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Subgenre Sampler

 
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:…
Over the EdgeOver the Edge (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Matt Dillon, Harry Northrup
One of the best portraits of delinquency yet committed to the screen, Matt Dillon, in his acting debut, is just one of the aimless youths who erupt…
Passe ton Bac d'abordPasse ton Bac d'abord (Graduate First) (1979) Recommended
Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Marlaud, Bernard Tronczak
Dir. Pialat’s matter–of–fact realism and blasé cast of young actors conveys all the aimlessness and uncertainty of youth in this…
QuadropheniaQuadrophenia (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Franc Roddam
Feat. Phil Daniels, Michael Elphick, Ray Winstone
Brilliant portrait of alienated youth, inspired by The Who's concept album, focuses on a young Mod's personal crises and his gang's violent agenda…
Rock 'n' Roll High SchoolRock 'n' Roll High School (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alan Arkush
Feat. P.J. Soles, Vince Van Patten, Clint Howard
Pop–crazy student and 'Ramones' no. 1 fan, Riff Randell (PJ Soles) fights for her right to party against dragonlady principal Togar (Mary…
Wanderers, TheWanderers, The (1979) Recommended
Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, Linda Manz
Bittersweet throw back to life in a Bronx high school in 1963, focused on Italian gang 'The Wanderers', who fumble their way through romance and…

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