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- Above the Rim (1994)
- Directed by Jeff Pollack. Cast: Duane Martin, Leon, Tupac Shakur, Marlon Wayans. Kyle Lee Watson is an inner-city high school basketball star torn between college and the lure of the streets. During an important championship play-off game, Kyle grandstands to catch the attention of a Georgetown college scout. Instead, he impresses Birdie, a powerful gang leader who is assembling a team to compete in the neighborhood Shoot-Out contest, a high-stakes street basketball tournament for the bragging rights of the city. 97 min. DVD 5715
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- Almost Famous (2001)
- Directed by Cameron Crowe. Featuring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk, Noah Taylor, Philip Seymour Hoffman. It's the opportunity of a lifetime when teenage reporter William Miller lands an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine. Despite the objections of his protective mother, William hits the road with an up-and-coming rock band and finds there's a lot more to write home about than the music. 124 min. DVD 1106
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- Directed by George Lucas. The misadventures of four California teenagers one late summer night in 1962 become the focal point for an audience trip back to the last "innocent" years of the 50's and early 60's. Featuring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ronny Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips. 112 min. DVD 246; vhs 999:757
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- American Pie (1999)
- Directed by Paul Weitz. Cast: Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Seann W. Scott, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy. Takes a hysterical look at the hapless adventures of four "unlucky in love" high school friends as they gear up for the prom. 96 min. DVD 2259
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- And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1994)
- Directed by Severo Perez. Cast: Jose Alcala, Rose Portillo, Marco Rodriquez, Daniel Valdez. "The year is 1952. A Mexican American family is struggling to survive, working as migrant laborers in fields from Texas to Minnesota. The younger son, Marcos, is a sensitive 12-year-old who is forced to confront the ineluctable facts of his life - grinding poverty, back-breaking work, racism, hopelessness. He manages to pull himself out of his miserable life, eventually becoming a professor and author of a landmark work of Chicano literature, "And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him."" (Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 22, 1995). 99 min. 999:1610
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- (National Lampoon's) Animal House (1978)
- Directed by John Landis. Cast: John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Thomas Hulce, Cesare Danova, Peter Riegert, Karen Allen, Kevin Bacon. In this spoof of 1960's college life, members of the Delta fraternity offend the straight-arrow people on campus in a comedy which irreverently mocks college traditions. 109 min. DVD 1874
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- Baby Boy (2001)
- Directed by John Singleton. Featuring Tyrese Gibson, Omar Gooding, A.J. Johnson, Taraji P. Henson, Snoop Dogg, Tamara LeSeon Bass, Ving Rhames, Candy Ann Brown, Angell Conwell. In South Central L.A., Jody has two babies by two different women and he still lives at home with his mom. He's trying to live large, but doesn't have or want a job. Growing up is tough on Jody, but a series of events involving his mom, her new boyfriend, his girlfriend, and her ex-con ex-boyfriend all force him to learn some hard lessons about living, loving and surviving. 130 min. DVD 911
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- Baby It's You (1983)
- Directed by John Sayles. Featuring Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin, Jack Davidson. In this comedy drama set in the 1960's Jill is a drama major headed for college while Sheik's a drop-out, headed for nowhere. They're as different as day and night, but they share a powerful bond: first love. Set against a '60's soundtrack of classic rock and roll tunes, this film crafts a vivid portrait of young love in a complex era. 105 min. 999:3049
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- The Bachelor and the Bobby-soxer (1947)
- Director, Irving Reis. Cast: Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Myrna Loy, Rudy Vallee, Ray Collins, Harry Davenport. A playboy is sentenced to date a judge's teenage daughter as punishment for disturbing the peace. The judge hopes it will eradicate the girl's crush for the older man, but the judge's daughter and the playboy fall for each other. Special features: June 13, 1949 Lux Radio Theater Radio production starring Grant and Temple; cartoon Little Tinker; Cary Grant trailer gallery. 95 min. DVD 8218
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- Barriers (1998)
- Directed by Alan Baxter. 90 min. Video 999:3051
- The Basketball Diaries (1995)
- Directed by Scott Kalvert. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruno Kirby, Lorraine Bracco, Ernie Hudson, Patrick McGaw, James Madio, Mark Wahlberg. Based on the novel by Jim Carroll. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruno Kirby, Lorraine Bracco, Ernie Hudson, Patrick McGaw, James Madio, Mark Wahlberg. Teamed with his friends Mickey, Neutron and Pedro, high school student Jim Carroll seems headed for a bright basketball career. But when pressures from his coach, his mom, and school seem to mount, Jim finds solace in all the wrong places, and the dark streets of New York begin to tear him apart. 102 min. DVD 5979 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
- Directed by William Asher. Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck, John Ashley, Jody McCrea, Donna Loren, Marta Kristen, Linda Evans, Don Rickles, Paul Lynde.
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity stunt. With the usual gang of kids and a mermaid named Lorelei. 97 min. DVD 8374
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Griffin, Annie The blondest thing on the beach." Sight and Sound August 1993 v3 n8 p35(1)
Morris, Gary. "Beyond the beach." Journal of Popular Film and Television Spring 1993 v21 n1 p2(10) 
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- Beach Party (1963)
- Directed by William Asher. Cast: Bob Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Harvey Lembeck, Jody McCrea, John Ashley, Morey Amsterdam, Eva Six. A college professor nearly blows his credentials when one of his gorgeous students decides the subject she wants to study is romance. 100 min. DVD 8375; vhs 999:1488Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
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- The blondest thing on the beach." Sight and Sound August 1993 v3 n8 p35(1)
Morris, Gary. "Beyond the beach." Journal of Popular Film and Television Spring 1993 v21 n1 p2(10) UCB users only
Rutsky, R. L. "Surfing the Other." (surf films from 1950's, 1960's and how teenagers responded) Film Quarterly, Summer 1999 v52 i4 p12
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- Beat Girl (UK, 1962)
- Director, Edmond T. Greville. Performers: Gillian Hills, David Farrar, Christopher Lee, Adam Faith, Oliver Reed, Noelle Adam. This is the British version of Rebel Without a Cause, set in the beatnik world where jaded restless kids rule the night in smokey coffee bars, at suicidal chickie runs and at wild impromptu parties. 78 min. 999:1745Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Beatniks (1958)
- Director, Paul Frees. Performers: Tony Travis, Karen Kadler, Peter Breck, Joyce Terry, Bob Wells, Charles Delaney. This film originally titled, "Sideburns and sympathy" is commonly acknowledged as the first beatnik movie. The plot concerns a gang who make trouble and take women wherever they go. The leader of the pack, cool Eddie Grant, is discovered by a talent agent and signed to a recording contract. He tries to dump his "beatnik past" and clean up his act but his gang buddies have different plans, including murder. 78 min. 999:1298Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
- Director, Justin Lin. Cast: Parry Shen, Jason Tobin, Sung Kang, Roger Fan, John Cho, Karin Anna Cheung, Jerry Mathers. Tells the story of a group of seemingly "perfect" Asian American high-school buddies who lead double lives. Ben is a perfectionist and overachiever engaged in a dizzying variety of school activities, volunteer work and the basketball team. When an article is published in the school paper indicating that Ben's true role on the team is to add a touch of ethnic diversity, he quits the team and becomes involved in a world of petty crime and material excess - a free-wheeling lifestyle that soon takes a downward spiral, leading to an unexpected, violent end. 100 min. DVD 2268
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- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
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- Big (1988)
- Directed by Penny Marshall. Cast: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton. A 12-year-old boy's wish comes true when he asks a mechanical carnival genie to make him 'big' only to awake the next morning and discover he is! He manages to land a job at a toy company where he experiences the complications of being an adult, but eventually he begins to long for the simple joys of childhood. 104 min. DVD 1814Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Bikini Beach (1964)
- Directed by William Asher. Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Martha Hyer, Harvey Lembeck, Don Rickles, John Ashley, Jody McCrea, Candy Johnson, Little Stevie Wonder, The Pyramids, The Exciters Band, Keenan Wynn.
Millionaire Harvey Huntington Honeywagon III tries to prove to his colleague Vivian Clements that his chimp, Clyde, is more intelligent than the average American teenager. Meanwhile Dee Dee is torn between Frankie and British recording star, the Potato Bug. Eric Von Zipper shows up to aid Harvey's anti-teen campaign.
