Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Youth: 284 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
SLC Punk! (1999)
- Dir. James Merendino
Feat. Matthew Lillard, Michael Goorjian, Annabeth Gish
- Based on a comic strip, this cartoonish comedy follows the ‘rebellious’ antics of Stevo and friends, the only punks in arch–conservative…
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
- Dir. Kevin Williamson
Feat. Helen Mirren, Marisa Couglan, Barry Thomas…
- Falsely accused of cheating, bright spark student Katie Holmes and pals resort to holding the vindictive teacher responsible to ransom, but…
Varsity Blues (1999)
- Dir. Brian Robbins
Feat. James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight
- Reluctant star quarterback James Van Der Beek (from TV's Dawson's Creek) takes a stand against team coach Jon Voight's voracious pursuit of sporting…
Virtual Sexuality (1999)
- Dir. Nick Hurran
Feat. Laura Fraser
- Putting a digital spin on the tried–and–true 'perfect–partner' concept, we have teen Laura Fraser so anxious to lose her virginity…
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)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- 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)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- 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)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- 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…