Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 920 Films to Buy & Rent
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
- Dir. Gene Fowler Jnr.
Feat. Michael Landon
- A cool Michael Landon scored a big hit in his film debut – a hilarious mishmash of horror and juvenile delinquency dramas.
Rock All Night (1957)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Dick Miller, Abby Dalton
- Two fugitive killers take refuge in a rock'n'roll hotspot and terrorize the customers. Less compelling than dir. Corman's usual B–grade…
Sorority Girl (The Bad One) (1957)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Susan Cabot, Fay Baker, Dick Miller
- Nastily excellent early Corman has Susan Cabot play an evil–minded college student who blackmails, teases and dominates various social…
Crazed Fruit (1956)
- Dir. Ko Nakahira
Feat. Yujiro Ishihara, Masahiko Tsugawa, Mie Kitahara
- Two hedonistic brothers chase the skirt of a voracious young temptress in this scorching, jazz–infused statement on reckless youth. A seminal…
Rock Rock Rock (1956)
- Dir. Will Price
Feat. Tuesday Weld
- Tuesday Weld (at 13) schemes to get herself a strapless gown for the prom, surrounded by an impressive array of rock'n'rollers both black and white,…
Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Michael Connors, Lisa Gaye, Douglas Dumbrille…
- Shaky but endearing pop relic in which a group of concerned adults try to ban rock 'n' roll music in their town believing that it promotes juvenile…
Violent Years, The (1956)
- Dir. William J Morgan
Feat. Mamie Van Doren
- Scripted by Ed Wood Jnr (PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE) this tawdry 50s juvenile–delinquent pic features Mamie Van Doren leading a gang of…
Blackboard Jungle, The (1955)
- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow
- Famously controversial on release and first of the 'Rock–n–roll' films, this lifted the lid on the heated youth tensions in 50s America.…
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
- James Dean's intense portayal of an alienated youth from a wealthy family opened the eyes of a generation and catapulted him to stardom. One of the…
Wild One, The (1954)
- Dir. Laslo Benedek
Feat. Marlon Brando
- Marlon Brando leathers up for a bit of rebellion Hollywood–style, leading a gang of bikies to terrorise a small town. Controversial for their…