Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Youth: 285 Films to Buy & Rent
Assassination Of A High School President (2008)
- Dir. Brett Simon
Feat. Mischa Barton, Reece Thompson, Bruce Willis…
- A high–school reporter investigating the disappearance of missing exam papers uncovers a wider conspiracy in this smart, teen riff on CHINATOWN.
Bart Got a Room (2008)
- Dir. Brian Hecker
Feat. William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines, Chad Jamian Williams…
- Unusual teen comedy with school dweeb Kaplan desperate for a date to the prom and given that he's living in a retirement community his chances aren't…
Camp Rock (2008)
- Dir. Matthew Diamond
Feat. Demi Lovato
- Latest kids musical flick from the Disney Channel focusing on a young girl with the opportunity to spend her summer at a top rock camp where she is…
Clique, The (2008)
- Dir. Michael Lembeck
Feat. Elizabeth McLaughlin, Ellen Marlow, Samantha Boscarino…
- Tepid high–school flick set around a group of rich New York kids who set out to destroy the 'new girl', only to discover she won't take their…
Drillbit Taylor (2008)
- Dir. Steven Brill
Feat. Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Alex Frost
- Teen comedy of comeuppance from the Rogen/Apatow hit factory (SUPERBAD/KNOCKED UP) focuses on a group of bullied high–schoolers who hire a…
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
- Dir. Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Feat. Kal Penn, John Cho
- Asian/Indian douchbags Harold and Kumar, in search of another high, are arrested and detained in Guantanamo Bay for trying to smuggle a bong into…
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)
- Dir. Cathy Randall
Feat. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Toni Collette, Danielle Catanzariti
- Aussie coming–of–age comedy portraying a geeky social outcast encouraged to break away from her restrictive existence by a…
House Bunny, The (2008)
- Dir. Fred Wolf
Feat. Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Kiely Williams…
- Anna Faris stars in this fluffy comedy as a fun–loving Playboy Bunny that gets booted out of the Mansion and finds herself a new home at a…
Inbetweeners, The (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison…
- Acerbic comedy follows four gawky teenage boys growing up in suburbia experiencing the deep humiliations and relentless disappointments of late…
LOL (2008)
- Dir. Lisa Azuelos
Feat. Christa Theret, Sophie Marceau
- Sassy French comedy stars Sophie Marceau as the loving, long–suffering mother of a rebellious teen lass.