High School movies?
May 24, 2009 2:19 AM Subscribe
I know Heathers, Clueless, Breakfast Club, Carrie, Dead Poets Society, all the obvious ones... can you complete this list? Thank you, Hive Mind.
I suppose an IMDB search plot keyword="high school" could help too.
posted by sharkfu at 2:25 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by sharkfu at 2:25 AM on May 24, 2009
How about The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner? It's not a black teen comedy, but it's full of teen rebellion against school.
posted by zippy at 2:26 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by zippy at 2:26 AM on May 24, 2009
Response by poster: Sorry, I guess I should have asked for obscure high school movies, or what everyone's favourite HS movies were.
Thanks for the IMDB search, it should have occurred to me straight away...
posted by mooza at 2:32 AM on May 24, 2009
Thanks for the IMDB search, it should have occurred to me straight away...
posted by mooza at 2:32 AM on May 24, 2009
Gregory's Girl
posted by cameronfromedinburgh at 2:37 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by cameronfromedinburgh at 2:37 AM on May 24, 2009
Additionally, behold: Netflix's entire "High School" category, which allows for sub genre searching, including movies from Fast Times at Ridgemont High to Teen Witch to Can't Hardly Wait (and more!)
posted by Mizu at 2:42 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by Mizu at 2:42 AM on May 24, 2009
Response by poster: Oh Netflix that looks great...but I'm not in America so I can't join, so I can't have a look at that list unforch.
posted by mooza at 2:56 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by mooza at 2:56 AM on May 24, 2009
Hehe, while not exactly a 'high school' film, Ginger Snaps is pretty nifty cult film about adolescence .... and werewolves. Think 'Heathers' meets 'The Howling'.
I'm also rather fond of Pump Up The Volume.
posted by elendil71 at 3:06 AM on May 24, 2009
I'm also rather fond of Pump Up The Volume.
posted by elendil71 at 3:06 AM on May 24, 2009
Specifically In High school:
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Say Anything
Better Off Dead
Lucas
Liscence to Drive
Rockin'Roll Highschool Forever
Class
High School Summers:
Porky's
Porky's 2: The next day
Porky's Revenge (3)
The Lost Boys (not that new piece of tripe)
Gleaming the Cube
Television Shows:
21 Jump Street
Other:
Young Guns
Young Guns II
St. Elmos Fire
Oxford Blues
Bad Boys (1983) - not the Will Smith Movie
The Outsiders
The Warriors
Red Dawn (aw c'mon)
posted by Nanukthedog at 3:07 AM on May 24, 2009
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Say Anything
Better Off Dead
Lucas
Liscence to Drive
Rockin'Roll Highschool Forever
Class
High School Summers:
Porky's
Porky's 2: The next day
Porky's Revenge (3)
The Lost Boys (not that new piece of tripe)
Gleaming the Cube
Television Shows:
21 Jump Street
Other:
Young Guns
Young Guns II
St. Elmos Fire
Oxford Blues
Bad Boys (1983) - not the Will Smith Movie
The Outsiders
The Warriors
Red Dawn (aw c'mon)
posted by Nanukthedog at 3:07 AM on May 24, 2009
History Boys(!)
Cute, and incredibly smart high school brits trying to get into Oxford/Cambridge and quoting Wordsworth on their days off.
posted by drea at 3:41 AM on May 24, 2009
Cute, and incredibly smart high school brits trying to get into Oxford/Cambridge and quoting Wordsworth on their days off.
posted by drea at 3:41 AM on May 24, 2009
Grease?
posted by TheRaven at 3:51 AM on May 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by TheRaven at 3:51 AM on May 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
Welcome to the Dollhouse (may have been middle school but very similar type of film)
American Pie
Napoleon Dynamite
Twilight
Three o'Clock High
posted by justonegirl at 4:03 AM on May 24, 2009
American Pie
Napoleon Dynamite
Twilight
Three o'Clock High
posted by justonegirl at 4:03 AM on May 24, 2009
Not strictly high school: Adventures in Babysitting and Goonies are both about how much trouble you can get into on the evenings and weekends.
posted by hydropsyche at 5:18 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by hydropsyche at 5:18 AM on May 24, 2009
Oh, and War Games fits my new category as well.
posted by hydropsyche at 5:19 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by hydropsyche at 5:19 AM on May 24, 2009
Mostly cheesy:
Senior Skip Day
Rushmore
Drive Me Crazy
Get Over It
She's All That
She's The Man
posted by knile at 5:38 AM on May 24, 2009
Senior Skip Day
Rushmore
Drive Me Crazy
Get Over It
She's All That
She's The Man
posted by knile at 5:38 AM on May 24, 2009
I tried Google Sets and got this:
clueless
dead poets society
heathers
carrie
breakfast club
mean girls
the breakfast club
jawbreaker
pretty woman
odd girl out
the outsiders
cruel intentions
high school musical
angus
she's all that
american pie
grease
the craft
weird science
dazed and confused
the lost boys
can't hardly wait
pretty in pink
bring it on
thirteen
varsity blues
kids
porky's
scream series
road trip
american wedding
bully
ken park
american pie 2
posted by SNACKeR at 5:42 AM on May 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
clueless
dead poets society
heathers
carrie
breakfast club
mean girls
the breakfast club
jawbreaker
pretty woman
odd girl out
the outsiders
cruel intentions
high school musical
angus
she's all that
american pie
grease
the craft
weird science
dazed and confused
the lost boys
can't hardly wait
pretty in pink
bring it on
thirteen
varsity blues
kids
porky's
scream series
road trip
american wedding
bully
ken park
american pie 2
posted by SNACKeR at 5:42 AM on May 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
Degrassi High: School's Out
posted by Midnight Rambler at 6:05 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by Midnight Rambler at 6:05 AM on May 24, 2009
Buffy the vampire slayer, the film, high school dance + bloodshed.
