Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 918 Films to Buy & Rent
I Wish (2011)
- Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Koki Maeda, Ohshiro Maeda, Yui Natsukawa…
- Two brothers living in different cities because of their parents' separation conspire to reunite them through a mythical 'wish' in this delicate,…
Inbetweeners Movie, The (2011)
- Dir. Ben Palmer
Feat. Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison…
- The roguish foursome of the hit British TV series celebrate the end of the their school days in this satisfying gag–fueled finale high on sex,…
Jess + Moss (Jess and Moss) (2011)
- Dir. Clay Jeter
Feat. Sarah Hagan, Austin Vickers, Haley Parker
- Impressionistic portrait of two young teens spending one last summer wandering through the fields of Kentucky. Unconventional approach to narrative…
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
- Dir. Jon M. Chu
Feat. Justin Bieber
- Boy idol of–the–moment, Justin Bieber, swoons for the female teen age populous in this slick marketing package of concert performances…
Like Crazy (2011)
- Dir. Drake Doremus
Feat. Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence
- Not to be mistaken for another Nicholas Sparks spin–off, this poignant, intelligently crafted indie romance intimately examines the young love…
Mrs. Carey's Concert (2011)
- Dir. Bob Connolly, Sophie Raymond
- Invigorating doco on the power of music. At a Sydney girl's school, Mrs Carey butts head with her obstinate students as they prepare for a…
Play (2011)
- Dir. Ruben Östlund
- Ruban Östlund (THE SQUARE) directs this acute observation of bullying based on true events, in which a group of adolescent boys robbed other…
Prom (2011)
- Dir. Joe Nussbaum
Feat. Aimee Teegarden, Thomas McDonell, DeVaughn Nixon…
- Cheerful teen comedy follows a high school president who scrambles to save the prom after an act of vandalism.
Restless (2011)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryo Kase…
- Languid tween romance from dir. Gus Van Sant, about a terminally ill girl (Wasikowska) who falls in love with an eccentric boy with a compulsion for…
Skins (TV Series, US) (2011)
- Feat. James Newman, Sofia Black-D'Elia
- Produced by MTV, this gritty stateside remake of the hit Brit series translates the angst and attitude of the modern teen experience for US audiences…