Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Youth: 457 Films to Buy & Rent
- Restless (2011)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryo Kase…
- Languid tween romance from dir. Gus Van Sant, about a terminally ill girl (Wasikowska) who falls in love with an eccentric boy with a compulsion for…
- Skins (TV Series, US) (2011)
- Feat. James Newman, Sofia Black-D'Elia
- Produced by MTV, this gritty stateside remake of the hit Brit series translates the angst and attitude of the modern teen experience for US audiences…
- 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…
- This is England '88 (TV Mini-Series) (2011)
- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley…
- A further set of adventures for Shane Meadows's unforgettable cast of lapsed skinheads, here still struggling to find a foothold as young adults…
- Turn Me On, Goddamit! (2011)
- Dir. Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
Feat. Helene Bergsholm, Beate Stofring, Malin Bjorhovde
- Deadpan sex comedy in a sleepy Norwegian hamlet with a hormone ravaged teen determined to lose her virginity.
- Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)
- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner…
- Penultimate installment of the Gothic fantasy phenomenon teases out the conclusion to the romantic saga in lucrative and popular fashion with Bella…
- Wunderkinder (2011)
- Dir. Markus Rosenmüller
Feat. Gedeon Burkhard, Natalia Avelon
- A history of Germany in broad strokes, this heartrending coming–of–age tale charts the upheaval of WWII through the eyes of three child…
- 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…
- Daydream Nation (2010)
- Dir. Michael Goldbach
Feat. Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson, Andie MacDowell…
- A daydreaming 17–year–old (Dennings) seduces a high school teacher for kicks, only to attract the attention of a lovesick stoner…
- Dog Pound (2010)
- Dir. Kim Chapiron
Feat. Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales…
- Depressing drama set in a youth correctional facility follows three troubled teens as they struggle to adapt to life behind bars.
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