Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Final Destination (2000)
- Dir. James Wong
Feat. Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith…
- A young man's premonition that his Paris–bound plane of classmates will explode after take–off causes a fall–out of unpredictable…
Finding Forrester (2000)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Sean Connery, Rob Brown, Anna Paquin…
- Dir. Van Sant reprises the outlines of his own GOOD WILL HUNTING, with Sean Connery nurturing the wayward talent of basketballing teenager Rob Brown.
George Washington (2000)
- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Candace Evanofski, Donald Holden, Damian Jewan Lee
- With impressionistic widescreen photography, this low–key coming–of–age film frames its North Carolinan setting as the key player…
Ginger Snaps (2000)
- Dir. John Fawcett
Feat. Emily Perkins, Katherine Isabelle, Mimi Rogers
- Canadian variation on the teen–horror model mixes the gene pool of adolescent angst with the werewolf genre, adopting lycanthropy as a metaphor…
Girlfight (2000)
- Dir. Karyn Kusama
Feat. Michelle Rodriguez
- A teenage girl breaks out of her working–class rut by training as a boxer, an arena that presents sexual prejudice as her chief opponent.…
Gossip (2000)
- Dir. Davis Guggenheim
Feat. Lena Headey, Kate Hudson, Norman Reedus…
- Three media students decide to create a story out of pure, unfounded gossip, targeting a affluent and prudish classmate.
The story of her sexual…
Groove (2000)
- Dir. Greg Harrison
Feat. Mackenzie Firgens, Lola Glaudini, Denny Kirkwood
- A night out at a San Francisco rave, evoking with dope–fuelled delirium the chaos as various party–goers either groove, burnout, get lost…
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2000)
- Dir. Richard Lowenstein
Feat. Noah Taylor, Sophie Lee, Ian Hughes
- Ramshackle Aussie comedy based on the cult novel, that follows the fortunes of blocked wannabe writer Noah Taylor in a series of flatting…
Hole, The (2000)
- Dir. Nick Hamm
Feat. Thora Birch, Daniel Brocklebank, Desmond Harrington…
- Thora Birch (AMERICAN BEAUTY) delivers a convincing English accent for this Brit variation of Teenage Gothic, emerging as the only survivor of a…
Hopeless (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Hickey
Feat. Philip Pinner, Scott Wills, Adam Gardiner
- Charming enough to have inspired a 26–episode TV series, this rookie Kiwi comedy boasts a genuine low–budget verve, a charismatic cast of…