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- Black and White (1999)
- Directed by James Toback. Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Brooke Shields, Mike Tyson. When Rich Bower decides to reinvent himself as a hip-hop impresario after a life of crime, he is confronted by the internecine dealings of the white world. Documentary filmmaker Sam Donager and her husband enter the scene as they follow a group of privileged uptown teenagers who are drawn to the hip-hop lifestyle. 99 min. DVD 5701 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Blackboard Jungle (1955)
- Directed by Richard Brooks. Featuring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow. Film about life in an inner city high school in the 50's that was the first to utilize a rock 'n' roll soundtrack. A dedicated young teacher soon loses his idealism when he has to deal with the tensions that threaten to destroy his classroom. DVD 3821; vhs 999:973Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- McCoy, Beth "Manager, Buddy, Delinquent: Blackboard Jungle's Desegregating Triangle." Cinema Journal, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 25-39, Fall 1998. UC users only
Medovoi, Leerom. "Reading the Blackboard: Youth, Masculinity, and Racial Cross-Identification." In: Race and the subject of masculinities / Harry Stecopoulos and Michael Uebel, editors. Durham : Duke University Press, 1997. (Main Stack HQ1075.R33 1997
Paul, Dierdre Glenn. "The Blackboard Jungle: Critically Interrogating Hollywood's Vision of the Urban Classroom." MultiCultural Review, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 20-27, 58-60, March 2001.
- Boyz 'n the Hood (1991)
- Directed by John Singleton. For three young men growing up in South Central Los Angeles, the "hood" is a place of drive-by shootings, unemployment, drugs and pain. But their reactions to the world around them vary- one is an unambitious drug dealer, his brother is a college bound teenage father, and the brother's best friend is guided by a strong father who hopes for a better life for his son. 112 min. DVD 182; VHS 999:744
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- The Brady Bunch. Volume 1.
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- The Breakfast Club (1985)
- Directed by John Hughes. Featuring Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy. Five teenage students with nothing in common, spend a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At 7:00 a.m. they had nothing to say, but by 4:00 p.m., they had bared their souls to each other and become friends. 98 min. 999:1663
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- Brick (2005)
- Directed by Rian Johnson. Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary. Brendon Frye is a loner, someone who always knows all the angles but has chosen to stay on the outside. When the girl he loves turns up dead, he is determined to find the 'who' and 'why'. 110 min. DVD 6125 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
- directed by Gene Saks. Cast: Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Judith Ivey, Jonathan Silverman, Brian Drillinger, Stacy Glick, Lisa Waltz. Fifteen-year-old Eugene Jerome is trying to uncover life's mysteries in this adaptation of a Broadway hit about growing up in Brooklyn during the late 1930's. 110 min. DVD 5897Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Bring It On (2000)
- Directed by Peyton Reed. Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, Gabrielle Union. The Toro cheerleading squad has spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship torphy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, Torrance, the Toros' road to cheer glory stumbles when she discovers their perfectly choreographed routines were stolen from a hot hip-hop squad across town. Now the squad must scramble to find a new routine to compete in this year's competition. 99 min. DVD 1359
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- Brown Belt Karate Mania (1991)
- Written, directed and edited by Mary Jo Matsumoto. Cast: Jose Gonzalez, Wade Oates, Steven Cook, Seth May, Jeanine James, Brett McKinnin Cort. A comic look at high school romancing and karate as the way to impress the girls. 15 min. 999:3508
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- Bully (2001)
- Directed by Larry Clark. Cast: Brad Renfro, Bijou Phillips, Rachel Miner, Michael Pitt, Kelli Garner, Daniel Franzese, Leo Fitzpatrick, Nick Stahl.
Based on the true story of Marty, a tormented surfer and who relies on his longtime pal Bobby for rides to the beach and South Florida bars, despite the abuse Bobby gives Marty. When Bobby decides to turn his unwanted attentions toward Marty's new girlfriend, Lisa and her best friend, Lisa decides Bobby's reign of terror must end. Lisa forms a deadly plan to get Bobby out of the way for good. As the conspiracy unfolds, friends turn into enemies and casual acquiantances become co-defendants to a murder. 115 min. DVD 5780
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- Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
- Directed by George Sidney. Featuring Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Maureen Stapleton, Bobby Rydell, Jesse Pearson, Ed Sullivan,Paul Lynde. When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show. 112 min. 999:2019
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- Carrie (1976)
- Directed by Brian De Palma. Cast: Sissy Spacek, John Travolta, Piper Laurie.
Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her class mates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period one of them takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross, her boyfriend and class hunk to invite Carrie to the senior prom. Meanwhile another girl who has been banned from the prom for her continued aggressive behaviour is not as forgiving and plans a trick to embarrass Carrie in front of the whole school. What she doesn't realise is that Carrie is-- gifted, and you really don't want to get her angry.
Special features: 45-minute "Acting Carrie" documentary; 45-minute "Visualizing Carrie" documentary; "Carrie: the musical" featurette with Betty Buckley and L.D. Cohen; Stephen King and the writing of Carrie; animated photo gallery; original theatrical trailer and more.
100 min. DVD 4091; vhs 999:1004
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- Clueless (1995)
- Directed by Amy Heckerling. Featuring Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Justin Walker, Wallace Shawn. It's not easy being the most popular and glamorous girl at Beverly Hills High, yet somehow 15-year-old Cher manages, even finding time for extracurricular projects like finding a love match for her debate teacher and giving a dowdy friend a fashion makeover. But Cher's tidy world starts to unravel with the sudden appearance of a sexy, stylish new classmate and Cher's square but cute "ex-stepbrother" 97 min. DVD 979; VHS 999:1403
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- Colma: The Musical (2006)
- Directed by Richard Wong. Cast: Jake Moreno, H.P. Mendoza, L.A. Renigen, Sigrid Sutter, Brian Raffi, Larry Soriano, Gigi Guizado, Jim Wierzba, Kat Kneisel, Allison Torneros, Paul Kolsanoff.
Set in the town of Colma, just south of San Francisco, best pals Rodel, Billy, and Maribel finding themselves in a state of limbo; fresh out of high school, are just beginning to explore a new world of part-time mall jobs and crashing college parties. As newfound revelations and romances challenge their relationships with one another and their parents, the trio must assess what to hold onto, and how to best follow their dreams. This unusual musical is a love song to the city, and to the residents who dream of a better life. 100 min. DVD 9211
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- Cool World (1963)
- Directed by Shirley Clark. Realistic docu-dramatization of ghetto and gang life in 1960's Harlem with a focus on the fictional teenage gang leader, Duke. 104 min. 999:1702
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- Cooley High (1975)
- Directed by Michael Schultz. Cast: Glynn Turman, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis. Fun-loving and warm movie about high school life in the 1960's. Preach, a serious-minded writer and Cochise, a basketball hero headed for college, are best friends at Cooley High in Chicago. Together, they cut classes to go to the zoo, crash parties, put the hustle on some hustlers, and dream of getting out of their impoverished, rough neighborhood. 107 min. DVD 8955; vhs Video 999:1174
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- Cruel Intentions (1999)
- Directed by Roger Kumble. Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Louise Fletcher. After ruining the reputation of an unsuspecting classmate, the sparks fly when Kathryn poses the ultimate challenge to her insatiable stepbrother Sebastian: to deflower the headmaster's beautiful, virgin daughter Annette. If he fails, Kathryn gets his most prized possession, but if he succeeds, Sebastian gets to possess and bed Kathryn. 97 min. DVD 71
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- Dangerous Minds (1995)
- Directed by John N. Smith. Featuring Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney Vance, Robin Bartlett, Bruklin Harris. Based on true events, this is the story of ex-Marine LouAnne Johnson who becomes a high school teacher assigned to a tough class of inner-city teenagers. When conventional methods fail, the feisty Ms. Johnson tries the unconventional -- defying the rules and creating ther own curriculum. In the process she instills a new self-confidence in her students -- motivating them towards their greatest potential. 99 min. DVD 853
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- Dazed and Confused (1995)
- Directed by Richard Linklater. Featuring Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney Vance, Robin Bartlett, Bruklin Harris. A comic film exploring the last day of school -- and one rowdy night -- in the lives of a group of American high school students in late May, 1976. 103 min. 999:1296
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- Dead Poets Society (1989)
- Directed by Peter Weir. Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles.
