. Ferris Bueller Ferris Bueller's Day Off, while dated, is an essential high school movie. It details the convoluted scheme of Ferris Bueller to get out of school, resulting in a number of hijinks. Even with its innaccurate portrayal of what happens when you skip school, it's still a relatable adventure. 2. Project X Released in 2012, and a bit more modern, Project X details an 'epic' party thrown by Thomas (Thomas Mann), Costa (Oliver Cooper), and JB (Jonathan Daniel Brown). Intending to make a mark on their high school career, they throw a party that quickly gets out of hand. Even though its a comedy, it shows how dangerous and awry a high school party can get. 3. Grease Another dated movie, but Grease explores the clique-breaking romance …show more content…
between the greaser, Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and the innocent exchange student Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John). The romantic aspect is relatable to high schoolers even today. While cliques are less prevalent than they were then, it teaches valuable lessons about breaking cultural boundaries. 4.
High School Musical Even though it's a musical, HSM offers a very relatable look into the world of high school romance and trying to juggle the often packed schedule of devoted students in programs like sports or academic events. Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) has to make difficult choices about his sports career and his life. Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) has to choose between love and her academic …show more content…
obligations. 5. Napoleon Dynamite In Preston, a small town in Idaho, an awkward teen name Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) can't seem to fit in. After a family accident, his life lacks a safe haven at home and at school. After befriending a new student, Pedro (Efren Ramirez), They campaign to make him school president. Napoleon Dynamite details the struggle of being unable to fit in in high school and the fact that some people cant relax at home or at school. 6. 21 Jump Street When two cops join a new secret unit, they must use their young appearance to go undercover at a high school, to shut down a drug ring. But as the story goes on, they come to realize that they must reconfront the teenage anxiety and frustrations they thought they had left behind the first time. This movie is important to see because it shows the very real social issues that can come with being in high school, even the second time. 7 .
The Breakfast Club In a detention on saturday, five very different students meet under an authoritarian principal. Each one has a chance to tell their story and they come to learn a lot about each other. This movie shows that you shouldn't judge anybody, because their story may be far more compex than you know. 8. Mean Girls After being educated by scientist parents in Africa, Cady Heron's (Lindsey Lohan) family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, where she experiences public school. She quickly finds that there are tightly knit groups that divide up public school neatly. After accidentally falling in league with the 'cool kids,' she quickly learns how shallow public school groups can be, highlighting the reality of social cliques in high school. 9. Harry Potter Series Harry Potter is known as a fantasy series, but it also touches on some of the difficult aspects of adolescence. Not only can we see the adolescent development of Harry himself, but also of those around him. It made them seem human and thus easier to relate to, despite their 'wizardry.' 10. American
Pie Teens in their home stretch of high school are more and more going through rites of adulthood, such as losing their virginity. This movie chronicles the desperation of five high school seniors to 'fit in' by being able to have sex. While raunchy, it teaches a lesson about high school 'adulthood.'
This movie also has many detailed concepts such as social sanctions, peer pressure, sociological perspectives, and control theory. This movie is rated R and won MTV Movie Silver Bucket of Excellence Award. It is also rated 4 stars out of 5 stars and is one hour 37 minutes long.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), directed written and co-produced by John Hughes and Tom Jacobson has claimed it’s spot as one of the best teen movie of the 80’s. The teen comedy film follows Ferris Bueller, played by Matthew Broderick, a slacker teen who fakes ill to skip school. Ferris, known as the effortlessly cool “wise guy” around school coaxes his best friend Cameron Frye and girlfriend Sloane Peterson into his plan and the three spend the day aimlessly roam the streets of Chicago. Although a 32-year-old film, it is a timeless classic and still relatable to teens and adults alike. The audience is constantly at the edge of their seats as Ferris’s cover is nearly blown multiple times throughout the film. As the audience,
“I viewed each of the films at least once…taking notes on the role of the teacher, peer relations, among students, relations between students and adults, student attitudes toward schoolwork, extracurricular activities, the role of the family, the resources of the school, the use of violence and drugs, exploitation of sexuality (4).”
The film that interested me for this assignment was “Boyz n the Hood”. The movie was about a Los Angeles neighborhood expanding of drug and gang culture, with increasingly tragic results. It was about how one teen had family support to guide him on the right path in life regarding the social problems around him. The other two teens in the film wasn’t as fortunate and fell into the social problems of drugs, violence, and gangs; where one ended up dead.
