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20. Boyz N Hood
Director – John Singleton
Cast – Larry Fishburne, Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Cuba Gooding Jr.
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 2 July 1991
Box Office – $57.5 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
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19. 18. Project X
Director – Nima Nourizadeh
Cast – Jonathan Daniel Brown, Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper
IMDB Rating – 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 28%
Release Date – 1 March 2012
Box Office – $102.7 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
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18. Chronicle
Director – Josh Trank
Cast – Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, Dane DeHaan, Ashley Hinshaw, Alex Russell
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 3 February 2012
Box Office – $126.6 million
Genre – Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards – None
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17. The Spectacular Now
Director – James Ponsoldt
Cast – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Miles Teller, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 2 August 2013
Box Office – $6.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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16. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Director – Amy Heckerling
Cast – Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – 13 August 1982
Box Office – $27.1 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – None
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15. Easy A
Director – Will Gluck
Cast – Thomas Haden Church, Amanda Bynes, Emma Stone, Cam Gigandet, Penn Badgley, Dan Byrd
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 12 November 2010
Box Office – $75 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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14. Dazed and Confused
Director – Richard Linklater
Cast – Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 24 September 1993
Box Office – $8.0 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
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13. Rebel Without a Cause
Director – Nicholas Ray
Cast – Jim Backus, Natalie Wood, Corey Allen, James Dean, William Hopper, Sal Mineo
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 26 October 1955
Box Office – $4.5 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
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12. Scream
Director – Wes Craven
Cast – Matthew Lillard, David Arquette, Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 18 December 1996
Box Office – $173 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
11. American Pie Series
Director – Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Cast – Chris Klein, Jason Biggs, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mena Suvari, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid
IMDB Rating – 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 45%
Release Date – 13 April 2012
Box Office – $235 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
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10. Grease
Director – Randal Kleiser
Cast – Joan Blondell, Stockard Channing, John Travolta, Edd Byrnes, Olivia Newton-John, Dody Goodman, Eve Arden
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – 1 June 1978
Box Office – $396 million
Genre – Musical, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –
9. Things I hate About You
Director – Gil Junger
Cast – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles, Larry Miller, Heath Ledger, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – 31 March 1999
Box Office – $53.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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8. Back to the Future
Director – Robert Zemeckis
Cast – Lea Thompson, Michael J. Fox, Crispin Glover, Christopher Lloyd
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 3 July 1985
Box Office – $389.1 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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7. 21 Jump Street
Director – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Cast – Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube, Brie Larson, Dave Franco
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 20 April 2012
Box Office – $201.5 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
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6. Superbad
Director – Greg Mottola
Cast – Michael Cera, Bill Hader, Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Martha MacIsaac
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 26 October 2007
Box Office – $169.9 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
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5. Dead Poet’s Society
Director – Peter Weir
Cast – Ethan Hawke, Robin Williams, Kurtwood Smith, Robert Sean Leonard
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 2 June 1989
Box Office – $235.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Director – Stephen Chbosky
Cast – Emma Watson, Mae Whitman, Dylan McDermott, Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, Kate Walsh
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – September 8, 2012
Box Office – $33.4 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
3. American Graffiti
Director – George Lucas
Cast – Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Martin Smith, Mackenzie Phillips, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 1 August 1973
Box Office – $140 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – None
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2. The Breakfast Club
Director – John Hughes
Cast – Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Paul Gleason, Judd Nelson
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 3 May 1986
Box Office – $51.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
1. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Director – John Hughes
Cast – Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Matthew Broderick
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 11 June 1986
Box Office – $70.1 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
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So which high school film is your favorite? Is it from the 80s decade?
