What was / is your favorite "coming of age genre" teen film?

This can run the gamut of everything from "Sixteen Candles", "Breakfast Club" & "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" to modern movies like "The Girl Next Door", "10 Things I Hate About You" and "Dazed and Confused."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_film

Tags: coming of age, growing up, teen films


 
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

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"Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him.... [show more]

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The Breakfast Club

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The Goonies (1985)

I mean, it had the Truffle Shuffle and everything.

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Grease

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16 Candles

Touching, yet hysterical. The stuff with Long Duck Dong is some of the funniest stuff ever written.... [show more]

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15  votes
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High - 1982

"That was my skull! I'm so wasted!"

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Dazed and Confused

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Pretty in Pink

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Cruel Intentions

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Valley Girl

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Legally Blonde

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Say Anything (1989)

She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen.

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Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

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Teen Wolf

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"Brick" (2006)

"Brick," the dynamic debut feature from writer/director Rian Johnson, won the Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize for Orig... [show more]

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Angela's Ashes

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The Lords of Flatbush

Stallone and Perry King were hilarious. Susan Blakely played her part with great sensitivity. Great flick about growing up in the 50's.

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West Side Story

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St. Elmo's Fire

Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estavez

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Three O'Clock High

The underappreciated Three O' Clock High is a 1987 American high school comedy film directed by Phil Joanou

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Welcome to 18

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Kibber Member (Level 6): 7,146 points   1 year ago

I think the 80's had the best teen movies.

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This topic was started by QuiksilverSurfer Member (Level 6): 13,629 points on August 7th, 2006. 107 grupies have voted on one or more of the 45 answers.

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