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Subgenre Sampler

 
Rumble FishRumble Fish (1983) Recommended
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper
Coppola's cult fave is a highly stylised treatment of a teen delinquency drama may not be entirely appropriate, but it sure looks impressive. Equally…
SuburbiaSuburbia (Rebel Street's aka: Wild Side) (1983) Aro Favourite
Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Flea
Low key yet definitive dramatic portrait of the American punk scene, staged with non–actors as the "T.R. gang" who set up camp in a scuzzy L.A.…
Sweet SixteenSweet Sixteen (1983)
Dir. Jim Sotos
Feat. Aleisa Shirley, Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg
Forgotten slasher from the 80's that instead slashes the boys instead of the girls, when a soon–to–be sixteen–year–old girl…
Valley GirlValley Girl (1983) Aro Favourite
Dir. Martha Coolidge
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily
One of the coolest teen flicks of the early 80s exults a first starring role for Nicolas Cage as a Hollywood punk who crashes a suburban party and…
DinerDiner (1982) Recommended
Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Kevin Bacon
Endearing, and enduring, tale of college friends growing up in the 1950s Baltimore was a box–office flop but soon found an enthusiastic…
Fast Times at Ridgemont HighFast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Aro Favourite
Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold
This early–80s teen pic survives a lot better than most, finding surprisingly subtle shades of the adolescent experience amid some frank…
Grease 2Grease 2 (1982)
Dir. Patricia Brich
Feat. Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer
Enjoyably bad reprise of the hit musical of 50s High School Americana, still gets by with a handful of good tunes and Michelle Pffiefer.
SmithereensSmithereens (1982) Aro Favourite
Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Richard Hell
Hanging out on the lower rung of the gritty New York music scene in the early 80s, a flaky adolescent girl struggles to make her mark or find…
Square Pegs (TV Series)Square Pegs (TV Series) (1982-1983) Recommended
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…
TexTex (1982) Recommended
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…

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