Based on true events this is the story of prep. school English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming ... "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm--changing their lives forever. 128 min. 999:2281
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- The Debut (2001)
- Director, Gene Cajayon. Cast: Dante Basco, Tirso Cruz, III, Eddie Garcia, Darion Basco, Dion Basco, Derek Basco, Gina Alajar, Bernadette Balagtas, Joy Bisco. Ben, a Filipino-American teenager, is soon to graduate from high school. Currently, most of his family is preoccupied with an elaborate coming-out party being thrown for Ben's sister Rose. Ben isn't too thrilled about having to attend, so he invites his best friends Rick and Doug. To their surprise, Rick and Doug find themselves having a great time getting a glimpse of Filipino culture, and Ben meets a pretty girl named Annabelle. 88 min. 999:2500
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- Diner (1982)
- Director, Barry Levinson. Performers: Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Timothy Daly, Ellen Barkin, Paul Reiser. Set in 1959, a group of long-time buddies since high school gather in a local diner to share their escapades and make sense of their lives. As one by one they drift off to join the mainstream of life they still cling to their shared boyhood dreams. 110 min. 999:2500
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- The Doe Boy (2001)
- Directed by Randy Redroad. Cast: James Duval, Kevin Anderson, Jeri Arredondo, Jade Hererra, Gordon Tootoosis. This coming-of-age films tells the story of Hunter, a half Cherokee with hemophilia (a "white man's disease"), whose teen angst is compounded by his confusing cultural identity. With an overprotective mother and a distant father, Hunter learns from his grandfather the courage to find the love he desperately seeks. 87 min. DVD 2973
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- The Doom Generation (1995)
- Directed by Gregg Araki. Cast: James Duval, Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech, Margaret Cho, Amanda Bearse, Parker Posey. Two angst-filled teen lovers pick up a dangerous drifter and the three go on a murder and sex filled spree, eventually winding up being chased by a bunch of neo-Nazi jocks who want to kill them all. 83 min. DVD 1193
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- Edge of Seventeen(1998)
- Director David Moreton. Cast: Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes, Andersen Gabrych, Stephanie McVay and Lea DeLaria. A gay teen finds out who he is and what he wants, who his friends are, and who loves him, in this tale set in middle America in the summer of 1984. Eric gets a summer job at an amusement park where he meets Rod. A puppy-love infatuation begins as Eric realizes that if he's falling in love with a male, he must be gay. 99 min. DVD 1377
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- Election (1999)
- Director, Alexander Payne. Performers: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves. In this satirical comedy, a hotly contested high school election becomes a metaphor for the current state of American politics. Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter is determined to become president of Carver High's student body. Popular teacher Jim McAllister decides to derail Tracy's obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate. 103 min. DVD 620
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- Elephant (2003)
- Directed by Gus Van Sant. Cast: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Elias McConnell, Jordan Taylor, Carrie Finklea, Nicole George, Brittany Mountain, Alicia Miles. A realistic drama depicting students at a Portland, Oregon high school before and during a tragic schoolshooting. Follows a young boy who takes over the wheel from his drunken dad while returning from lunch. Then follows another student who crosses paths with the first, then the other of the two boys in camouflage gear, carrying heavy bags, who arrive inside the school and begin shooting. No explanation for the shooting is given, it simply places the audience in the interminable window of adolescence when life is both trivial and painfully important all at the sametime. 81 min. DVD 2674
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- Ethan Mao (2004)
- Directed by Quentin Lee. Cast: un Hee Lee, Raymond Ma, Julia Nickson, Kevin Kleinberg, David Tran, Jerry Hernandez.takes him in. After being tipped off by his younger brother that his family is going on a day trip on Thanksgiving Day, Ethan asks Remigio for a ride to his family house to get some of his belongings. Ethan and Remigio break into Ethan's family house, but are caught in the act and have no choice other than to hold his parents hostage. In the following increasingly desperate hours, Ethan, his family and Remigio are forced to confront their unresolved conflicts between each other. As the tension between Ethan and his family escalates, their inner demons and family secrets unravel in this suspenseful drama. 87 min. DVD 5358
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- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
- Directed by Amy Heckerling. Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus, Ray Walston, Nicolas Cage, Forest Whitaker. Twenty-four-year old first-time screenwriter Cameron Crowe went undercover in early 1980s as a high school student to glean an insider's perspective on the struggles of teenagers as they dealt with independence, success, sexuality, money, maturity, school, and particularly with just making it through the formative years. 92 min. DVD 6058; vhs 999:3085 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseMovie Review Query Engine
- 15 to Life (2002)
- Directed by Moon Jones. Cast: Moon Jones, Stefanie Tremblay, Daniel Zirilli, Jalene Mack, Alfred Holmes, Boyce Ellisl; special appearances by Black Menace, Big Slack, J Dogg. It's prison life at its grittiest in this urban tale of three teenage boys who follow in their father's footsteps through the violent system. When a young filmmaker begins a documentary on the boys, she discovers that a dirty cop is behind their wrongful incarceration. Now she must prove their innocence. 81 min. DVD 1390Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
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- Freedom Writers (2007)
- Director, Richard LaGravenese. Cast: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Lee Hernandez, Mario, Kristin Herrera, Jacklyn Ngan, Sergio Montalvo, Jason Finn, Deance Wyatt, Vanetta Smith, Gabriel Chavarria, Hunter Parrish.
Dramatization of a true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives. This assignment is something that the class can bite into with relish. This eventually bonds them together and pushes racial rivalries aside. Draws heavily from the published journals of the real students themselves. Special features: Feature-length commentary by director Richard LaGravenese and actor Hilary Swank; deleted scenes; featurettes; theatrical trailer; photo gallery. Based on the book "The Freedom Writers diary: how a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them" by the Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell (MOFF: HQ796 .F76355 1999). 122 min. DVD 7635
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- Funny Ha Ha (2003)
- Directed by Andrew Bujalski. Cast: Kate Dollenmayer, Christian Rudder, Myles Paige, Jennifer L. Schaper, Lissa Patton Rudder, Marshall Lawy, Vanessa Bertozzi, Victoria Haggblom, Justin Rice. Marnie just graduated from college, drinks like she's still in school, and is looking for a temp. job after being fired. Drifting through a series of men and jobs, Marnie just can't seem to get it together...it would be sad if it weren't so funny. 90 min. DVD 4379
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- Ghost World (2001)
- Directed by Terry Zwigoff. Cast: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Bob Balaban, Illeana Douglas, Steve Buscemi. Two recent high school graduates wreak havoc on all who cross their paths, until an oddball loner looking for Miss Right comes into their lives. These social misfits learn the hard way that life after high school gets even weirder than they thought it would be. Based on the comic book by Daniel Clowes. Special features: making-of Ghost World featurette; deleted and alternate scenes; rare "music video" from the Bollywood film Gumnaam (1965), showcasing Mohammed Rafi's "Jaan Pehechaan Ho". 111 min. DVD 1478
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- Ginger Snaps (2000)
- Directed by John Fawcett. Cast: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers.
Ginger and Brigitte, are two dysfunctional 15-year-old sisters trapped in the Canadian suburbs. Introverted and misanthropic, they are obsessed with mayhem, torture and death until they get a taste of the real thing. Bitten by a wild animal, Ginger begins to mutate into a sexually agressive woman with some nasty canine tendencies. Is it a virus? Is it a curse? Or the first step towards becoming a werewolf? Brigitte must fight to save Ginger and their classmates. 108 min. DVD 7527 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Barker, Martin; Mathijs, Ernest; Mendik, Xavier
"Menstrual Monsters: The Reception of the Ginger Snaps Cult Horror Franchise."
Film International, vol. 4, no. 3 [21], pp. 68-77, 2006
Mendik, Xavier. "Menstrual Meanings: Brett Sullivan Discusses Werewolves, Hormonal Horror and the Ginger Snaps Audience Research Project."
Film International, vol. 4, no. 3 [21], pp. 78-83, 2006
Miller, April. "'The Hair That Wasn't There Before': Demystifying Monstrosity and Menstruation in Ginger Snaps and Ginger Snaps Unleashed."
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Ruth, Linda "Ginger Snaps." Sight and Sound 11.6 (June 2001): p36(2).
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- Girlfight (2000)
- Director, Karyn Kusama. Cast: Michelle Rodriguez, Jamie Tirelli, Paul Calderon, Santiago Douglas. Diana Guzman is always fighting, whether at home in the housing projects with her abusive dad or at high school. She finds a new outlet for her anger at her brother's boxing gym. With hard-core training from veteran boxing coach Hector, Diana learns she has the guts and talent to be a contender. 110 min. 999:3117
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- The Graduate (1978)
- Directed by Mike Nichols. Cast: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross. A rich recent college graduate comes of age and finds himself being led into affairs with the wife and with the daughter of his father's friend. 105 min. DVD 32; also VHS 999:145
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- Grease (1978)
- Directed by Randal Kleiser. An exuberant musical celebrating the 50's era of rock 'n roll centering around the romance between a teen-age gang leader, his naive girlfriend and other "hip" seniors at Ridel High School. 130 min. 999:1896
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- Hairspray (1988)
- Directed by John Waters. Cast: Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry, Ricki Lake, Jerry Stiller, Ric Ocasek, Pia Zadora.
Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with huge hair, a big grin, and all the right moves, becomes the queen of Baltimore's number one dance revue. 92 min. DVD 1575
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- Hairspray (2007)
- Directed by Adam Shankman. Cast: Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney.
