Which movie best represents its era...

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Originally Posted by Cy Hard

Which of the below movies do you thinks best represents the time period of high school during that era? The choices are:
60's - American Graffiti
70's - Dazed & Confused
80's - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
90's - Clueless

My personal fave is Dazed & Confused. Great movie and great soundtrack. If anyone wants to add a poll, please do so...

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This has to be some type of mistake!!! To not include "Risky Business" is darn near Communist!

"Time of your life, huh kid"

I think I'd have to go with "The Sandlot" - at least for the early 60's. "The Big Chill" has to fit somewhere in the 70's.

"Fandango" for the late 60's.

1950's Back to the Future Greese
1960's Peggy Sue got married 1969
1970's Rocky
1980's About Last Night All the Right Moves

90s, Reality Bites should probably be in there even though I don't like it.

What about "Saturday Night Fever" for the 70s?

I think 10,000 B.C. does a bang-up job of representing its era... :biglaugh:

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Originally Posted by Cy Hard

Which of the below movies do you thinks best represents the time period of high school during that era? The choices are:
60's - American Graffiti
70's - Dazed & Confused
80's - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
90's - Clueless

My personal fave is Dazed & Confused. Great movie and great soundtrack. If anyone wants to add a poll, please do so...

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Dazed and Confused is by far my favorite out of them. I think the Breakfast Club represents high school much better in the 80s than Fast Times. Out of the 90's I prefer American Pie.

Dazed and Confused, The Program and Tommy Boy were all pretty popular movies that seemed to sum up, in odd ways, my high school years (graduated HS in 96)

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Originally Posted by cyfanatic

What about "Saturday Night Fever" for the 70s?

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And that's actually a good movie, plot-wise.

Outside of the hazing, Dazed and Confused did a pretty good job summing up a typical summer weekend from my highschool years.

I graduated in '92. So I vote Dazed and Confused for the early 90's.

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Originally Posted by jdoggivjc

I think 10,000 B.C. does a bang-up job of representing its era... :biglaugh:

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Reading your post made me think about the movie One Million Years B.C.

Oh to be a caveman with her!!

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/250rachel,0.jpg

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Originally Posted by Angie

And that's actually a good movie, plot-wise.

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I watched it for the first time ever 3 years ago...went out and bought it the next day! Loved it! I know people think of the movie as a promotion of disco but the movie tells a strong story about urban life in America in the 70s.

Plus...Travolta is so cool!

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Originally Posted by TheHelgo

Dazed and Confused no doubt.

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ummm.....there was a movie called Animal House.

John Hughes = the 80's

You know what I love about high school movies?

I keep getting older and they stay the same age.

While I am no way stopping the discussion of some of these great movies, but I do want to reiterate that is was to discuss the best movie about high school representing the decade in the movie. Thanks for all the great responses.