Can you recall the very last night that you spent with your high school buddies before packing your bags and leaving for college? The films American Graffiti and Dazed and Confused bring you back to that through the recreation of those great experiences. American Graffiti is based on a closely-knit group of teenagers who will all be leaving each other the next day for new adventures. This gang of teenagers, despite their differences, all goes out together and share their last memorable evening. Throughout the night, friendships are strengthened, conflicting struggles arise, and romances are created and disrupted. Dazed and Confused dealt about life during wartime – the wartime of high school, where the faculty is irrational, the parents are
In this film we see many typical high school behaviors such as cliques, cattiness, and popularity (or lack there of) issues. Many scenes in this movie have an array of stereotypes. Sometimes they are clearly stated and others just seen through attitudes of the actors/actresses character. Also through out we follow the main clique “the plastics” and they have this image they have to uphold. Be perfect, skinny, the best at everything, and in sync with everything they do; or they wont uphold their status. I chose this film because I think it shows a lot of what we have learned in this course and how it is in real life. Clearly the film is exaggerated but much of
Sam’s high school is like any stereotypical high school with it’s various social crowds. The popular crowd in this movie is composed of mostly jocks and cheerleaders. These adolescents seem to be the most physically attractive and have the wealthiest parents.
The movie main character is Cady Heron who is a homeschooled girl. Her and her family lived in Africa for 15 years. They return back to the states and place Cady into a public school for the first time. Cady meets her classmates and finds a few good friends the introduce her to a group of girls called the Plastics. She ends up joining the plastics with the motive of bring them down because her new friend don’t like them very much and thought it would be funny. However, she eventually gets assimilated into the group of three unkind girls and starts to be just like them.
The movie The Breakfast Club is a perfect example of peer relationships in the adolescent society. It shows the viewer some of the main stereotypes of students in high school you have a jock, a nerd, the weirdo, a rebel, and a prep. Over the course of a Saturday detention the different types of peers learn a lot about one another by hearing what each one has done to get into Saturday detention as well as why they chose to do it.
In the movie, 16 year old Cady Heron was the daughter of zoologist parents. They had been on a 12 year research trip in Africa before returning to the states so Cady was homeschooled most of all her life. While attending public school for the first time, Cady is swept away by who she thought she was to the new person she had become. A “plastic” is what she had become. The Plastics were the most popular girls in school, but also the messiest and most insecure. Downing others to make themselves feel better was what The Plastics lived for. It took for chaos, confusion, and betrayal for them to get to the gist of who they really are as individuals. The adolescence period in one’s life is a very tough and exciting time. A teen is constantly going through changes daily; physically, mentally and emotionally. Those with a strong sense of self make a smooth transition during this period, while others still looking for a sense of belonging seem to struggle. During the middle school years, they begin to develop more interpersonal relationships and peer acceptance be...
The movie is very relatable as most high school students have all thought about how nice it would be to just have one day off school. Though, a typical day of hookey for most students probably does not involve “borrowing” a Ferrari, scheming your girlfriend out of school, and living it up for a day in Chicago with two of your closets pals. Yet, Ferris’s acts make one think that they deserve an innocent day off school every once and a while. In fact, to quote Ferris “How can I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?” Sometimes all anyone needs a nice day off to feel refreshed.
In the idealistic world of many teenagers, the perfect day includes not having to go to school and hanging out with their friends. They’d go for a drive, and do anything they could, because why not? This dream is brought to life in the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a product of John Hughes, mastermind behind all of our favorite 1980s teen movies. It captivates the viewer and makes us all feel like calling in sick to school or work, just to have a day like Ferris’. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is the best movie ever because of its screenplay, casting, cinematography, audience reception, and sound.
“I said it before and I’ll say it again, life moves pretty fast, you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” This is how the audience meets Ferris Bueller. John Hughes’ 1986 film, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off had quite a bit of appeal that brought the attention of many viewers. A film about a beloved senior in high school who decides to play hooky for the day and go on an adventure around Chicago. The trailer doesn’t do much to tell much about the plot, instead, it introduces the main character by a sequence of opinions that background characters are saying of the delightful Ferris Bueller. Bueller is described, via the trailer, as a character that influences his peers – gaining him popularity – in ways they find
High school is a time in your life that at the time you think is the worst part in your life, but will later find out, that it is the best time in your life. Unlike my fellow senior classmates, I have come to the realization that I will miss this “shitty” place we call school. High school is a mixture of 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 year olds. Unlike elementary and middle school, in high school, all students are mixed together. To me, high school is a time in your life to figure out who you are, who your friends are, and to make memories. I love high school and will miss every minute of it next year when I am off in college, alone. O Bentworth Senior High School.
...eelings throughout the day they had spent together in the library. Brian’s essay reflects their feeling on the way they feel about their home and lives and the way they feel they fit in among the other students in their school. The essay was inspirational because it showed through the words each of the five student’s true feelings. They wanted it to be know they are people with true feelings and thoughts of their own they would like to express. They said they are more than a nerd, basket case, popular chick, athlete or a trouble maker. The essay Brian present for the group speaks loud for each of the students inside that library as well as all the other students in every school all around the world. This movie can help children all around relate to their current issues and situation and possible help them through a rough time in their lives as they are growing up.