Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Youth: 459 Films to Buy & Rent
London Kills Me (1991)
- Dir. Hanif Kureishi
Feat. Justin Chadwick, Stephen Mackintosh, Emer McCourt
- MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE writer Kureishi directs a young ensemble for his glossy depiction of drug–dealing squatters in London's Notting Hill.…
On My Own (1991)
- Dir. Antonio Tibaldi
Feat. Judy Davis
- Coming–of–age tale draws a devastating performance from Judy Davis as the imbalanced mother of a fifteen–year–old boarding…
Beverly Hills 90210 (TV Series) (1990-2000)
- Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestley, Tori Spelling…
- In its day, compulsory viewing for teenagers, as the Beverly Hills High gang of new–faces (Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestley), rich–kids…
C'est La Vie (1990)
- Dir. Diane Kurys
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Richard Berry
- Another twee autobiographical snapshot, set at a French holiday resort in a late–'50s summer. A teenager's coming of age is marked by the…
Lord of the Flies (1990)
- Dir. Harry Hook
Feat. Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, James Badge Dale
- Updated film version of William Golding's novel about stranded military school cadets whose instinct for survival reverts to barbarism.
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
- Dir. Allan Moyle
Feat. Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross…
- Christian Slater is Hard Harry, maverick pirate radio DJ by night, anonymous and shy student by day. His anarchic commentaries earn a loyal band of…
Roselyne and the Lions (1990)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix
Feat. Isabelle Pasco, Gerard Sandoz, Gabriel Monnet
- Another visual triumph from the director of DIVA, this is an absorbing account of a teen couple's yearning to tame and perform with lions. The…
Dead Poet's Society (1989)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke…
- Robin Williams is perfect as an a maverick English teacher at a private high–school for boys, where his passion for poetry profoundly…
Delinquents, The (1989)
- Dir. Chris Thomson
Feat. Kylie Minogue, Charlie Schlatter, Bruno Lawrence…
- Minogue graduated from her TV soap–opera days with this attempt at a serious period drama, with her and Schlatter playing lovestruck teen…
Hush-A-Bye-Baby (1989)
- Dir. Margo Harkin
Feat. Seamus Ball, Rosina Brown, Sean Carlin…
- Excellent portrayal, using 'workshop' methods, of the tribulations of four teenage girls in Northern Ireland, as they negotiate the local facts of…