IMDb: High School - a list by imdb-fun

1.

The Breakfast Club (1985)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X

Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. (97 mins.)

Director: John Hughes

Stars: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X

An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world. (102 mins.)

Director: Stephen Chbosky

Stars: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd

3.

Back to the Future (1985)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. (116 mins.)

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover

4.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X

A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the principal thinks of that. (103 mins.)

Director: John Hughes

Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones

5.

Superbad (2007)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. (113 mins.)

Director: Greg Mottola

Stars: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader

6.

Dazed and Confused (1993)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X

The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976. (102 mins.)

Director: Richard Linklater

Stars: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Rory Cochrane

7.

Sixteen Candles (1984)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X

A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special as she suffers from every embarrassment possible. (93 mins.)

Director: John Hughes

Stars: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling

8.

American Graffiti (1973)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X

A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college. (110 mins.)

Director: George Lucas

Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith

9.

Carrie (1976)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X

Carrie White, a shy, friendless 17 year-old girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom. (98 mins.)

Director: Brian De Palma

Stars: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, John Travolta

10.

Grease (1978)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X

Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance? (110 mins.)

Director: Randal Kleiser

Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway

11.

The Spectacular Now (2013)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X

A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl." (95 mins.)

Director: James Ponsoldt

Stars: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh

12.

Rushmore (1998)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X

The extracurricular king of Rushmore preparatory school is put on academic probation. (93 mins.)

Director: Wes Anderson

Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel

13.

Say Anything... (1989)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X

A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college. (100 mins.)

Director: Cameron Crowe

Stars: John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Lili Taylor

14.

Donnie Darko (2001)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X

A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident. (113 mins.)

Director: Richard Kelly

Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne

15.

Ghost World (2001)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X

With only the plan of moving in together after high school, two unusually devious friends seek direction in life. As a mere gag, they respond to a man's newspaper ad for a date, only to find it will greatly complicate their lives. (111 mins.)

Director: Terry Zwigoff

Stars: Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro

16.

Heathers (1988)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X

In order to get out of the snobby clique that is destroying her good-girl reputation, an intelligent teen teams up with a dark sociopath in a plot to kill the cool kids. (103 mins.)

Director: Michael Lehmann

Stars: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk

17.

Election (1999)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X

A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections, particularly with an obsessive overachiever determined to become student body president. (103 mins.)

Director: Alexander Payne

Stars: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell

18.

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies. (111 mins.)

Director: Nicholas Ray

Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus

19.

To Sir, with Love (1967)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X

Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End. (105 mins.)

Director: James Clavell

Stars: Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts, Suzy Kendall

20.

Scream (1996)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X

Sidney, attempting to cope with her mother's mysterious murder, and her horror movie-obsessed friends are stalked by an unknown killer who seems to have a hard time letting the past go. (111 mins.)

Director: Wes Craven

Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich

21.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X

A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs and rock n' roll. (90 mins.)

Director: Amy Heckerling

Stars: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus

22.

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid-1970s. (97 mins.)

Director: Sofia Coppola

Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner

23.

Easy A (2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X

A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing. (92 mins.)

Director: Will Gluck

Stars: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Dan Byrd

24.

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X

A pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does. (97 mins.)

Director: Gil Junger

Stars: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik

25.

American Pie (1999)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X

Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. (95 mins.)

Director: Paul Weitz

Stars: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Alyson Hannigan

26.

Mean Girls (2004)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George. (97 mins.)

Director: Mark Waters

Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey

27.

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home. (96 mins.)

Director: Jared Hess

Stars: Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell

28.

Clueless (1995)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X

A rich high school student tries to boost a new pupil's popularity, but reckons without affairs of the heart getting in the way. (97 mins.)

Director: Amy Heckerling

Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd

29.

Juno (2007)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child. (96 mins.)

Director: Jason Reitman

Stars: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman

30.

Over the Edge (1979)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own. (95 mins.)

Director: Jonathan Kaplan

Stars: Matt Dillon, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano

31.

Dead Poets Society (1989)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X

English teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings. (128 mins.)

Director: Peter Weir

Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles

32.

Gregory's Girl (1981)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X

Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection. (91 mins.)

Director: Bill Forsyth

Stars: John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D'Arcy, Clare Grogan

33.

21 Jump Street (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X

A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring. (109 mins.)

Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Stars: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Brie Larson

34.

My Bodyguard (1980)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X

When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard. (96 mins.)

Director: Tony Bill

Stars: Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon, Paul Quandt

35.

The Karate Kid (1984)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X

A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager. (126 mins.)

Director: John G. Avildsen

Stars: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove

36.

WarGames (1983)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. (114 mins.)

Director: John Badham

Stars: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman

37.

School of Rock (2003)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X

After being kicked out of a rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of a strict elementary private school, only to try and turn it into a rock band. (108 mins.)

Director: Richard Linklater

Stars: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack, Adam Pascal

38.

Pump Up the Volume (1990)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X

Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens. (102 mins.)

Director: Allan Moyle

Stars: Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross, Andy Romano

39.

Brick (2005)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. (110 mins.)

Director: Rian Johnson

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin, Meagan Good

40.

Charlie Bartlett (2007)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X

A rich kid becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school. (97 mins.)

Director: Jon Poll

Stars: Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Kat Dennings

41.

Risky Business (1983)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X

A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand. (99 mins.)

Director: Paul Brickman

Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Masur

42.

Pretty in Pink (1986)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X

A poor girl must choose between the affections of her doting childhood sweetheart and a rich but sensitive playboy. (96 mins.)

Director: Howard Deutch

Stars: Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Harry Dean Stanton, Annie Potts

43.

Footloose (1984)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X

A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace. (107 mins.)

Director: Herbert Ross

Stars: Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest

44.

Friday Night Lights (2004)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X

Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers. (118 mins.)

Director: Peter Berg

Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Jay Hernandez, Derek Luke, Lucas Black

45.

Bring It On (2000)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X

A champion high school cheerleading squad discovers its previous captain stole all their best routines from an inner-city school and must scramble to compete at this year's championships. (98 mins.)

Director: Peyton Reed

Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, Gabrielle Union

46.

Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X

A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration. (93 mins.)

Director: Allan Arkush

Stars: P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young

47.

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school. (103 mins.)

Director: Francis Coppola

Stars: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks

48.

Lucas (1986)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X

A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other. (100 mins.)

Director: David Seltzer

Stars: Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Courtney Thorne-Smith

49.

Teen Wolf (1985)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.0/10 X

A struggling high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree when he finds himself turning into a werewolf. (91 mins.)

Director: Rod Daniel

Stars: Michael J. Fox, James Hampton, Susan Ursitti, Jerry Levine

50.

Never Been Kissed (1999)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.0/10 X

A newspaper reporter enrolls in her old high school as part of research for a story. (107 mins.)

Director: Raja Gosnell

Stars: Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon

51.

Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X

When Keith goes out with Amanda, the girl of his dreams, Amanda's ex-boyfriend plans to get back at Keith. Meanwhile, Keith's best friend, tomboy Watts, realizes she has feelings for Keith. (95 mins.)

Director: Howard Deutch

Stars: Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer

52.

The Faculty (1998)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X

Students suspect that their teachers are aliens after bizarre occurrences. (104 mins.)

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Stars: Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett

53.

Fame (1980)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts. (134 mins.)

Director: Alan Parker

Stars: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean

54.

Stand and Deliver (1988)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X

The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus. (103 mins.)

Director: Ramon Menendez

Stars: Edward James Olmos, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Virginia Paris

55.

Valley Girl (1983)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love... (99 mins.)

Director: Martha Coolidge

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen

56.

Dick (1999)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.1/10 X

Two girls wander away from a White House tour and meet President Nixon. (94 mins.)

Director: Andrew Fleming

Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya, Will Ferrell

57.

Hoosiers (1986)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X

A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship. (114 mins.)

Director: David Anspaugh

Stars: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley

58.

Vision Quest (1985)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X

A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a worldly drifter takes up temporary residence at his home. (107 mins.)

Director: Harold Becker

Stars: Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling, Ronny Cox

59.

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X

A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty. (101 mins.)

Director: Richard Brooks

Stars: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes

60.

Three O'Clock High (1987)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X

A nerd gets himself in hot water with the new bully, a quiet bad boy who challenges him to fight on the grounds of their high school after the day's end. (97 mins.)

Director: Phil Joanou

Stars: Casey Siemaszko, Annie Ryan, Richard Tyson, Stacey Glick