Directors Teen Angst Movie Tournament (1 Viewer)

SteveGon · Jul 19, 2004

Inspired by recent viewings of The Virgin Suicides and The Dreamers, plus I caught on tv part of Some Kind of Wonderful (a guilty pleasure with Lea Thompson and Mary Stuart Masterson in their cutie prime)...

The List

American Graffiti

Antoine et Collette

Battle Royale

The Breakfast Club

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Can't Buy Me Love

Carrie

City of God

Dazed and Confused

Donnie Darko

The Dreamers

Election

Elephant

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ghost World

Heathers

The Ice Storm

The Karate Kid

The Last Picture Show

Lucas

My Own Private Idaho

Pump Up the Volume

Rebel Without a Cause

Rushmore

Saved!

Say Anything...

16 Candles

Some Kind of Wonderful

Valley Girl

The Virgin Suicides

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Bjorn Olav Nyberg · Jul 19, 2004

Empire records
Pump up the volume
Sixteen candles
Rebel without a cause

I'll second Donnie Darko

SteveGon · Jul 19, 2004

Teen movie quote:

"Don't go mistaking paradise for a pair of long legs."

- from what film?

Steeve Bergeron · Jul 19, 2004

Some Kind of Wonderful

Google is so useful...

Arman · Jul 19, 2004

2nd:

The Dreamers
The Virgin Suicides
Rebel Without a Cause

Nominate:
City of God
Battle Royale
Say Anything ...
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

[Elephant, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ghost World, Saved!, American Graffiti, Ice Storm, Igby Goes Down]

SteveGon · Jul 20, 2004

Good noms, Arman (Battle Royale has been on my to-see list for awhile and I can't wait to see Saved!). Unfortunately it doesn't look like this sucker is gonna take off... :frowning:

Quote of the day:

"Yeah, I've been beaten up, but I'm not beaten. I'm not beaten, and I'm not quittin'."

Brook K · Jul 20, 2004

2nd Say Anything, 16 Candles

Nominate

Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Welcome To The Dollhouse
Carrie
The Last Picture Show

Scott Weinberg · Jul 20, 2004

Second:

Some Kind of Wonderful
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Welcome to the Dollhouse

Nominate:

Ghost World
Lucas
~~The Girl Next Door~~ Election
Napoleon Dynamite

Arman · Jul 21, 2004

second The Last Picture Show

Nick Sievers · Jul 21, 2004

Nominate:

The Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Second:

Ghost World
Election

SteveGon · Jul 22, 2004

We're up to 15 so we need 17 more.

I seconded City of God and Lucas.

I nominated Blackboard Jungle, Dazed and Confused, If..., and The Man in the Moon.

Four more noms and seconds for everyone who's participated thus far.

Brook K · Jul 22, 2004

Nominate

New Waterford Girl (don't know if anyone else around here has seen it, just saw it last night and thought it was funny and warm-hearted, plus it has Andrew McCarthy!)

Kiki's Delivery Service (she is a teenager)
Antoine et Collette

2nd
Ferris Bueller

Nick Sievers · Jul 22, 2004

I'll second Dazed and Confused

SteveGon · Jul 22, 2004

I seconded Kiki's Delivery Service and Pump Up the Volume.

Added a bunch of noms to the list - check 'em out.

Nate Anderson · Jul 22, 2004

Nominate:

Pretty in Pink

Second:

The Dreamers
Dazed and Confused
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Say Anything...

Nick Sievers · Jul 22, 2004

Second:

Rushmore

ErikG · Jul 22, 2004

Ah yes, my all-time favorite genre

Nominate:

The Last American Virgin
Just One of the Guys
The Wild Life
The Karate Kid
The Outsiders
License to Drive
Summer School
Less Than Zero

Second:

Valley Girl
Can't Buy Me Love
The Breakfast Club
American Graffiti

Arman · Jul 22, 2004

2nd

Antoine et Collette
Elephant
The Ice Storm
My Own Private Idaho

Nominate

Saved!
American Graffiti
Igby Goes Down

Brook K · Jul 22, 2004

I'll 2nd the Karate Kid, I thought about nominating it, but I wasn't really sure it had enough angst

Arman, I'm pretty sure the Requiem for a Dream crew are not teens...ditto Less Than Zero though it has been quite a while since I've seen it

Justin_S · Jul 22, 2004

Not sure what all would count, so just one nom:

The Rules of Attraction

I second:

Heathers
Saved!
Battle Royale
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Note that I didn't second my favorite film of all time, Requiem, because I'm pretty sure they're not teens.

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