April has not long escaped the joyless suburban nest of her family, and to prove her independence she invites the clan to her New York flat for Thanksgiving. What could be an opportunity to ease a scratchy relationship with her dying mother begins to look increasingly doomed when April is forced to acknowledge she can't actually cook and the oven doesn't work anyway. As the arrival of April's jaded family looms, in desperation she calls on her hitherto unknown neighbours for help. Pieces of Apri find out more...

A visually brilliant film about teenage gangs in America's urban wasteland. The leader of a small dying gang, Rusty James, lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother - The Motorcycle Boy. His mother has left, his father drinks, school has no meaning for him and his relationships are shallow. One of Coppola's two adaptations of S E Hinton novels, 'The Outsiders' being the other. A great performance from Dillon and an awesome soundtrack. find out more...

Mary and Hilary Faye are the queen bees at American Eagle Christian High School, but their reign at the top is about to take something of a plunge when Mary ends up in the family way after helping her boyfriend find out if he's really gay (he is). Saved is a smarter than most, darkly tinged indie teen comedy from Brian Dannelly. 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...

This smart, involving sci-fi picture, set in an Ohio high school, pays homage to several genre faves, notably Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Thing, but also The Breakfast Club, with peer group pressure and disaffected teens rebelling against 'alien' adult authority figures. The neatly worked scenario pits a disparate group of Herrington High students against teachers who've been transformed by an alien parasite into smily, emotionless drones. Forced to work together, the kids put aside t 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...