Musical version of the John Water's hit. In 1962 Baltimore there are changes in the air. Plus-sized teen Tracy Turnblad, with big hair and even bigger heart, has only one passion, to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" and is transformed overnight from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. The trendsetting Tracy aims to win the heart of teen-dream Link Larkin and stand up for what she believes in. Special features: Disc one: Jump to a song with optional sing along lyric track; "Step-by-step: the dances of Hairspray" featurette; audio commentary with director Adam Shankman and Nikki Blonsky; audio commentary with producers Craig Zadan and Neil Moran; "Hairspray extensions:" multi-view experience of dance scenes: "Nicest kids in town;" "(The legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs;" "Ladies choice;" "Welcome to the 60s;" "Run & tell that;" "You can't stop the beat;" The golden compass" preview. Disc two: 5 deleted scenes: 'Tracy's never-before seen musical number, "I can wait;" 'Edna gets arrested;' 'Welcome to the 60s alternate street segment', 'You can't stop the beat: alternate version;' 'Big, blonde, and beautiful' (reprise - Velma only version); deleted scenes commentary with director Adam Shankman and Nikki Blonsky; "You can't stop the beat: The long journey of Hairspray'" theatrical trailer. Based on the 1988 screenplay by John Waters and the 2002 musical play by Mark O'Donnell. 117 min. DVD 8672 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Havoc (2005)
- Director, Barbara Kopple. Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, Michael Biehn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matt O'Leary, Freddy Rodriguez, Laura San Giacomo, Mike Vogel. A group of wealthy Los Angeles teenagers try to become part of the 'gangsta' lifestyle but soon run into trouble when they come face to face with a real gang of Latino drug dealers. 85 min. DVD 6731
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- Heathers (1988)
- Directed by Michael Lehmann. Cast: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, Penelope Milford. A black comedy about American high school life with two of the students killing off the jocks and cheerleaders who make life miserable for all the common ordinary kids in the school and making their deaths seem like suicide. 103 min. DVD 4038
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- High School Confidential (1958)
- Directed by Jack Arnold. Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, Diane Jergens, John Drew Barrymore, Mamie Van Doren, Jackie Coogan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lyle Talbot. The scene unfolds in Santo Bello High School where a tough-talking, smart aleck is leader of the hot rod set and much admired by his well-meaning but naive girlfriend. But when the local crime syndicate muscles its way onto the scene, these two hot young lovers find themselves on a star-crossed path that only a caring school teacher can change. Film is noted for its "incredible" 50's slang. 85 min.
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- House Party (1990)
- Directed by Reginald Hudlin. Cast: Christopher Reid, Robin Harris, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, A.J. Johnson, Paul Anthony, Kid 'N' Play, Full Force. A fast and fresh look at one teenager's pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. Kid has three things going for him...a tall fade, a wide grin and a way with women but against him are an over-protective father and a trio "Full Force" as the pumped-up punks who want to put an end to Kid's fun. 100 min. 999:1318
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- How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
- Directed by William Asher. Cast: Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, Buster Keaton, Harvey Lembeck, Beverly Adams, John Ashley, Jody McCrea, Patti Chandler, Bobbi Shaw, Mary Hughes, Mickey Rooney.
Frankie is away on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti and doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini and "stuffs" it with Cassandra, and sends her to distract advertising executive Ricky from Dee Dee. 93 min. DVD 8374
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- I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
- Directed by Gene Fowler. Cast: Michael Landon, Yvonne Lime, Whit Bissell, Tony Marshall. A rebellious teenager is treated by a psychiatrist for his aggression, but the treatment is worse than the "disease." The teen becomes a werewolf and begins a murder spree that makes his past behavior seem like a stroll in the park! 75 min. 999:982
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- The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)
- Directed by Maria Maggenti. Cast: Laurel Holloman, Nicole Parker. A story of two teenagers who unexpectedly experience the excitement, surprise and romantic fantasy of first love. 94 min. 999:1333
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- Kids (1995)
- Directed by Larry Clark. Cast: Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloe Sevigny. Twenty-four hours in the lives of a group of contemporary American teenagers who, like all teenagers, believe they are invincible. A deeply affecting, no-holds-barred landscape of words and images, depicting with raw honesty the experiences, attitudes and uncertainties of innocence lost. 96 min. DVD 9157; vhs 999:1332
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- Krush Groove (1985)
- Directed by Michael Schultz. Cast: Sheila E., RUN-DMC, The Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow, Blair Underwood, The New Edition. A talented group of street-savvy urban kids hook up with Krush Groove, a hot new rocord label. But with their success come the ego trips and greed that threaten to destroy everything they've worked for. A fresh, 23-title soundtrack vibrantly pushes the rap-to-riches story along. 95 min. 999:1806
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- The Last Picture Show (1989)
- Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepherd. A bitter-sweet story of teenagers who come of age in Anarene, a fictional one-horse town in Texas. In 1951, high school seniors Sonny and Duane play football, go to the movies at the Royal Theater, hang out at the pool hall and lust after rich tease Jacy Farrow. Following two tragic deaths and with Duane gone to Korea and Jacy to college in Dallas, Sonny is left behind but he is determined to carry on, despite a telling sign of incipient communal disintegration: the closing of the Royal Theater. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry. 126 min. DVD 9115; vhs 999:2325
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- Late Bloomers (1996)
- Directed by Julia Dyer. Cast: Connie Nelson, Dee Hennigan, Gary Carter, Lisa Peterson, Esteban Powell, Joe Nemmers. A romantic comedy in which high school basketball coach Dinah Groshardt falls for school secretary Carly Lumpkin, creating uproar from classroom to locker room and from the principal's office to the PTA. 104 min. DVD 1909
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- Lean on Me (1989)
- Directed by John G. Avildsen. Cast: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Alan North, Lynne Tigpen. Fact-based story of high school principal Joe Clark, who armed himself with a bullhorn and a Louisville Slugger and slammed the door at Eastside High in Paterson, New Jersey to keep trouble makers out and serious strivers in. Parents fought him, teachers fought him, but lots of kids loved him. Clark turned Eastside around, becoming a nationally hailed symbol of tough-love education. 109 min. 999:3052
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- Less Than Zero (1987)
- Directed by Marek Kanievska. Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey, Jr. Julian is a boy with looks, charm, intelligence and a father who sets him up in the record business; he also has a drug habit. His best friend Clay wants to help and is willing to do almost anything for his friend, but Julian is going downhill so fast that he might take his girlfriend and Clay with him. 98 min. DVD 4066
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- Livin' Tha Life (2003)
- Directed by Joe Brown; story by Joe Brown, improvised by the cast. Cast: Jarell Jackson, Edward D. Smith, Rooney Perry, Shawn Harris, Archie Howard, Zai Wilburn. Just another day in the 'hood. Ride with two homies, Jamal and Peanut, as they cruise through the streets of Compton and come face-to-face with some of the stranges characters you'll ever meet. 84 min. DVD 1659
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- Lumpia (2003)
- Directed by Patricio Ginelsa, Jr. Cast: Carlos Baon, Francis Custodio, Edward Baon, Elizabeth Mendoza, Dennis Custodio.
Takes you back to the late-90's when tension is at an all-time high in Fogtown High School. James and his misfit pack of friends become the targets of ridicule for the CREW, a bunch of thugs who have invented a new fad of (gulp!) F.O.B. bashing! But only one hero stands in their way... a silent avenger who delivers justice one deep-fried lumpia at a time! With James falling for his classmate Kelly, will such a fighter be enough to ward off the one enemy that threatens to obliterate all? Special features: Cast and crew audio commentary; 4 music videos featuring Pacifics, InnerVoices, 10.01, and Janice Aranas; deletes scenes; making-of Lumpia featurette; TV spots and trailer; blooper reel; old short film: "The green magician"; "Bastos!" the uncensored version; The Lumpia experience. 81 min. DVD 8260
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- Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) (1994)
- Directed by Allison Anders. Cast: Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas, Panchito Gomez, Jesse Borrego. The members of rival Latino gangs in Los Angeles are feuding, and girl friends Mousie and Sad Girl are trying to stay out of the struggle for power and survive. DVD 6698; vhs 999:1334
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- Mod Fuck Explosion (1994)
- Director, Jon Moritsugu. Cast: Amy Davis, Desi Del Valle, Bonnie Steiger, Jon Moritsugu, Jacques Boyreau. This ode to teenage angst features London, a petulant girl, filled with hate but still looking for love. Before she can enjoy a first date with her object of affection, there's an incest scene, a gang rumble of competing motorcyclists, a dream sequence and a plethora of odd twists and scenes of odder decor. 67 min. 999:3557
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- My Own Private Idaho. (1991)
- Directed by Gus Van Sant. Cast: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Michael Parker, Flea, Chiara Caselli, Udo Kier. "In this modern restructuring of the 60's road movie, River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves hustle their way through Seattle, Portland, Idaho and Rome on a quest for River's missing mother. With a meticulous lyric style, the film combines sprawling landscapes, scenes of passionless sexuality, and allusions to Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnightas it addresses issues of love, family, politics, and homosexuality." (Facets, catalog 12) 105 min. 999:1316
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- Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
- Directed by Jared Hess. Cast: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Diedrich Bader. Napoleon is a new kind of hero, complete with a tight red 'fro, sweet moon boots, and skills that can't be topped. Napoleon spends his days drawing mythical beasts, duking it out with his older brother, Kip, and trying to avoid his scheming Uncle Rico. When two new friends enter Napolean's life - shy Deb and mustachioed Pedro - the trio launches a campaign to elect Pedro for class president and make the student body's wildest dreams come true. But if Pedro is to beat stuck-up Summer, Napoleon will have to unleash his own secret weapon. 95 min. DVD 3544
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- Nowhere (1997)
- Directed by Gregg Araki. Cast: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Chiara Mastroianni, Debi Mazar. "Nowhere" is the final chapter in Gregg Araki's "Teen Apocalypse Trilogy." It follows a day in the life of Dark (James Duval), an 18-year-old living in the psychedelic, drug-addicted, sex crazed world that is life in Los Angeles. 82 min. 999:3276
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- On the Edge: a Joyride Through Sex, Love and Other Activities (2000)
- Directed by John Carney. Featuring Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Stephen Rea, Jonathan Jackson, Tom O'Suilleabhain, Marcella Plunkett. Jonathan, like many teenagers, is used to concealing the pain of growing up behind a witty sense of humor. It isn't until he falls in love that Jonathan begins to discover that life doesn't have to be so crazy after all. 85 min. DVD 4835
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- One Eight Seven (9187) (1997)
- Directed by Kevin Reynolds. Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez. Dedicated high school science instructor Trevor Garfield is a man with a passion for learning. Garfield is skilled, smart, committed: the total package as a teacher. But he's also human. And what he confronts in a school turned increasingly into a battlefield may be more than he can bear. Maybe he'll quit teaching ... or caring ... or maybe he'll take justice into his own hands. 119 min. 999:3067
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- The Outsiders (1983)
- Directed by Francis Coppola. Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Leif Garrett, Glenn Withrow.
