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Top Ten High
School Flicks
Remember lockers, lunch time,
bullies, prom, and just hanging out? E! Online has come up with
this list of the best High
School Flicks of all time.
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- Risky
Business
- Joel's parents are going on vacation and leaving him in charge
of the house. They trust their college-bound 17-year-old son but
they shouldn't. Every kid's dream is every parent's nightmare.
No sooner do Joel's parents step on the plane when he raids the
liquor cabinet, has a joyride in Dad's Porsche, and has a night
of passion with a young call girl named Lana. Directed by Paul
Brickman. Starring Tom Cruise & Rebecca De Mornay. R
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- Ferris
Bueller's Day Off
- A chronicle of the events in the day of a rather magical 17-year-old
who has an overwhelming urge to cut school one spring day and
head for downtown Chicago with his girl and best friend to see
the sights and experience a day of freedom. Directed by John Hughes.
Starring Matthew Broderick. PG-13
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- Fast
Times at Ridgemont High
- The struggles of teenagers as they deal with independence, success,
sexuality, money, maturity, school, and particularly with just
making it through the formative years. Directed by Amy Heckerling.
Starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason-Leigh, & Judge Reinhold.
R
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- Sixteen
Candles
- It's Samantha Baker's sweet sixteen and no one in her family
remembers the important occasion. But wait...the day isn't over
yet! Directed by John Hughes. Starry Molly Ringwald & Anthony
Michael Hall. PG
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- Clueless
- Fifteen-year-old Cher keeps it all together, even finding time
for extracurricular projects like finding a love match for her
debate class teacher, and giving a dowdy friend a fashion makeover.
Directed by Amy Heckerling. Starring Alicia Silverstone. Based
on Emma
by Jane Austen. PG-13
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- My
Bodyguard
- Clifford won't surrender his lunch money to the terrorizing
bully at school. He hires the school misfit as his bodyguard.
Directed by Tony Bill. Starring Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin,
& Matt Dillon. PG
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- American
Graffiti
- The misadventures of four California high school graduates one
late summer night in 1962. Directed by George Lucas. Starring
Richard Dreyfuss & Ron Howard. PG
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- Dazed
and Confused
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The story of the last day of school, in a small Texas town
- and one rowdy night - in the lives of a group of high school
students in late May, 1976. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring
Jason London & Joey Lauren Adams. R
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- Rock
'n' Roll High School
- A group of rock-loving students, with the help of The Ramones,
take over their school to combat its oppressive administration.
Directed by Allan Arkush. Starring PJ Soles, Vincent Van Patten,
& Clint Howard. PG
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- Valley
Girl
- Julie is, like, so over her preppy boyfriend, she dumps him
on the escalator at the Galleria. And when she meets punker Randy,
her eyes practically bug out because she thinks he's sexy even
though he makes her friends gag! But even if Randy's ready to
stop the world and melt with her, can Julie risk losing her friends
and her super-popularity at school just to be with him? Directed
by Martha Coolidge. Starring Nicholas Cage & Deborah Foreman.
R
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