Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Youth: 445 Films to Rent
- Felicity (TV Series) (1998)
- Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Keri Russell
- Mousy high–school graduate Russell follows her heart (i.e. the boy she has a crush on) to college in New York City, in this sweetly engaging…
- Great Expectations (1998)
- Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft…
- Bold revamp of the Charles Dickens classic traces the inter–twining fortunes of Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow, orphans linked via a murky…
- He Got Game (1998)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Denzel Washington
- Those persistent bugbears about race and personal responsibility hold centre–court again for writer–director Spike Lee in this…
- Stella Does Tricks (1998)
- Dir. Coky Giedroyc
Feat. Kelly MacDonald
- Worldly teenage prostitute Stella escapes the paternal clutches of her pimp to reclaim herself and find companionship in a sympathetic young junkie.…
- Whatever (1998)
- Dir. Susan Skoog
Feat. Lisa Weil
- Beset by apathy, uncertainty and her indulgent best friend, a teenage girl falls victim to her own adolescence while trying to complete her final…
- Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Tian yu) (1998)
- Dir. Joan Chen
Feat. Li Xiaolu
- Coming–of–age story set in the 70's about a teenage girl who is sent to the countryside during the "Down to the Countryside" Movement in…
- Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, The (1998)
- Dir. Sheree Folkson, Kieron Walsh
Feat. Ciaran McMenamin, Simone Lahbib, Nicole Stapleton…
- Young persons are the target of the whimsical Scottish TV series following the fortunes of an eclectic rock group who go from garage nobodies to gain…
- All Over Me (1997)
- Dir. Alex Sichel
Feat. Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser…
- A lesbian festival hit that has 'crossover' hit written all over it, as it persuasively pinpoints some of the universal, intense emotions of…
- Blackrock (1997)
- Dir. Steve Vidler
Feat. Nichole Avramidis, George Basha, Gina Bortolin
- Pitching headlong into the Newcastle surfie/petrol–head scene, this forthright Aussie drama (taken from a stageplay) scrutinises the community…
- Going to School with Dad on My Back (Bei qi baba shangxue) (1997)
- Dir. Youchou Zhou
- Straightforwardly touching tale of a young boy, who with the help of his selfless family, graduates from his impoverished Malian River village to the…