# Top High School/College Comedies of all time & top in last 10 yrs. Poll & Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985 "2007-11-11T03:01:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/21 "2007-11-11T17:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Saved! (2004) 7.0 I don’t know it, what type of comedy is it? [/QUOTE] It’s a religious satire starring Jena Malone, Macauluy Culkin, and Mandy Moore that lampoons false piousness. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/22 "2007-11-11T17:09:57Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] With the exception of _Rushmore_ & _Election_, **10 Things I Hate About You** is leagues better than any of the films you have in your Top 10 (last 10 years) list. And how in the world can you possibly call _The Graduate_ a “non-comedy”? Have you actually seen it? [/QUOTE] Okay, on “10 things”, your opinion and all. I didn’t like it much. Lets see your list, I did not mean for mine to be authoritative, just a working list to start this. I have seen _The Graduate_ several times. To me it fails to make the genre on two criteria. It is really a post college movie and I thought it more a light hearted drama than a comedy film. I think it is a very good movie, just not in the genre actually. IMDB does consider it a Drama / Romance / Comedy. I am not sure if this supports you or me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/23 "2007-11-11T17:19:14Z")
_Mean Girls_ is pretty good. “I think we should all just stab Caeser.” ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/24 "2007-11-11T17:46:18Z")
I saw “Valley Girls” listed but recall the title was “Valley Girl”, and I though this was a really good romantic comedy for that time. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/25 "2007-11-11T17:52:31Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Was that College? I think of that as post College, now they are adults. I don’t think it fits despite the cast. [/QUOTE] That was about St. Elmo’s Fire – and I think the same thing about Harold and Kumar. They _visit_ a college, but I think it is more about what happens after college. It’s more along the lines of St. Elmo’s Fire (which I love) and Reality Bites (which I think bites). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/26 "2007-11-11T18:05:58Z")
[QUOTE=delphica] That was about St. Elmo’s Fire – and I think the same thing about Harold and Kumar. They _visit_ a college, but I think it is more about what happens after college. It’s more along the lines of St. Elmo’s Fire (which I love) and Reality Bites (which I think bites). [/QUOTE] That’s a fair complaint. I guess \*\*H&KgtWC \*\* does not fit. Call it a road movie comedy instead or just a stoner movie? **phungi** , thanks for the correction, it was Valley Girl (1983) with a 5.9 rating on the IMDB. The last three on my list, were last minute additions. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/27 "2007-11-11T18:25:52Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I can’t belive I forgot Porky’s, I think I saw that my junior year. I will never forget Lassie. Porky’s (1982) 5.7 Road Trip (2000) 6.3 Where to you put it? Do you recommend it? [/QUOTE] Road Trip was pretty good; I’d say 6.3 is a fairly accurate rating. I’d recommend checking it out, there are some pretty funny parts… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/28 "2007-11-11T18:29:18Z")
I loved _Road Trip_. For me it’s the best of all those movies, the recent ones at least. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/29 "2007-11-11T18:35:13Z")
How about **The Stoned Age**? That _was_ high school in the 70’s/early 80s. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/30 "2007-11-11T20:36:25Z")
[QUOTE=NicePete] How about **The Stoned Age**? That _was_ high school in the 70’s/early 80s. [/QUOTE] The Stöned Age (1994) 5.8 I never even head of this one. It looks like it was a small release, low budget movie. What made it memorable? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/31 "2007-11-11T20:47:08Z")
What, no love for **Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion**? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/32 "2007-11-11T20:53:45Z")
**SUPERBAD!** Saved is a really good movie. It’s set at a religious High School Harold and Maud for all time champ. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/33 "2007-11-11T20:55:09Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] What, no love for **Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion**? [/QUOTE] I love the dance sequence at the end of the movie. I love this movie. 😃 My addition would be [Just One of the Guys](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089393/). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/34 "2007-11-11T21:23:51Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] What, no love for **Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion**? [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t count that in this category. Do you really think it fits? [QUOTE=Zebra] **SUPERBAD!** Harold and Maud for all time champ. [/QUOTE] Harold and Maude (1971) 8.0 on the IMDB, A great movie, but was it really a high school or college comedy? I don’t remember school having any play in this movie. I recall funerals, suicides attempts and of course the funniest 80 year old ever. [QUOTE=WomanofScorn] My addition would be [Just One of the Guys](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089393/). [/QUOTE] Nice addition, Just One of the Guys (1985) 5.7 > [@](#): > > Terry Griffith has got it all – looks, popularity, the perfect college boyfriend, and an article that’s a shoo-in to win her a summer internship at the local newspaper… or so she thinks. When Terry’s journalism teacher passes her article up in favor of a couple of pieces written by boys, Terry is convinced that sexism is to blame. Determined to win the internship at any cost, Terry goes undercover at a rival high school to resubmit her article… as a boy. But Terry gets more than she bargained for when she finds herself fending off a bully and the advances of an oversexed female admirer, and falling for her new pal Rick. If I remember correctly, the best joke is that as a boy, she looks like Ralph Macchio. I liked the fact the brother and sister actually got along and seemed more like real siblings than sitcom siblings. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/35 "2007-11-11T21:31:04Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] If I remember correctly, the best joke is that as a boy, she looks like Ralph Macchio. I liked the fact the brother and sister actually got along and seemed more like real siblings than sitcom siblings. [/QUOTE] Ralph Macchio with nice tits. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/36 "2007-11-12T03:30:29Z")
Horse Feathers (1932) 7.7 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/37 "2007-11-12T15:43:37Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] Ralph Macchio with nice tits. [/QUOTE] So you have seen it then? [QUOTE=The Punkyova] Horse Feathers (1932) 7.7 [/QUOTE] Good addition, it is overwhelmingly about the crazy staff instead of the crazy students though. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/38 "2007-11-12T16:52:31Z")
Ummmm… Have we forgotten _Dazed and Confused_? Not only a great high school movie, but a great movie overall. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/39 "2007-11-12T18:05:21Z")
[QUOTE=Sateryn76] Ummmm… Have we forgotten _Dazed and Confused_? Not only a great high school movie, but a great movie overall. [/QUOTE] It’s in my op, IMDB voters gave it a 7.4 rating. I like it a lot, but it is over 10 years old and did not make my personal top 10 all time list. Like American Graffiti & Fast Times, it is amazing to see all the great actors that were largely unknowns for Dazed and Confused. An excellent choice, do you have a top list of your own? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985/40 "2007-11-12T18:14:37Z")
Superbad really needs to be on the list. I nearly died laughing at the dick drawing scene. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-high-school-college-comedies-of-all-time-top-in-last-10-yrs-poll-discussion/425985.md?page=3)