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10 Things I Hate About You
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) is a Touchstone teen romantic comedy directed by Gil Junger, loosely adapting Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik at fictional Padua High School.
Angus (film)
Angus (1995) is an American teen comedy-drama directed by Patrick Read Johnson, adapted from Chris Crutcher's short story, starring Charlie Talbert, Kathy Bates, George C. Scott, and James Van Der Beek.
Anywhere but Here (film)
Anywhere but Here (1999) is a Wayne Wang comedy-drama adapted by Alvin Sargent from Mona Simpson's 1986 novel, starring Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman as a mother and daughter who move from Wisconsin to Beverly Hills; 20th Century Fox, Metascore 59, $18.7M gross.
April Story (四月物語)
April Story (四月物語) is a 1998 Japanese youth romance film by Shunji Iwai, starring Takako Matsu in her film lead debut as Uzuki Nireno, a Hokkaido student who moves to Tokyo for university, secretly following her high school crush Yamazaki; 67 minutes, Rockwell Eyes, released March 14, 1998.
Brink!
Brink! is a 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie, the third DCOM, directed by Greg Beeman and starring Erik von Detten as inline skater Andy Brinker, who joins rival sponsored team X-Bladz to help his family.
Can't Hardly Wait
Can't Hardly Wait is a 1998 American teen romantic comedy set at a single high school graduation party, directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont.
Detroit Rock City (film)
Detroit Rock City is a 1999 Adam Rifkin comedy, produced by KISS's Gene Simmons, about four 1978 teenage KISS fans trying to reach a Detroit concert after a mother burns their tickets; it flopped at the box office but became a cult favorite.
Drive Me Crazy
Drive Me Crazy is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy directed by John Schultz, starring Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier as neighbors in a fake relationship.
Empire Records
Empire Records (1995) is an Allan Moyle comedy-drama, written by Carol Heikkinen, about Delaware record-store clerks fighting a corporate takeover; a box-office flop that became a cult classic with Rex Manning Day on April 8.
Encino Woman
Encino Woman (California Woman) is a 1996 ABC two-hour made-for-television comedy sequel to Encino Man, directed and co-written by Shawn Schepps, starring Katherine Kousi as thawed cavewoman Lucy, never released on home media, and currently unavailable on streaming.
Get Real
Get Real (1998) is a British coming-of-age comedy-drama directed by Simon Shore, adapted by Patrick Wilde from his play What's Wrong With Angry?, starring Ben Silverstone and Brad Gorton as closeted schoolboys in Basingstoke; released by Paramount Classics in 1999.
Mahjong (麻将) (1996 film)
Mahjong (麻將, Majiang) is a 1996 Taiwanese black comedy directed by Edward Yang, the second film of his New Taipei Trilogy, starring Virginie Ledoyen, Chang Chen, and Tang Tsung-sheng in a Taipei con-artist tragicomedy.
She's All That
She's All That is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook, in which a popular senior bets he can make an outcast prom queen.
Superstar (1999 film)
Superstar (1999 film) is an American-Canadian comedy directed by Bruce McCulloch. It stars Molly Shannon as Mary Katherine Gallagher, an SNL character who enters a talent contest.
The Baby-Sitters Club (film)
The Baby-Sitters Club is a 1995 American comedy-drama directed by Melanie Mayron. It follows seven girls in Stoneybrook, Connecticut, as they run a summer camp and face personal crises.
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
1995 American independent romantic comedy written and directed by Maria Maggenti, starring Laurel Holloman and Nicole Ari Parker as teenage lovers Randy Dean and Evie Roy; premiered at Sundance, released June 16, 1995 by Fine Line Features, GLAAD Media Award winner.
The Second Wife (1998 film)
The Second Wife (La seconda moglie) is a 1998 Italian comedy-drama by Ugo Chiti, starring Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Lazar Ristovski, and Giorgio Noè; a Sicilian mother marries a Tuscan truck driver and falls for his stepson, premiered at Venice 1998.
There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary (1998) is a Farrelly brothers gross-out romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, and Matt Dillon; it grossed $369.9 million worldwide on a $22 million budget.
Trojan War (film)
Trojan War (1997) is a George Huang teen romantic comedy starring Will Friedle, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Marley Shelton about a condom quest; a Warner Bros. release that grossed $309 on a $15 million budget.
Wish Upon a Star
Wish Upon a Star is a 1996 Disney Channel body-swap TV movie directed by Blair Treu, starring Katherine Heigl and Danielle Harris as sisters who trade bodies after wishing on a shooting star; distinct from a 1983 Disney Channel series of the same name.