The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

The Eighties in America Teen films
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Selected 1980’s Teen Films

Year Title Director Young Actors

1980 The Hollywood Knights Floyd Mutrux Robert Wuhl, Tony Danza, Fran Drescher,

Michelle Pfeiffer

1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Amy Heckerling Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge

Reinhold, Phoebe Cates

Zapped! Robert J. Rosenthal Scott Baio, Willie Aames

1983 Risky Business Paul Brickman Tom Cruise

Class Lewis John Carlino Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, John Cusack,

Alan Ruck

The Outsiders Francis Ford

Coppola

Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, C. Thomas

Howell, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio

Estevez, Tom Cruise

1984 Sixteen Candles John Hughes Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Anthony

Michael Hall, John Cusack

Making the Grade Dorian Walker Judd Nelson, Dana Olson

1985 The Breakfast Club John Hughes Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd

Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy

Weird Science John Hughes Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith,

Robert Downey, Jr.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun Alan Metter Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, Jonathan

Silverman, Shannen Doherty

St. Elmo’s Fire Joel Schumacher Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew

McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally

Sheedy, Mare Winningham

Private Resort George Bowers Rob Morrow, Johnny Depp

Teen Wolf Rob Daniel Michael J. Fox

Real Genius Martha Coolidge Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret

1986 Pretty in Pink Howard Deutch Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, James Spader,

Andrew McCarthy

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off John Hughes Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Jennifer

Grey, Charlie Sheen

Lucas David Seltzer Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen, Winona Ryder,

Courtney Thorne-Smith

1987 Some Kind of Wonderful Howard Deutch Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea

Thompson

Can’t Buy Me Love Steve Rash Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Seth

Green

Adventures in Babysitting Chris Columbus Elisabeth Shue, Anthony Rapp

Square Dance Daniel Petrie Winona Ryder, Rob Lowe

The Lost Boys Joel Schumacher Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer

Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman

1988 A Night in the Life of Jimmy

Reardon

William Richert River Phoenix, Ione Skye, Matthew Perry

1989 Say Anthing Cameron Crowe John Cusack, Ione Skye, Lili Taylor