CLASS STARTS SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2025
✨🩷 WELCOME CLASS OF 2025! 🩷✨
Welcome, Class of 2025! We celebrate the start of a new school year and a new cinema season with Back to School: a tribute to school-centered cinema, from high school classics to more modern offerings about the inner lives of teens and that one place where they all meet. The high school film is a subgenre of the teen film, which found its footing in the 1950s as teenage culture started to blossom in the United States. It has reached across film cultures and genres, finding a lasting pinnacle in John Hughes' eighties classics starring the Brat Pack. Evolving into a new century, the high school film has changed with time. In recent years, the subgenre has reinvented itself by stepping away from the classic 'jocks, nerds, and cheerleaders' trope, focusing instead on current themes such as LGBTQI+ inclusivity and mental health awareness. Still, the genre isn't always taken seriously by 'grown-up' film audiences and media. At Filmhuis Den Haag, we want to change that! These are the films we've grown up with and continue to love—films for teens of all ages.
All films will be shown with Dutch subtitles, except for Dead Poets Society, Superbad, Napoleon Dynamite, and Les 400 Coups. House of Hummingbird will be shown with both Dutch and English subtitles.
Meet your classmates
Booksmart
Olivia Wilde, 2019
Four years of missed fun—one night to make it count.
Bottoms
Emma Seligman, 2023
High school has never been this hilariously unhinged.
Carrie
Brian De Palma, 1976
Hell hath no fury like a prom queen scorned.
Clueless
Amy Heckerling, 1995
Pastel perfection meets unexpected life lessons in this ’90s teen dream.
Dead Poets Society
Peter Weir, 1989
Carpe diem—or risk never truly living.
Dope
Rick Famuyiwa, 2015
From straight A’s to straight-up trouble.
Eighth Grade
Bo Burnham, 2018
Growing up hurts—even before high school starts.
House of Hummingbird
Kim Bora, 2018
A delicate coming-of-age in a city racing ahead.
Les 400 coups (The 400 Blows)
François Truffaut, 1959
Freedom is fleeting—but unforgettable.
Napoleon Dynamite
Jared Hess, 2004
Awkward has never been this glorious.
Superbad
Greg Mottola, 2007
Growing up has never been this inappropriately funny.
The Breakfast Club
John Hughes, 1985
One Saturday, five strangers, and a lifetime of unspoken truths.
10 Things I Hate About You
Gil Junger, 1999
Love is a battlefield—and Kat Stratford came armed.
Don’t just survive high school—complete the stamp card and level up like a true McLovin. Get your stamp card now at the Filmhuis Kassa.
Special classes
10 Things I Hate About You - With introduction by Head of Programming Sophie
September 8th (in English)
Join us on 8 September as Head of Programming Sophie introduces 10 Things I Hate About You, sharing insights about the film, the high school genre and her big fat crush on Heath Ledger.
Eighth Grade - with introduction and Mental Health panel
September 10th (in Dutch)
Experience the awkward, hilarious, and heartfelt world of Eighth Grade—but don’t miss our introduction before the screening and the post-film Mental Health Panel Talk, diving into the pressures, anxieties, and realities of growing up in the digital age.
Bottoms - with introduction and Mental Health panel
September 17th (in Dutch)
Before the chaos of Bottoms hits the screen, we’ll set the scene with a short intro. Stick around after the film for a special Mental Health Panel Talk, exploring themes from the film and real-life experiences of today’s teens.