Coming of age movie set in Tulsa Oklahoma in the mid sixties. When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events. Based on the novel by S.E. Hinton. 91 min. DVD 4901
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- [Ozzie and Harriet] Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
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- Party Girl (1995)
- Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer. Cast: Parker Posey, Anthony DeSando, Guillermo Diaz, Donna Mitchell, Liev Schreiber, Omar Townsend. Mary is a free-spirited young woman with a run-down New York apartment and a high fashion wardrobe. She calls her godmother, a librarian, for bail money after being arrested for throwing an illegal party. To repay the loan, she begins working as a library clerk. At first she hates it, but when challenged decides to master the Dewey Decimal System and become a great library clerk, while romancing a Lebanese falafel vendor and helping her roommate in his goal to become a professional DJ. 98 min. DVD 2876
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- Pecker (1998)
- Directed by John Waters. Cast: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Bess Armstrong, Mary Kay Place, Martha Plimpton, Brendan Sexton III, Mink Stole, Lili Taylor. A fun-loving kid from the wrong side of the tracks picks up a second-hand camera and starts snapping his way to freedom. He discovers that fame is both instant and disappointing. 86 min. DVD 1575
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- Pretty in Pink (1986)
- Directed by John Hughes. Cast: Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy. She's a high school girl from the wrong side of town. He's the wealthy heart-throb who asks her to the prom. But as fast as their romance builds, it's threatened by the painful reality of peer pressure. Special DVD features: The first time: "The making of 'Pretty in pink'" featurette; "Zoids and Richies" featurette; "Prom queen: All about Molly" featurette; "Volcanic ensembles" featurette; "Prom stories" featurette; Favorite scenes; Commentary by director Howard Deutch; Wrap up: The epilogue; Photo gallery; The original ending: The lost dance. 96 min. DVD 9186; vhs 999:1635
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- Quinceañera (2006)
- Directed by Richard Glatzer and
Wash Westmoreland. Cast: Jesus Castanos, Araceli Guzman-Rico, Emily Rios, J.R. Cruz, Listette Avila, Alicia Sixtos, Johnny Chavez, Jesse Garcia, Chalo Gonzalez. On the evening before Magdalena's 15th birthday, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Forced to leave her house, she finds a new family with her uncle and gay cousin. 91 min. DVD 6840
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- Real Women Have Curves (2002)
- Directed by Patricia Cardozo. Cast: America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, George Lopez, Brian Sites. Should she leave home, go to college and experience life? Or stay home, get married, and keep working in her sister's struggling garment factory? It may seem an easy decision, but for the 18-year-old Mexican American Ana, every choice she makes this summer will change her life. 90 min. DVD 1658
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- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- Directed by Nicholas Ray. Performers: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen. The story of a 1950's teenager's efforts to grow up as he confronts his ineffectual parents and copes with the anguish of being a "new boy" at school. DVD 5394; DVD 73; vhs 999:35
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- Reefer Madness (Formerly titled: "Tell your Children" and "The Burning Question")
- Cast: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien, Thelma White, Carleton Young, Warren McCollum, Pat Royale, Josef Forte.
When originally produced, this was a sincere exploration of the evils of marijuana. Over time, it has become classic camp. High school kids get hooked on marijuana, which leads to wild behavior, accidents and ultimately death and murder. DVD bonus features: Audio commentary by Mike Nelson of TV's "Mystery Science Theater 3000"; color design commentary by Legend Films; short film: "Grandpa's marijuana handbook" by Evan Keliher; Reefer Madness trailer. 67 min. DVD 7378; vhs Video/C 4805
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- Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
- Directed by Arthur Dreifuss. Cast: Aldo Ray, Mimsy Farmer, Michael Evans, Laurie Mock, Tim Rooney, Gene Kirkwood. LA's civic leaders band together to do something about the invasion of longhairs on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. Includes fantastic scenes of 60s Hollywood clubs and teen scenes, with hippies, pot smoking, sugar cube LSD and terrific garage punk by the Standells, the Chocolate Watch Band, the Mugwumps and others. 87 min. DVD 2553
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- Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
- Directed by Allan Arkush (Uncredited directors, Joe Dante, Jerry Zucker). Comedy set in a high school where the students have the lowest academic average in Southern California, the athletes haven't won a game in years, and three principals have gone insane. Features scenes of a concert by the Ramones. 93 min. DVD 912
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- Running with Scissors (2006)
- Directed by Ryan Murphy. Cast: Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Cross, Jill Clayburgh, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gabrielle Union, Patrick Wilson, Kristin Chenoweth, Dagmara Dominczyk, Colleen Camp.
"The story of how a boy was abandoned by his mother and how he, later, abandoned her. The year he'll be 14, the parents of Augusten Burroughs (1965- ) divorce, and his mother, who thinks of herself as a fine poet on the verge of fame, delivers him to the eccentric household of her psychiatrist, Dr. Finch. During that year, Augusten avoids school, keeps a journal, and practices cosmetology. His mother's mental illness worsens, he takes an older lover, he finds friendship with Finch's younger daughter, and he's the occasional recipient of gifts from an unlikely benefactor. Can he survive to come of age? " [IMDB] 122 min. DVD 8202
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- Rushmore (1998)
- Directed by Wes Anderson. Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, Bill Murray, Brian Cox, Seymour Cassel, Mason Gamble. Max Fischer, a 10th grader at elite Rushmore Academy is editor of the school newspaper and captain or president of innumerable clubs and societies, but is also one of the worst students in the school, with the treat of expulsion hanging permanently over his head. Max's world is rocked when he falls for elegant 1st grade teacher, Miss Cross, and then finds himself in competition with a wealthy older man for her affections. 93 min. DVD 145
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- School Daze (1996)
- Directed by Spike Lee. Cast: Larry Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Kyme, Joe Seneca, Art Evans, Ellen Holly, Ossie Davis. This music-filled, off-beat contemporary comedy takes an unforgettable look at black college life. Dap and Big Brother Almighty conflict over the Greek frat system while the Wanna-be's and Jigaboo's conflict over self-identity and self-esteem. 114 min. DVD 529; VHS 999:2194 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Movie Review Query Engine
- The Second Coming (1995)
- Directed by Jack Walsh. Cast: Al Giordano, Jeff Constan, Desi del Valle, John Connally, Eddie Daniels, Wendee Curtis, Shelly Volk and Helen Palladino. Two New York homosexual high school classmates fight against an attempted coup by Christian fundamentalists at the same time they are falling in love. 53 min. 999:2349
- She's the Man(2006)
- Director, Andy Fickman. Cast: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Vinnie Jones, Robert Hoffman, Alex Breckenridge, Julie Hagerty, David Cross.
Viola becomes furious when she learns that her high school, Cornwall, has just cut the girl's soccer team. So furious, in fact, that she takes advantage of her twin brother Sebastian skipping town for a few weeks to take his place at his school, Illyria, so she can join the soccer team there. But her disguise as her brother leads to major complications when she falls in love with her soccer-playing roommate and the girl he's in love with falls in love with "Sebastian." Based on the play "Twelfth night" by William Shakespeare. Special features: Director's commentary ; deleted scenes ; gag reel ; three in-depth featurettes ; music video "Let go" by Daivd Lichens ; pop-up video (a.k.a. trivia track). 105 min. DVD 8784 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Sixteen Candles (1984)
- Directed by John Hughes. Cast: Molly Ringwald, Paul Dooley, Carlin Glynn, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, Blanche Baker, Anthony Michael Hall. It's Sam's sweet sixteen birthday and no one in her family remembers the important occasion. She's an average teen who endures creepy freshmen, spoiled siblings, confused parents and the beautiful blonde who stands between her and the boy of her dreams. 92 min. DVD 6139 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Ski Party (1965)
- Directed by Alan Rafkin. Cast: Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Deborah Walley, Yvonne Craig, Robert Q. Lewis, James Brown, Lesley Gore, Aron Kincaid, Bobbi Shaw, Patti Chandler, Mary Hughes, Annette Funicello (uncredited).
