakurai
The zany and hilarious episodes in the life of a teenage boy who ends up at a rough public school, peopled by an array of thugs, robots, a gorilla…
Zero DayZero Day (2003) Recommended
Dir. Ben Coccio
Feat. Andre Keuck, Calvin Robertson
A confronting, fictionalized insight into the nihilistic mind–set of two alienated students who plotted and carried out a violent massacre at…
Backyard, TheBackyard, The (2002) Recommended
Dir. Paul Hough
A cringe–inducing glimpse into the American subculture of backyard amateur wrestling, in which contestants up the ante with barbed wire,…
SpunSpun (2002) Recommended
Dir. Jonas Akerlund
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo
A cinematically exhilarating depiction of existence among a group of methamphetamine (P) addicts in Los Angeles, that is sure to divide audiences as…
Teenage CavemanTeenage Caveman (2001) Aro Favourite
Dir. Larry Clark
Feat. Andrew Keegan, Tara Subkoff, Richard Hillman
The highlight of a ‘Creature Feature’ series that updates drive–in fare of yesteryear, this delirious slab of camp set in a…
Wet Hot American SummerWet Hot American Summer (2001) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Wain
Feat. Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Marguerite Moreau
Set in the charmingly unhip summer–camp 'Camp Firewood', this wettingly hilarious satire of 1970s and 80s culture, mores and cliches is…
Attack the Gas StationAttack the Gas Station (1999) Recommended
Dir. Sang-Jin Kim
Feat. Sung-jae Lee, Oh-seong Yu, Seong-jin Kang
Four disaffected youths take hostage an entire gas station in this subversive, blackly–comic masterpiece from Korea. Gleefully tearing apart…
Tribe, The (TV Series)Tribe, The (TV Series) (1999-2003)
Set in an post–apocalyptic future where all adults have been wiped out by a virus and children must fend for themselves by ganging up together,…
Acid House, TheAcid House, The (1998) Recommended
Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Stephen McCole, Maurice Roeves, Garry Sweeney
Those with a taste for undiluted Irvine Welsh (author of TRAINSPOTTING) will find warts–and–all satisfaction in this portmanteau of three…
NowhereNowhere (1997)
Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton
Final installment of Gregg Araki's teen apocalypse' trilogy, trawling the teenage shallowlands of L.A. in a kind of R–rated flip to Beverly…
Beavis and Butthead Do AmericaBeavis and Butthead Do America (1996)
Dir. Mike Judge
The flagrantly antisocial, hormonally over–charged MTV duo embark on a fea ture–length odyssey to recover their all–important TV…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) - Season 1 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) - Season 1 (1996) Recommended
Dir. Bruce Seth Green, Joss Whedon
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar
The TV followup to the 1992 movie, that slays its predecessor in wit and cult–appeal. Sarah Michelle Gellar plays the high–school teen…
Doom Generation, TheDoom Generation, The (1995)
Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech
The boundaries of good taste are demolished in this white–trash road movie obsessed with teenage sex and scatology. The joke turns cruel in the…
KidsKids (1995) Recommended
Dir. Larry Clark
Feat. Leo Fitzpatrick, Sarah Henderson, Justin Pierce
Cult photographer Larry Clark's debut, 24hrs of New York streetkid life, attracted immediate controversy. The unblinking depictions of sex, drugs and…
Metal SkinMetal Skin (1994)
Dir. Geoffrey Wright
Feat. Aiden Young, Tara Morice, Ben Mendelsohn
A petrol–soaked, despairing love story from the director of ROMPER STOMPER, who takes another look at Australian youth counter–culture…
My So-Called Life (TV Series)My So-Called Life (TV Series) (1994-1995)
Dir. Scott Winant
Feat. Claire Danes, Jared Leto, Bess Armstrong
Hard–hitting drama series starring a young Claire Danes in her breakout role as a 15 year–old dealing with angst–ridden teen…
Beavis and Butthead (TV Series)Beavis and Butthead (TV Series) (1993-1997)
Dir. Mike Judge
Once rejected by our television networks on moral grounds, this might've been your only chance to catch America's favourite miscreants in animated…
Totally F***ed UpTotally F***ed Up (1993)
Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid
A corrosive portrait of a group of alienated gay comrades, and the first (and perhaps best) part of dir. Araki's 'teen apocalypse trilogy' (completed…
