Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Youth: 467 Films to Buy & Rent
Adulthood (2008)
- Dir. Noel Clarke
Feat. Noel Clarke
- Unimaginatively titled, so–so sequel to KIDULTHOOD taking place six years on from the first film with our main protagonist Sam Peel released…
Afterschool (2008)
- Dir. Antonio Campos
Feat. Ezra Miller, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jeremy Allen White…
- Ezra Miller (WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN) plays a closed–off teenager whose difficult high school experience is complicated when he captures…
Class, The (Entre les murs) (2008)
- Dir. Laurent Cantet
Feat. François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio
- This stimulating Palm d’Or winner engages with the toil and trouble of a multi–ethnic, inner–city French classroom, and the headstrong…
Dakota Skye (2008)
- Dir. John Humber
Feat. Eileen April Boylan, Ian Nelson, J. B. Ghuman Jr…
- Novel teen drama has a unique twist on the jaded teen archetype with the film's titular heroine cursed with the ability to see through lies. Pic's…
Dustbin Baby (2008)
- Dir. Juliet May
Feat. Dakota Blue Richards, Juliet Stevenson, David Haig…
- BBC drama based on Jacqueline Wilson's 2001 novel of the same name about the troubled life of a young girl (Dakota Blue Richards, THE GOLDEN COMPASS)…
Honey (Bal) (2008)
- Dir. Semih Kaplanoglu
Feat. Bora Altas, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tülin Özen
- A gorgeous, contemplative coming–of–age tale, centred on a young boy and his father, a rural beekeeper, in an idyllic mountainous region…
Inbetweeners, The (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison…
- Acerbic comedy follows four gawky teenage boys growing up in suburbia experiencing the deep humiliations and relentless disappointments of late…
Keith (2008)
- Dir. Todd Kessler
Feat. Jesse McCartney, Elisabeth Harnois, Margo Harshman…
- Efficient teen weepie with pop star McCartney as a rebel with a tragic secret and Harnois as the prim preppy who falls for his broody charms.
Kisses (2008)
- Dir. Lance Daly
Feat. Kelly O'Neill, Shane Curry
- Two 12–year–old Irish runaways escape their bleak suburban existence and head to Dublin in this grim yet soulful adventure.
Along the…
Newcastle (2008)
- Dir. Dan Castle
Feat. Xavier Samuel, Anthony Hayes, Shane Jacobson…
- Sydney’s sun–baked north coast provides the backdrop for this visually dazzling surf movie, based around the male one–upmanship of…