Two would-be snow studs go undercover as a couple of snow bunnies to find out what girls want from men. Will these cross-dressing cross-country skiers get what they want - or just discover that some like it cold? 91 min. DVD 8377 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Slacker(1991)
- Director, Richard Linklater. Cast: Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine. Satire about a growing generation of young idlers or "slackers", filmed in Austin, Texas. It's a series of vignettes that catches the crazies and lazies in clubs, bars, stores and the streets of the college town. 97 min. 999:1298 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Smooth Talk (1985)
- Directed by Joyce Chopra. Cast: Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Elizabeth Berridge, Levon Helm. Connie is a 15-year-od girl with two things on her mind, boys and how she looks. But when she flirts with an older, handsome and predatory stranger, she isn't prepared for the frightening and traumatic consequences. Based on: Where are you going, where have you been / by Joyce Carol Oates. 92 min.DVD 5787
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- The Squid and the Whale (2005)
- Directed by Noah Baumbach. Cast: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, William Baldwin, Halley Feiffer, Anna Paquin. Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s. The patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but ultimately decided to settled into a teaching job. When his wife discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family. The two teenage sons are forced to forge new relationships with their parents. Their mom begins dating her younger son's tennis coach. Meanwhile, dad has an affair with the student his older son is pursuing. 81 min.DVD 5326
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- Stand and Deliver (1987)
- Directed by Ramon Menendez. Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosana DeSoto, Andy Garcia. Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, refuses to write off his kids as losers. He cajoles, pushes, wheedles, needles, threatens and inspires 18 kids to become math whizzes. Then they take the National Advanced Placement Calculus exam with surprising results. 103 min. 999:272
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- Straight Out of Brooklyn. (1991)
- Noted as the directorial debut of Matty Rich (he was 19 when he made the film), this is the story of a young man desperate to get out of the Brooklyn projects where he, his family and his friends live. He feels trapped there, surrounded by drugs and danger, so he and his friends pull a robbery to obtain the funds to take them out of Brooklyn forever. Cast: George T. Odom, Anne D. Sanders, Lawrence Gilliard, Jr., Matty Rich. 83 min. 999:1443
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- Strawberry Fields (1997)
- Directed by Rea Tajiri. Tells the story of 16-year-old Japanese American Irene Kawai, whose rebellion explodes in the wake of the death of her younger sister. After a clash with her mother, Irene flees her home and meets up with the ghost of her sister who leads her to the desert where she makes some important discoveries about her family's past in the internment camps during World War II. 86 min. DVD 629
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- Teachers (1984)
- Directed by Arthur Hiller. Cast: Nick Nolte, Jobeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio, Allen Garfield, Lee Grant, Richard Mulligan. Comedy mixes with biting social commentary in this look into a high school where the teachers are as misfit as the rough bunch of students they are supposed to teach. The school is being sued by an ex-student who was graduated without learning to read or write.98 min. 999:3053
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- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
- Director, Gil Junger. Cast: Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, Larry Miller, Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Susan May Pratt. Cameron falls for the most beautiful girl in school. However, she is forbidden to date until the most hated girl in school, Kate, her ill-tempered older sister, goes out too. To solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kate: a mysterious bad-boy with a nasty reputation of his own. Loosely based on Shakespeare's Taming of the shrew. 97 min. 999:2546
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- Thirteen (2003)
- Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Cast: Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed, Jeremy Sisto, Brady Corbet, Deborah Kara Unger, Kip Pardue, Sarah Clarke, D.W. Moffett. Los Angeles teenager and overachiever Tracy is an excellent student in her seventh grade class and gets along well with her mother, Melanie. She fears that she's not cool enough to be friends with Evie, the most popular girl in school. Fueled with adolescent energy, Tracy follows Evie's lead into the harsh realities of sex, drugs, and hard-edged adventure. Consumed with temptations and conflicting desires, Tracy loses her good-girl identity, greatly affecting her relationship with her mom. 100 min. DVD 2266
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- This Rebel Breed (1960)
- Directed by Richard L. Bare. Cast: Rita Moreno, Mark Damon, Gerald Mohr, Jay Novello, Eugenio Martin. Black, Anglo and Hispanic high-school gangs duke it out in this story about two undercover cops who infiltrate the gangs to stop narcotics trafficking. The undercover cop Frank is of mixed black American and Mexican parentage, which means no gang is going to easily accept him while his partner Don is an Anglo cop. When Lola's boyfriend is killed in a gang fight she starts to fall for Frank. 90 min. 999:3051
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- Totally F***ed Up (1994)
- Directed by Gregg Araki. Cast: James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid, Jenee Gill, Gilbert Luna, Lance May. The story of the troubled world of gay and lesbian teenagers who hang around empty parking structures and deserted car washes and agonize about drugs, sex, dating, suicide, violence, family and gay identity. 85 min. 999:3363
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- Transamerica. (2005)
- Directed by Duncan Tucker. Cast: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Burt Young, Elizabeth Pena, Graham Greene. Bree Osborne, a pre-operative transsexual, learns she fathered a child back when she was Stanley Osborne. The wheels of fortune take Bree and her teenaged son on a cross-country trip that will change both their lives. 104 min. DVD 5637
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- Valley Girl (1982)
- Directed by Martha Coolidge. Cast: Nicholas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Cameron Dye, Michelle Meyrink, Frederic Forrest. "Valley girl" Julie from California's wealthy San Fernando Valley, meets and falls for Randy, a fast-moving teen from Hollywood. From the time they meet until the tale's tender conclusion, it's war on the "cliques" with Julie's proper Valley friends trying to reunite her with her old flame and Randy and his pal crashing the Valley parties. To add to the irony, Julie's free-spirited Sixties parents are terribly confused about the ultra-conservative daughter they've raised. 96 min. DVD 1811
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- The Virgin Suicides (1999)
- Directed by Sofia Coppola. Featuring James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Michael Pare, Danny DeVito ; narrated by Giovanni Ribisi. When school hunk Trip Fontain convinces the beautiful but sheltered Lisbon sisters to go to the prom, the romantic fantasies of a group of neighborhood boys threaten to come true--until all are engulfed in a stunning chain of events that will change their lives forever. 96 min. DVD 577 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseMovie Review Query Engine
- Walkout (TV, 2006)
- Directed by Edward James Olmos. Cast: Alexa Vega, Michael Pe?na, Yancey Arias, Laura Harring, Efren Ramirez, David Warshofsky, Holmes Osbourne, Tim DeKay, Tonantzin Esparza, Bodie Olmos, Veronica A. Diaz, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Jonathan Hernandez, Fidel Gomez, Douglas Spain, Marisol Crisostomo-Romo, Germaine De Leon, Carmen Corral, David Devora, Jesse Garcia, Pablo Santos. The inspiring true story of the 1968 East LA student walkout, where one courageous young woman and thousands of hispanic followers stood up against academic prejudices and forever changed their world. 111 min. DVD 7974
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- Wassup Rockers (2005)
- Director, Larry Clark. Cast: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Usualdo Panameno, Eddie Velasquez. Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls - and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous parents. 100 min. DVD 6752 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Wasted (2001)
- Director, Stephen Kay. Cast: Nick Stahl, Summer Phoenix, Aaron Paul. Samantha is a straight A student with a dark secret. Owen is rebelling and is consumed with hard-core drugs. Chris wants to help his friends as they struggle to overcome their demons, but soon he finds himself spiraling downward on his own path of self distruction. 91 min. DVD 1812 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Wayne's World (1992)
- Directed by Penelope Spheeris. Cast: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Tia Carrere, Rob Lowe, Brian Doyle-Murry, Lara Flynn Boyle. Wayne and Garth have their own public access TV show. A local station decides to hire them to do their show professionally. Wayne meets and falls in love with Cassandra, a bass guitarist, whom he helps by getting her career started by using his connections. 94 min. DVD 6237 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
- Directed by Todd Solondz. Cast: Heather Matarazzo, Brendan Sexton, Jr., Matthew Faber, Eric Mabius, Daria Kalinina, Angela Pietropinto. Eleven-year-old Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener is a junior high geek who just wants to be popular. Teased by her classmates and tormented by the school bully, Dawn develops an improbable plan to seduce the star of a high-school garage band. 87 min. DVD 621
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- Zebrahead (1992)
- Writer/director, Anthony Drazan. Cast: Michael Rapaport, N'Bushe Wright, Paul Butler, DeShonn Castle, Candy Ann Brown, Luke Reilly, Dan Ziskie, Kevin Corrigan, Martin Priest, Ron Johnson, Ray Sharkey. A young Jewish white man begins dating the cousin of his best friend, both of whom are black, igniting long simmering racial tensions at their high school. 102 min. 999:1164Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
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- Zero Day (2003)
- Directed by Ben Coccio. Cast: Calvin Robertson, Andre Keuck, Gerhard Keuck, Johanne Keuck, Pam Robertson, Steve Robertson, Christopher Coccio, Rachel Benichank, Eric Robertson, Madelyn Robertson. "We are the Army of Two!" So begins the video diary of Andre and Cal, two ordinary, alienated high school students who have meticulously planned a "big-ass mission" that will shock and terrify their community. They have officially declared war, stockpiled their weapons, and set the day for destruction. Now, "let the countdown begin." The two teenagers decide to stage a Columbine-style assault against their high school. The film presents their story in the form of video diaries which are found after the fact, using a mix of actors and real students to create a sense of reality. 92 min. DVD 3749Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
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- 36 fillette (France, 1988)
- Directed by Catherine Breillat. Cast: Delphine Zentout, Etienne Chicot, Olivier Parni`ere, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Berta Dominquez D., Jean-Francois Stevenin.
