Entertainment Weekly's "50 Best High School Movies"

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From September 15, 2006 issue: "We still enjoy reliving our worst teenage traumas, from classrooms and cafeterias to pep rallies and senior proms. This dean’s list of films captures those memorable years of promise and pimples."

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  1. 2.
    Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Widescreen Special Edition)
    by Amy Heckerling

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  2. 3.
    Dazed & Confused - Criterion Collection
    by Richard Linklater

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  3. 5.
    Heathers
    by Michael Lehmann

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  4. 6.
    American Graffiti (Collector's Edition)
    by George Lucas

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  5. 7.
    Clueless

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    Boyz N the Hood (2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
    by John Singleton

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  7. 9.
    Election
    by Alexander Payne

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  8. 10.
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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  9. 11.
    Say Anything

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  10. 12.
    Mean Girls (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Mark Waters (VIII)

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  11. 13.
    High School (1968 Documentary)
    by Frederick Wiseman

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  12. 14.
    Donnie Darko
    by Richard Kelly (II)

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  13. 15.
    Carrie (Special Edition)
    by Brian De Palma

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  14. 16.
    Lucas (1986)
    by David Seltzer

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  15. 17.
    Peggy Sue Got Married
    by Francis Ford Coppola

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  16. 20.
    Dead Poets Society
    by Peter Weir

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  17. 21.
    Grease (Widescreen Edition)

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  18. 22.
    American Pie - Unrated (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Chris Weitz

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  19. 23.
    Cooley High
    by Michael Schultz

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  20. 24.
    Rushmore - Criterion Collection
    by Wes Anderson

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  21. 25.
    Hoosiers (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by David Anspaugh

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  22. 26.
    Pretty in Pink

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  23. 27.
    To Sir, With Love
    by James Clavell

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  25. 29.
    Gregory's Girl
    by Bill Forsyth

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  26. 30.
    Bring It On

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  27. 31.
    The Karate Kid (Special Edition)
    by John G. Avildsen

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  30. 34.
    Get Real
    by Simon Shore

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  31. 35.
    Brick

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  32. 37.
    Friday Night Lights (Widescreen Edition)
    by Peter Berg

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  33. 38.
    Bye Bye Birdie
    by George Sidney (II)

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  34. 39.
    The Virgin Suicides

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  35. 40.
    Risky Business
    by Paul Brickman

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  36. 41.
    Can't Buy Me Love
    by Steve Rash

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  37. 42.
    Fame
    by Alan Parker

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  38. 43.
    Stand and Deliver
    by Ramón Menéndez

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    Can't Hardly Wait
    by Harry Elfont

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  40. 45.
    My Bodyguard
    by Tony Bill

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  41. 46.
    Flirting
    by John Duigan

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  42. 47.
    Napoleon Dynamite
    by Jared Hess

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  43. 48.
    Just One of the Guys
    by Lisa Gottlieb

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  44. 49.
    Sixteen Candles (High School Reunion Collection)
    by John Hughes

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  45. 50.
    Splendor in the Grass
    by Elia Kazan

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Created by MKaiserman on Sep 08, 2006.
 

Comments

Untitled — 42 weeks ago

Harry Potter is included but If…. isn’t?


What? — 1 year ago

Uh… what about Dazed and Confused?


MKaiserman
West Orange

EW Gets a B+ — 3 years ago

Unlike many EW lists (see “25 Most Controversial Films” earlier this year), this one doesn’t over-use really recent films that won’t hold up. Of films from the last 3 years, Mean Girls, Napoleon Dynamite, Brick, and Friday Night Lights are worthy inclusions – Harry Potter #4 is a little more debatable perhaps since HP#5 may quickly trump it.

While the order of the 50, is, as always, debatable, the list itself seems to contain the usual EW obscure films (Get Real) and clunkers (Just One of the Guys, Can’t Buy Me Love – if you include those, why not Scott Baio’s Zapped! – okay that’s not a fair comparison)

But, as always, there are some notable absences: Saved!, Weird Science, WarGames, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Pleasantville, Porky’s, The Chosen, October Sky, Dick, and The Girl Next Door.