Christiane F. (1981)

Christiane F. (1981) made a splash when it came out, depicting, as it does, the drug scene in Berlin in the late 1970s. It’s all the more shocking as the story is filtered through the 14-year-old protagonist of the title, who listens obsessively to David Bowie and gets into trouble at the newest and hippest club in town. It’s hard to watch her descent into addiction, even as she seemingly fulfills her (short) lifelong ambitions to see Bowie live. The tradeoff is pretty severe, if you ask us, though we do acknowledge this is the last stage in the best part of Bowie’s career. Natja Brunckhorst may be young, but she’s still very sexy.