Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Bomb the System (2002)
- Dir. Adam Bhala Lough
Feat. Mark Webber
- A tale of alienated youth in New York City, set around a teenager's (Webber) nocturnal activities spraying graffiti around the city streets with a…
Cabin Fever (2002)
- Dir. Eli Roth
Feat. Justin Ladd, James DeBello, Rider Strong
- More a horror ‘tribute’ than a horror movie, this indie effort from David Lynch protégé Roth steals knowingly from every other…
Confessions of an American Girl (American Girl) (2002)
- Dir. Jordan Brady
Feat. Jena Malone, Brad Renfro, Alicia Witt…
- Black comedy set around a trailer family's visit to their imprisoned father on the annual 'prison picnic' day. Over the course of this his teenage…
Crossroads (2002)
- Dir. Tamra Davis
Feat. Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning…
- Britney Spears hits the screen and the road as a teen searching for her long–lost mother. A couple of pals with their own ‘issues’…
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, The (2002)
- Dir. Peter Care
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Vincent D'Onofrio…
- A quietly sobering, yet refreshingly humorous memoir of hormonal and delinquent adolescence under the arches of a strict Catholic high school, with…
Drumline (2002)
- Dir. Charles Stone III
Feat. Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana, Orlando Jones
- Depicting the journey of a talented street drummer from Harlem into the world of big–time stadium marching bands, this is short on story moves,…
Emperor's Club, The (2002)
- Dir. Michael Hoffman
Feat. Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz…
- Kevin Kline gives a rich portrait of a dedicated professor of Classics at a private boys school who finds his greatest challenge in a bad egg…
Garage Days (2002)
- Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Pia Miranda, Maya Stange, Kick Curry…
- A young garage band in Sydney look for their big break, while coping with love, drugs and everyday life, in a frisky though oddly–toned…
Igby Goes Down (2002)
- Dir. Burr Steers
Feat. Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum…
- More than meets the eye in this indie New York satire about an over–educated ‘slacker’ experiencing growing pains amid upper…
Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
- Dir. Lukas Moodysson
Feat. Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharsky, Pavel Ponomaryov
- Lauded Swedish film–maker Lukas Moodyson turns his talents to the plight of a Russian teenage girl whose hopes for a brighter future (and…