Top 20 Best Teen Movies of the 1980s
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Date: 2023-11-21
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#20: Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
#19: Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
#18: The Lost Boys (1987)
#17: Stand by Me (1986)
#16: Fame (1980)
#15: Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
#14: Footloose (1984)
#13: Dirty Dancing (1987)
#12: The Outsiders (1983)
#11: Pretty in Pink (1986)
#10: Risky Business (1983)
#9: Dead Poets Society (1989)
#8: Heathers (1988)
#7: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
#6: Say Anything (1989)
#5: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
#4: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
#3: Sixteen Candles (1984)
#2: Back to the Future (1985)
#1: The Breakfast Club (1985)
Honorable Mentions:
- The Karate Kid (1984)
- Porky's (1981)
- Weird Science (1985)
- The Last American Virgin (1982)
- Better Off Dead (1985)
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#20: Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
#19: Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
#18: The Lost Boys (1987)
#17: Stand by Me (1986)
#16: Fame (1980)
#15: Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
#14: Footloose (1984)
#13: Dirty Dancing (1987)
#12: The Outsiders (1983)
#11: Pretty in Pink (1986)
#10: Risky Business (1983)
#9: Dead Poets Society (1989)
#8: Heathers (1988)
#7: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
#6: Say Anything (1989)
#5: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
#4: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
#3: Sixteen Candles (1984)
#2: Back to the Future (1985)
#1: The Breakfast Club (1985)
Honorable Mentions:
- The Karate Kid (1984)
- Porky's (1981)
- Weird Science (1985)
- The Last American Virgin (1982)
- Better Off Dead (1985)
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Catharine
The original Footloose with Kevin Bacon that's one everyone looks up to Kevin Bacon but he's a fantastic dancer when he dances is it brilliant dance like Kevin Bacon and Patrick Swayze the all black dancers Patrick Swayze with and Kevin Bacon they're all brilliant dancers in movies and I still get played today on the original smooth FM the theme track to factory Footloose gets paid on smooth FM is still gets played the original soundtrack to Footloose Sunday afternoon Footloose everybody cut everybody marvellous dance routine at the end when I do that marvellous dance routine they all follow Kevin Bacon when his name's Bren the character name Bren and I fellow Brent hotels or at the end on his fantastic dancing and choreography choreography in the film Footloose
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The original Footloose with Kevin Bacon that's one everyone looks up to Kevin Bacon but he's a fantastic dancer when he dances is it brilliant dance like Kevin Bacon and Patrick Swayze the all black dancers Patrick Swayze with and Kevin Bacon they're all brilliant dancers in movies and I still get played today on the original smooth FM the theme track to factory Footloose gets paid on smooth FM is still gets played the original soundtrack to Footloose Sunday afternoon Footloose everybody cut everybody marvellous dance routine at the end when I do that marvellous dance routine they all follow Kevin Bacon when his name's Bren the character name Bren and I fellow Brent hotels or at the end on his fantastic dancing and choreography choreography in the film Footloose
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Catharine
Risky businesses one of the great films whisky business with Tom Cruise I was the early film of Tom Cruise Benidorm Eden is done different films since then he's done different films it done loads of films Tom Cruise when it was the outsiders it was it wasn't well known them but he was well known from the outsiders Rob Lowe was no from St Elmo's Fire St Elmo's Fire Rob lowers known from an Arthur start from The Breakfast Club starred in St Thomas fire when he was in Alice in it was in St Thomas via Alice uni I forgot to mention short circuit they forgot to mention short circuit with Steve Guttenberg the one who starred in Police Academy horny Mahoney fire
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Risky businesses one of the great films whisky business with Tom Cruise I was the early film of Tom Cruise Benidorm Eden is done different films since then he's done different films it done loads of films Tom Cruise when it was the outsiders it was it wasn't well known them but he was well known from the outsiders Rob Lowe was no from St Elmo's Fire St Elmo's Fire Rob lowers known from an Arthur start from The Breakfast Club starred in St Thomas fire when he was in Alice in it was in St Thomas via Alice uni I forgot to mention short circuit they forgot to mention short circuit with Steve Guttenberg the one who starred in Police Academy horny Mahoney fire
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Catharine
Outside of star Tom Cruise Rob Lowe they all start and Patrick Swayze starred in that also Daniel larusso Danny larusso out of The Karate Kid he starred in that film also Thomas Howe I need a fantastic film all the ages films are one of the greatest films of all time that 80s history 80s gold that houses gold and I should look up all the 80s the 80s like the outsiders cut the light Patrick's way do you starred in Dirty Dancing as the it was the Greatest Dancer in Dirty Dancing baby in a corner no one puts baby in a corner classic lining the marvellous dancing routines in that film and a great choreography
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Outside of star Tom Cruise Rob Lowe they all start and Patrick Swayze starred in that also Daniel larusso Danny larusso out of The Karate Kid he starred in that film also Thomas Howe I need a fantastic film all the ages films are one of the greatest films of all time that 80s history 80s gold that houses gold and I should look up all the 80s the 80s like the outsiders cut the light Patrick's way do you starred in Dirty Dancing as the it was the Greatest Dancer in Dirty Dancing baby in a corner no one puts baby in a corner classic lining the marvellous dancing routines in that film and a great choreography
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Parstl
Good list. Thanks for including Fame on this list bc some people overlook it as a musical film and bc earlier in the 80s. I would not classify Dirty Dancing as a teen movie but more of a young adult portrait. Karate Kid deserves in the top 12 and really is in my top memorable coming of age movies. In retrospect, of course, these are for the most white teen movies. There's very little diversity and when there is like in Long Duck Dong, it's offensive. Good thing Spike Lee and others came. along and that TV portrayed Black teens (A Different World, Fresh Prince etc) i n the late 80s and early 90s.
