American Teen Drama Films (Film Guide)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 88. Chapters: Where the Heart Is, Stand by Me, The Breakfast Club, Rebel Without a Cause, The Karate Kid, Cruel Intentions, Elephant, Rumble Fish, To Save a Life, Dangerous Minds, Beat Street, All Over Me, Kids, Step Up 3D, Stomp the Yard, The Outsiders, Thirteen, Havoc, The Next Karate Kid, Speak, White Oleander, Center Stage, Step Up 2: The Streets, Save the Last Dance, You and I, Foxfire, You Got Served, Blue Crush, L.I.E., Times Square, Varsity Blues, Mean Creek, Where the Day Takes You, The Legend of Billie Jean, She's Too Young, According to Greta, How to Deal, Anne B. Real, Crazy/Beautiful, The Yellow Handkerchief, The Cool and the Crazy, The California Kid, My First Mister, Normal Adolescent Behavior, Augusta, Gone, Tiger Cruise, The Basketball Diaries, Terror in the Family, Mom at Sixteen, Center Stage: Turn It Up, Boys, Foxes, Over the Edge, Racing with the Moon, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The Chocolate War, Dreams and Shadows, Totally Fucked Up, Fifteen and Pregnant, American Girl, Rock, Rock, Rock, My Horrible Year!, Girlfight, Dance Party USA, Shout, Jailbreakers, Blue Car, Middle of Nowhere, All You've Got, Buffalo Dreams, Ball Don't Lie, Harry + Max, Little Athens, Junior High School, Whore, Suicide Dolls, Let's Rock, Jack, Close Call. Excerpt: Rumble Fish is a 1983 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is based on the novel Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film centers on the relationship between Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke), a revered former gang leader wishing to live a more peaceful life, and his younger brother, Rusty James (Matt Dillon), a teenaged hoodlum who aspires to become as feared as Motorcycle Boy. The film's marketing tagline was, "Rusty James can't live up to his brother's reputation. His brother can't live it down." Coppola wr...