Bill and Ted's Bogus JourneyBill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter return as a couple of crazed teenagers who are sent on a Bogus Journey through a round trip to heaven and hell in this…
Pump Up the VolumePump Up the Volume (1990)
Dir. Allan Moyle
Feat. Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross
Christian Slater is Hard Harry, maverick pirate radio DJ by night, anonymous and shy student by day. His anarchic commentaries earn a loyal band of…
River's EdgeRiver's Edge (1986) Recommended
Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye
Terrifying drama about a group of school friends who discover that one of them has murdered a classmate. Major cult film from the '80s with its lurid…
Boys Next Door, TheBoys Next Door, The (1985)
Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Maxwell Caulfield
Early feature film by celebrated underground film maker Penelope Spheeris (DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILISATION), with Charlie Sheen Maxwell Caulfield…
Beat StreetBeat Street (1984) Recommended
Dir. Stan Lathan
Feat. Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis
Key film in the history of hip–hop culture, this urban musical may show its age and derivation (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER), but still comprises an…
SuburbiaSuburbia (Rebel Street's aka: Wild Side) (1983) Aro Favourite
Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Flea
Low key yet definitive dramatic portrait of the American punk scene, staged with non–actors as the "T.R. gang" who set up camp in a scuzzy L.A.…
Porky'sPorky's (1981)
Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier
ANIMAL HOUSE retread with juvenile male high–jinx on college campus. Massive hit is testament to the adage that no–one ever went broke…
Out of the BlueOut of the Blue (1980) Recommended
Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Sharon Farrell
Dennis Hopper transposes the themes from his EASY RIDER into a punk aesthetic in this downbeat yet compelling dissertation on teenage rebellion and…
Rude BoyRude Boy (1980) Recommended
Dir. Hazan, Mingay
Feat. Jimmy Pursey, Johnny Green
Semi–doco in which a teenage punk is forced to choose political allegiances while scamming a roadie job with the Clash. Features nine Clash…
Over the EdgeOver the Edge (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Matt Dillon, Harry Northrup
One of the best portraits of delinquency yet committed to the screen, Matt Dillon, in his acting debut, is just one of the aimless youths who erupt…
QuadropheniaQuadrophenia (1979) Aro Favourite
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…
Rock 'n' Roll High SchoolRock 'n' Roll High School (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alan Arkush
Feat. P.J. Soles, Vince Van Patten, Clint Howard
Pop–crazy student and 'Ramones' no. 1 fan, Riff Randell (PJ Soles) fights for her right to party against dragonlady principal Togar (Mary…
Wanderers, TheWanderers, The (1979) Recommended
Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, Linda Manz
Bittersweet throw back to life in a Bronx high school in 1963, focused on Italian gang 'The Wanderers', who fumble their way through romance and…
Big WednesdayBig Wednesday (1978) Recommended
Dir. John Milius
Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent, Gary Busey, William Katt
Resonant, underrated youth movie about three red–blooded American boys who catch waves in mid–60s California but face the winds of change…
FJ Holden, TheFJ Holden, The (1977) Recommended
Dir. Michael Thornhill
Feat. Paul Couzens, Carl Stever, Sigrid Thornton
Low–budget youth drama that follows the travails of two smalltime Holden–driving hoons in the West Sydney suburb of Bankstown. Both…
Massacre at Central HighMassacre at Central High (1976) Recommended
Dir. Renee Daalder
Feat. Andrew Stevens, Robert Carradine
An estranged new student uses his homicidal tendencies for the public good, by eliminating trouble–makers in imaginative ways. The superior…
Clockwork Orange, AClockwork Orange, A (1971) Aro Favourite
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…
Zabriskie PointZabriskie Point (1970)
Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Rod Taylor, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin
Antonioni explores the psyche of young radicals who try to find the meaning of life after fleeing from riotous protests. Engaging hippie fare.