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Good list. Thanks for including Fame on this list bc some people overlook it as a musical film and bc earlier in the 80s. I would not classify Dirty Dancing as a teen movie but more of a young adult portrait. Karate Kid deserves in the top 12 and really is in my top memorable coming of age movies. In retrospect, of course, these are for the most white teen movies. There's very little diversity and when there is like in Long Duck Dong, it's offensive. Good thing Spike Lee and others came. along and that TV portrayed Black teens (A Different World, Fresh Prince etc) i n the late 80s and early 90s.
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Catharine
The golden age of the 80s the golden age of the 80s with but the future and MacGyver was one of the golden age of the 80s MacGyver MacGyver Richard Dean Anderson was part of that 80s era Richard Dean Anderson over and Back to the Future, in the same year there's a golden age of television the golden age of television oracle programmes the original MacGyver Richard Dean Anderson their historical programmes and I have gotten the golden age of TV programmes the Golden Age I'm back to the future and MacGyver that I come out in the same year both done in 1985
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The golden age of the 80s the golden age of the 80s with but the future and MacGyver was one of the golden age of the 80s MacGyver MacGyver Richard Dean Anderson was part of that 80s era Richard Dean Anderson over and Back to the Future, in the same year there's a golden age of television the golden age of television oracle programmes the original MacGyver Richard Dean Anderson their historical programmes and I have gotten the golden age of TV programmes the Golden Age I'm back to the future and MacGyver that I come out in the same year both done in 1985
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savannah
Can't Buy Me Love is actually such a good and underrated movie. I watched many of the other movies on this list such as Pretty In Pink, The Outsiders, Heathers, Dirty Dancing, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Back To The Future, but it probably the most underrated on the list. It has such a great message and I love the love story and how Ronnie literally paid to get with Cindi although it kinda backfired a little bit. Heathers is also underrated but it got a whole musical. But the movie is much better than the musical.
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Can't Buy Me Love is actually such a good and underrated movie. I watched many of the other movies on this list such as Pretty In Pink, The Outsiders, Heathers, Dirty Dancing, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Back To The Future, but it probably the most underrated on the list. It has such a great message and I love the love story and how Ronnie literally paid to get with Cindi although it kinda backfired a little bit. Heathers is also underrated but it got a whole musical. But the movie is much better than the musical.
