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Growing up in the excellent 80s there were a lot of teen movies. Which ones effected you the most? I was really effected by The Breakfast Club; Sixteen Candles and The Rivers Edge. How about you?

I believe it had something to do with a day off.....

Effected, as in caused a change in me?

I haven't seen most of these. :(
Was watching cartoons at this stage of my life.

What 80s teen films affected me?

I guess Scum (made in '79, but hey), Repo Man and Suburbia.

I'm disappointed in you, you didn't have Ferris Bueller's Day Off as one of the main choices.

You gotta love The Lost Boys

Transformers: the Movie.

The Outsiders

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Heathers (http://imdb.com/title/tt0097493/).

Any film with the brat pack in...


...deserves never to see the light of day again. The '80s definietly represents an entire decade of marketing over substance i the teen genre









or so i'm told. :p

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Damn right--that's one of the weirdest films I've ever seen.

Gotta say, Megaforce. Perhaps the cheapest, cheesiest film I have ever seen.

What 80s teen films affected me?

I guess Scum (made in '79, but hey), Repo Man and Suburbia.

Accept for Suburbia I don't think those other two were actually about teenagers.

That's right I totally forgot about Ferris Bueller and Better of Dead. Both excellent choices.
Now for the most important question for the guys (well gals if you want to), who would you rather sleep with from those movies: Molly Ringwald; Ally Sheedy; Hot blonde from Sixteen Candles; etc.
I'd have to go for Ally Sheedy. Demi Moore if she was one of the brat pack. :p

I cannot believe Ferris Bueller is not in there - that movie is the reason why I get up in the morning.

pretty in pink, breakfast club, fast times at richmond high and ferris bueller's day off.... ahhh, quality films

Accept for Suburbia I don't think those other two were actually about teenagers.

I know Scum was definatly about teenagers. Just teenagers in prison.

I was born too late in the 80s to have seen any of those when they came out, but I have seen Sixteen Candles & The Breakfast Club. I like The Breakfast Club, even though I am not fond of the fact that the wierd girl changed. It didn't have any effect on me, though.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off = love.

Molly Ringwald; Ally Sheedy; Hot blonde from Sixteen Candles; etc. I'd have to go for Ally Sheedy. Demi Moore if she was one of the brat pack. :p

Demi Moore is/was one of the bratpack. St. Elmo's Fire, About Last Night, One Crazy Summer ... definately a brat packer.

However, of the bunch from various 80s flicks, I'm gonna have to go with Mary Stuart Masterson on my "to do" list.

http://www.all-pictures-photos.com/images/mary-stuart-masterson/mary-stuart-masterson-010-img.jpg

Mmmm hmmm!

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Two Dollars!!

Risky Business, starring Rebecca Demornay and some guy.

Scum was a great film.
Famous quote: Where's your tool...

Just watched Ray Winstone in Sexy Beast, very good, Ben Kingsley was amazing.

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and One Crazy Summer. And How I Got Into College. And EEK! The Cat...

I dig Savage Steve Holland.

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol.

Gold. Much more moving than Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach - they really sold out on that one.

none of the above. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure affected me and my friends most, duuuuude :cool:

and Wayne's World, but that was a little later :)

Ferris Bueler and fast times at richmond high, though, no one seems to remember the coolest teenage movie quote ever.....

DANIEL SAN!Breathe In, Breathe Out......

none of the above. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure affected me and my friends most, duuuuude :cool:

and Wayne's World, but that was a little later :)

EXTREME COLSE UUUUUUUUUP

In order of importance...

Transformers: The Movie
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (and the sequel was decent too, but early 90's)

You gotta love The Lost Boys
Oh hell yea! We had a whole cult going over that one :p

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*WARNING: GRATUITOUS SEX SCENE!*

sorry i think that's from wayne's world 2... i get mixed up - i always watch em back-to-back nowadays :D

"don't you think it was a tad unnecessary to see the crack in the indian's bottom?" :p

*eyeballs spin around*

The Ultimate motion picture representation of what it was like to be me (horny and Mischievous) and you people have completely missed it!

I'm ashamed!
I, of course, refer to none other than...

Porky's.

:D

Well, I was an '83 kid, but I am addicted to 80's teen movies.

In order of importance:

Breakfast Club (want a copy in Australia, but can't get one dammit :headbang: ). I am in love with Judd Nelson because of this movie. Plan to use it in all my future English teaching.

Heathers (same problem :headbang: )

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure!!! I learnt all my history from that damn movie! :p

The Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, River's Edge, Bill & Ted (1 and 2), and Ferris Beuller's Day Off. All are perfect for slow weekends.

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure!!! I learnt all my history from that damn movie! :p

Dude, I memorised the entire script for that movie back in 1991. I shit you not.

I wish I had your excellent memory.

OOH i can't believe noone has mentioned Wierd Science yet! That was so good.

And Footloose...I can't believe noone's mentioned that 1984 classic. That was where I learned to love Kevin Bacon.

Hiding Out with Jon Cryer was pretty good, too. Bonus points for including a PIL song in the soundtrack.

I cannot believe Ferris Bueller is not in there - that movie is the reason why I get up in the morning.


Thats wierd. It's kinda the reason I never get out of bed on a morning.

OOH i can't believe noone has mentioned Wierd Science yet! That was so good

Me neither! Funniest movie ever!..... well almost.

But Hey! What about Risky Business anyone? Rebecca DeMornay, arrrrrrrhh *drools*

All I can say to that list is: I graduated high school in 1986 and there are 4 movies on the list I've never heard of...

Out of the one's on the list, Fast Times or Breakfast Club. But Better Off Dead, Risky Business, Bill and Ted, Ferris Beuller, Rumble Fish, Outsiders, Weird Science, Lost Boys, and Footloose were all good.

I don't think Light of Day or Stand by Me have been mentioned. The later is really the only one that I think has stood the tests of time well....

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Seconded!

This is a mountain of pure snow!!! Do you know the street value of this stuff? I think I froze the left side of my body.

Well, I was an '83 kid, but I am addicted to 80's teen movies.

In order of importance:

Breakfast Club (want a copy in Australia, but can't get one dammit :headbang: ). I am in love with Judd Nelson because of this movie. Plan to use it in all my future English teaching.

Heathers (same problem :headbang: )

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure!!! I learnt all my history from that damn movie! :p
New Jack City - Great Judd Nelson film!!!!!!!!! Convinced me to grow a goatee oh so many years ago!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Ferris Bueller "I really do have a history test today, that wasn't b******t. It's on European Socialism. I mean, really, what's the point? I'm not European, I don't plan on being European, so who gives a crap if they're socialists. They could be fascist anarchists, it still wouldn't change the fact that I don't have a car. Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Isms in general, I feel, are not good. A person shouldn't believe in an -ism, he should believe in him self. I quote John Lennon: 'I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.' Good point, there. But after all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus, but I'd still have to bum rides off people."

Best movie quote ever.