Editing Generation X (section)

===Film===
{{citation needed span|date=April 2021|The economic accessibility of video mediums in the consumer market supported the growth and popularity of [[independent film]].}}

====Indie films====
[[File:Kevin Smith by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|alt=|thumb|right|upright=0.8|[[Kevin Smith]] is an influential Gen X [[Independent film|indie film]]maker, his flagship film being ''[[Clerks (1994 film)|Clerks]]''.]]

Gen Xers are largely responsible for the "[[Independent film|indie film]]" movement of the 1990s, both as young directors and in large part as the audiences fueling demand for such films.<ref name = "Time2"/><ref name="Alternative Goes Mainstream"/> In cinema, directors [[Kevin Smith]], [[Quentin Tarantino]], [[Sofia Coppola]], [[Wes Anderson]], [[John Singleton]], [[Spike Jonze]], [[David Fincher]], [[Christopher Nolan]], [[Paul Thomas Anderson]], [[Steven Soderbergh]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Hanson|first=Peter|title=The Cinema of Generation X: A Critical Study of Films and Directors|year=2002|publisher=McFarland and Company|location=North Carolina and London|isbn=978-0-7864-1334-8|url=https://archive.org/details/cinemaofgenerati00hans}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.viewaskew.com/press/time/article.html|title=My Generation Believes We Can Do Anything|last=Time|first=Magazine|date=9 June 1998|publisher=View Askew|access-date=18 September 2011|archive-date=15 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115235607/http://www.viewaskew.com/press/time/article.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Richard Linklater]]<ref>Richard Linklater, ''Slacker'', St Martins Griffin, 1992.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Tasker|first=Yvonne|author-link1=Yvonne Tasker|title=Fifty Contemporary Film Directors |page= 365|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year= 2010|isbn=978-0-415-55433-6}}</ref> have been called Generation X filmmakers. Smith is best known for his [[View Askewniverse]] films, the flagship being ''[[Clerks (1994 film)|Clerks]]'', which is set in New Jersey circa 1994 and focuses on two convenience-store clerks in their twenties. Linklater's ''[[Slacker (film)|Slacker]]'' similarly explores young adult characters interested in [[philosophizing]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Russell|first=Dominique|title=Rape in Art Cinema |quote=In this vein, Solondz' films, while set in the present, contain an array of objects and architectural styles that evoke Generation X's childhood and adolescence. Dawn (Heather Matarazzo) wears her hair tied up in a 1970s ponytail holder with large balls, despite the fact her brother works at a 1990 Macintosh computer, in a film that came out in 1996.|publisher=[[Continuum International Publishing Group]]|date= 2010|page=130|isbn=978-0-8264-2967-4}}</ref>

While not a member of Gen X himself, director [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] has been recognized as having created classic 1980s [[teen film]]s with early Gen X characters which "an entire generation took ownership of", including ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088847/|title=The Breakfast Club|via=www.imdb.com|access-date=6 July 2014|archive-date=4 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404063749/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088847/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Simple Minds|title=Don't You (Forget About Me)|website=[[YouTube]]|date=3 December 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/CdqoNKCCt7A| archive-date=28 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'', ''[[Weird Science (film)|Weird Science]]'', ''[[Pretty in Pink]]'', and ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Aronchick.|first=David|title=Happy Birthday John Hughes: The Voice of My So-Called 'Lost Generation'|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-aronchick/happy-birthday-john-hughes_b_2689002.html|work=Huff Post Entertainment|access-date=5 March 2014|date=15 February 2013|archive-date=22 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622150641/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-aronchick/happy-birthday-john-hughes_b_2689002.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In France, a new movement emerged, the ''[[Cinéma du look]]'', spearheaded by filmmakers [[Luc Besson]], [[Jean-Jacques Beineix]], and [[Leos Carax]]. Although not Gen Xers themselves, ''[[Subway (film)|Subway]]'' (1985), ''37°2 le matin'' (English: ''[[Betty Blue]]''; 1986), and ''[[Mauvais Sang]]'' (1986) sought to capture on screen the generation's malaise, sense of entrapment, and desire to escape.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Henseler|first=Christine|title=Generation X Goes Global: Mapping a Youth Culture in Motion|publisher=Routledge|year=2012|isbn=978-0-415-69944-0|location=London|pages=189}}</ref>

====Franchise mega sequels====
The birth of franchise mega-sequels in the [[science fiction]], [[fantasy]], and [[horror fiction]] genres, such as the epic [[space opera]] ''[[Star Wars]]'' and the ''[[Halloween (franchise)|Halloween]]'' franchise, had a notable cultural influence.