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Weird school movies. After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos descends and four girls must fight to survive, while coping with the hack themselves.
Nov 14, 2023 · 30+ Weird Girl Horror Movies. This list is specifically curated for fans of movies in the vein of Possession (1981), Misery (1990), and May (2002). Discover new “weird girl horror” movies to add to your watchlist or re-discover some of your faves in the niche subgenre.
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- Sky High. Harry Potter and X-Men might be the two most iconic schools kids in the 2000s wish they could have gone to, but the most underrated was certainly the one in Sky High.
- Doctor Strange. One MCU movie that (partly) takes place in an unusual school is 2016's Doctor Strange. Benedict Cumberbatch plays the title character, a real-life surgeon who loses his ability to use his hands in the same way after a car accident.
- Descendants. Disney hit gold with their Descendants franchise. The basic premise of following the kids of their most classic villains attending a high school alongside the children of their most popular heroes was a genius move that many others have tried to replicate.
- The Faculty. Before he directed iconic films like Spy Kids and Sin City, Robert Rodriguez was behind the lens for The Faculty. It's an underrated sci-fi movie from the '90s that stars Jordana Brewster, Josh Harnett, and Clea DuVall in leading roles.
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Charlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past. 4. The Wackness. It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop.
- Clueless
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Mean Girls
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- American Graffiti
- Dazed and Confused
- Sixteen Candles
- 0 Things I Hate About You
- High School Musical
- She’S All That
Writer/director Amy Heckerling’s mid-1990s take on Jane Austen’s novel Emma turned Alicia Silverstone into a star—and introduced viewers to a whole new teenage vernacular. Rich, privileged Beverly Hills high schooler Cher match-makes her friends and teachers, sometimes with hilarious results—but can she get her own love life right? As if! Cluelessa...
Charming Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has a knack for getting out of trouble, so he hatches an ingenious plan for a fake sick day from school. His best friend and his girlfriend come along for an epic ditch day in Chicago, but his snarling principal and his jealous sister (Dirty Dancing’sJennifer Grey) are hot on his tail. This classic 1986 m...
New girl Cady (Lindsay Lohan) had been educated with her zoologist parents in Africa, so when she starts at an all-American high school, she can’t help noticing similarities between her classmates and primates in the wild. As she joins in the social behavior of normal teenagers, she has to decide whether to hang out with her new down-to-earth buds,...
It’s hard to believe this 1982 teen classic starringJennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold and Phoebe Cates is over 40 years old—it’s just as real, raw and raunchy as it was back then. While it certainly has funny moments, it also tackles tough subjects like losing your virginity, abortion—and getting caught in a compromising position by your crush. ...
Before they starred on 1950s-set Happy Days and spinoff Laverne and Shirley, Ron Howard andCindy Williams were Steve and Laurie in this 1973 film about the last night of summer before back-to-school in 1962 California. Former class president Steve is headed to college, but head cheerleader Laurie is still in high school. From a sock hop in the scho...
This 1993 “night in the life” film was no doubt inspired by American Graffiti. Set over the course of the last day of school in 1976 Texas, it also features high school teens riding around in cars and coming to terms with their futures—plus throwing a kegger in the woods and smoking a lot of pot. The large ensemble cast includes Jason London,Parker...
The first of many classic ’80s teen comedies from writer/director John Hughes, this 1984 movie features Molly Ringwald as a teen who feels like she’s invisible, even on her 16th birthday, and especially to her crush, Jake Ryan. In light of #MeToo and the takedown of rape culture, some scenes in this movie are totally dated by today’s standards of c...
The late, great Heath Ledger stars with Julia Stiles in this 1999 retelling of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. Popular girl Bianca can’t date until her older sister—smart, angry feminist Kat (Stiles)—does, so ne’er-do-well Patrick (Ledger) takes a bribe to romance her. But, surprise, it doesn’t go so well, until the couple end up genuinely falli...
If you’re looking for a fun flick to watch with your kids, go for this 2006 Disney movie with then-teen heartthrob Zac Efron andVanessa Hudgens as a star-crossed couple from different high school cliques. She’s the new girl challenging the reigning drama queen—er, queen of the dramatic arts, Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale), and he’s the school basketball ...
In the sub-genre of “teen boy takes stupid bet that he can transform girl into prom queen,” this 1999 tale has popular guy Zack (Freddie Prinze Jr.) pretend-falling for, and then real-falling for, artsy geek Laney (Rachel Leigh Cook). A twist on the age-old Pygmalion story about a man who falls in love with his creation, this sweet movie costars fa...
Jan 23, 2023 · The film, produced by the company that created the '70s/'80s kids' omnibus series "Big Blue Marble," opens as a slice of pre-teen angst with bratty 12-year-old genius Anna (future soap star Martha ...
Weirdest Movies from #1 to #100 no particular order. ... Sort by List order 1. Blue Velvet. 1986 2h R. 7.7 ... jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named ...
