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1. Pump Up the Volume (1990) R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music. 7.2. Rate. 77 Metascore. Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens. Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Anthony Luke Lucero, Andy Romano. Votes: 31,174 | Gross: $11.54M. 2. Cry-Baby (1990)
- 1960: Where the Boys Are. At this point, Where the Boys Are might be best remembered for its title song—it was sung by Connie Francis, who also starred in the film.
- 1961: West Side Story. Real-life teenagers don't sing and dance their way through conflict, but they do in West Side Story, the film adaptation of the Leonard Bernstein–Stephen Sondheim musical based on Romeo and Juliet.
- 1962: Girls! Girls! OK, Elvis Presley was a little older than a teenager when he starred in Girls! , but the teen movie market wasn't quite what it is now, and if you were 17 in 1962, there's a good chance you saw this one in theaters.
- 1963: Bye Bye Birdie. Another teen movie musical—this one featuring a send-up of Elvis with the titular character of Conrad Birdie—Bye Bye Birdie was adapted from the hit 1960 Broadway musical.
As the teen theme evolved throughout the '60s, '70s, and '80s, its popularity peaked during the '90s, and it naturally gave rise to certain tropes and conventions shaped by the perceived desires ...
A group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals. Director: George Lucas | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith. Votes: 98,181 | Gross: $115.00M.
- 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.
Apr 2, 2017 · BuzzFeed Staff. We polled BuzzFeed readers to find out which classic '90s teen movie is their all time favorite. Here are the results: 17. Idle Hands. Why it's timeless: A teenager with a...
Mar 2, 2022 · Updated on March 2nd, 2022 by Amanda Bruce: Some of the best teen movies of the 1990s didn't release to huge box office numbers or critical acclaim. In fact, movies like Cruel Intentions , now considered a standout of the era, are considered "rotten" by critical reviews.
