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16. The Last Picture Show (1971) R | 118 min | Drama, Romance. In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically. Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson.
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Romance. During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad. Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey.
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Drag races, forbidden love, and the universal search for understanding are all expertly handled by the formidable trio of James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo (with an able assist from Dennis Hopper) in this classic of teen angst.
- Gidget (1959) The original surfer girl winningly portrayed with loads of sunny charm by Sandra Dee herself (the one the song in Grease is about) remains a perfect cinematic escape.
- Splendor in the Grass (1961) While the concept of repressed desire and guilt leading to a suicide attempt (and institutionalization) seems gothic in its intensity, Natalie Wood's powerful performance makes Splendor in the Grass a teen angst classic ('50s Repressed Female Edition).
- Bye Bye Birdie (1963) Ann-Margaret shines in Bye Bye Birdie — a gloriously silly, wildly energetic parody of '50s fandom, a heart-shaped giant candy box of a movie that throws everything into the mix to create an unabashedly over-the-top entertainment package.
1970s teen comedy-drama films (7 P) 1970s coming-of-age films (3 C, 11 P) D. 1970s teen drama films (1 C, 24 P) H. 1970s high school films (11 P)
A poll by pere-25366. Ah, '70s culture... a sexually charged time defined by teen passions of disco, drive-ins, diners, roller skating, neon signs and so many other great things. To remember this seemingly lost innocence, we have '70s teen movies - they either reminded us of that decade or a decade that preceded it; either way, nostalgia was ...
Mar 22, 2009 · Much of the success of the teen movie lies in the fact that it crosses over so fluidly with other genres, and in the 70s, teens were subjected to horror (Carrie, 1976), romance (Love Story, 1970 ...
Oct 27, 2023 · Clueless (1995) Having already made one of the definitive teen comedies of the 1980s, Fast Times at Ridgemont High director Amy Heckerling pulled a similar trick with this funny, snarky coming-of ...
