The present thesis discusses the relationship between youth and the audiovisual. The focus of the analysis was the relationship between the youngsters from the outskirts of Juiz de Fora with the films they watch, utilizing various types of media. Therefore, blockbuster films with young protagonists were selected. The selected films were watched by young students of a municipal school in the outskirts of the city of Juiz de Fora –MG, in workshops in which empirical activities were proposed which were aimed at understanding their connection to the films they watched. The material produced during the fieldwork – audio files, texts, drawings, video files – were analyzed with the help of the Atlas TI software and based on the theoretical framework of Content Analysis, considering the connections between communication, power, cultural industry, youth and school. The studies by the Latin American Communication group provided the basis to the concepts in this thesis, as well as the youth observatory of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and the Fluminense Federal University. The results point to a strong influence of US films in the everyday life of the researched group, also the students’ connection to super heroes was highlighted, besides the need for the school to participate in their aesthetic audiovisual experience.