In a world riddled with war, an American girl fights for survival in the British countryside and discovers both love and purpose.
Movies in the vein of 'Hunger Games': YA sci-fi adventures set in dystopias that are often weirdly concerned with the romantic affairs of tweens. Well, to be fair they do seem to be the ones regularly taking down governments.
Watch out for the zombies...and the vampires...and the robots...oh, and don't forget the super-intelligent chimpanzees in these 21st century flicks. Personally, we'd just give up if placed in most of the situations in this collection of modern post-apocalyptic wasteland thrillers.
Modern independent dramas portraying the tumultuous transitions of adolescents into slightly older adolescents. Make sure to check out 'I Believe in Unicorns' for a great new film from director Leah Meyerhoff, depicting an imaginative teenage girl's attempt to grapple with the premature onset of adulthood's responsibilities.
Be whisked away from that teenage angst to a cool dystopian world, a vast spaceship or a world in which you have super powers! (for all of about 90 minutes...)
All young lovers feel like society is against them, in these dystopian romances it really is! Make sure to check out YA hidden-gem 'How I Live Now' for a gritty departure from the clichéd realm of 'Hunger Games' and the like.
Thanks Obama! Ponder what society could be if controlled by a government who hated free-speech, listened in to your conversations at all times, and patrolled the skies with unmanned robots. Oh wait...thanks Obama!
The landscape of modern teen cinema is hardly a wasteland, boasting such recent hits as 'DOPE' and 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'. Enjoy this eclectic post millennial collection, which spans the comedic, dramatic, romantic, and everything inbetween!
Since the 'Hunger Games' phenomenon Hollywood has seen an explosion of YA novel adaptations. But don't let the overexposed sci-fi blockbusters blind you to the subtler, typically better received dramatic films that bring great YA stories to the big screen.
All YA novels are pretty dramatic, but these adaptations eschew sci-fi/ fantasy elements for interpersonal struggle and real-world challenges, from 'If I Stay' to 'The Lovely Bones'.
