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Some Kind of Wonderful. 1987 1h 35m PG-13. 7.0 (35K) Rate. 55 Metascore. When Keith goes out with Amanda, the girl of his dreams, Amanda's ex-boyfriend plans to get back at Keith. Meanwhile, Keith's best friend, tomboy Watts, realizes she has feelings for Keith.
- Grease. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing. 318 votes. Grease is a quintessential representation of 1970s teen movies, capturing the essence of adolescence through its vibrant storytelling and unforgettable characters.
- American Graffiti. Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat. 198 votes. American Graffiti is a poignant coming-of-age film that epitomizes the adolescent experience in the early 1960s, embodying the sense of freedom, uncertainty, and hopefulness that characterizes teenage years.
- Carrie. Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, William Katt. 202 votes. Carrie is a powerful and chilling exploration of the dark side of teenage life, pushing the boundaries of the teen movie genre with its supernatural horror elements.
- National Lampoon's Animal House. John Belushi, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland. 186 votes. National Lampoon's Animal House taps into the chaotic, hilarious, and rebellious nature of college life, making it an unforgettable teen movie classic of the 1970s.
The 25 Best Teen Movies from the 1980s. by kjtenorman • Created 8 years ago • Modified 4 years ago. The best teen and coming of age films from the year 1980-1989. Follow me on Letterboxd for more great film lists: https://letterboxd.com/kjtenorman.
Top 40 1980's "Teen/Coming of Age" Movies: Captain Hixx. Didn't include any "Period Flims", pure dramas, musicals, science fiction or fantasy. Only films shot during the current period being filmed in the 80's and lead by young actors. Sorry about "Back to the Future", "Outsiders", "Stand by Me" and "Diner". They didn't make the filter.
- The Lost Boys
- Better Off Dead
- Can't Buy Me Love
- Sixteen Candles
- Heathers
- My Bodyguard
- Rumble Fish
- Pretty in Pink
- Permanent Record
- The Karate Kid
The Lost Boysis a perfect representation of how Hollywood tried to appeal to teens in the 1980s. It had a cast of actors who were, at the time, red-hot up-and-comers, including Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, and both Coreys (Haim and Feldman). There was also a soundtrack album full of songs from some of the top artists of the day (INX...
"Savage Steve" Holland wasn't the household name that John Hughes was, but he was similarly a filmmaker with a particular interest in teen life. His film Better Off Dead stars John Cusack as Lane Meyer, an adolescent who makes several humorously unsuccessful suicide attempts after his girlfriend dumps him for the captain of the ski team. (Hey, it w...
Taking its name from the classic Beatles song, Can't Buy Me Love is the story of Ronald Miller (Patrick Dempsey), a high school outcast desperate to climb his school's social ladder. To accomplish this, he decides to pay the most popular girl in school, Cindy Mancini (Amanda Peterson), a thousand bucks to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. R...
Adolescence is a time of great drama. Even the little things can feel earth-shaking when you're a teen. In John Hughes' debut film Sixteen Candles, Samantha Baker (played by Molly Ringwald, in her breakout role) suffers an existential crisis when her entire family forgets that it's her 16th birthday. In fact, the only person who totally pays attent...
The subject of popularity is infused within many of the films on this list, but Heathersputs an insanely dark spin on the subject. In this subversive comedy, Winona Ryder plays Veronica, one member of her high school's clique of popular girls (the others are all named Heather). She grows tired of their snobby, elitist ways and the manner in which t...
Released in 1980, My Bodyguard stars Chris Makepeace as Clifford Peache, the new kid at a Chicago high school. Because he is new and mild-mannered, it doesn't take long for bully Melvin Moody (Matt Dillon) and his buddies to target him. The fact that Clifford arrives for his first day in a limousine belonging to the hotel his father manages doesn't...
The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola made two movies in 1983 that were based on young adult novels by S.E. Hinton. The Outsiders was the more conventional of the two. Rumble Fish, on the other hand, is artier, moodier, and more experimental. Matt Dillon plays Rusty James, a young street thug romancing a high school girl (Diane Lane), taking ...
Pretty in Pinkis the movie that made going to prom feel like the biggest, most consequence-laden decision a teenager could ever have to make. Molly Ringwald plays Andie, a girl from an economically disadvantaged home. Her best friend is Duckie (Jon Cryer), a geek who not-so-secretly adores her. Andie is asked to the prom by her crush, rich kid Blan...
See, there used to be a thing called an "Afterschool Special." They were television dramas designed to tackle heavy issues that kids and teenagers deal with, and they always had some sort of moral at the end. They were also pretty heavy-handed and occasionally cheesy. Permanent Record, on the surface, sounds like an Afterschool Special, but thankfu...
Nobody expected much from The Karate Kid when it came out in 1984. Its biggest star was Pat Morita, best known for playing restaurant owner Arnold on the sitcom Happy Days. He was not exactly a major box office draw. Once audiences got a look at the movie, though, phenomenal word-of-mouth began to spread. It went on to become not only one of that y...
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Nov 27, 2023 · From '80s classics from john Hughes to recent blockbusters like 'Booksmart,' EW looks back on the best teen movies of all time.
Jan 21, 2022 · Thanks in part to John Hughes' prolific output in the 80s, movies about teenagers in high school is essentially its own genre. Here are 30 of the best films about those formative years most...
