Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Lacombe Lucien (1974)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clement
- A subtle, probing study of the psychology of collaboration set in WW2 rural France, sees young peasant lad Pierre Blaise drawn into the local…
Lords of Flatbush, The (1974)
- Dir. Martin Davidson, Stephen Verona
Feat. Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler…
- Boasting early appearances for various stars–in–waiting, this is an affectionate view of the rites–of–passage for members of…
Spikes Gang, The (1974)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith…
- Downbeat western with Lee Marvin as a wounded outlaw who finds shelter with two young runaways. Regaling them his colorful stories of life on the…
American Graffiti (1973)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss
- Seminal coming–of–age comedy set in '62 spawned a hit TV show (Happy Days), a mega–selling soundtrack and boosted many careers.
Badlands (1973)
- Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
- Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek are a knock–out as deluded teenage fugitives who chalk up a hefty body count as they flee across country. Based…
Girl Most Likely To, The (1973)
- Dir. Lee Philips
Feat. Stockard Channing, Edward Asner, Jim Backus
- An 'ugly duckling' high–school student is transformed by plastic surgery and decides to wreak homicidal vengeance on former boyfriends and…
That'll Be the Day (1973)
- Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. David Essex, Ringo Starr, James Booth…
- Popstar David Essex plays a British working–class youth who rejects the staid conformity of 50's Britain and eventually drifts into the…
Railway Children, The (1972)
- Dir. Lionel Jeffries
Feat. Jenny Agutter
- When their father is jailed for espionage, Jenny Agutter and her siblings are relocated to rural Yorkshire. Local adventures slowly turn into an…
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret…
- Classic from the early 70s 'zeitgeist', this funny yet sobering film chronicles the sex lives of two disparate men from high–school to…
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates…
- From Anthony Burgess' novel, Stanley Kubrick flexes his genius with this electrifying satire about an ultra–violent gang of 'droogs' whose…