Lili, at fourteen, is literally busting out of her children's size dress. While on vacation with her family, she vows to lose her virginity and soon attracts the attention of a good looking, middle-aged playboy. With the skill of an adult and the naivete of a child, Lili seduces him. Her involvement with this older man and a chance encounter with a musician further her journey towards sexual awakening. 88 min. DVD 7171
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- All About Lily Chou-Chou (Riri Shushu no subete) (Japan, 2001)
- Directed by Shunji Iwai. Cast: Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Takao Osawa, Miwako Ichikawa, Izumi Inamori, Yu Aoi. Yuichi is in the 8th grade and worships Lily Chou-Chou, a chanteuse whose music is lush and transcendent, the perfect tool to escape the pain and anxiety that fills his brutal life. At home, Yuichi rarely leaves his room, spending all his time in the chat room of Lily Chou-Chou's fan website. Little by litte, the reality of Yuichi's offline life becomes unbearable when he is ensnared in a nighmare of teenage prostitution, petty theft, and murder. 146 min. DVD 3846
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- All Night Long (Ooru naito rongu) (Japan, 1994)
- Cast: Eisuke Tsunoda, Yoji Ietomi, Ryosuke Suzuki, Hiromasa Taguchi.
The first of three sequential psychological horror films from Japanese director Katsuya Matsumura. A dark and twisted film following three Japanese school mates. One day one of their girl friends is brutally tortured and raped by a gang. The three friends can't take it any more and embracing the shocking underworld of savagery, the three teenagers make a pact to find the perpetrators and exact revenge.
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- Anita & Me (UK, 2002)
- Directed by Metin Hüseyin. Cast: Max Beesley, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Anna Brewster, Kathy Burke, Ayesha Dharker, Omid Djalili, Alex Freeborn, Lynn Redgrave, Zohra Segal, Meera Syal, Christine Tremarco, Chandeep Uppal, Mark Williams.
Explore the world of 12-year-old Meena, who has moved to England with her Indian family. She is embarassed by her eccentric relatives and friends, and latches onto the town bad girl, rebellious Anita Rutter. Based on the novel by Meera Syal.
92 min. DVD 6659
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- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Tailor Made Romance (Xiao cai feng) (France / China, 2002)
- Directed by Sijie Dai. Cast: Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Shuangbao Wang, Zhijun Cong.
At the height of Mao's Cultural Revolution, two teenage boys are among thousands exiled to the countryside for "re-education." The narrator and his best friend find themselves in a remote village where their only distractions are a violin and the beautiful daughter of the local tailor. But it is when they discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation that their re-education takes its most surprising turn. 111 min. DVD 8098
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- Bobby (India, 1973)
- Directed by Raj Kapoor. A very successful musical teenage love story based loosely on Romeo and Juliet in which the son of a wealthy businessman and a rough but prosperous fisherman's daughter have a romance despite their respective fathers feuding over class status. The villain, Chopra, kidnaps the heroine so that the hero may rescue her and unite the two families through his heroism. 161 min. 999:1583 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- El Bola (Pellet; Bullet) (Spain, 2000)
- Directed by Achero Mañas. Cast: Juan José Balleta, Publo Galan, Alberto Jimenez, Manuel Moron, Ana Wagener. A 12-year-old boy raised in a violent and unforgiving environment, meets a new classmate and learns a new definition of friendship and the discovery of a family where communication and love prevail over domination and violence. 88 min. DVD 2320 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Bones (Des Os) (Ossos) (Portugal, 1997)
- Directed by by Pedro Costa. Cast: Ines de Medeiros, Vanda Duarte, Maria Lipkina, Isabel Ruth, Nuno Vaz. Realizing that teenage mom Tina is about to gas herself and her newborn child, Tina's boyfriend grabs the infant and takes to the streets of Lisbon. In this extremely downbeat film, he attempts to sell the child and failing that, eventually gives the child to a streetwalker. Meanwhile Tina and her friend try to get the baby back. When they fail, they decide to get revenge upon the boyfriend. PAL format DVD. 94 min. DVD 5292
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- Buenos Aires 100 Kilómetros (Argentina, 2004)
- Directed by Pablo José Meza. Cast: Ignacio Perez Roca, Emiliano Fernandez, Alan Ardel, Hernan Wainstein, Juan Pablo Bazzini.
In a town 100 kilometers from Buenos Aires, five friends approaching thirteen years begin to understand that life is not simply about riding bikes, winning football matchs, or enjoying the summer as is their custom. The boys all yearn to grow older faster, dreaming about better places. However realising that this may be their last summer together, the consequences of adolescence and growing older come flooding in. 95 min. DVD 6892
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- Butterfly (Butterfly Tongues)(Lengua de las mariposas) (Spain, 1999)
- Directed by José Luis Cuerda. Cast: Fernando Fernan-Gomez, Manuel Lozano, Uxia Blanco, Gonzalo Uriarte. A shy young boy is brought out of his cocoon by a wise teacher who shows him the wonder of the natural world around him, amidst the growing tensions and chaos of the Spanish Civil War in Galicia. 94 min. DVD 1418
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- Cal (UK, 1993)
- Directed by Pat O'Connor. Cast: Helen Mirren, John Lynch, Donal McCann, John Kavanagh, Ray McAnally. Cal is 19, frightened and lonely with no stomach for the violence that surrounds him in this harrowing, sensitive love story set within the hatred of strife-torn Northern Ireland. 104 min. 999:2046
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- Chronicle of a Lone Boy (Crónica de un Niño Solo)(Argentina, 1965)
- Directed by Leonardo Favio. Cast: Leonardo Favio, Tino Pascali, Beto Gianola, Diego Puente, Oscar Espindola. Banned by the Argentinian government for nearly thirty years, this film is a searing indictment of a fascist regime running roughshod over its most vulnerable citizens--its children. Focusing on the bleak life of Polin, a boy abandoned by his family and sent to live in a state run orphanage, it is also a moving portrait of the human spirit imprisoned by the chains of well intentioned fools. 86 min. DVD 6876; vhs 999:1656
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- Farina, Alberto. Leonardo Favio Buenos Aires: Centro Editor de America Latina, 1993. Directores del cine argentino; 5. (Main Stack PN1993.A7.F37 1993)
Oubina, David. De como el cine de Leonardo Favio conto el dolor y el amor de su gente, emociono al carinoso publico, trazo nuevos rumbos para entender la imagen y otras reflexiones Buenos Aires : Nuevo Extremo, c1993. (Main Stack PN1998.3.F38 O93 1993)
Oubina, David. "Pop rebel: Argentina's flamboyant movie maverick finds the poetic within the populist."
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- Closely Watched Trains (Ostre Sledované Vlaky) (Czechoslovakia, 1966)
- Directed by Jiri Menzel. Comedy-drama about a young tainmaster employed in a tiny station during World War II. He becomes involved in a plot to blow up a German ammunition train, but when the plan backfires, he is forced to commit the ultimate act of courage. Based on the novel by Bohumil Hrabal. DVD 1180; vhs 999:1073 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Cool! (Nethlands, 2004)
- Directed by Theo van Gogh. Cast: Fouad Mourigh, Farhane El Hamchaoui, Jones Kruijne, Remco Alberts, Julien de Roover.
Set to gangsta rap, this film tells the tale of three teenage criminals - (Abdel, Jacky, and Jeffrey) - who end up doing time in a juvenile detention center after messing up a bank robbery. Abdel, who has been changed for the better by his time in the correctional system, learns that their former gang-leader Prof is setting up another big heist. Abdel decides that Prof needs to be taken down and sets about sabotaging Prof's plan.
