Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Youth: 284 Films to Buy & Rent
- Class Act (1992)
- Dir. Randall Miller
Feat. Meshach Taylor, Rick Ducommun
- Funky feature with HOUSE PARTY rap act Kid 'n' Play as a straight–A student and street–wise homeboy who have their identities switched at…
- Encino Man (California Man) (1992)
- Dir. Les Mayfield
Feat. Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore
- Debut vehicle for MTV guru Shore about a youthful cave–man who becomes an unlikely fraternity hero when he is awakened in contemporary L.A.
- Singles (1992)
- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott…
- Despite the grungy soundtrack and the Seattle setting, this ain't a gritty depiction of long–hairs trying to put their anarchic stamp on the…
- Wayne's World (1992)
- Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe
- Adapted from Mike Myers and Dana Carvey's Saturday Night Live TV skit, this full–length running gag makes the most of likeable loonies Wayne…
- Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
- 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…
- Commitments, The (1991)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Colm Meaney
- Surprise hit simply chronicles the rise and fall of a Dublin soul band, formed by a group of teens with naught better to do. Unashamedly light fare,…
- Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Christina Applegate, Danielle Harris
- Married With Children bimbo Christina Applegate stars one of a bunch of brats who have to fend for themselves when their geriatric minder carks it.…
- Flirting (1991)
- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Thandiwe Newton, Nicole Kidman, Noah Taylor
- Award–winning sequel to THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE sensitively explores adolescent life in two single–sex high schools in rural Australia,…
- Mystery Date (1991)
- Dir. Jonathan Wacks
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo, Brian McNamara…
- A big–haired Ethan Hawke stars in this zany teen comedy as a love struck teen whose older brother sets him up with the girl next door.
- Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael (1991)
- Dir. Jim Abrahams
Feat. Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Frances Fisher…
- Fun vehicle for Winona Ryder. Her patented awkward teen is one of the townfolk who eagerly await the homecoming of their prized celebrity, Roxy…