rushgoober Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Ok, I must admit, that even here as a 37-year old, I enjoy a good teen-age high school coming of age film, but truly great ones seem few and far between. It seems the best ones speak to the time it's made and blend drama with humor in an intelligent way. The ones that spring to mind as being my true faves are: Fast Times At Ridgemont High (I was actually a teen when this came out ) Dazed and Confused (Ok, this was made in 1993 about the 70's, but it was done to great effect) Clueless 10 Things I Hate About You To a lesser degree: Mean Girls Anyone got any others??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Dead Poets Society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Dazed and Confused is awesome as is Fast Times.... Dead Poets Society is a great drama....Porky's is a fav of mine The first American Pie movie... -Actually today I partially watched an interesting movie(going to finish it in the morning) called Brick...I don't know if it qualifies as "coming of age" but the movie is film noir set in a contemporary high school setting. It came off like a 40's detective movie in high school of today...neat, stylish flick (so far) . Stars that guy who played the teen alien on Third Rock From the Sun (Can't remember his name now)...Lost cutie Emilie de Ravin (Claire) is also in it. -Speaking of Dazed and Confused being made in the 90's but about the 70's how about American Graffiti which was made in the 70's but it's about the 50's? Gotta mention Ferris Bueller's Day Off...anybody remember a movie called My Bodyguard? Another one I like is 3 O' Clock High... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 I knew someone was gonna bring up Porky's! Yeah, the first American Pie movie DEFINITELY, and My Bodyguard is a long lost mini-classic. Even better is a movie from 1978 or so called ON THE EDGE. Anyone seen that one? I think it was Matt Dillon's first movie. There's also Little Darlings. And this one is a little different, but one of my faves: The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madra sneachta Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Can I just suggest - "Don't You Forget About The Breakfast Club", , and furthermore ask that most probing of questions - "Why do they call you Lassie?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromancer Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Better off Dead is a classic. "I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS". I loved Breakfast Club and Porky's is definitely at the top as well. Isn't Lassie Kim Catrall? I think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 QUOTE (Necromancer @ Oct 13 2006, 08:03 AM) Better off Dead is a classic. "I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS". I loved Breakfast Club and Porky's is definitely at the top as well. Isn't Lassie Kim Catrall? I think so. Yep that was Kim Cattrall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Fast Times at Ridgemont High - early 80's Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink - mid 80's Molly Ringwald was the poster child for 80's teens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Does Weird Science qualify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Over the edge. If I recall correctly ( and thats a big if ) one character wore a Rush shirt. I also loved Fast Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Oct 13 2006, 04:28 AM) Does Weird Science qualify? It does. While I really like Weird Science, I tend to prefer the ones that at least have some realism to them, more like the Breakfast Club, which I woke up remembering and of course others had already jumped on. Of course, none of the movies I mentioned is ENTIRELY realistic, like The Breakfast Club, but at least they're making some kind of real statement, whereas Weird Science I thought of as more purely fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Some others that were forgotten: The Outsiders Goonies Summer of '42 (classic!) Biloxi Blues (although they were probably in their late teens) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro2112 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I like most of those already mentioned. Two more that come to mind are "Down with Igby" and "Rushmore" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sawyer Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 "Breakfast Club" probably earns my top honor; a good message in that one, which everyone in my Senior Class absorbed and then lived by. "St. Elmo's Fire" is good for the slightly older set. "Better Off Dead" is hysterical, and very quotable: "I want my two dollars!" "Gee Ricky, I'm sorry your mom blew up." "This is pure snow! Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is!?" "It's a shame people be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 stand by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 QUOTE (tangdog @ Oct 13 2006, 08:48 AM) Over the edge. If I recall correctly (and thats a big if ) one character wore a Rush shirt. That's right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodys hero Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 For sure Fast Times at Ridgemont High...a great stoner film for sure. Dazed and Confused was the midnight show for me where people snuck in bottles of great alcohol and even bongs. Oh yeah, that theater was a massive wave of smoke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Anyone remember The Last American Virgin? Awesome film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 QUOTE (SlackABob @ Oct 13 2006, 02:32 PM) Anyone remember The Last American Virgin? Awesome film! good one, how about "my bodyguard" its a classic, love when the kid finally gets the balls to stand up to the bully(mat dillion) and pops um in the nose, and like a true bully he cowers on the ground like a little girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arndrake Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Wierd Science had a message. Lisa was trying to get the guys to be confident in themselves in order to find true love. How about Some Kind of Wonderful? I always enjoyed the look on Keith and Duncan's faces near the end when Amanda slaps Hardy... twice! She's Having A Baby: I guess this was more young adult, but Kevin Bacon's character seemed rather immature for most of the film. Even though he was an adult with adult responsibilities, you got the sense he wanted to still be a kid, until his wife almost loses the baby. That whole segment still makes me weepy. John Hughes was the master of the 80's coming of age film. Even if he didn't direct them, he still had the midas touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) QUOTE (tick @ Oct 13 2006, 02:10 PM) good one, how about "my bodyguard" its a classic, love when the kid finally gets the balls to stand up to the bully(mat dillion) and pops um in the nose, and like a true bully he cowers on the ground like a little girl. Awesome! I love "My Bodyguard"! I seek it out every few years at the video store and bring it home for another viewing. I oughtta own a copy. It's a favorite. And while we're talking about "Pretty in Pink" and "Some Kind of Wonderful" and its ilk (teen-oriented romantic comedies), how about an oft-overlooked little gem called "Teen Wolf"? I know some people think it's cheesy, but I've always liked it! Edited October 13, 2006 by GeddyRulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geds Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Oct 13 2006, 03:16 PM) QUOTE (tick @ Oct 13 2006, 02:10 PM) good one, how about "my bodyguard" its a classic, love when the kid finally gets the balls to stand up to the bully(mat dillion) and pops um in the nose, and like a true bully he cowers on the ground like a little girl. Awesome! I love "My Bodyguard"! I seek it out every few years at the video store and bring it home for another viewing. I oughtta own a copy. It's a favorite. And while we're talking about "Pretty in Pink" and "Some Kind of Wonderful" and its ilk (teen-oriented romantic comedies), how about an oft-overlooked little gem called "Teen Wolf"? I know some people think it's cheesy, but I've always liked it! If your gonna go as far as teen wolf, what about "Back to the future?" I played that version of Johnny B. Goode for 10 year after I saw that movie. Goober, weren't you IN Fast Time At Ridgemont High? http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d134/geddylee2001/Brad1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
third hand grace Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Fast times is THE one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anagramking Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 There was the Back to the Future trilogy. One of my wife's all time favorites is Sixteen Candles. Risky Business was good (even if it has Tom Cruise). He was also in one called All the Right Moves. Lots of great movies have been mentioned in this thread. My personal favorites are Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. There was one movie that took place in Pittsburgh, can't remember what it was called. One of the main characters hates his dad and burns their place down. Anybody remember this one? I saw it over 20 years ago. There was also Less Than Zero with Robert Downey, Jr. Kind of disturbing movie. Another one was Can't Buy Me Love. It took place in Arizona. Another one that took place in AZ was Pump up the Volume, with Christian Slater (the guy who sounds like Jack Nicholson without trying). Another absolute favorite of mine in this genre is Boyz N the Hood. If I think of any others, I'll post them later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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