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Back to the Future
1985 film directed by Robert Zemeckis

The Breakfast Club
1985 film directed by John Hughes

Christine
1983 film directed by John Carpenter

Risky Business
1983 film by Paul Brickman

Footloose
Footloose is a 1984 American musical drama film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Dean Pitchford. It tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), a teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town, where he attempts to overturn a ban on dancing enforced by the efforts of a local minister (John Lithgow).

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982 film directed by Amy Heckerling

Fame
1980 film by Alan Parker

Sixteen Candles
1984 film by John Hughes

Hoosiers
1986 film by David Anspaugh

Heathers
Heathers is a 1989 American teen satirical black comedy crime film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann, in both of their respective film debuts. The film stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker and Penelope Milford. The plot revolves around four teenage girls—three of whom are named Heather—in a clique at an Ohio high school, one of whose lives is disrupted by the arrival of Jason "J.D." Dean, a misanthrope intent on murdering the popular students and staging their deaths as suicides.

All the Right Moves
1983 film directed by Michael Chapman

Porky's
'''''Porky's''''' is a 1981 sex comedy film written and directed by Bob Clark about the escapades of teenagers in 1954 at the fictional Angel Beach High School in Florida. The film stars Kim Cattrall, Scott Colomby, Kaki Hunter, Nancy Parsons, Alex Karras, and Susan Clark.

Teen Wolf
1985 film directed by Rod Daniel

Pretty in Pink
1986 film by Howard Deutch

Grease 2
1982 US musical film directed by Patricia Birch

Prom Night
1980 film directed by Paul Lynch

Lucas
1986 film by David Seltzer

Can't Buy Me Love
1987 film directed by Steve Rash

Wildcats
1986 film directed by Michael Ritchie

Happy Birthday to Me
1981 film by J. Lee Thompson

Some Kind of Wonderful
1987 film by Howard Deutch

Better Off Dead
1985 film by Savage Steve Holland

Lean on Me
1989 film by John G. Avildsen

Class of 1984
1982 film directed by Mark L. Lester

Cutting Class
1989 film by Rospo Pallenberg

The Under-Gifted
1980 film by Claude Zidi

My Science Project
1985 film by Jonathan R. Betuel

Porky's II: The Next Day
1983 film by Bob Clark

Vision Quest
1985 film by Harold Becker

Noce Blanche
1989 film by Jean-Claude Brisseau

Johnny Be Good
1988 film by Bud S. Smith
Project A-ko
1986 film by Katsuhiko Nishijima

Gregory's Girl
1981 film directed by Bill Forsyth

Teachers
1984 film by Arthur Hiller

Just One of the Guys
1985 film directed by Lisa Gottlieb

Summer School
1987 comedy film directed by Carl Reiner

The Principal
1987 film directed by Christopher Cain

Zapped!
Zapped! is a 1982 American teen sex comedy film directed by Robert J. Rosenthal and co-written with Bruce Rubin. The film stars Scott Baio as high school student Barney Springboro who acquires telekinetic powers.

Class of Nuke 'Em High
1986 film by Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman, Richard W. Haines

My Bodyguard
1980 film by Tony Bill

Three O'Clock High
1987 film by Phil Joanou

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
1987 Canadian film by Bruce Pittman

For Keeps
1988 film by John G. Avildsen

Savage Streets
1984 film by Danny Steinmann

Slaughter High
1986 film by Peter Litten

Tex
1982 film by Tim Hunter

Teen Witch
1989 film by Dorian Walker

Les Sous-doués en vacances
1982 film by Claude Zidi

Angel
1984 film directed by Robert Vincent O'Neill

Graduation Day
1981 film by Herb Freed

Screwballs
Screwballs is a 1983 Canadian teen sex comedy film directed by Rafal Zielinski and released by New World Pictures. It was one of several films inspired by the success of ''Porky's''.

If to Believe Lopotukhin...
1983 film by Mikhail Kozakov

Girlfriend from Hell
1989 film directed by Daniel M. Peterson

Catch Me If You Can
1989 film by Stephen Sommers

National Lampoon's Class Reunion
1982 film by Michael Miller

Student Bodies
1981 film by Mickey Rose, Michael Ritchie

Full Moon High
1981 film by Larry Cohen

Crazy Love
1987 Belgian film by Dominique Deruddere