Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Youth: 467 Films to Buy & Rent
Black and White (1999)
- Dir. James Toback
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Brooke Shields, Wu Tang Clan…
- Risk–taking ensemble drama from the maverick dir. of TWO GUYS AND A GIRL and FINGERS, set in a Manhattan where rich white kids clash with the…
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
- Dir. Kimberly Peirce
Feat. Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Brendon Sexton III
- Widely touted dramatisation of the true–life 'Brandon Teena' tragedy set in the grim badlands of America's Midwest, where a teenage girl…
Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The (1999)
- Dir. Martin Duffy
Feat. Elijah Wood, Janeane Garofalo, Rachael Leigh Cook
- Romantic coming–of–age drama of a teen suffering from amnesia attempting to piece his life back together with the help of his fellow…
Butterfly's Tongue (La lengua de las mariposas) (1999)
- Dir. Jose Luis Cuerda
Feat. Fernando Fernan Gomez, Manuel Lozano
- Heartwarming Spanish coming–of–age drama set in Galicia in 1936.
Against the backdrop of the encroaching Spanish Civil War, a shy…
Cruel Intentions (1999)
- Dir. Roger Kumble
Feat. Sarah Michelle Geller, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon
- Spoiled and randy step–siblings Sarah Michelle Geller and Ryan Phillipe raise the amorality stakes by betting that he can deflower the prim…
Go (1999)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr…
- The director of SWINGERS switches focus to the reckless chic of LA's twentysomething rave scene, brandishing a slew of racy taboos, an impossibly…
Ratcatcher (1999)
- Dir. Lynne Ramsay
Feat. William Eadie
- Set during the 1970s garbage strike in Glasgow, this intensely stylish though sombre Scottish childhood tragedy features an unusual mix of the…
Room for Romeo Brass, A (1999)
- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Paddy Considine
- This extraordinary coming–of–age story places two twelve–year–old boys in the company of a well–meaning but…
Strange Fits of Passion (1999)
- Dir. Elise McCredie
Feat. Michela Noonan
- On a quest to lose her virginity, break out of the rut and gain some life–experience, Michela Noonan goes after a reclusive…
Summer of Sam (1999)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino…
- Getting some distance from his usual street–scene, Spike Lee lets off a real firecracker of a film, set during the heatwave summer of 1977,…