Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 924 Films to Buy & Rent
Twilight (2008)
- Dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Billy Burke…
- The first installment of the uber–popular book franchise (by Stephanie Meyer) sees lonely teenage girl Bella fall in love with Edward, a…
Wild Child (2008)
- Dir. Nick Moore
Feat. Emma Roberts, Aidan Quinn, Natasha Richardson…
- Fluffy teen comedy focused on a pampered American highschooler shipped off to an English boarding school after maxing out daddy's credit card one too…
Acting Out (2007)
- Dir. Danny Merton
Feat. Lara Cox
- Girl–centric Australian 'indie' in which a high–schooler grapples with various issues of intimacy and relationships.
Suspended from…
Ben X (2007)
- Dir. Nic Balthazar
Feat. Greg Timmermans, Marijke Pinoy, Laura Verlinden
- A provocative Dutch drama of 21st century teen angst, centred on an Asperger’s Syndrome–afflicted gamer whose addiction to online…
Boy A (2007)
- Dir. John Crowley
Feat. Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Siobhan Finneran
- Celebrated British drama following a young man's struggle to adjust to everyday life in Manchester after spending most of his teenagehood in…
Chaotic Ana (Caótica Ana) (2007)
- Dir. Julio Medem
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Gerrit Graham, Manuela Vellés
- Spanish auteur Julio Medem (SEX AND LUCIA) returns with this abstractly ambitious, idiosyncratic undertaking, meshing the self–exploration of a…
Charlie Bartlett (2007)
- Dir. Jon Poll
Feat. Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jnr., Hope Davis…
- Indie comedy focused around wealthy Charlie Bartlett (Yelchin) the newcomer at Western Summit High who becomes the self–appointed psychiatrist…
City of Men (Cidade dos Homens) (2007)
- Dir. Paulo Morelli
Feat. Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha
- Salty Rio back–blocks melodrama from the producers of CITY OF GOD revolving around two orphaned street kids on the brink of adulthood faced…
Concrete Romance (Cemento armato) (2007)
- Dir. Marco Martani
Feat. Nicolas Vaporidis, Giorgio Faletti, Carolina Crescentini
- Brutal Italian thriller focused on a young petty crim unwittingly caught up in a deadly revenge plot by a Mafia kingpin after damaging his…
Crows O (Kurôzu zero) (2007)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Shun Oguri, Kishitani Goro, Yamada Takayuki…
- Irresistibly entertaining manga adaptation from the genius director of ICHI THE KILLER, presenting the first in a series of Japanese action films…