Run Lola Run (R, 1999)

RUN LOLA RUN is a German import about Lola (Franka Potente), who gets a frantic phone call from her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), and has only 20 minutes to find a large sum of money, or he will be killed by the drug dealer to whom he supposed to deliver the money. Lola rushes to save Manni from the drug dealer, and from himself -- he plans to hold up a store if she cannot get him the money. When she interacts with people on her way -- and in her way -- we get glimpses of what their lives ahead will hold. Lola runs to the bank where her father to ask him for the money. But he has his own problems. She does not make it in time, and the result is tragic. But Lola is determined not to let that happen again. All of a sudden, we are back in her apartment and she is getting Manni's call again. Everything starts over, but with tiny differences that have huge consequences for Lola and Manni and for the people around them. It takes three tries before Lola's running is over.

Teenagers with a taste for the offbeat will enjoy this movie. It's fun to watch, with a lot of very clever jump cuts and effects, and it can be a nice jolt for teens who are used to pedestrian big-budget film-making.