Tuesday, September 12, 2006

High School Movies

Entertainment Weekly put out their Top 50 High School movies in the latest issues on shelves now and I take issue with a couple of omissions as well as some ranking problems. With lists like this, which are completely arbitrary, there is no criteria used to rank films. It's more or less a bunch of writers submitting lists, probably by email, to an editor who just picks 50 movies from a nice cross section of decades to apeal to the most readers. How else could you explain that Spendor in the Grass made the cut?

Below is the list according to EW, my top ten choices highlighted unless otherwise missing. Anything you think got short changed? Comment with omissions or favorites.

50. Splendor in the Grass 1961
49.Sixteen Candles 1984
48. Just One of the Guys 1985
47. Napoleon Dynamite 2004
46. Flirting 1992
45. My Bodyguard 1980
44. Can't Hardly Wait 1998
43. Stand and Deliver 1988
42. Fame 1980
41. Can't Buy Me Love 1987
40. Risky Business 1983
39. The Virgin Suicides 2000
38. Bye Bye Birdie 1963
37. Friday Night Lights 2004
36. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
35. Brick 2006
34. Get Real 1999
33. Hoop Dreams 1994
32. Scream 1996
31. The Karate Kid 1984
30. Bring It On 2000
29. Gregory's Girl 1982
28. Back to the Future 1985
27. To Sir, With Love 1967
26. Pretty in Pink 1986
25. Hoosiers 1986
24. Rushmore 1998
23. Cooley High 1975
22. American Pie 1999
21. Grease 1978
20. Dead Poets Society 1989
19. The Last Picture Show 1971
18. Rock 'n' Roll High School 1979
17. Peggy Sue Got Married 1986
16. Lucas 1986
15. Carrie 1976
14. Donnie Darko 2001
13. High School 1968
12. Mean Girls 2004
11. Say Anything 1989
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986
9. Election 1999
8. Boyz N the Hood 1991
7. Clueless 1995
6. American Graffiti 1973
5. Heathers 1989
4. Rebel Without a Cause 1955
3. Dazed and Confused 1993
2. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982
1. The Breakfast Club

Missing from the list appears to be Weird Science, Valley Girl, 10 Things I Hate About You, Some Kind of Wonderful and I'll even go old school and say Blackboard Jungle from 1955!

posted by Scooter @ 6:54 AM

1 Comments:

At 2:32 PM, Blogger Scooter said...

you do make a point, but Say Anything plays more like a love story than an exploration of high school. do they even show one scene inside the walls of a high school?

 

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