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Subgenre Sampler

 
Love, SimonLove, Simon (2018)
Dir. Greg Berlanti
Feat. Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner
A high school love story taking the best of the genre cliches (yes, John Hughes) and translating them into a gay context – an unprecedented…
Mid 90sMid 90s (2018)
Dir. Jonah Hill
Feat. Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges
Evocative coming–of–age drama from actor–director Jonah Hill, following a 13–year old boy in 90's Los Angeles who falls in…
Lady BirdLady Bird (Ladybird) (2017) Recommended
Dir. Greta Gerwig
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts
Sublime coming–of–age drama which marks the writing and directing debut of formidable indie talent Greta Gerwig, who draws upon her own…
Jasper JonesJasper Jones (2016)
Dir. Rachel Perkins
Feat. Levi Miller, Aaron L. McGrath, Angourie Rice
A nostalgic portrait of Australian childhood in the summer of '69 that tells the story of a bookish boy who finds himself caught up in a local murder…
Me and Earl and the Dying GirlMe and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Feat. Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke
Winner of the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, this imaginative, eclectic dramedy follows an awkward high–school filmmaker and a gravely ill…
Super 8Super 8 (2011) Recommended
Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths
A young group of film–loving friends witness a train crash and suspect it was not an accident and their suspicions are fueled by a series of…
BoyBoy (2010) Recommended
Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Taika Waititi, James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu
Taika Waititi continues his dream run as director with this fictionalised coming–of–age tale that draws on his own experience growing up…
Runaways, TheRunaways, The (2010)
Dir. Floria Sigismondi
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon
A high–strung, hell–for–leather rock movie based on the short–lived exploits of pioneering girl band The Runaways and their…
An EducationAn Education (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina
An assured and alluring coming–of–age drama set in swinging sixties London (1961 in fact), with teenage ingenue Carey Mulligan falling in…
American History XAmerican History X (1998) Recommended
Dir. Tony Kaye
Feat. Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Stacy Keach
Potent dissertation on generational anger among the skinhead community of Los Angeles' Venice Beach, that though flawed by brushes with cliche, is a…

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