Alice's RestaurantAlice's Restaurant (1969) Recommended
Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn, James Broderick
Loosely built around the adventures of hippie troubadour Arlo Guthrie (son of Woody and star of WOODSTOCK), as he wanders rural America asking…
All the Right NoisesAll the Right Noises (1969) Recommended
Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Olivia Hussey, Tom Bell, John Standing
The story of a young married man who has an affair with a teenage girl, this forms part of a peculiarly 1960s British wave of films exploring such…
If....If.... (1968) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Richard Warwick, Mona Washbourne
An angry yet sublimely poetic counter–cultural work in which events both real and imagined culminate in a violent revolt at a repressive public…
Just for the Hell of it / Blast Off GirlsJust for the Hell of it / Blast Off Girls (1967-1968)
Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis
Feat. Ray Sager
A Drive–In Double Bill of delinquency dramas from gore–king Herschell Gordon Lewis, who here keeps a lid on the red paint. JUST FOR…
Riot On Sunset StripRiot On Sunset Strip (1967) Recommended
Dir. Arthur Dreifuss
Feat. Aldo Ray, Mimsy Farmer
Restless hippy kids cause headaches for parents and police as violence and recreational drugs take root in affluent Hollywood. The fashions and…
Beach Blanket BingoBeach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Dir. William Asher
Feat. Paul Lynde, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello
Most successful and best known of the ‘Beach Party’ movies, though it shows signs of being fifth in a series by straying quite a way from the…
Village of the GiantsVillage of the Giants (1965) Recommended
Dir. Bert I. Gordon
Feat. Ron Howard, Beau Bridges
From the brainchild of Bert I. Gordon, an atomic monster and ‘giant’ movie specialist who did a lot of his own special effects, comes this gaudy…
Leather Boys, TheLeather Boys, The (1964) Recommended
Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton
Gritty study of an impulsive young woman's incompatible marriage to motorcycle–loving mechanic, and his subsequent 'close' relationship with a…
Ride the Wild SurfRide the Wild Surf (1964)
Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Fabian, Tab Hunter, Barbara Eden
Clean–cut teenage beach party movie with Fabian, Tab Hunter and Barbara Eden looking splendid in their swimming trunks.
That Kind of GirlThat Kind of Girl (1963) Recommended
Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Margaret Rose Keil, David Weston, Linda Marlowe
Another gem rescued from obscurity by the BFI's Flipside label, this one deals with the hush–hush topic of venereal disease against a backdrop…
Yellow Teddybears, TheYellow Teddybears, The (Gutter Girls) (1963)
Dir. Robert Hartford-Davies
Feat. Annette Whiteley
Packaged as a sexploitation movie, this is actually an earnest message movie about illicit teenage sex, set in a girl's school where those that have…
Young Racers, TheYoung Racers, The (1963)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Mark Damon, Patrick Magee
Teensploitation melodrama from the king of the drive–in cheapie about motor–racing rivalry. Some great racing footage and bratty…
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Dir. Paul Wendkos
Feat. Deborah Walley, James Darren
Deborah Walley as teenage Gidget #3 says ‘aloha’ in this superfluous sequel.
