Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
- Dir. John Singleton
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Jr. Gooding, Ice-Cube
- Sincere and authentic street gang fable focuses on a group of friends living in a black, working–class neighbourhood in South Central L.A. A…
Brighter Summer Day, A (1991)
- Dir. Edward Yang
Feat. Chen Chang
- Sublime ode to adolescence set in early 1960's Taiwan, Edward Yang's sprawling, novelistic narrative reflects the personal and political turmoil of…
Commitments, The (1991)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Colm Meaney
- Surprise hit simply chronicles the rise and fall of a Dublin soul band, formed by a group of teens with naught better to do. Unashamedly light fare,…
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Christina Applegate, Danielle Harris
- Married With Children bimbo Christina Applegate stars one of a bunch of brats who have to fend for themselves when their geriatric minder carks it.…
Flirting (1991)
- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Thandiwe Newton, Nicole Kidman, Noah Taylor
- Award–winning sequel to THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE sensitively explores adolescent life in two single–sex high schools in rural Australia,…
Kuffs (1991)
- Dir. Bruce A. Evans
Feat. Christian Slater
- A street–smart vehicle for (post)–teen idol Slater, who inherits a licence to kill the S.O.B. who snuffed his elder sibling.
London Kills Me (1991)
- Dir. Hanif Kureishi
Feat. Justin Chadwick, Stephen Mackintosh, Emer McCourt
- MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE writer Kureishi directs a young ensemble for his glossy depiction of drug–dealing squatters in London's Notting Hill.…
Mystery Date (1991)
- Dir. Jonathan Wacks
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo, Brian McNamara…
- A big–haired Ethan Hawke stars in this zany teen comedy as a love struck teen whose older brother sets him up with the girl next door.
On My Own (1991)
- Dir. Antonio Tibaldi
Feat. Judy Davis
- Coming–of–age tale draws a devastating performance from Judy Davis as the imbalanced mother of a fifteen–year–old boarding…
Talk 16 (1991)
- Dir. Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell
- The transition of childhood to womanhood is revealed in this intimate, candid study of five 16–year–old girls over a five year period.