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Catharine
Dirty Dancing with Patrick Swayze the light Patrick Swayze it was fantastic in the law of the bring it down so and a fantastic dancer is the Greatest Dancer Patrick Swayze you will always be known as The Greatest Dancer in the film Dirty Dancing and that's what everyone looks up to off and safe it was in North and South is fantastic film north and south with the brilliant film Patrick Swayze Dirty Dancing the prettiest dancers in the film Patrick Swayze when he dances with a beautiful Jennifer at the end the time of the
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Dirty Dancing with Patrick Swayze the light Patrick Swayze it was fantastic in the law of the bring it down so and a fantastic dancer is the Greatest Dancer Patrick Swayze you will always be known as The Greatest Dancer in the film Dirty Dancing and that's what everyone looks up to off and safe it was in North and South is fantastic film north and south with the brilliant film Patrick Swayze Dirty Dancing the prettiest dancers in the film Patrick Swayze when he dances with a beautiful Jennifer at the end the time of the
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Catharine
The lost boys with the light the light but Lost Boys film is it good for and the Patrick Swayze starred with the one from the Karate Kid he starred in The One from the Karate Kid Tom House Store in Tom house starred in ET the onesie rod and that fantastic bike ride with E2 ET and Elliot rod upon a fantastic boats up in the sky phone home phones home planet
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The lost boys with the light the light but Lost Boys film is it good for and the Patrick Swayze starred with the one from the Karate Kid he starred in The One from the Karate Kid Tom House Store in Tom house starred in ET the onesie rod and that fantastic bike ride with E2 ET and Elliot rod upon a fantastic boats up in the sky phone home phones home planet
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Kate
Are you freakin' kidding me! 'The Karate Kid' only gets an honourable mention! Your beloved Molly Ringwald despises ALL of the John Hughes movies she was in, so you can remove them and put 'The Karate Kid' in its place. Geez, Im surprised that you didnt include 'Endless Love' or 'Blue Lagoon'.
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Are you freakin' kidding me! 'The Karate Kid' only gets an honourable mention! Your beloved Molly Ringwald despises ALL of the John Hughes movies she was in, so you can remove them and put 'The Karate Kid' in its place. Geez, Im surprised that you didnt include 'Endless Love' or 'Blue Lagoon'.
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Gwapo
Fast times at Ridgemont high. Did everyone know that this movie made more stars than anyther movie in that this was their first movie. Did you notice Brad's friend with him in the gym. Nicols Cage. He uses his real name in the credits. Also it was the top selling movie ever without a plot.
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Fast times at Ridgemont high. Did everyone know that this movie made more stars than anyther movie in that this was their first movie. Did you notice Brad's friend with him in the gym. Nicols Cage. He uses his real name in the credits. Also it was the top selling movie ever without a plot.
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Catharine
The outsiders with Patrick Swayze the outsiders who Patrick Swayze Tom Howe Patrick Swayze Tom Cruise and Daniel larusso's character Daniel larusso starred in that film Patrick Swayze the outsiders St Elmo's Fire Golden Age of the 80s films that golden age of the 80s National History
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The outsiders with Patrick Swayze the outsiders who Patrick Swayze Tom Howe Patrick Swayze Tom Cruise and Daniel larusso's character Daniel larusso starred in that film Patrick Swayze the outsiders St Elmo's Fire Golden Age of the 80s films that golden age of the 80s National History
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WendyS
I saw every single one of these and loved all but one. I was sad to see The Karate Kid only in Hon. Mentions, and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure left off completely, especially since the VERY wrongly advertised Last Amerucan Virgin was so high on the list.
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I saw every single one of these and loved all but one. I was sad to see The Karate Kid only in Hon. Mentions, and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure left off completely, especially since the VERY wrongly advertised Last Amerucan Virgin was so high on the list.
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Catharine
Is a great film the Ventures in Vegas City now is it good film as well with the one the one who starred in The Karate Daniel larusso she starred in The Karate Kid lovely lady she was a brilliant she starred in Back to the Future also Elisabeth Shue
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Is a great film the Ventures in Vegas City now is it good film as well with the one the one who starred in The Karate Daniel larusso she starred in The Karate Kid lovely lady she was a brilliant she starred in Back to the Future also Elisabeth Shue
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robcop993
Off the top of my head you forgot Foxes, Less Then Zero, Night of the Comet, The Chocolate War, Class, Heaven Help Us, and four films that have a definite youthful, but older adult vibe: Cocoon, Streets of Fire, The Bikini Shop and Miracle Mile.
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Off the top of my head you forgot Foxes, Less Then Zero, Night of the Comet, The Chocolate War, Class, Heaven Help Us, and four films that have a definite youthful, but older adult vibe: Cocoon, Streets of Fire, The Bikini Shop and Miracle Mile.
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Nick
Also honorable mention to Valley Girl which features birthday girl (Sept 11) EG Daily who is even more beautiful today and The Journey of Natty Gann which features an outstanding lead performance by then 14 year old Meredith Salenger.
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Also honorable mention to Valley Girl which features birthday girl (Sept 11) EG Daily who is even more beautiful today and The Journey of Natty Gann which features an outstanding lead performance by then 14 year old Meredith Salenger.
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Blondie
I'm disappointed that a rapy, racist movie like Sixteen Candles is listed here.
