Young Adult Matters

The Outsiders

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

1983

The Young and the Damned

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and

1950

Sleepers

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes pl

1996

The Cardinal

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

1963

Violette Nozière

Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent

1978

The Night

After an abortion, a woman roams the streets, engaging in a sequence of understated encounters bathed in the glow of neon lights.

2024

36 Fillette

Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conversation wi

1988

The Cider House Rules

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer

1999

Roe v. Wade

Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversia

2021

Crimson Jade

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?

A motion picture about about a group of lost and confused youth.

1982

Voiceless

A young, reserved war veteran moves to North East Philadelphia to start an inner city community outreach and puts his life on the line to stand agains

2016

The Road to Ruin

A controversial, low-budget drama about the life of a young teenage girl that goes on the "road to ruin." Sally is a 16-year-old New York City teen wh

1928

Apt Pupil

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles t

1998

Blue Jay

Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.

2016

Kids

A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.

1995

Teenage Wolfpack

The drama of a youthful triangle among gang leader Freddy, his brother Jan, and bad girl Cissy, in one of the first considerations of juvenile delinqu

1956

Goodbye Angel

A journey to say goodbye to their love.

2015

Jamie Marks Is Dead

No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits forme

2014

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.

1963