This black comedy directed by John Waters is one of the best films around. When renegade filmmaker Cecil B. Demented vows to "punish bad cinema" his plans include a group of generally weird and freaky film buffs called the Sprocket Holes, who each have a tattoo of a different indie filmmaker, led by the radiant Alicia Witt, Demented's sometime-lover. Demented and his crew kidnap Hollywood's sweetheart Honey Whitlock and force her to perform in their rebel film and she slowly becomes "Demented F find out more...

Based on Jane Austen's Emma, but set in Beverly Hills and updated to include such essentials as mobile phones, plastic surgeons and endless shopping. 15-years-old Cher is gorgeous, popular, rich and utterly clueless. A brilliant mixture of high school satire and feel-good froth.

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US teen heart-throb Johnny Depp plays Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker, the coolest dude in school and the baddest boy in Baltimore. Rich, prim, new girl Alison thinks he's a dream, her grandmother thinks he's a nightmare. An even weirder cast than 'Hairspray' in this quirky, offbeat musical extravaganza that's got a touch of traditional John Waters shock stuff, but is predominately a parody of both 50s teen rebellion and 50s teen musical flicks. Its reputation has grown hugely with time. find out more...

Slacker director Linklater takes us back to the swinging 70's for his latest Generation X offering in this tale of teenage decadence. It's the last day of high school and the kids intend to party till dawn, or till they drop, whichever comes first. Fans of Reality Bites will love it. Bust out the biscuits, turn up the volume and dig those crazy, pretty kids.... find out more...

A fast, sassy script with plenty of good one-liners ensures this indie vs corporate tale is better than your average teen movie. A franchise tries to take over the record shop where they hang out, so the staff rebel with a plan of their own. A cool comedy-drama, with a great cult soundtrack thrown in. Great ! find out more...

A high school musical which ripped off everything it could from the 1950s. At the time it was slated, but, in retrospect, it started a trend and is nowhere near as bad as some of the movies which followed it. In fact, one could go as far as to say it's now a bit of a classic... find out more...

John Waters slips effortlessly into mainstream cinema, whilst sticking to his trademark irreverent black comedy. Kathleen Turner plays the perfect suburban mom, as American as apple pie and a stickler for family values and good manners. Secretly however, she's a vicious, foul-mouthed psycho killer! Ahead of its time and absolutely genius. find out more...

Steve Zissou is an underwater adventurer, a man who epitomises the word ‘eccentric’. Having lost his friend and partner to a hitherto unknown Jaguar shark Steve decides, along with his equally leftfield crew, to devote all his time and non existent funds to hunting down and killing the unlikely creature. Tagging along for the trip is a young man who may or may not be his son, a sceptical journalist and Zissou’s exasperated ex wife. The Life Aquatic is a delightfully bizarre comic adventure, with find out more...

From the director of Rushmore comes the story of Royal Tenenbaum and his idiosyncratic family. Having separated from his wife ten years ago, Royal has been estranged from his strange children and wants to make up for some lost time. A little white lie gets Royal back into his family home but all will not go as he plans. Richie used to play tennis professionally until a breakdown on the court; Margot, a chain-smoking playwright has an unseemly marital past and an even dimmer present, while widowe find out more...