Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 915 Films to Buy & Rent
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret…
- Classic from the early 70s 'zeitgeist', this funny yet sobering film chronicles the sex lives of two disparate men from high–school to…
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates…
- From Anthony Burgess' novel, Stanley Kubrick flexes his genius with this electrifying satire about an ultra–violent gang of 'droogs' whose…
Friends (1971)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Sean Bury, Anicee Alvina
- Sentimental, page–turning romance blossoms an enternal love between two idealistic French teens head over heels. Hit soundtrack by Elton John…
Le Souffle Au Coeur (Murmur of the Heart) (1971)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Benoit Ferreux
- A much praised coming–of–age tale concerns a sickly, but promiscuous teenage boy growing up in a stilted bourgeois family in 1950s Dijon…
Melody (1971)
- Dir. Waris Hussein
Feat. Mark Lester, Jack Wild, Tracy Hyde
- An adorable yet forgotten youth movie that we discovered has a passionate cult following especially among those that were young and impressionable at…
Tom Brown's School Days (TV Mini-Series) (1971)
- Dir. Gareth Davies
Feat. Anthony Murphy, Iain Cuthbertson
- Vivid BBC adaptation of Thomas Hughes' classic novel, following life at a Victorian Boys public school. Five episodes.
A Swedish Love Story (1970)
- Dir. Roy Andersson
Feat. Ann-Sofie Kylin, Rolf Sohlman
- The debut feature film from director Roy Andersson (YOU, THE LIVING) is an unforgettably beautiful coming–of–age tale inspired by the…
Zabriskie Point (1970)
- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Rod Taylor, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin…
- Antonioni explores the psyche of young radicals who try to find the meaning of life after fleeing from riotous protests. Engaging hippie fare.
Alice's Restaurant (1969)
- Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn, James Broderick…
- Loosely built around the adventures of hippie troubadour Arlo Guthrie (son of Woody and star of WOODSTOCK), as he wanders rural America asking…
All the Right Noises (1969)
- Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Olivia Hussey, Tom Bell, John Standing…
- The story of a young married man who has an affair with a teenage girl, this forms part of a peculiarly 1960s British wave of films exploring such…