I’ll second “Can’t Hardly Wait”, Seth Green’s clueless white boy role made that movie.
But my all time favorite teen movie is–and will always be–“Heathers”. Lick it up, baby. Lick it up.
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I like Can’t Hardly Wait, except for the stupid stuff with Jenna Elfman.
I just saw She’s All That for the first time this weekend, and was pleasantly surprised at some of the smaller jokes. Like the father answering along with Jeopardy, and other stuff like that. Good stuff there.
These are the only ones I can think of right now:
American Pie 1 & 2
Road Trip
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Legally Blonde
Real Genius
10 Things I Hate About You
Clueless
The Breakfast Club
Scream
Final Destination
Idle Hand
Urban Legend
Clueless was one of the worst films of the year. 
And there’s a lot on these lists that are college-age films - not what I consider to be ‘teen’ years. Aren’t the teen years mostly in the high school years? Sure, you’re usually a freshman as a teen, and maybe a sophomore, but the bulk of your teen years are in high school. Which is why I didn’t include Road Trip (but shouldn’t have, with this logic, included American Pie 2, which is set in college).
Real Genius: screamingly gorgeous Val Kilmer being cynical and slackerly. I love it.
Yes, I think you may have a point. The standard “teen comedy” format usually involves a bunch of high schoolers in their senior year. There is usually some combination of the following: Nice Guy\Preppy Girl, Asshole Jock\Hot Bitch, Angst Guy\Bitter Girl, Keg Man, Party Girl, Geek Boy\Nerd Girl, Stoner Dude\Clueless Girl, Smooth Operator\Superhot Chick, a couple of underclassman and Returning Alumni Man. Pretty much all the highschool stereotypes. There will be some run-ins with bullies, some romantic entanglements, and other assorted random wackiness. The entire movie will either take place at or lead up to the high school prom or some end of school blow-out party. Adults are never seen except for small “what are you wacky kids up to?” roles.
In contrast, the “college movie” (Road Trip, PCU, Animal House etc) has pretty much the same characters except that its usually a group of mostly guys who would just be off having fun if it wasn’t for that mean old dean/professor and that rival fraternity. And there is often a road trip.
No one adores Pretty In Pink?
Pretty In Pink was on when I walked in the door today. I tuned in to see Long Duck Dong drop his head under the bed.
Yeah, yeah. Double-entendres and everything.
Anyway, due to several favorable mentions of Ten Things I Hate About You, I went and rented it tonight. Great movie! Frickin’ Hilarious! I only wish it had been around when I was a teen. And, by the way, I think Allison Janney as the counselor had the best role in the entire movie.
“Quivering member. I like that!”
i love “american pie” 1 and 2 and “dude, where’s my car?” i’m just a comedy fan. of course, i’m still legally a teen (at least until may), but i’m not a conventional one
How about:
Jawbreaker - Rose McGowan
Don’t Tell Mom, the Babysitter’s Dead - Christina Applegate
Election - Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
Bring It On - Kirsten Dunst
Fear - (does this count?) Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon
The Outsiders - Matt Dillon
Meatballs - Bill Murray
Little Darlings - Tatum O’Neal, Kristy McNichol
The Flamingo Kid - Matt Dillon
Tex - Matt Dillon
Have I aged myself yet or what!! Most of these are in my VCR library, and most of them have been in said collection for a while.
Can’t believe no one’s mentioned Breaking Away.
How I ended up renting this, given the box pcture, I’ll never know, but I was very fortunate to see Dick, about two teenage girls who manage to bring down the Nixon Administration.
In no particular order:
Footloose
Heathers
Pump Up the Volume
Pretty In Pink
Clueless
Bring It On
Breakfast Club
Well, it depends on which defenition of “Teen Movie” you use. If it’s one primarily about teens or one primarily for teens. Of course, many are both.
SkipMagic, you’re confusing Pretty in Pink with Sixteen Candles. Not too surprising since they both starred Molly Ringwald.
I’ll have to add my vote to Better off Dead and The Sure Thing. Real Genius was lots of fun as well. Don’t forget (for those who say it doesn’t count) that although Chris (Val Kilmer’s character) may not have been a teen, the protagonist, Mitch, most definately was a teen.
Heathers. Although it was about teens, I don’t know if I would classify that as a teen movie. It is a wicked dark comedy though.
There’s another one that actually isn’t bad (which I remember because it was on cable over the weekend) - Just One of the Guys. It’s mostly memorable for Buddy, the obnoxious younger brother, and the fact that the actress who played Terry did a good enough job that you occasionally forget that she’s not a boy.
Oh, and another vote for Meatballs Classic Bill Murray.
[Better off Dead]
“Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn!”
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YES! Election! Great choice!
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I want my two dollars!!!
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**Emma ** either teen-ish version. (Paltrow or Beckinsale, though Beckinsale’s male counterpart was far more yummier.)
Anything by **John Hughes **
**Risky Business ** “Joel, get off the babysitter!”
Heh. Um…yep. Thanks, Linus! Pretty in Pink had Jon Cryer as Duckie; between the two, I prefer Sixteen Candles.
Has anyone mentioned My Bodyguard or Hiding Out? And, although it’s not necessarily a “teen” movie, My Chauffeur?
Yep. I loved the girl who couldn’t sleep and the guy going through Mitch’s closet to get to his secret living quarters. 
My Bodyguard was the one with Matt Dillon as the bodyguard, right? And Hiding Out was the one in which Jon Cryer had the goofy streak in his hair, right?
How about these Kid n’ Play classics:
Class Act - High school hood and brain have to trade places with hilarious results
House Party - Kid N Play, Martin Lawrance, that funny black father from every rap video and movie. What more could you ask for?
For fans of more “serious” teen fare:
School Ties - Brandon Frasier struggles with anti-semitism as a 6’4" 250 lb star football playing steelmill-town Jew getting picked on by little Matt Damon and his geeky prep-school friends.
Kind of “The Outsiders” for a lot of this generation of young actors.
And no one has mentioned the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry?
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?