Young Ones, The / Summer HolidayYoung Ones, The / Summer Holiday (1961-1962) Recommended
Dir. Sidney J. Furie, Peter Yates
Feat. Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, The Shadows
A pairing of delightfully dated musical vehicles for Brit pop sensation of the day, Cliff Richard. THE YOUNG ONES has Cliff organising a fundraising…
Beat GirlBeat Girl (1960) Aro Favourite
Dir. Edmond T. Greville
Feat. Gillian Hills, Adam Faith, Christopher Lee
Providing a rare peek into the British 'beat scene', this groovy juvenile delinquency drama proves there was teenage wildlife before the Beatles, and…
High School CaesarHigh School Caesar (1960)
Dir. O'Dale Ireland
Feat. John Ashley
John Ashley plays a budding crime–lord in this racy wee B–movie, with his own high school proving a rich source of revenue, via exam…
Sex Kittens Go to College (1960)
Dir. Albert Zugsmith
Feat. Mamie Van Doren, Tuesday Weld
Despite having thirteen diplomas, Mamie Van Doren (the B–Movie's Marilyn Monroe) has trouble being taken seriously as a college professor!…
GidgetGidget (1959) Aro Favourite
Dir. Paul Wendkos
Feat. Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson
Cute–as–a–button Sandra Dee goes all out to prove she can hang with surf bums James Darren and Cliff Robertson, in the first and…
Teenage ZombiesTeenage Zombies (1959)
Dir. Jerry Warren
A group of teenagers fall prey to a mad female scientist whose island they happen upon. Here, other prisoners and a variety of creatures are being…
Cool and the Crazy, TheCool and the Crazy, The (1958) Recommended
Dir. William Witney
Feat. Scott Marlowe, Dick Bakalyan, Gigi Perreau
Dick Bakalyan is impressively cool and crazy in this over–the–top 50s B–movie that cautions teenagers about getting mixed up with…
High School ConfidentialHigh School Confidential (1958) Recommended
Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. Russ Tamblyn, Mamie Van Doren, Jerry Lee Lewis
When not gathering dirt on local marijuana dealers, 'student' narc Russ Tamblyn is clinching it with Mamie Van Doren. This hard–biting 'JD'…
Reform School Girl (1958)
Dir. Edward Bernds
Feat. Gloria Castillo, Sally Kellerman
A “shocking true story”, this cheapie concerns the rough–ride of 17 year–old Gloria Castillo, who gets mixed up with a…
Teenage CavemanTeenage Caveman (1958) Recommended
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Robert Vaughn, Sarah Marshall, Leslie Bradley
Prehistoric drive–in fare boosted by Roger Corman's knack for never letting action drag, and a baby–faced Robert Vaughn (Man from Uncle)…
Delinquents, TheDelinquents, The (1957)
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tom Laughlin, Peter Miller, Dick Bakalyan
Future luminary Robert Altman's debut feature, an "expose" of juvenile delinquency in the rock'n'roll era. Filmed in Kansas City in a…
Dragstrip GirlDragstrip Girl (1957)
Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Fay Spain, Steve Terrell, John Ashley
For the thrill of it, young blonde thing Fay Spain sets up a race between her two boyfriends, one being a good–guy garage mechanic, and the…
I Was a Teenage FrankensteinI Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
Dir. Herbert Strock
Feat. Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton
Campy drive–in classic about a mad scientist who pulls a teen from a car wreck and 'repairs' him. Best seen as a double feature with 'Teenage…
I Was a Teenage WerewolfI Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) Recommended
Dir. Gene Fowler Jnr.
Feat. Michael Landon
A cool Michael Landon scored a big hit in his film debut – a hilarious mishmash of horror and juvenile delinquency dramas.
Rock All NightRock All Night (1957)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Dick Miller, Abby Dalton
Two fugitive killers take refuge in a rock'n'roll hotspot and terrorize the customers. Less compelling than dir. Corman's usual B–grade…
Sorority GirlSorority Girl (The Bad One) (1957)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Susan Cabot, Fay Baker, Dick Miller
Nastily excellent early Corman has Susan Cabot play an evil–minded college student who blackmails, teases and dominates various social…
Rock Rock Rock (1956)
Dir. Will Price
Feat. Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld (at 13) schemes to get herself a strapless gown for the prom, surrounded by an impressive array of rock'n'rollers both black and white,…
Shake, Rattle and Rock!Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956)
Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Michael Connors, Lisa Gaye, Douglas Dumbrille
Shaky but endearing pop relic in which a group of concerned adults try to ban rock 'n' roll music in their town believing that it promotes juvenile…
Violent Years, The (1956)
Dir. William J Morgan
Feat. Mamie Van Doren
Scripted by Ed Wood Jnr (PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE) this tawdry 50s juvenile–delinquent pic features Mamie Van Doren leading a gang of…
Assassin of YouthAssassin of Youth (1937)
Dir. Elmer Clifton
Feat. Luana Walters, Arthur Gardner
Marijuana scare–movie from the 30s is an above–par exercise in hilarious establishment uptightness, following the sorry fate of several…
MarihuanaMarihuana (1936)
Dir. Dwain Esper
Feat. Harlene Wood
Perhaps second only to REEFER MADNESS in demonstrating the perils of dope with laughably straight–faced paranoia, this sees some unsuspecting…

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