Best Teen Films of the '80s

I was a teen in the '80s!

Published on July 12, 2006 By singrdave In Movies & TV & Books

Got to reminiscing about the great teen films of the '80s... Here are my top 5:

Breakfast Club -- saw this movie about 150 times.

Red Dawn -- kicks Red Army butt.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- have it at home, still working on the magic number 150.

Some Kind of Wonderful -- Lea Thompson at her most beautiful. Oh yeah, good film.

Princess Bride -- I am introducing my kids to this fantastic movie. And loving it. "Is this a kissing book?"

Real Genius -- the zany exploits of a bunch of freakish dorks.

What's on your list?

Comments (Page 2)

InBloom

on Jul 13, 2006

~~2 other movies I liked are Better Off Dead and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.~~

I LOVE these movies!! I'm so glad you reminded everyone about them.

Who can forget Sean Penn on Fast Times?
And the Howard Cosell guys are hilarious ("Language Lessons...")

Rightwinger

on Jul 13, 2006

I haven't seen "Uncle Buck" mentioned. It was an 80s flick, wasn't it? One of my favorites.
I, too, am a fan of Rodney D., and "Back to School" is another favorite of mine, too. Seen it many, many times.
How about all the "Indiana Jones" movies? 1981-1989. Can't forget them!

crimson

on Jul 14, 2006

My fav's gotta be The Breakfast Club. Anything with the word neomaxizoondweebie in it has GOT to be good.

Go fix me turkey pot pie!

Rightwinger

on Jul 14, 2006

And Fast Times just for the Phoebe Cates getting out of the pool scene to the song Moving in Stereo by the Cars.

---UDigit

Phoebe Cates was the shit. Very hot. But.....Molly Ringwald was my gal. Not sure why, really. I loved anything she was in, even though they were chick flicks.

Anybody remember "Arthur"? Dudley Moore, John Gielgud and Liza Minelli. It was always on Showtime; I must have seen it a hundred times. Not really a "teen" movie, but it was hilarious.

singrdave

on Jul 14, 2006

Know what's on right now? Pee-Wee's Big Adventure! Yep, another great movie.

And Better Off Dead: "Go that way, very fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

Tova7

on Jul 14, 2006

The Rocky Horror Picture Show...though I don't have a clue when it was made...it played every Sat night in 1985-86 in Cincinnati to a roaring teenage crowd.

singrdave

on Jul 14, 2006

The Rocky Horror Picture Show...

It was 1975, with a long run in theaters (31 years and counting)!
I saw it for the first (through sixth) times in 1988, the summer between junior and senior years in HS, during a six-week run at our local theater.

"Oh, Rocky!"

"Great Scott!"

"Do any of you know how to Madison?"

Tova7

on Jul 14, 2006

Yup yup...I knew it was old...but then selling the "virgins" every week occupied most of my attention.

It showed every weekend I believe my junior and senior years. It was a kinda rite of passage.

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