Youth Film

A youth film is a film genre : a film for children and / or adolescents.

Contents

 * 1 Categories
 * 1.1 Children's Movies
 * 1.2 teen films, youth films and / or adolescents movies
 * 2 Other films

Categories
This genre can be divided into two categories:

Children's Movies
All films that focus on children up to the age of 12 years. These are films that usually labeled  'suitable for all ages "inherit. The films focus mostly on adventure , humor and excitement and often a morality which the viewers something learns. Children often play the leading role and perform a heroic deed. However, there are also children's films that are not necessarily children as protagonist have. Children's Movies are sometimes called "family films".

Some examples of children's films are:
 * All films from Walt Disney
 * All movies with Shirley Temple
 * All films from Studio 100
 * All adaptations of children's books, children's comics and children's series
 * Generally, most monster movies , cartoons , comedies , superhero movies and musicals suitable for children
 * Laurel & Hardy
 * The Three Stooges
 * Le Ballon Rouge
 * Bugsy Malone
 * ET the Extra-Terrestrial
 * Free Willy
 * Harry Potter
 * Home Alone
 * The Karate Kid
 * Long Live the Queen
 * My Neighbour Totoro
 * The Nightmare Before Christmas
 * The Princess Bride
 * Spirited Away
 * The Wizard of Oz

Teen films, youth films and / or films adolescents
These are films that focus on children and young people between 12 and about 25 years old. Young people tend to play the lead role and popular themes: the search for its own personality, true love or maturation.They often take place at school , college or university . Youth Films sketched a less naive and simple view of reality compared with children's movies. Sex , drugs , violence , discrimination and problems with parents and other authority are the issues that distinguish the youth film of children's films. Pop music plays in youth films always a very prominent role. For this reason, many rock movies are among the youth film.

Some examples of youth films:
 * American Pie
 * L'Auberge Espagnole
 * The Breakfast Club
 * Dazed and Confused
 * Easy Rider
 * Ghost World
 * La Haine
 * Napoleon Dynamite
 * Rebel Without a Cause
 * Revenge of the Nerds (film)
 * Risky Business
 * The Virgin Suicides
 * The Wild One

Other movies
The term "youth film" means a film with special focus on a young audience. On the other hand there are many films that target a wider adult audience and also be viewed by children or young people and appreciated, such as monster movies . Flipped there are also films that target a young audience and also find a lot of resonance outside this group, such as Back to the Future and Pirates of the Caribbean . To help to determine which films are appropriate for a child or young person of a certain age, there is the viewing guide .