Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Heavy Petting (1987)
- Dir. Obie Benz
- A nostalgic peagent to what made being a teen in the 50's as cute and corny as it was. A mix of cheesy pop music, clips from sex and drug–ed…
In Between (TV Series) (1987)
- Feat. Sheryl Munks, Vichea Ten, Jim Petrovski…
- Acclaimed Australian TV series about troubled teenagers attempting to find their way through life in the inner city, dealing with issues like drugs,…
Less Than Zero (1987)
- Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jnr., Jami Gertz…
- A slick, rather thin adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ cult–novel set among the bored, coke–snorting youth of 1980s upper–crust…
Lost Boys, The (1987)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Haim…
- Keifer Sutherland leads a pack of teen vampires who have a taste for fashion as well as that red liquidy stuff. A dynamic, stylish horror with a…
Near Dark (1987)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henrikson, Jenny Wright…
- The blueprint vampire–in–contemporary–clothing movie about a pack of young hedonists on the urban fringes afflicted with…
Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
- Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran
- Frank sexuality has rarely been as squarely depicted as in this tale of two naive schoolgirls growing up in working class Liverpool. Bleak and darkly…
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
- Dir. Howard Deutch
Feat. Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson
- Some wonderful romantic angst from John Hughes' pen, with Mary Stuart Masterson in love with Eric Stoltz in love with Lea Thompson.
Summer School (1987)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas…
- Goofy 80's High School comedy starring Mark Harman as a gym teacher with big vacation plans who reluctantly agrees to teach a summer English class…
Year My Voice Broke, The (1987)
- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Noah Taylor, Ben Mendelsohn
- Scrawny yet sensitive adolescent Noah Taylor can only watch as brazen older mate Ben Mendelsohn courts his dream–girl in '60s rural Australia.…
Crossroads (1986)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Ralph Macchio, Jami Gertz, Joe Seneca…
- Great Ry Cooder music peps this light drama in which Ralph Macchio seeks lost blues tunes in the Deep South.