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...

George is a bully, but when he beats up 12 year old Sam he makes a fatal error of judgement. Sam's older brother decides to invite George on a boat trip down the river, the hidden agenda being to humiliate George the way he has humiliated so many others. What none of the perpetrators had expected however is that George is just a lost lonely kid, whose fear of rejection and not belonging has manifested itself through aggression and abuse. Having decided that George ain't so bad, the gang call off find out more...

Nick, a high-school senior, is still infatuated with his fickle ex (he thinks it's love, but believe me it ain't) when, at a gig he and his band played, he meets Norah. Over the course of the next eight or nine hours boy and girl embark on an increasingly bizarre and ineffectual urban road trip that cements their common bonds and increasing mutual affection, but hey it's easy to screw up at any age so what are the chances these two teens are going to make smooth progress? Witty, gentle, warm find out more...

The teenage pranks of four friends have dire consequences in this allegedly true story. Sent to a reform school, the boys are relentlessly sexually abused and beaten by the men charged with their care. Now grown up, it's payback time. A harrowing uncomfortably fascinating drama, superbly played and directed. find out more...

Four boys head off into the forest to look for the body of a school-friend who has disappeared. This much-acclaimed movie is a brilliantly acted and directed group portrait which depicts the four boys at the end of childhood, on the edge of adult awareness. Written by horror author, Stephen King. find out more...

Five very different kids arrive at high school one Saturday morning to do a nine hour detention during which time they must write an essay titled "Who do I think I am?". At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some marijuana, they pour their hearts out to each other, and tell about their fears, secrets, and their deepest emotions, and problems. An iconic 80s movie and the first of a trilogy preceding 'Sixteen Candles' and 'Pretty In Pink'. find out more...

Back in England, in the early 80s, bullied at school and mourning his father, recently dead in Thatcher's heroic Falklands War, lonely 12-year-old Shaun finds solace with a gang of older youths in the ska influenced skinhead subculture, a culture that was about to be hijacked by a nasty and virulent form of white power nationalism. Largely based round Shane Meadows' own experiences growing up on an impoverished Nottingham housing estate. Strongly recommended. find out more...

Superbly acted drama about an eccentric family in a small Iowa town. Gilbert Grape lives with his 36 stone mother and retarded younger brother. His unsatisfactory life is brightened by the arrival of feisty young Becky (Juliette Lewis). A funny, sad and refreshingly original coming of age movie. find out more...