Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
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.
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