Dead Poets Society (1989)
Peter Weir's 1989 prep school drama. Robin Williams as the unorthodox English teacher.
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1980sStand by Me (1986)
Rob Reiner's 1986 Stephen King novella adaptation. Phoenix, Wheaton, Feldman, O'Connell.
1950sRebel Without a Cause (1955)
Nicholas Ray's 1955 James Dean defining role. Chickie run, planetarium, foundation of every teen film since.
1980sThe Outsiders (1983)
Howell, Lowe, Macchio, Dillon, Cruise, Estevez, Swayze. After Johnny kills a Soc during a confrontation in defense of Ponyboy, the boys flee to an abandoned country church where they hide until Johnny suffers fatal injuries rescuing children from the burning…
1970sAmerican Graffiti (1973)
George Lucas's 1973 1962 California teen ensemble. Soundtrack establishes nostalgia template.
1990sDazed and Confused (1993)
Richard Linklater's 1993 last-day-of-school 1976 ensemble. Affleck, McConaughey, Adam Goldberg breakthroughs.
1980sHeathers (1988)
Michael Lehmann's 1988 dark teen comedy. Winona Ryder, Christian Slater murder high school cliques.
2000sSugar & Spice (2001)
Francine McDougall's 2001 American crime comedy about a high school cheerleading squad that robs banks to support their leader's pregnancy. Sugar & Spice is Francine McDougall's 2001 American crime comedy depicting a high school cheerleading squad whose lead member becomes…
2010sAll Cheerleaders Die (2013)
All Cheerleaders Die is Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson's 2013 American supernatural horror film depicting four high school cheerleaders resurrected by witchcraft after a car accident kills them and seeking revenge on the football players who caused their deaths. All…
1990sBut I’m a Cheerleader (1999)
Natasha Lyonne plays Megan Bloomfield. Babbit's directorial debut applies bright pastel-color art-direction to substantially serious subject matter, with the conversion-therapy camp setting rendered as deliberately artificial space that signals the screenplay's satirical positioning throughout.
2000sJennifer’s Body (2009)
Karyn Kusama's 2009 American horror comedy with screenplay by Diablo Cody about a high school cheerleader possessed by a demon who feeds on her male class. Jennifer's Body is Karyn Kusama's 2009 American horror comedy depicting a high school cheerleader…
1980sRisky Business (1983)
1983 Paul Brickman comedy with Tom Cruise as a Chicago teen who turns his parents' empty house into a brothel for one weekend. Risky Business is Paul Brickman's 1983 American comedy and the film that launched Tom Cruise's career.