posted by sundri at 6:10 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by sundri at 6:10 AM on May 24, 2009
all over me and kids. slightly more art housey cult films from mid 1990s new york with awesome soundtracks.
posted by iamnotateenagegirl at 6:10 AM on May 24, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by iamnotateenagegirl at 6:10 AM on May 24, 2009 [2 favorites]
Freaks and Geeks, if you're open to TV
2nding Donnie Darko
For the list:
Foxfire
Never been kissed
posted by degrees_of_freedom at 7:20 AM on May 24, 2009
2nding Donnie Darko
For the list:
Foxfire
Never been kissed
posted by degrees_of_freedom at 7:20 AM on May 24, 2009
Over The Edge
River's Edge
The Wild Life
The Last American Virgin
posted by Sailormom at 7:24 AM on May 24, 2009
River's Edge
The Wild Life
The Last American Virgin
posted by Sailormom at 7:24 AM on May 24, 2009
Cooley High
American Graffiti
Rebel Without A Cause
Virgin Suicides
posted by degrees_of_freedom at 7:33 AM on May 24, 2009
American Graffiti
Rebel Without A Cause
Virgin Suicides
posted by degrees_of_freedom at 7:33 AM on May 24, 2009
My Bodyguard
posted by miss lynnster at 7:50 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by miss lynnster at 7:50 AM on May 24, 2009
I think that page was screwed up somehow. Here's the list again.
posted by miss lynnster at 7:54 AM on May 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by miss lynnster at 7:54 AM on May 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
Catholic Boys, 1985. Erm, FWIW, the priest is brilliant [the guy with the speech defect from The Princess Bride].
Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984, had quite a lot of scenes set in school, from memory.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 8:18 AM on May 24, 2009
Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984, had quite a lot of scenes set in school, from memory.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 8:18 AM on May 24, 2009
Can't Buy Me Love
Just One of the Guys
posted by Epsilon-minus semi moron at 10:12 AM on May 24, 2009
Just One of the Guys
posted by Epsilon-minus semi moron at 10:12 AM on May 24, 2009
The Sure Thing remade as Sex Drive
Can't Hardly Wait
Better Off Dead
One Crazy Summer
Wikipedia has a list of Teen Comedies
posted by P.o.B. at 10:47 AM on May 24, 2009
Can't Hardly Wait
Better Off Dead
One Crazy Summer
Wikipedia has a list of Teen Comedies
posted by P.o.B. at 10:47 AM on May 24, 2009
Sort of high school movies (youthful themes, involve people in HS) would be:
Breaking Away
Caddyshack
Vision Quest
posted by Antidisestablishmentarianist at 11:21 AM on May 24, 2009
Breaking Away
Caddyshack
Vision Quest
posted by Antidisestablishmentarianist at 11:21 AM on May 24, 2009
Oops. Correction: Revenge of the Nerds actually doesn't qualify - it is set in the first year of college, not in high school.
I first saw it when I was in high school, though, so for me it'll be forever linked to high school memories.
posted by velvet winter at 11:23 AM on May 24, 2009
I first saw it when I was in high school, though, so for me it'll be forever linked to high school memories.
posted by velvet winter at 11:23 AM on May 24, 2009
Velvet, in a way its a HS movie, as the themes would appeal to people younger than college age. Anyone actually in college might not relate to it as well. Another one along those lines is Real Genius perhaps.
posted by Antidisestablishmentarianist at 11:26 AM on May 24, 2009
posted by Antidisestablishmentarianist at 11:26 AM on May 24, 2009
Wow, lots of great ones here. I was just thinking of Breaking Away yesterday. My own personal favorite of the genre is the mighty Better Off Dead.
Once that I don't think has been mentioned so far: Once Bitten, an incredibly cheesy high school sex comedy/vampire flick, featuring Jim Carrey in his first starring role. (Bonus: my boyfriend is one of the co-stars.)
posted by scody at 12:23 PM on May 24, 2009
Once that I don't think has been mentioned so far: Once Bitten, an incredibly cheesy high school sex comedy/vampire flick, featuring Jim Carrey in his first starring role. (Bonus: my boyfriend is one of the co-stars.)
posted by scody at 12:23 PM on May 24, 2009
Elephant
The Perfect Score
Also seconding But I'm a Cheerleader. Although it doesn't take place in a high school it does have a boarding school-like setting to it.
TV Shows (these were some of my favourites growing up):
-Boy Meets World
-Smart Guy
posted by alon at 5:52 PM on May 24, 2009
The Perfect Score
Also seconding But I'm a Cheerleader. Although it doesn't take place in a high school it does have a boarding school-like setting to it.
TV Shows (these were some of my favourites growing up):
-Boy Meets World
-Smart Guy
posted by alon at 5:52 PM on May 24, 2009
For a highly unconventional but awesome "high school" movie I heartily recommend Hal Hartley's Trust. Kind of in the same dark vein as Heathers, but darker.
posted by ryaninoakland at 6:43 PM on May 24, 2009
posted by ryaninoakland at 6:43 PM on May 24, 2009
St Trinian's. It earns bonus points for featuring Stephen Fry!
posted by pseudonymph at 8:19 AM on May 25, 2009
posted by pseudonymph at 8:19 AM on May 25, 2009
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Pretty in Pink (1986)
Weird Science (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The problem is knowing which ones you consider to be the obvious ones? Those are all pretty obvious, but maybe you accidentally forgot one.
posted by sharkfu at 2:22 AM on May 24, 2009