Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Youth: 284 Films to Buy & Rent
- Twin Town (1997)
- Dir. Kevin Allen
Feat. Llyr Ifans, Rhys Ifans, Dorien Thomas…
- The creators of TRAINSPOTTING lend their executive stamp to this anarchic tale of village dysfunction, set in a quiet Welsh community.
Crooked…
- Bonjour Timothy (1996)
- Dir. Wayne Tourell
Feat. Dean O'Gorman, Sabine Karsenti, Angela Bloomfield
- Dean O'Gorman and Sabine Karsenti get a dose of culture shock as international exchange students in this Kiwi–French Canadian…
- High School High (1996)
- Dir. Hart Bochner
Feat. Jon Lovitz, Louise Fletcher
- THE NAKED GUN parody–squad punish the college delinquent genre (DANGEROUS MINDS, HIGHER LEARNING etc). Jokes mainly aim below the belt, and…
- Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
- Dir. Emma-Kate Croghan
Feat. Frances O’Connor, Alice Garner, Radha Mitchell…
- The indie success story of '96 was made by 23–year–old Croghan on a shoestring with her Melbourne film school buddies.
Love is a…
- Scream (1996)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich…
- The horror genre gets a long overdue (if tongue–in–cheek) revamp but you needn't be an aficionado to experience the thrill of this…
- Size of Watermelons, The (1996)
- Dir. Kari Skogland
Feat. Paul Rudd, Ione Skye
- Bored college geek Paul Rudd rivals his peers' lofty ambitions to be rock stars by deciding on a whim to become a film–maker.
Essentially a…
- Clueless (1995)
- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy, Stacey Dash…
- This nifty spoof of '90s Californian teen culture will speak volumes to its generation, who are sure to remember this passionately in years to come.…
- Empire Records (1995)
- Dir. Allan Moyle
Feat. Liv Tyler, Robin Tunney, Rory Cochrane
- Multiple crises present themselves for the teenage staff of a swanky independent record store about to be consumed by a corporate chain. Utterly…
- Muriel's Wedding (1994)
- Dir. P.J. Hogan
Feat. Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter
- Crowd–pleasing suburban fairy tale replays the ugly duckling motif and kitsch comedy from STRICTLY BALLROOM, but gone is the modest charm…
- 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…