# Teen movies you (secretly or out of the closet) do like. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897 "2002-07-08T12:59:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/41 "2002-07-10T04:02:06Z")
In alpha order: _American Pie (Haven’t seen the sequel) Bring It On Buffy the Vampire Slayer (“Does Elvis talk to you?”) Clueless Can’t Hardly Wait Fast Times at Ridgemont High (“Dude, that’s my skull.”) Footloose Heathers Anything starring John Cusack Anything by John Waters and/or featuring Brat Packers, period._ I’m a sucker for the genre, but only if it’s well done. I always get a kick out of watching the Buffy movie and seeing Hilary Swank as the very valled out airhead pseudofriend, and thinking “From Buffy to Oscar. Not bad.” ---
**Author:** ![drewcosten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@drewcosten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewcosten)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/42 "2002-07-11T06:00:24Z")
Did no one out there like Trojan War? I thought this one was absolutely hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/43 "2002-07-11T18:17:00Z")
I take the most embarrassing delight in the guy who plays Stiffler on American Pie. He was great in Road Trip and both AP movies. Okay in Dude Where’s My Car (yes, I’ll go see the sequel, or at least rent it) but I thought he was useless in Jay & Silent Bob. His name is Seann Michael something, or somesuch, I’m too lazy to look it up and don’t care overmuch since I’m not planning to join his official fan club. I just fine him really hilarious. He makes teen movies worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/44 "2002-07-11T19:47:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jadis \* > I’m gonna have to put my vote in here for **Can’t Buy Me Love**. I swear, the whole African Anteater Ritual setup was one of the most hilarious things I’ve ever seen. It’s been 15 years and it still makes me laugh. 😃 > \*\* I have to say that I wasn’t such a big fan of that movie. Pattrick Depsey was such a douchebag that I wanted him to get an ass-beating, not a hot chick. Complete dorks don’t get the rich hot girl. It would have been better if he was a brooding artsy loner or a misunderstood guy from the wrong side of the tracks. I found him much funnier in that movie where he was a pizza -delivering man-whore. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/45 "2002-07-11T20:47:06Z")
Gotta agree with **Athena** : **Better Off Dead** has to top my list. (“Now that’s a real shame, when folks be throwin’ away a perfectly good white boy like that…”) Also at the top is **Heathers** (“nag nag nag Nag NAG!”) **Ferris Bueller’s Day Off** **Election** ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/46 "2002-07-11T21:18:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jadis \* > \*\*I’m gonna have to put my vote in here for **Can’t Buy Me Love**. I swear, the whole African Anteater Ritual setup was one of the most hilarious things I’ve ever seen. It’s been 15 years and it still makes me laugh. 😃 > > Weird, though…for how much I loved that movie, I don’t think any of the people in it wound up famous. Am I wrong? \*\* Fifteen Years?!? ::looks at calendar:: Damn… where DID the time go? 🙂 I loved that movie when it came out - even wrote about it in my journal - will have to see if I can find it for rent somewhere… (bops over to IMDB) Patrick Dempsey was the lead… he was in Scream 3 as Detective Mark Kinkaid … skip the (NOT flattering) photo on his main page & check out some of the others - he’s still a cutie! Amanda Peterson was the love interest - she hasn’t done much since then. Oooh! Seth Green was Chuckie Miller (?) – now I gotta go find it! ---
**Author:** ![aquariusrhimme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@aquariusrhimme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aquariusrhimme)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/47 "2002-07-11T21:35:50Z")
I like the American Pie movies, Road Trip, Dead Man on Campus, Dude, Where’s My Car, Jawbreaker, 10 Things I Hate about You, She’s All That, Can’t Hardly Wait, Cruel Intentions (although I like Dangerous Liasons better, and why is there a Cruel Intentions 2 with the same plot???), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, High School Rock n Roll (Forever and Ever), Dazed and Confused, Sugar and Spice and Suburbia. I have seen every aspect of Dead Man on Campus in reality (although slightly exaggerated) at my University, and as far as Dude, Where’s My Car goes…there are some movies that were intended to be stupid, and in their stupidity they are hilarious. Dude, Where’s My Car is one of them. Sugar and Spice is a bit in the intentionally stupid movie category, but I think that for what it’s worth, it’s a pretty good satire. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/48 "2002-07-11T21:46:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*His name is Seann Michael something, or somesuch, I’m too lazy to look it up and don’t care overmuch since I’m not planning to join his official fan club. I just fine him really hilarious. He makes teen movies worthwhile. \*\* **Seann William Scott** , **Cranky**. And don’t forget him in **Evolution**. ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/49 "2002-07-12T00:02:10Z")
Gotta agree with **Better Off Dead** and **The Breakfast Club** , my all-time favourites. I also like **The Year My Voice Broke** , an Aussie movie starring Noah Taylor (remember **Shine**?). But I haven’t seen it in yonks. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/50 "2002-07-12T07:02:56Z")
**Porky’s** anybody? **Revenge of the Nerds**? Does just having teens as the main characters make it a teen movie? If so, I’ll throw in **Halloween** as a fave. Most of mine have been mentioned: **The Breakfast Club Weird Science Real Genius Can’t Buy Me Love Ferris Beuller’s Day Off Heathers Reality Bites** (okay, _any_ Winona Ryder movie. hubba, hubba) **Better Off Dead** (hey! I’m related to the two dollar kid!) **American Pie Ten Things I Hate About You No Small Affair Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home Some Kind of Wonderful The Pickup Artist Chances Are** Gawd, the list goes on… ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/51 "2002-07-12T10:18:38Z")
Nobody has mentioned **Detroit Rock City** yet?!?! I am not much of a KISS fan, but I completely enjoyed this movie. I’ll give a hearty vote for **Better off dead** , **Sixteen Candles** , **Fast Times** , **Valley Girl** , **Real Genius** , and **Heathers**. Dag nabbit, I’m sure I’m missing a few, some most likely already listed(too lazy to scan through and find 'em). [Heathers]I love my dead gay son![/Heathers] ~V ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/52 "2002-07-12T16:00:57Z")
What was that Freddie Prinze Jr/Julia Stiles romance? I love that… This is my thread! I love 'em all. Whoever said \*Clueless[/i[ was bad, you’re kidding, right? It’s only the best movie ever made! 😛 In addition to all listed here, I also like _The Rachel Papers_, _Before Sunrise_ (although technically they’re college kids), and we went to see one young teen movie last night that was really good, _The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys_. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/53 "2002-07-12T16:55:45Z")
Well, I thought of some more on the way home from work: **Orange County** (well, it wasn’t _too_ bad) **Johnny B. Goode** (Uma’s first movie!) **Dazed and Confused Samantha Calendar Girl Scream Grease Finding Forrester Three O’Clock High** (Probably my favorite “high school” movie) **Class of 1984 Class of Nuke 'Em High Jawbreaker Down To You**(that’s the one you were thinking of**sidle**) **For Keeps The Faculty Halloween H2O Teaching Mrs. Tingle** There. Now I can sleep. :o ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897/54 "2002-07-12T17:19:38Z")
How about **Cry-Baby**. Any movie with Johnny Depp as a bad boy on a motorcycle has to be good right? [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0099329](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0099329) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-movies-you-secretly-or-out-of-the-closet-do-like/117897.md?page=2)