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Subgenre Sampler

 
Prince of PennsylvaniaPrince of Pennsylvania (1988)
Dir. Ron Nyswaner
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Fred Ward, Bonnie Bedelia
Fans of Keanu Reeves will find small delight in the hunky one cutting his teeth in this often amusing comedy as a free–spirited teenage misfit.
SatisfactionSatisfaction (Girls of Summer) (1988)
Dir. Joan Freeman
Feat. Justine Bateman, Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson
Flavour of the '80s, Justine Bateman (TV's FAMILY TIES), stole the limelight from her then fledgling co–star, Julia Roberts, in this hoary girl…
School DazeSchool Daze (1988)
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn
Spike Lee's black high–school musical is perhaps over–ambitious, but the disorder is compensated in sheer exuberance and…
She's Having a BabyShe's Having a Baby (1988)
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin
Another John Hughes hit in which young Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern embark on marriage and parenthood.
Stand and DeliverStand and Deliver (1988)
Dir. Ramon Menendez
Feat. Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia
Rousing true story about a no–nonsense Math teacher in a tough L.A. school and his struggles to motivate his dispirited and troubled students.
Stealing HomeStealing Home (1988)
Dir. Steven Kampmann
Feat. Mark Harmon, Blair Brown, Jonathan Silverman
Coming–of–age romantic drama about a washed up baseball player (Mark Harmon) who finds out his childhood love (Jodie Foster) has…
21 Jump Street (TV Series)21 Jump Street (TV Series) (1987-1991)
Feat. Johnny Depp, Frederic Forrest, Peter DeLuise
Iconic, lightly–rendered youth thriller series, in which four young–looking undercover cops infiltrate high schools to expose various…
Degrassi Junior High (TV Series)Degrassi Junior High (TV Series) (1987-1991)
An unusually entertaining 1980s Canadian high school drama gathered a certain cult following around its charismatic young cast and well–judged…
Dirty DancingDirty Dancing (1987) Recommended
Dir. Emile Ardolino
Feat. Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach
Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze set the woods on fire with their passionate dance–moves in a 1960s American holiday resort. Wildly successful…
Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, The (TV Series)Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, The (TV Series) (1987)
Feat. Gian Sammarco, Lulu
Sue Townsend's spotty teenage creation Adrian Mole contines his rites of passage comedy drama series set in the early eighties where Adrian's Mum…

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