Jake the dreamboat who hands over his drunk, unconscious girlfriend to the Geek saying she's so drunk, she wont know the difference
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I'm disappointed that a rapy, racist movie like Sixteen Candles is listed here.
Jake the dreamboat who hands over his drunk, unconscious girlfriend to the Geek saying she's so drunk, she wont know the difference
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Steve
1. The Breakfast Club. 2. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Full Stop! The rest is up for preference debate.
(John Bender of The Breakfast Club said, Eat my shorts years before Bart Simpson)
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1. The Breakfast Club. 2. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Full Stop! The rest is up for preference debate.
(John Bender of The Breakfast Club said, Eat my shorts years before Bart Simpson)
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Nenita
Some of my other favorite 80's movies were Just One of the Guys, Mannequin, Summer School, Heavenly Kid, License To Drive, Tuff Turf, Spaceballs, Police Academy movies just to name a few.
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Some of my other favorite 80's movies were Just One of the Guys, Mannequin, Summer School, Heavenly Kid, License To Drive, Tuff Turf, Spaceballs, Police Academy movies just to name a few.
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RajaReign78
Im gonna have to watch some of these as an adult cuz I never saw them as a teenager. However if I were to pick my favorite teenage movie from the 1980s it would be License To Drive.
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Im gonna have to watch some of these as an adult cuz I never saw them as a teenager. However if I were to pick my favorite teenage movie from the 1980s it would be License To Drive.
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NostalgicVideo
Sorry, but I would say killing your classmates is so much more relatable than any other film on this list. Seriously though, Heathers and The Lost Boys deserve higher placement.
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Sorry, but I would say killing your classmates is so much more relatable than any other film on this list. Seriously though, Heathers and The Lost Boys deserve higher placement.
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Wharfsquatch
The 80s were a great time for these movies. Agree John Hughes rules the 80s! Another great teen movie is All the Right Moves (1983) Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson and Craig T Nelson.
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The 80s were a great time for these movies. Agree John Hughes rules the 80s! Another great teen movie is All the Right Moves (1983) Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson and Craig T Nelson.
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randomkeir
80s teen movies had two themes: they were set in the 1950s and teens were horny and looking to get laid or they were set in the 1980s and teens were prudes looking for true love.
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80s teen movies had two themes: they were set in the 1950s and teens were horny and looking to get laid or they were set in the 1980s and teens were prudes looking for true love.
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Holiday197
Some Kind of Wonderful deserves a higher placing on this list and it's quite an underrated movie (especially in the John Hughes canon. It may even be better than Pretty In Pink.
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Some Kind of Wonderful deserves a higher placing on this list and it's quite an underrated movie (especially in the John Hughes canon. It may even be better than Pretty In Pink.
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randomkeir
Last American Virgin should have been number 1 based on story alone. This whole list was a blow job to John Hughes and every conformist Eighties film ever made. #lameaf
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Last American Virgin should have been number 1 based on story alone. This whole list was a blow job to John Hughes and every conformist Eighties film ever made. #lameaf
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Jon
Many of these were Rated R and I was too young to see many of them. One film I did like was License To Drive with Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. I also liked Sixteen Candles.
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Many of these were Rated R and I was too young to see many of them. One film I did like was License To Drive with Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. I also liked Sixteen Candles.
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April
You missed St. Elmo's Fire which was also an excellent movie on the 80s with a huge cast and a lot to say about the time for those of us coming of age in that period.
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You missed St. Elmo's Fire which was also an excellent movie on the 80s with a huge cast and a lot to say about the time for those of us coming of age in that period.
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Eric
Where's the SECRET ADMIRER & ST. ELMOS FIRE? they're both in1985 movies. with bunch of good actors and great stories. it's sad to say that they're not included.
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Where's the SECRET ADMIRER & ST. ELMOS FIRE? they're both in1985 movies. with bunch of good actors and great stories. it's sad to say that they're not included.
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Matt
Kinda hard to comment on the quality of your list when you clearly dont understand what a Teen Movie is. At least 4 and probably 5 of these do not even qualify.
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Kinda hard to comment on the quality of your list when you clearly dont understand what a Teen Movie is. At least 4 and probably 5 of these do not even qualify.
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Cinzia
The breakafast club is such a great movie that some of my favs tv series have an entire episode with a cameo (E. R and Dawson's creek)
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The breakafast club is such a great movie that some of my favs tv series have an entire episode with a cameo (E. R and Dawson's creek)
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