# Recommend movies about perky teenage/college girls **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064 "2006-02-05T03:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/41 "2006-02-06T06:01:40Z")
> [@Gorgonzola](#): > > I have no desire to speculate, really, **lissener**. I am simply reporting what I have observed from a number of years observing what certain females of this age group will watch, and in what groupings. I kind of got the impression that this was what the OP was asking for. > > And while I support forever your right to boldly and publicly state that one Joss Whedon series, uh, ultimately blows another out of the water, you were first to mention the word _silly_? Well, being the one of us who has seen both series, yeah. And since Buffy is the best American TV show of all time, I’m not really gonna hold Joss to that standard for everything he does; you can hardly expect him to create the best TV show in the history of TV 3 times outta 3. Considering the guy who made the second best TV series ever, _NYPD Blue_, also made _Cop Rock_, I think that’s reasonable. Firefly might have greatened up after 7 years, but we’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/42 "2006-02-06T07:07:46Z")
My favorite movie with a teenage heroine is _Labyrinth_. It’s a fantasy of course, but it’s a heck of a lot of fun and Bowie actually isn’t bad in it either. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/43 "2006-02-06T11:51:42Z")
I recommend [**Coming Soon**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150176/#comment). Ok, so it’s R rated, but it’s on the _American Pie_ end of the scale rather than _9 1/2 Weeks_. It is also the movie which fits most closely with my high school experience (judge that as you please). Failing that…[**Empire Records**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112950/) was my favourite fim when I was in my teens, well, that and **A Clockwork Orange** **Gorgonzola** - I love Whedon and don’t put down _Wonderfalls_, I love that show. Never seen and have no interest in seeing _Girl, Interrupted_ though. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/44 "2006-02-06T12:10:32Z")
**Not Another Teen Movie.** A teen movie in the sense it is a take-off of all other movies. I’m not sure if it quite fits the category. It is a comedy, but it is very much a teen movie, and does have some perky cheerleaders. “But isn’t she the one with glasses, paint covered overalls and a ponytail? I can’t go to the prom with her!” ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/45 "2006-02-06T16:38:02Z")
[13 Going on 30](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337563/) is a pretty solid flick that is largely tolerable due to its ability to appeal to a broad range of viewers. [Raising Helen](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0350028/) manages to be cute and moving without being irritating. Hey **Selkie** , what age range, specifically, did you have in mind? Because while I agree that **Chasing Liberty** is a great choice for 16+ I would not necessarily recommend it for 13-15 simply because experience has shown that these girls received it with little enthusiasm. ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/46 "2006-02-06T21:50:16Z")
> [@blace81](#): > > Hey **Selkie** , what age range, specifically, did you have in mind? This is probably going to sound much worse than it actually is (I promise, nothing squicky is involved), but it’s for older adults who enjoy watching unironic movies about perky teens, rather than for actual teens. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/47 "2006-02-06T22:03:53Z")
The characters in _Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage_ are pretty perky . . . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/48 "2006-02-06T22:18:26Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > How about classic stories of young women? Jane Austen is always good - _Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Sense & Sensibility_. There’s also “Real Women have Curves”, in which the herione isn’t exactly perky, but a possibility. My niece and nephew loved the old version of “Yours, Mine and Ours”, a true story of a widow with 8 kids marrying a widower with 10. > > StG It probably isn’t out on DVD just yet, but Keira Knightly was perky as all get out as Lizzy Bennet in the recent _Pride and Prejudice_. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/49 "2006-02-06T22:58:27Z")
[Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120032/). The DVD cover sez it all… ---
**Author:** ![Gorgonzola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@Gorgonzola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgonzola)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/50 "2006-02-07T03:43:39Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Well, being the one of us who has seen both series, yeah. And since Buffy is the best American TV show of all time, I’m not really gonna hold Joss to that standard for everything he does; you can hardly expect him to create the best TV show in the history of TV 3 times outta 3. Considering the guy who made the second best TV series ever, _NYPD Blue_, also made _Cop Rock_, I think that’s reasonable. > > Firefly might have greatened up after 7 years, but we’ll never know. Once again, I am reminded of why my post count here averages out to 0.08 posts per day. And so it shall continue. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/51 "2006-02-07T04:17:37Z")
How about the old Andy Rooney-Judy Garland pictures? ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/52 "2006-02-07T04:24:56Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Daniel > who also recommends _Meet the Feebles_ as “A nostalgic homage to your childhood” You best be smilin’ when you say that. I saw _Meet the Feebles_ years ago and I still refuse to believe that came from Peter Jackson. Nope, it wasn’t him. Could not _possibly_ be him. No way. ::sticks fingers in ears:: Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalicanthearyoulalalalalalala… ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/53 "2006-02-07T04:30:44Z")
Oh, and if you’re going to one of mention Peter Jackson’s films (not that you have…) in this thread, it would be _Heavenly Creatures_. But, I don’t think that’s the fru-fru college chick film the op wants. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/54 "2006-02-07T20:01:26Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > How about the old Andy Rooney-Judy Garland pictures? :smack: **Mickey** Rooney. Playing **Andy** Hardy. But Judy/Polly sure was a perky teenage girl! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/55 "2006-02-11T17:40:55Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > The characters in _Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage_ are pretty perky . . . 🙂 My Hero. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/56 "2006-02-11T18:08:32Z")
> [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > You best be smilin’ when you say that. My sense of humor sometimes involves causing mental anguish. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/57 "2006-02-11T18:46:03Z")
> [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > Oh, and if you’re going to one of mention Peter Jackson’s films (not that you have…) in this thread, it would be _Heavenly Creatures_. But, I don’t think that’s the fru-fru college chick film the op wants. No, I don’t think it is. The OP asked for movies **about** perky girls, not movies that perky girls like to **watch**. Pretty Woman does not fall into that category either. Meanwhile, I would recommend any of the Gidget movies. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/58 "2006-03-04T16:51:58Z")
Pumpkin. Christina Ricci plays a blond college coed (President of her soriority) who falls in love with a kid from her Special Olympics charity project. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/59 "2006-03-04T17:17:42Z")
_Judge Hardy’s Children_ (1938), _Love Finds Andy Hardy_ (1938), _Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever_ (1939), _Strike Up the Band_ (1940), _Here Come the Co-Eds_ (1945), _Meet Me in St. Louis_ (1944), _A Kiss for Corliss_ (1949), _Belles on Their Toes_ (1952), _Gidget_ (1959). ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-about-perky-teenage-college-girls/343064/60 "2006-03-04T17:24:51Z")
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