Lucas

Lucas (1986) is a coming-of-age drama directed by David Seltzer — watch it online on iFILM. Fourteen-year-old Lucas is not the football type. He studies insects, debates science, and lives mostly in his own head.

Over one summer he meets Maggie, a new girl two years older than him. He falls hard. But Maggie grows closer to Cappie — Lucas's older friend and the school's football captain. Corey Haim leads the cast alongside Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, and a very young Winona Ryder in one of her earliest screen appearances.

The film earns its place in 1980s coming-of-age cinema by refusing easy comfort: first heartbreak here is just heartbreak, no shortcuts. Stream Lucas (1986) online on iFILM.