Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Scary Movie (2000)
- Dir. Keenan Ivory Wayans
Feat. Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans
- A mostly on–target spoof of SCREAM and its progeny from the Wayans' Brothers, the comic clan still most noted for their 'In Living Colour' TV…
Scream 3 (2000)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette…
- Less comic than before but otherwise it's more ironic psycho–trouble on the Woodsboro lot for regulars Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David…
Skulls, The (2000)
- Dir. Rob Cohen
Feat. Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Craig T. Nelson
- In the bowels of an Ivy League Campus, is an elite, secret society that entices young men with luxury trappings and primes them for important…
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)
- Dir. John Hay
Feat. Lewis McKenzie, Robert Carlyle, Gina McKee…
- Feelgood hit about one boy's quest for football fame in the estates of Manchester, where he emerges from the school–of–hard–knocks…
Where the Heart Is (2000)
- Dir. Matt Williams
Feat. Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing
- A likeable chick flick tracking Natalie Portman's path from pregnant, jilted trailer–trash, towards some kind of happiness. The movie's…
Yolngu Boy (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Johnson
Feat. Jack Thompson
- Three contrasting aboriginal boys from Arnhem Land, North Australia undertake a harsh journey out of loyalty when the petrol–sniffing habits of…
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
- Dir. Gil Junger
Feat. Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles
- Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew is shrink–wrapped as '90s high–school hi–jinks.
A protective Dad forbids his nubile daughter…
Attack the Gas Station (1999)
- Dir. Sang-Jin Kim
Feat. Sung-jae Lee, Oh-seong Yu, Seong-jin Kang…
- Four disaffected youths take hostage an entire gas station in this subversive, blackly–comic masterpiece from Korea.
Gleefully tearing apart…
Beach, The (1999)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton
- Tapping the moods of young travellers of today and their restless wanderlust, this adaptation of Alex Garland's Gen–X novel is both…
Best Laid Plans (1999)
- Dir. Mike Barker
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Alessandro Nivoli, Josh Brolin
- A chain of outrageous twists carry out from a questionable set up – a one night stand that ends with accusations of date rape for a…