No one partied as hard as these untended NYC teens, and, it was implied, no one would suffer as much. But unlike many of the films on this list, Kids leaves an especially bitter aftertaste: Its rebellion is self-destructive. The behind-the-scenes story is legend: Scripted by a then-18-year-old Harmony Korine, a Washington Square skate rat directed by observant photographer Larry Clark, keen to make the ultimate teen movie and sold by distributor Harvey Weinstein, who consciously courted outrage-the movie is an emblem of indie provocation.