My favorite High School movie is "Ten Things I Hate About You" starring Julia Styles. This film one of my favorites because it is a creative modern-day rendition of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew."

There have been a few modernized Shakespeare films, like "Romeo and Juliet" with Leonardo Di Caprio and Claire Danes as well as "She's The Man" ("Twelfth Night") with Amanda Bines - but "Ten Things" is far superior.

The characters are loveable, the music is good, and the situations are funny. Who doesn't love a father who makes his daughter wear a pregnant belly before heading off to a party?

Thank you.

Sent by Shay Mahoney | 3:40 PM ET | 08-14-2007

"The Breakfast Club" - possibly one of the best films ever for any list.

The 80's had tons of films of this type - "Sixteen Candles", "Pretty in Pink", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Some Kind of Wonderful", and "Can't Buy Me Love" are just a few others.

One of the great things about all these films is that they had really great soundtracks that really helped set the mood of each movie.

Sent by Michael Eberhard | 4:57 PM ET | 08-14-2007

"Rebel without a Cause" or, more recently, "Breakfast Club" are quintessential teen movies. Why? Because they deal with deeper issues like coming of age, teen angst, and/or rebellion against parents and authority figures - sometimes all three. They are about desires and problems that DEFINE adolescence.
On the other hand, flicks like "Ten Things..," "Napoleon Dynamite," and "Risky Business" (two new ones for the list)are high-school movies, because they treat teen issues more superficially; they're more about entertainment and in some cases can appeal to teenagers and younger kids even though their characters are older (Tom Cruise in "Business"). My former high school students would definitely differ with me on "Napoleon." For me it doesn't make the grade (no pun intended)as a teen flick: ten years down the line people will not still be talking about it because it lacks complexity.
Ok - you asked!

Sent by Lyn Parker | 5:16 PM ET | 08-14-2007

Yes, the majority favors the John Hughes classics like "The Breakfast Club" or "Pretty in Pink", but for me the movie that best sums up the high school experience is "Better Off Dead". It may seem like just an over-the-top comedy, but look closer and you'll see it has a lot in common with its distant relatives of the genre: only-in-the-movies romantic moments, well-meaning but clueless parents, and an "underdog beats the champ" subplot, as well as a few Howard Cosell impressions. It reminds me of how everything in those four years of your life seem so Earth-shatteringly important at the time, and then a few years down the road you can barely remember what all the fuss was about. No drama here, just some good honest laughs about how ridiculous our teen years can be. Oh, and don't forget the paperboy who can not rest until he collects his "TWO DOLLARS!"

Sent by Jason Frey (pronounced like "Fry" not "Fray") | 11:59 PM ET | 08-14-2007

My Bodyguard is my favorite high school movie. Starring Matt Dillon as the bully Moody, Chris Makepeace as the nerd Clifford Peache and the debut of Adam Baldwin as Ricky Lindeman, the school outcast hired by Clifford to protect him from Melvin. Ruth Gordon shines as Cliff's grandmother. The fight scene at the end is awesome.

Sent by Jude Schwegel | 6:29 AM ET | 08-15-2007

Can't forget "Over the Edge" 1979 with young Matt Dillon. Great predecessor to "Suburbia"(1984)that shows how teens react to the sterile environs of the burbs.

Sent by Shawn Greene | 2:20 PM ET | 08-15-2007

Clueless was a great high school movie. It's a great reinterpretation of Jane Austen's Emma. Well written and acted.

Sent by Tim | 2:45 PM ET | 08-15-2007

"American Pie" jumps to mind as a memorable high school movie. I bet it helps for me that I went to school with the writer and many of the characters have real schoolmates that come to mind, but what high school didn't have a cocky jerk, dumb jock, pretty exchange student, hot mom, nerdy father, shy nice guy, promiscuous girl, and horny virgins.

Who can forget the Sherminator, the web-cam ???hook-up???, the laxative bathroom scene, Stifler???s mom, and all those great lines:
???M-I-L-F: Mom I'd Like to Fuck!???
???Suck me beautiful! ???
???What's my name? Say my name, bitch!???
???this one time at band camp . . . ???

I also like that it has lacrosse, even if the action is so obviously staged. Now that I am a college lacrosse coach it???s always funny to hear about players whose first exposure to the sport was through this movie. The sport is exploding, partially thanks to American Pie???s exposure.

Sent by Andy Sharp | 6:14 PM ET | 08-15-2007

I have a total soft spot for teen movies, possibly due to the fact that even as "adults" we don't get over much of the awkwardness we felt as teenagers.
Some of my favorites are "10 Things I Hate About You," "American Pie" and "Clueless," as well as the John Hughes classics. "Can't Hardly Wait" is one of the very best, so perfectly summing up all the anticipation and disappointment that get balled up together during high school graduation.

Sent by Devlin | 6:17 PM ET | 08-15-2007

"Rushmore" is not only a high school movie, but also my favorite movie ever.
How many movies can you see a middle aged depressed Bill Murray and a teenage dork fight over the same woman.
A great movie for all those who loves the high school extracurricular activites much more than the classes.

Sent by Meghan | 10:57 AM ET | 08-16-2007

Heathers starring the "old" Winona Ryder and Christian Slater.

Sent by Megan Fraser | 2:05 PM ET | 08-16-2007

Baby it's You -- John Sayles first movie, and the only one I know about that delves into the anxieties and hopes of a 1960s girl, facing the change of growing up and the change of facing a radical new era.

Sent by Elaine | 2:16 PM ET | 08-16-2007

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Scope and memorable characters

Sent by Robert | 2:45 PM ET | 08-16-2007