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Subgenre Sampler

 
Rita, Sue and Bob TooRita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) Recommended
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 WonderfulSome Kind of Wonderful (1987) Recommended
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 SchoolSummer 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, TheYear My Voice Broke, The (1987) Recommended
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.…
CrossroadsCrossroads (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.
Ferris Bueller's Day OffFerris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Matthew Broderick
Probably the teen comedy of the '80s, with Matthew Broderick as the crafty 17–year–old Ferris who skips school to takes his friends on a…
LucasLucas (1986)
Dir. David Seltzer
Feat. Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen
Genuinely sympathetic account of the teenage love of 'dweeb' Corey Haim for an older schoolmate (Green), through infatuation, rejection and...…
Pretty in PinkPretty in Pink (1986) Recommended
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton
Molly Ringwald faces some tricky teenage dilemmas in John Hughes' quintessentially '80s rite–of–passage.
River's EdgeRiver's Edge (1986) Recommended
Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye
Terrifying drama about a group of school friends who discover that one of them has murdered a classmate. Major cult film from the '80s with its lurid…
Soul ManSoul Man (1986)
Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross
A privileged white student disguises himself as a black man in order to win a Harvard Law School scholarship, in this disappointing "blackface"…

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