5:00 AM PDT, September 3, 2012
The John Hughes '80s classic stars Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller, the most popular guy in high school who decides to call in sick (or, shall we say, barf up a lung?) and go on a downtown Chicago adventure with girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) and best bud Cameron (Alan Ruck) -- all the while dodging Principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), who knows that Ferris has to be up to no good!
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Paramount
The John Hughes '80s classic stars Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller, the most popular guy in high school who decides to call in sick (or, shall we say, barf up a lung?) and go on a downtown Chicago adventure with girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) and best bud Cameron (Alan Ruck) -- all the while dodging Principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), who knows that Ferris has to be up to no good!
Dead Poet's Society
Touchstone Pictures
The critically acclaimed 1989 film favorite cast Robin Williams as an English teacher in a late-'50s Vermont boarding school. Through his unorthodox approach to teaching poetry, he inspires his students -- including Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles and Robert Sean Leonard -- to "carpe diem," or seize the day.
10 Things I Hate About You
Touchstone Pictures
Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles made a splash on the movie scene with 10 Things I Hate About You. It's an inspired, clever update of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew set in high school with a rockin' soundtrack. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz, Gabrielle Union and Larry Miller round out the cast.
Dazed and Confused
Universal
Director Richard Linklater's ode to rock and roll and high school in his Texas town features early performances from the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Joey Lauren Adams, Adam Goldberg and Parker Posey, following a group of '70s partying high school kids in search of alcohol and the opposite sex on the last day of school.
American Pie
Universal
Installments of American Pie, originally released in 1999, continue to be produced. The original, starring the likes of Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Alyson Hannigan, Shannon Elizabeth, Tara Reid, and Seann William Scott, is a coming-of-age tale that follows high school seniors determined to get laid and lose their V-card before graduation. Jason's character famously shares an intimate moment with a pie in a self-pleasuring scene.
The Breakfast Club
Universal
What could be more fun than doing time in high school detention with the princess (Molly Ringwald), the jock (Emilio Estevez), the nerd (Anthony Michael Hall), the outcast (Ally Sheedy) and the rebel (Judd Nelson) in writer/director John Hughes' cult classic dramedy?
Sixteen Candles
Universal
Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) wants to celebrate her sweet sixteen in this nostalgic teen comedy from writer/director John Hughes, but nobody in her family seems to realize it -- especially the "Big Blonde on Campus" who stands between her and the boy of her dreams!
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Universal
The 1982 comedy classic from writer Cameron Crowe and director Amy Heckerling features an ensemble cast including a young Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Forest Whitaker, Judge Reinhold and Phoebe Cates. Fast Times follows a group of high school teens as they make their way through the school year, learning about life and love and they endure bad jobs, bad dates and tough teachers.
Mean Girls
Paramount
So fetch! Back in her heyday, Lindsay Lohan was a young starlet alongside Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert. LiLo was challenged with transitioning from being homeschooled to fitting in with the popular crowd called "The Plastics." It wasn't long before she was queen bee, causing the school to stage a bullying intervention.
High School Musical
Disney
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and the rest of the High School Musical Wildcats gang were all in it together as they paved the way for Glee. It was the little made-for-TV movie that could, topping the music charts and putting their names on the map. This Disney Channel movie spawned a trilogy to follow the cast all the way through graduation.
Top 10 High School Movies
Paramount
Bells across America are ringing to signify the beginning of the school year. When the homework's all done, pop some popcorn and reward yourself with these classic high school themed flicks.