Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 915 Films to Buy & Rent
La Haine (Hate) (1995)
- Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, Said Taghmaoui…
- A distinctive French urban crime drama in which the idle hands of male youth form fisticuffs on mean urban streets. A whole lot punchier, intelligent…
Powder (1995)
- Dir. Victor Salva
Feat. Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flannery, Lance Henriksen
- Teenage alienation is given a supernatural charge in this story of a terminally–isolated, albino–like youth with metaphysical…
S.F.W. (1995)
- Dir. Jefery Levy
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon
- Based on a significant Gen–X novel, Stephen Dorff plays Cliff Spab, a teenage loser who garners a major cult following as a hostage in a…
Death of a Cheerleader (A Friend to Die For) (1994)
- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. Tori Spelling, Valerie Harper, Kellie Martin
- Enjoyably trashy true story in which a mousy Catholic girl transfers to a public school and desperately attempts to befriend the most popular girl in…
Fun (1994)
- Dir. Rafal Zielinski
Feat. Renee Humphrey, Alicia Witt
- Two teenage girls just want to have fun, but their obsessive pursuit of it leads them to murder an old lady for no other reason.
This remarkable…
Imaginary Crimes (1994)
- Dir. Anthony Drazan
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Kelly Lynch, Fairuza Balk…
- Con–man Harvey Keitel attempts to raise two daughters after their mother dies, and struggles to reconcile the demands of parenthood with his…
Metal Skin (1994)
- Dir. Geoffrey Wright
Feat. Aiden Young, Tara Morice, Ben Mendelsohn
- A petrol–soaked, despairing love story from the director of ROMPER STOMPER, who takes another look at Australian youth counter–culture…
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
- Dir. P.J. Hogan
Feat. Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter
- Crowd–pleasing suburban fairy tale replays the ugly duckling motif and kitsch comedy from STRICTLY BALLROOM, but gone is the modest charm…
My So-Called Life (TV Series) (1994-1995)
- Dir. Scott Winant
Feat. Claire Danes, Jared Leto, Bess Armstrong…
- Hard–hitting drama series starring a young Claire Danes in her breakout role as a 15 year–old dealing with angst–ridden teen…
Only the Brave (1994)
- Dir. Ana Kokkinos
Feat. Elena Mandalis, Dora Kaskanis, Maud Davey
- Gritty portrait of a bleak rite–of–passage for two Greek girls in the wasteland of suburban Melbourne. Succinct feature possesses a…