Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 920 Films to Buy & Rent
Idle Hands (1999)
- Dir. Rodman Flender
Feat. Seth Green, Devon Sawa, Elden Henson
- An evil spirit moves from person to person, afflicting only a single hand, which proceeds to wreak five–fingered carnage. High–school…
Looking for Alibrandi (1999)
- Dir. Kate Woods
Feat. Pia Miranda, Greta Scacchi, Anthony LaPaglia
- Refreshing rites of passage tale from Australia, based by screenwriter Melina Marchetta's on her bestselling novel. In mixing a which guy is best…
Mod Squad, The (1999)
- Dir. Scott Silver
Feat. Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi, Omar Epps
- In LA Clubland Claire Danes and fellow teen–delinquents Giovanni Ribisi and Omar Epps, are pressed into a crime–fighting role, proceeding…
Never Been Kissed (1999)
- Dir. Raja Gosnell
Feat. Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Leelee Sobieski
- A 25yr old cub–reporter, Drew Barrymore must surmount her teenage fears of being uncool when she goes undercover to a high–school to…
Pecker (1999)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Lili Taylor…
- Edward Furlong is niftily cast as Pecker, an innocent teen amateur photographer who unwittingly becomes the toast of the art world, thereby inviting…
Pups (1999)
- Dir. Ash
Feat. Burt Reynolds
- A frustrated thirteen–year–old comes across the family firearm, prompting him to hold up the local bank with his reluctant girlfriend in…
Ratcatcher (1999)
- Dir. Lynne Ramsay
Feat. William Eadie
- Set during the 1970s garbage strike in Glasgow, this intensely stylish though sombre Scottish childhood tragedy features an unusual mix of the…
Room for Romeo Brass, A (1999)
- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Paddy Considine
- This extraordinary coming–of–age story places two twelve–year–old boys in the company of a well–meaning but…
Sample People (1999)
- Dir. Clinton Smith
Feat. Kylie Minogue, Ben Mendelsohn
- Four groups of Sydney–siders sample the city's wares on a hot summer weekend in this hi–energy, determinedly funky Aussie youth pic that…
Skipped Parts (1999)
- Dir. Tamra Davis
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bug Hall, Brad Renfro…
- Set in the early 1960s, this begins as a typical coming–of–age comedy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh and her son shifting to Smalltown, USA…