Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
King of the Hill (1993)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbe, Lisa Eichhorn…
- A bleak yet exquisitely crafted tale of a Jewish boy living in depression–era St. Louis, left to fend for himself in a run–down hotel. It…
My Father, the Hero (1993)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Lauren Hutton
- Innocuous English language retread of MON PERE CE HEROS, with Gerard Depardieu in the title role he played in the original.
Searching for Bobby Fischer (Innocent Moves) (1993)
- Dir. Steven Zaillian
Feat. Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley
- Sensitive film about a nine–year–old boy with a special gift for chess. Some poignant moments about parental expectations and the price…
Secrets (1993)
- Dir. Michael Pattinson
Feat. Noah Taylor, Willa O'Neill
- During the Beatles' Melbourne tourdate of 1964, four Beatle–maniacs and an Elvis fan find themselves trapped together in a hotel basement,…
Shopping (1993)
- Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Jonathan Pryce
- Joy–riding, shop–looting youths cruise the neon–lit urban squalors of Northern England. Realism is bypassed in favour of a visual…
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993)
- Dir. Masayuki Suo
Feat. Masahiro Motoki, Misa Shimizu, Naoto Takenaka
- Unabashed low–brow comedy about a gang of misfits who tussle it out in a Tokyo University wrestling ring, which also serves as the circle in…
Swing Kids (1993)
- Dir. Thomas Carter
Feat. Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley
- Affecting drama about the young sub–culture of pre–war Germany, who traded Nazi–ism for American jazz culture. A rare insight into…
This Boy's Life (1993)
- Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio
- An exemplary bittersweet nostalgia piece based on the autobiography of Tobias Wolfe. Sheer craft elevates the sombre material, with Robert De Niro,…
Totally F***ed Up (1993)
- Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid…
- A corrosive portrait of a group of alienated gay comrades, and the first (and perhaps best) part of dir. Araki's 'teen apocalypse trilogy' (completed…
Wayne's World 2 (1993)
- Dir. Stephen Surjik
Feat. Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken…
- Party time for Mike Myers and Dana Carvey again in this not–quite–so–excellent sequel.