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Subgenre Sampler

 
Summer SchoolSummer School (1987)
Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas
Goofy 80's High School comedy starring Mark Harman as a gym teacher with big vacation plans who reluctantly agrees to teach a summer English class…
Ferris Bueller's Day OffFerris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Matthew Broderick
Probably the teen comedy of the '80s, with Matthew Broderick as the crafty 17–year–old Ferris who skips school to takes his friends on a…
LucasLucas (1986)
Dir. David Seltzer
Feat. Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen
Genuinely sympathetic account of the teenage love of 'dweeb' Corey Haim for an older schoolmate (Green), through infatuation, rejection and...…
Pretty in PinkPretty in Pink (1986) Recommended
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton
Molly Ringwald faces some tricky teenage dilemmas in John Hughes' quintessentially '80s rite–of–passage.
Soul ManSoul Man (1986)
Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross
A privileged white student disguises himself as a black man in order to win a Harvard Law School scholarship, in this disappointing "blackface"…
Space CampSpace Camp (1986)
Dir. Harry Winer
Feat. Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott
Good natured 80's adolescent romp in which a group of young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is…
Weird ScienceWeird Science (1986)
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly Le Brock, Bill Paxton
Two computer nerds generate their fantasy woman in the form of Kelly Le Brock. Innocuous teen fun.
Better Off DeadBetter Off Dead (1985)
Dir. Savage Steve Holland
Feat. John Cusack, Amanda Wyss, Donald Ogden Stewart
Skewed version of the 80s teenage comedy which follows the plight of likeable John Cusack after he is dumped by his girlfriend. After many original…
Breakfast Club, TheBreakfast Club, The (1985) Recommended
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall
Five teenagers do detention together in this John Hughes classic.
Catholic BoysCatholic Boys (Heaven Help Us) (1985)
Dir. Michael Dinner
Feat. Mary Stuart Masterson, John Heard, Donald Sutherland
Slight, but engaging comedy set around a group of Roman Catholic schoolboys and their misadventures with the opposite sex.

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