I have to add Eurotrip as a GREAT flick that captures backpacking through Europe. It belongs on the college list (even though it takes place between college and high school).
For high school, nothing can ever top the Breakfast club for identifying the archtypes and having fun with them. IMHO, of course. There are other great movies, but that one captured so much.
For college, as a frat guy myself, Animal House will always be there. I can put a real name to every person in that movie - it is nostalgic for me, as well as funny as hell.
My list would go very closely to yours - plus or minus some films. I would also include She’s All That.
I’m 30 years old, and caught it one night on TBS. It instantly transported me back to my high school days, and I spent literally the next two or three days thinking about a certain boy who reminded me of the Freddie Prinze Jr. character.
Instant renewed crush and many happy love fantasies (and maybe some lust ones as well…)
Yes, he gets kicked out of ‘prep’ school because he blew up the lab. He snuck home and the school, unable to find his body, informs his mother that he is dead. Her reaction is what starts his obsession with his own death. Some of his dates are college girls and the fact that he isn’t is school is a reason to make him join the army.
Here’s a bunch of movies that probably qualify if anyone wants to put together their own top 10 list. As I have seen all but a few of these, I watch way too many movies.
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) 6.7
Accepted (2006) 6.3
American Pie (1999) 6.8
Animal House (1978) 7.6
Back to School (1986) 6.0
Beerfest (2006) 6.2
Better Off Dead… (1985) 7.1
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) 6.6
Bring It On (2000) 5.9
Broken Lizard’s Club Dread (2004) 5.3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) 5.3
But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) 6.1
Caddyshack (1980) 7.3
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998) 6.1
Clueless (1995) 6.6
D.E.B.S. (2004) 5.3
Dazed and Confused (1993) 7.4
Dead Man on Campus (1998) 5.4
Dirty Deeds (2005) 5.5
Drive Me Crazy (1999) 5.0
Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000) 4.8
EuroTrip (2004) 6.3
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 7.1
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) 7.9
Girl Next Door, The (2004) 6.8
Happy Campers (2001) 5.4
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) 7.1
Heathers (1989) 7.3
Hot Chick, The (2002) 5.6
House Party (1990) 5.3
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998) 4.1
Jawbreaker (1999) 4.6
John Tucker Must Die (2006) 5.4
Just One of the Guys (1985) 5.7
Legally Blonde (2001) 6.3
License to Drive (1988) 5.4
Loser (2000) 4.9
Mallrats (1995) 7.1
Mean Girls (2004) 7.0
My Boss’s Daughter (2003) 4.2
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) 6.9
National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze (2003) 4.3
Never Been Kissed (1999) 5.6
New Guy, The (2002) 5.3
Not Another Teen Movie (2001) 5.4
Orange County (2002) 6.1
PCU (1994) 5.9
Porky’s (1982) 5.7
Real Genius (1985) 6.7
Reality Bites (1994) 6.2
Revenge of the Nerds (1984) 6.1
Risky Business (1983) 6.6
Road Trip (2000) 6.3
She’s All That (1999) 5.4
She’s the Man (2006) 6.5
Sixteen Candles (1984) 6.9
Slackers (2002) 4.7
Sorority Boys (2002) 4.9
Student Bodies (1981) 5.2
Sugar & Spice (2001) 5.1
Summer School (1987) 5.8
Superbad (2007) 8.2
Sure Thing, The (1985) 6.7
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) 4.9
Trojan War (1997) 4.8
Up the Creek (1984) 4.9
Valley Girl (1983) 5.9
Van Wilder (2002) 5.9
Waterboy, The (1998) 5.5
Weird Science (1985) 6.2
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004) 5.7
Without a Paddle (2004) 5.7
I thought I responded to Superbad early in the thread, I see I did miss it. I haven’t seen it, so where would you put it on the lists?
Zapped!, I wanted to forget Zapped. Teen Wolf wasn’t bad, I did have that in my OP. I mainly avoided listing sequels I think.
Ellis Dee put together a good list, D.E.B.S. reminded me of an awful effort called H.O.T.S (1979) with a 2.9 IMDB rating. Actually I think it is safe to ignore any movie under a 5.0 IMDB rating.
Actually I think it is safe to ignore any movie under a 5.0 IMDB rating.