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- Daisies (Sedmikrasky) (Czechoslovakia, 1966)
- Directed by Vera Chytilov?. In this Czech new wave film two madcap teenage girls decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well. Accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them. 75 min. DVD 1825
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- Dôlè (Gabon, 2001)
- Directed by Imunga Ivanga. The action takes place in Libreville, the capital of Gabon. This is where Mougler and his friends Baby Lee, Joker, Akson and Bezingo, four fifteen-year-old boys, live. These boys have to fend for themselves, except for Mougler who lives with Maradou, his mother. The gang is tired of thieving and is full of dreams of more ambitious jobs. The opportunity is given to them with the extremely popular betting kiosks in Dole. The temptation is great, and so are the risks. In French with English subtitles. 80 min. 999:3239
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- Les enfants terrible(France, 1950)
- Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Cast: Nicole Stephane, Edouard Dermithe, Renee Cosima, Jacques Bernard, Roger Gaillard, Maurice Revel, Adeline Aucoc.
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Elisabeth is very protective of her teenage brother Paul, who has been injured in a snowball fight at school and has to rest in bed most of the time. The siblings are inseparable, living in the same room, fighting, playing secret games, and rarely leaving the house. Paul's friend, Gerard, often drops by to stay with them. One day Elisabeth brings home Agathe to live with them. She bears a strong resemblance to Dargelos, a schoolboy whom Paul had a crush on and the same boy who injured him. When Paul and Agathe become attracted to each other, Elizabeth becomes very jealous. Special features: Audio commentary by writer, film critic, and journalist Gilbert Adair; interviews with producer Carole Weisweiller, actors Nicole Stephane and Jacques Bernard, and assistant director Claude Pinoteau; "Around Jean Cocteau" (2003), a short video by filmmaker Noel Simsolo discussing Cocteau and Melville's creative relationship; theatrical trailer; gallery of behind-the-scenes stills; a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Gary Indiana, a tribute by Stephane, an excerpt from Rui Nogueira's "Melville on Melville" and drawings by Cocteau. Based on the 1929 novel "Les enfants terribles" by Jean Cocteau. 106 min. DVD 8315
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- Europa, Europa: A True Story (Hitlerjunge Salomon) (Germany / France / Poland, 1990)
- Directed by Agnieszka Holland. Cast: Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, Hanns Zischler. A dramatization of the true story of a Jewish teenager who survived World War II by living as a Nazi for 7 years. Through quick wittedness, the oddest twists of fate, and sheer luck, the young Jewish boy escapes from a Polish ghetto, lives in a Communist orphanage, hides out in an elite school for Hitler's youth and fights as a Nazi soldier without the Germans ever knowing the truth. 115 min. DVD 8362; vhs 999:1424
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- Directed by Catherine Breillat. Cast: Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero de Rienzo, Arsinee Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti. A daring and provocative exploration of the complexities of sexual awakening involving 12-year-old Anais. With her family on holiday by the sea, she yearns for the experience of first love. However, she experiences it by proxy when her beautiful older sister, Elena gets involved with an older boy. Soon Elena's naive hopes of romance will be shattered setting a chain of events in motion that will shatter her family forever. Non-US format DVD. 83 min. DVD 2646
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- From the Edge of the City (Apo tin akri tis polis) (Greece, 1998)
- Directed by Constantinos Giannaris. Buff and eighteen, Sasha lives with his mother and father in a Kazakhstan immigrant settlement on the outskirts of Athens. At night, he and his teenaged friends rollerblade through the city, where they hang out in brothels and work as male prostitutes. Every day they endure an obstacle course of johns, drug dealers, pimps and gangsters, as they try desperately to survive in a country that is not their own. 94 min. DVD 1319 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Games of Love & Chance (L'Esquive) (France, 2003)
- Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. Cast: Osman Elkharraz, Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Nanou Benhamou, Haffet Ben-Ahmed, Aurelie Ganito, Carole Franck, Hajar Hamlili, Rachid Hami, Meriem Serbah, Hanane Mazouz, Sylvain Phan. A sensitive portrait of a group of teenagers living in the projects outside Paris and surviving in a world marginalized by society. Set during preparations for a school production, it captures the affections, quarrels, and jealousies as well as the budding romance between childhood friends Krimo, who is very shy, and Lydia, the fiery blonde star of the school production. 117 min. DVD 5446
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- Germany, Year Zero (Germania, anno zero; Deutschland im jahre null) (Italy, 1947)
- Directed by Roberto Rossellini. Cast: Edmund Moeschke, Franz-Otto Kruger, Werner Pittschau, Erich Guhne. This film tells the story of a 12 year old boy who works with increasing desperation to support his family in war-torn Germany. He kills his sickly father, and then, unable to live with such a deed, kills himself. Filmed shortly after WWII in Berlin, a place filled with starving people, rampant crime, and a generation confused by the role their fathers played in one of history's greatest tragedies. Rossellini took people off the streets of Berlin to play the characters in this, his last Neo-Realist film, which poignantly captured the impoverished state of Berlin at that time. Based on a story by Roberto Rossellini. In German with English subtitles. 75 min. DVD 1798; vhs 999:2790
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- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (UK, 1939)
- Directed by Sam Wood. Cast: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills, Paul Von Henreid. For years, Charles Chipping has been known throughout Brookfield School as an austere, humorless man -- a Latin teacher who can't reach his students. But when Chipping falls for the beautiful Katherine, his life immediately changes for the better. Based on the novel by James Hilton. 115 min. VHS 999:442
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- Heavenly Creatures (UK / Germany / New Zealand, 1994)
- Director, Peter Jackson. Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor. Based on an actual crime, this is the true-life case of two teenage girls, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, who were charged with clubbing to death Pauline's mother in Christchurch New Zealand in 1954. The film opens two years before the murder, and follows the friendship as the two become obsessed with each other, retreating into a fantasy life which leads to shocking consequences. 99 min. DVD 9177; vhs 999:1994
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- Hey Babu Riba (Bal na vodi) (Yugoslavia, 1986)
- Director, Jovan Acin. Comedy about four teenage males growing up in the 1950's in Belgrade who love American movies, jazz and a girl named Esther. The film cuts between the early fifties and the present as they are seen recalling their youth when they are reunited at Esther's funeral. 109 min. 999:1954
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- The History Boys (UK, 2006)
- Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Cast: Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Stephen Campbell Moore, Clive Merrison.
Centers around eight boisterous-yet-talented schoolboys hoping to gain admittance to England's most prestigious universities. They are aided on their quest by two teachers, a shrewd young upstart and an inspiring old eccentric, whose opposing philosophies challenge the boys to confront the true meaning of education and the relative values of happiness and success. Special features: Commentary by director Nicholas Hytner and writer Alan Bennett; "History boys around the world: tour diaries" featurette; "Pass it on": 'The history boys' on screen" featurette; theatrical trailers. 112 min. DVD 7961
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- Hot Summer (Heißer Sommer) (East Germany, 1968)
- Directed by Joachim Hasler. In this original DEFA musical two groups of high school students -- eleven girls and ten boys hitchhike to the Baltic Sea during their summer vacation. Since the girls reach the beach faster than the boys, the boys decide to get even. Stressful situations ensue strengthening ties of friendship and love. After a number of "pessimistic" DEFA films for teenagers produced in the mid-60s, this film was a breakthrough into unrestrained entertainment without comment on the developments in East German society, ranking it as a quirky and "alternative" cult film. 91 min. 999:2566 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- I Was Nineteen (Ich war Neunzehn) (East Germany, 1968)
- Directed by Konrad Wolf. In this autobiographical account of the last days of World War II, screenwriter and director Konrad Wolf presents the story of nineteen year-old Gregor Hecker who returns to Germany wearing the uniform of a Russian Lieutenant. He had to leave the country with his parents when he was eight years old and now feels a stranger on German soil. A poetic exploration of the postwar dilemmas of German identity and a powerful document of the search for a "usable" German past. 115 min. 999:2567 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseDescription of film from DEFA Film Library
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- If... (UK, 1969)
- Director, Lindsay Anderson. Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Robert Swann, Chris tine Noonan. This film takes a look at a British boarding school and three unruly seniors who fail to conform. If ... is an amazing blend of fact and fantasy. The students at College House are kept in line by tradition, strict discipline, and prefects. The film also documents the repressive conditions and the painfulness of rebelling as it builds to its surreal and violent ending when the students have their day. Special features (Disc 1): Audio commentary featuring film critic and historian David Robinson and actor Malcolm McDowell ; (Disc 2): A 2003 episode from the Scottish TV series "Cast and crew," featuring McDowell, Ondricek, Rakoff, director's assistant Stephen Frears, producer Michael Medwin, and screenwriter David Sherwin; new video interview with actor Graham Crowden; "Thursday's children" (1954), an Academy Award-wi