Favorite Teen Movies by Angela Guzman l Entertainment Facts l Classic Movies l Movies That Warm Our Hearts l Coming of Age Films

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 coming of age comedy film. The movie follows high school senior Ferris Bueller, played by Matthew Broderick, who decides to skip school and spend the day in downtown Chicago. Accompanied by his girlfriend Sloane Peterson, Mia Sara, and his best friend Cameron Frye, Alan Ruck, he puts together a plan to avoid his school's Dean of Students Edward Rooney, Jeffrey Jones, his resentful sister Jeanie, Jennifer Grey, and his parents.

John Hughes wrote the screenplay in less than a week and shot the film, on a budget of $5.8 million, over three months. The film features many famous Chicago landmarks including the then Sears Tower and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Mean Girls

Mean Girls is a 2004 teen comedy directed by Mark Waters. The screenplay was written by Tina Fey and is based in part on Rosalind Wiseman's non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes, which gives an inside look on how female high school social cliques operate and the sometimes damaging effects they can have on girls.

The film stars Lindsay Lohan and features a supporting cast of Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, and Lizzy Caplan. The film was produced by Saturday Night Live (SNL) creator Lorne Michaels. Tina Fey is the screenwriter of the film, while also co-staring as well. Fey stayed true to her SNL roots by featuring SNL cast members Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, and Amy Poehler.

The film received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $129,042,871 worldwide.

The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club is a 1985 comedy-drama film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy. The storyline follows five teenagers, each a member of a different high school clique, who spend a Saturday in detention together and realize that they are more than their stereotypes cliques.

Many critics consider it one of the greatest high school films, as well as one of Hughes' most memorable and recognizable works. The media referred to the film's five main actors as members of a group called the "Brat Pack". The film revealed the stereotypes, that are within all schools, and in a classy way identified the bigger pictures.