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The '80 had The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and so on. The '90 have..?

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shuri

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I was going thru my dvd collections, and I noticed that the '80 had all those classic John Hughe teen movies. Weird Science, Pretty In Pink, Breakfast Club, Sixteen candles. The type of classic '80 movies that really defined the decade. Harmless movies that we can watch over and over again

In the '90, what do we have? We have.. Hackers? Clueless? American Pie was so milked to death that I cant stand that it anymore.

I'm watching Clueless right now, and it's really quite of snapshot of '94-'95 in the way they dress, music references and .. and.. Alicia Silverstone in a short skirt... so..short.. Alicia.. Hmmm..

Anyhow! Discuss.
 
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Kon Tiki

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Kids.

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The acting hardly seems like acting. I mean scripted, rehearsed acting. These kids seem like they're just shootin the shit like real kids. From the beginning, I felt I was not watching a show, but instead I had a secret glimpse at real people, for the most part.
 
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AstroLad

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Not all comedies but I still think they fit the bill:

Pulp Fiction
Fargo
Good Will Hunting
American Beauty
 
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shuri

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I'm not talking about regular movies that you can watch over and over again, but movies about young people. All the movies previously suggested fit, except for Terminator 2, and pretty much all of Astrolad's entries
 
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AstroLad

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Naked Shuriken said:
I'm not talking about regular movies that you can watch over and over again, but movies about young people. All the movies previously suggested fit, except for Terminator 2, and pretty much all of Astrolad's entries
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Maybe you should be clearer in your first post then. This was pretty much the only criteria you gave, "Harmless movies that we can watch over and over again."

Basically though 80's movies are way fucking overrated, especially some seriously shitty ones because of nostalgia and 90's movies are underrated for that same 80's nostalgia.
 
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ConfusingJazz

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Naked Shuriken said:
I'm not talking about regular movies that you can watch over and over again, but movies about young people. All the movies previously suggested fit, except for Terminator 2, and pretty much all of Astrolad's entries
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Well, lets see here, American Pie, Varsity Blues, Fast and the Furious, Whatever it Takes, Final Destination, Road Trip...
 
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ConfusingJazz

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Tazznum1 said:
F&F came out in 2001? Right?
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Yeah, but I was just listing off all the movies that I could think of that centered around teenagers or college kids, but didn't have time to check.

And why did you know that, I am hoping you looked it up...
 
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The Shadow

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PlayStation Tree said:
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Encino Man
(Pauly Shore is so f'ing 90's it's sick)
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This guy has the right idea. Counter-parts to the 80's classics.

I'd add Wayne's World to that list.
 
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ToxicAdam

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I still think 'Can't Hardly Wait' was one of the most under-rated teen coming of age movies ever.


My list: Scream, Can't Hardly Wait, Singles, Heathers (90s ???) and Clerks/Mallrats.


All deal with various "Hughes-esque" themes.



I thought Clueless is completely overrated. It is to the 90's what "Valley Girl" was to '80's teen movies.
 
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The Shadow

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Heathers was 1989.

Cool movie but it kind of goes to shit toward the end. It had a real statement to make and then it gives up on that message and just goes nuts. :(

I somewhat agree with the "Can't Hardly Wait" nod. Underrated for sure but I'm not sure I'd put it up there with the 80's classics.
 
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Alucard

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10 Things I Hate About You

I think it came out in the late 90s. It's an admitted guilty pleasure of mine.

"I have a dick on my face, don't I?"
 
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Teknopathetic

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Given the movies you mentioned in the title, direct comparisons would be like 10 Things I hate About You or She's all that or some crap like that. Kids is awesome, though.

DAMN YOU ALUCARD.
 
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ConfusingJazz

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Alucard said:
10 Things I Hate About You

I think it came out in the late 90s. It's an admitted guilty pleasure of mine.

"I have a dick on my face, don't I?"
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That movie is awesome, no reason to feel guilty about it.
 
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kumanoki

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In the same vein as the Brat Pack movies-

Grosse Pointe Blank
High Fidelity

What has John Hughes been up to lately?
 
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Guileless

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American Pie was indeed milked to death, but in 2030 when I get nostalgic about coming of age in the 90s that will be the first movie I reach for. The original is still very good.
 
way more

way more

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Donnie Darko. It was a 2001 release but hell, it was about 90's teenagers.

Also another Linklater film, Suburbia.
 
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Axsider

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Naked Shuriken said:
I was going thru my dvd collections, and I noticed that the '80 had all those classic John Hughe teen movies. Weird Science, Pretty In Pink, Breakfast Club, Sixteen candles. The type of classic '80 movies that really defined the decade. Harmless movies that we can watch over and over again

In the '90, what do we have? We have.. Hackers? Clueless? American Pie was so milked to death that I cant stand that it anymore.

I'm watching Clueless right now, and it's really quite of snapshot of '94-'95 in the way they dress, music references and .. and.. Alicia Silverstone in a short skirt... so..short.. Alicia.. Hmmm..

Anyhow! Discuss.
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Like it said:
http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?t=30926&highlight=judd
 
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Shinobi

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How come Lucas is never mentionedin discussions like these? Best high school flick ever.

And Adventures in Babysitting rocks too...saw that again a couple nights ago.
 
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hobbitx

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"She's all that" and "Clueless" always come into mind when I think of decade defining teen movies. Plus those movies had two of the hottest hotties of all time, even though.......

Rachael Leigh>Alicia
 
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spliced

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I didn't like any of those 80's movies posted in the original post, maybe I was to young to get them at the time.

80's movies for me:

Goonies
Back to the Future
Summer School
The Wizard
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Stand by Me
The Karate Kid

Seems like after the 80's, or possibley the early nineties, kids grew up faster and a lot of the movies about young people are about sex, drugs and gross outs and don't have much heart. Maybe My tastes are just to different now, but I look at a movie like Garden State and I wish more movies were like that. I thought Mean Creek was good to although both of those are 00's. For 90's I would agree with Clueless but can't think of any others.
 
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etiolate

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The teen movies of the 90s felt more like Porkys than a John Hughes film. If you want 90s era music, clothes, attitude then I might go with Mallrats, Clueless or Empire Records. If you want something that feels like a John Hughes film, but is set in the late 80s to 1990, then I'd say Donnie Darko. The use of music in Donnie Darko reminds me a lot of John Hughes. You remember the music, you remember the scene it was in and you sing it for days afterwards.
 
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gofreak

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Requim for a Dream? I haven't actually seen this myself (yet! picked up the DVD last week so i'll be watching it soon). But it does look like relatively young people are involved (teenagers, perhaps?).
 
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AniHawk

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Well, it isn't a movie, but I think it's something harmless to watch over again and again from the 90s that captured the style pretty well:

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Was listening to The Monster's Loose (played at the end of some eps), and I remembered this thread. Heh.
 
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