TOP TEN Best Highschool Movies

TOP TEN Best Highschool Movies

1. Jawbreaker (1999)

 Starring: Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, Judy Greer, Pam Grier, Marilyn Manson (cameo)
Black comedy about a kidnapping gone wrong, and how blackmail can help an unpopular girl climb the social ladder.
Courtney: "Never send a rose unless dyed black as a warning. And if one is sent to you, destroy it along with the sender. Emotionally of course. It's not like we kill people... on purpose."


2. Heathers (1988)

Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
Black comedy about a girl who would kill to be rid of the popular girl clique.
J.D.: "I like it. It's got that what-a-cruel-world-let's-toss -ourselves-in-the-abyss type ambience."


3. Election (1999)

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick, Chris Klein

Black comedy about the politics of student elections, and the relationships between students and teachers.
Tammy Metzler: "It's not like I'm a lesbian or anything. I'm attracted to the person. It's just that all the people I've been attracted to happen to be girls."


4. Mean Girls (2004)

Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Lacey Chabert
Examines the cliques at highschool, and the elaborate methods of teasing and bullying that go on between girls.
Regina: "Is butter a carb?"


5. Never Been Kissed (1999)

Starring: Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Molly Shannon, Jeremy Jordan, Jessica Alba, Leelee Sobieski
A nerd gets a second chance at highschool popularity when she goes undercover as a journalist to research teens.
Rob Geller: "See ya around the Cell Block, Mrs. Robinson."


6. The Breakfast Club (1985)

Starring: Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall
Breaking down stereotypes in detention.
John Bender: "Sweets. You couldn't ignore me if you tried. So... so. Are you guys like boyfriend-girlfriend? Steady dates? Lovers? Come on, sporto, level with me. Do you slip her the hot beef injection?"

7. Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Nicolas Cage, Eric Stoltz, Anthony Edwards, Forest Whittaker, Ray Walston
The seminal Cameron Crowe teen flick that launched a thousand careers.
Jeff Spicoli: "You dick!"


8. Ten Things I Hate About You (1999)

Starring: Heath Ledger, Joseph Godon Levitt, Julia Stiles, Alison Janney
A modern re-telling of Shakespere's "The Taming of The Shrew".
Kat Stratford: "Romantic? Hemingway? He was an abusive, alcoholic misogynist who squandered half of his life hanging around Picasso trying to nail his leftovers."


9. Clueless (1995)

Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Jeremy Sisto, Paul Rudd
A modern re-telling of Jane Austen's "Emma".
Cher: "It is one thing to spark up a doobie and get laced at parties, but it is quite another to be fried all day."

10. Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

Starring: Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Lacey Chabert, Molly Ringwald (cameo)
The ultimate spoof movie, taking off Sixteen Candles, Pretty In Pink, The Breakfast Club, Bring It On, She's All That, Cruel Intentions, Can't Hardly Wait, and many other predictable teen movie scenarios that have become common formulas over the last two decades.
After dismissing a girl with a hunchback, an albino girl, and siamese twins conjoined at the head as being "too easy" a challenge:
Jake: "No not Janie Briggs! Guys, she's got glasses and a ponytail! Aw, look at that, she's got paint on her overalls, what is that? Guys, there's no way she could be prom queen!"