Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Youth: 284 Films to Buy & Rent
- Hairspray (1988)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, John Waters
- Divine stars in his/her final film, heading a suitably whacko cast in the first PG–rated feature from long–time mentor John Waters. A…
- Mystic Pizza (1988)
- Dir. Donald Petrie
Feat. Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Annabeth Gish
- Julia Roberts' star quality shines in this, her debut film, contrasting the love–lives of three pizza waitresses in a town called Mystic.…
- Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
- Dir. Ron Nyswaner
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Fred Ward, Bonnie Bedelia…
- Fans of Keanu Reeves will find small delight in the hunky one cutting his teeth in this often amusing comedy as a free–spirited teenage misfit.
- Satisfaction (Girls of Summer) (1988)
- Dir. Joan Freeman
Feat. Justine Bateman, Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson…
- Flavour of the '80s, Justine Bateman (TV's FAMILY TIES), stole the limelight from her then fledgling co–star, Julia Roberts, in this hoary girl…
- School Daze (1988)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn…
- Spike Lee's black high–school musical is perhaps over–ambitious, but the disorder is compensated in sheer exuberance and…
- She's Having a Baby (1988)
- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin…
- Another John Hughes hit in which young Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern embark on marriage and parenthood.
- Degrassi Junior High (TV Series) (1987-1991)
- An unusually entertaining 1980s Canadian high school drama gathered a certain cult following around its charismatic young cast and well–judged…
- Dirty Dancing (1987)
- Dir. Emile Ardolino
Feat. Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach…
- Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze set the woods on fire with their passionate dance–moves in a 1960s American holiday resort. Wildly successful…
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
- Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran
- Frank sexuality has rarely been as squarely depicted as in this tale of two naive schoolgirls growing up in working class Liverpool. Bleak and darkly…
- Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
- Dir. Howard Deutch
Feat. Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson
- Some wonderful romantic angst from John Hughes' pen, with Mary Stuart Masterson in love with Eric Stoltz in love with Lea Thompson.