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Subgenre Sampler

 
My BodyguardMy Bodyguard (1980) Recommended
Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon
A newcomer to a Chicago high school hires the biggest fellow student to be his 'bodyguard', especially to protect him from a lunch–money…
Out of the BlueOut of the Blue (1980) Recommended
Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Sharon Farrell
Dennis Hopper transposes the themes from his EASY RIDER into a punk aesthetic in this downbeat yet compelling dissertation on teenage rebellion and…
Prom NightProm Night (1980)
Dir. Paul Lynch
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen
'Halloween' stalk'n'slash protege with Jamie Lee Curtis returning as one of a group of teens with a guilty secret menaced by the ubiquitous masked…
Rude BoyRude Boy (1980) Recommended
Dir. Hazan, Mingay
Feat. Jimmy Pursey, Johnny Green
Semi–doco in which a teenage punk is forced to choose political allegiances while scamming a roadie job with the Clash. Features nine Clash…
Storm BoyStorm Boy (1980) Recommended
Dir. Henri Safran
Feat. Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil
Minor Australian classic set in the beautiful, windswept wilds of South Australia, where a young boy leads an isolated existence with his father and…
Terror TrainTerror Train (1980)
Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner
Fresh from HALLOWEEN, Jamie Lee Curtis reprises a 'scream queen' for this teen slasher pic set aboard a chartered locomotive. A gamut of masquerade…
Times SquareTimes Square (1980)
Dir. Allan Moyle
Feat. Robin Johnson, Trini Alvarado, Tim Curry
An NYC youth drama inspired by the "new wave" music and fashions of the time that follows the mildly anarchic wanderings of a pair of runaway…
Up The AcademyUp The Academy (1980)
Dir. Robert Downey Snr.
Feat. Ron Leibman, Ralph Macchio, Tom Poston
Mad Magazine jump on the "National Lampoon" bandwagon with this ANIMAL HOUSE cash–in about the outrageous antics of a group of teenage misfits…
Little Romance, ALittle Romance, A (1979)
Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Anna Massey, Arthur Hill
Sweet minor comedy in which aged charmer Olivier persuades two teenage lovers – American boy, French girl – to run off together.…
MeatballsMeatballs (1979)
Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray
A laidback Bill Murray injects some meat into the summer camp cliche, here playing a trainee counselor in charge of a group of misfit stereotypes:…

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