Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 915 Films to Buy & Rent
Midnight Clear, A (1992)
- Dir. Keith Gordon
Feat. Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross…
- A provocative, suspenseful anti–war parable about a fresh–faced American platoon assigned to an abandoned chateau near the German border…
Mima (1992)
- Dir. Philomene Esposito
Feat. Nino Manfredi, Margarita Lozano, Virginie Ledoyen
- The first–time director captures the nuance and feeling of her own experience as a young girl who witnesses the mysterious disappearance of her…
Nostradamus Kid, The (1992)
- Dir. Bob Ellis
Feat. Noah Taylor
- Noah Taylor, the charismatic geek from THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE and FLIRTING comes of age yet again, this time at the height of atomic–age…
Poison Ivy (1992)
- Dir. Katt Shea
Feat. Sara Gilbert, Drew Barrymore, Tom Skerritt…
- An affluent family's problems escalate with the destructive influence of a teenage brat. Drew Barrymore is effortlessly convincing in the title role.
School Ties (1992)
- Dir. Robert Mandel
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell…
- A working–class teen hides that he is Jewish when he is awarded a scholarship to an exclusive prep school.
Singles (1992)
- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott…
- Despite the grungy soundtrack and the Seattle setting, this ain't a gritty depiction of long–hairs trying to put their anarchic stamp on the…
Untamed Heart (1992)
- Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Christian Slater, Marisa Tomei
- A fairy–tale romance kindles between a perky waitress and a kitchen–hand with a special condition. Does wonders for Christian Slater's…
Vincent and Me (1992)
- Dir. Michael Rubbo
Feat. Tcheky Karyo, Nina Petronzio, Christopher Forrest
- A young girl learns to paint like Vincent Van Gogh and sells one of her works to an unscrupulous art dealer. You'll learn much about the Dutch master…
Waterland (1992)
- Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Lena Headey…
- Jeremy Irons plays a history teacher in America who recounts his own suppressed coming of age to his cynical students. Adapted from Graham Swift's…
Wayne's World (1992)
- Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe
- Adapted from Mike Myers and Dana Carvey's Saturday Night Live TV skit, this full–length running gag makes the most of likeable loonies Wayne…