Not too shocking that a film in which two fed-up teens go on a popular kid killing spree did not go over well with audiences at first. What is surprising is this pitch-black comedy has become one of the definitive teen movies of the '80s. Its scandalous nature lives on, however, as planned TV incarnations have been delayed out of respect for multiple mass shootings that occurred around each time it planned to air. This Fox drama was the first of its kind, creating the blueprint for the modern primetime teen soap. While it went on to have many storylines dealing with then-taboo topics like the AIDS crisis, the first moment that had parents up in arms was when Brenda Shannen Doherty lost her virginity toward the end of the first season— a moment that happened offscreen, and has now become one of the tropes of any teen TV show. Kids is just about as dark as teen movies can get, using mostly underaged, first-time actors to stage scenes that involved graphic depictions of sex and drug use.

R min Drama. A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend. R min Crime, Mystery, Thriller. Los Angeles private investigator Harry Moseby is hired by a client to find her runaway teenage daughter. Moseby tracks the daughter down, only to stumble upon something much more intriguing and sinister. Votes: 11,

A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town, where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families. Votes: , R 98 min Horror.

Some films are remembered eternally, and some are forgotten, but the stories about controversial behind-the-scenes elements have a long afterlife. They often haunt the world years after memories of the films themselves have paled in comparison. In , film producer Albin Grau hired director F. Jekyll and Mr.