Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Youth: 284 Films to Buy & Rent
Big Steal, The (1990)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Nadia Tass
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Claudia Karvan
- Romantic romp from the makers of MALCOLM, possesses the charm and wit that made that film memorable. Teenager Ben Mendelsohn wins a date with the…
Freshman, The (1990)
- Dir. Andrew Bergman
Feat. Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Penelope Ann Miller…
- Chucklesome comedy finds NYC film student Broderick forced to run errands for small time mobster Brando (who does a mirror–perfect parody of…
Nasty Girl, The (1990)
- Dir. Michael Verhoeven
Feat. Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Muller, Monika Baumgartner
- Poignant comedy about an essay prize–winning scholar who creates community havoc when she decides to write about her home town during the Third…
Where the Heart Is (1990)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Uma Thurman, Crispin Glover, Dabney Coleman…
- Trendy New York teens are forced out of their parents house to live in a ramshackle dump, and learn the ways of the real world. Kooky fun.
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin
- Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter play a couple of crazed teenagers who are sent on a Excellent Adventure, collecting famous historical figures via a…
Heathers (1989)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
- 'Heathers' are an elite group of glamourous, stuck–up brat–girls who gradually meet their maker courtesy of a rebel Heather (Winona…
Metropolitan (1989)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman
- Sundance–winning arthouse hit focuses on the disappearing Manhattan debutante scene. An unknown ensemble play upper–class adolescents who…
Press Gang (TV Series) (1989-1993)
- Feat. Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher
- Much–loved British TV series follows the fortunes of a newspaper, the 'Junior Gazette', run by a troublesome crowd of teenage students in North…
Say Anything (1989)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney
- Fresh light is cast on the East–end boy meets West–end girl scenario. Satisfying teen fare.
First of the Summer Wine (TV Series) (1988)
- Feat. David Fenwick, Paul Oldham, Paul Wyett…
- Good–natured prequel to the longest running sitcom shows heroes Clegg and Compo's youth leading up to the second World War.