Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Square Pegs (TV Series) (1982-1983)
- Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Amy Linker, Jami Gertz…
- Sassy high school comedy from the early 1980's centred around Sarah Jessica Parker and Amy Linker as two awkward teenage girls desperate to be…
Tex (1982)
- Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly…
- Arguably the best adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s teen fictions (THE OUTSIDERS etc.), with Matt Dillon giving an early, heartbreaking performance as a…
Young Ones, The (TV Series) (1982-1984)
- Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer…
- Off–the–wall, anarchic 80s sitcom about young rebels (liberal Rik, punk Vyvian, hippy Neil and bodgy Mike) co–habitating in a…
Burning, The (1981)
- Dir. Tony Maylam
Feat. Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer…
- A proficient slasher in the wake of FRIDAY THE 13TH in which a former summer camp caretaker plots bloody revenge on the teenagers who accidentally…
Endless Love (1981)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Brooke Shields
- Brooke Shields is the saving grace of this fiasco made of Scott Spencer's acclaimed novel about an obsessive teenage romance.
Gregory's Girl (1981)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn
- An affectionate and entertaining Scottish comedy about a shy and awkward school footballer's infatuation with a female team–member.
Porky's (1981)
- Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier
- ANIMAL HOUSE retread with juvenile male high–jinx on college campus. Massive hit is testament to the adage that no–one ever went broke…
Puberty Blues (1981)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja
- Affecting teenage odyssey with Nell Schofield and Jad Capelja as surfing–groupies, learning to fit into a sex’n’drugs beach–scene.
Foxes (1980)
- Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman…
- Four teenage loose cannons speed towards self–destruction in this frank, impressionistic portrait of L.A. teen culture. A young Jodie Foster…
Friday the 13th [Franchise] (1980-1989)
- Dir. Sean S. Cunningham
Feat. Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon
- The most successful film to exploit the '80s stalk–and–slash formula, characterised by disposable teenagers being endlessly slaughtered…