Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 913 Films to Buy & Rent
Tribe, The (TV Series) (1999-2003)
- Set in an post–apocalyptic future where all adults have been wiped out by a virus and children must fend for themselves by ganging up together,…
Varsity Blues (1999)
- Dir. Brian Robbins
Feat. James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight
- Reluctant star quarterback James Van Der Beek (from TV's Dawson's Creek) takes a stand against team coach Jon Voight's voracious pursuit of sporting…
Virtual Sexuality (1999)
- Dir. Nick Hurran
Feat. Laura Fraser
- Putting a digital spin on the tried–and–true 'perfect–partner' concept, we have teen Laura Fraser so anxious to lose her virginity…
Whiteboys (1999)
- Dir. Marc Levin
Feat. Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok, Mark Webber…
- Wannabe honky rappers Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok and Mark Webber take their many–times–removed Iowa version of hiphop to the streets of…
200 Cigarettes (1998)
- Dir. Risa Bramon Garcia
Feat. Ben Affleck, Martha Plimpton, Jay Mohr…
- An all–youth ensemble sample some Big Apple nightlife in the last remaining hours of 1981 before mingling at a precarious loft party.…
54 (1998)
- Dir. Mark Christopher
Feat. Mike Myers, Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek…
- Glittering, puffed–up retro–piece centres around the quintessential New York disco spot, Studio 54, and appropriately cruises on an empty…
Acid House, The (1998)
- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Stephen McCole, Maurice Roeves, Garry Sweeney
- Those with a taste for undiluted Irvine Welsh (author of TRAINSPOTTING) will find warts–and–all satisfaction in this portmanteau of three…
American History X (1998)
- Dir. Tony Kaye
Feat. Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Stacy Keach…
- Potent dissertation on generational anger among the skinhead community of Los Angeles' Venice Beach, that though flawed by brushes with cliche, is a…
Butcher Boy, The (1998)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw
- Despairing yet distinctive black comedy depicts the insanity implicit in a boy's view of his small town in Ireland, circa 1962. Adopts a lurid…
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
- Dir. Deborah Kaplan
Feat. Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Getting good party–points out of the classic formula, this perky high–school comedy unravels the limited world–views of its…