We have come a long way since Judge Hardy told his son Any (Mickey Rooney) in the popular Andy Hardy film series: “We taught you how to think, your mother and I, and if you make a mistake, it’s our mistake too.”
Back in the late 1980s, when I was asked to teach a course dealing with Youth Culture and Hollywood, I read some influential books on the subject.
Brake,Mike. The Sociology of Youth Culture and Youth Suculture,1980.
Davis, Fred. On Youth Subcultures: The Hippie Variant, 1971.
Doherty, Thomas. Teenagers and Teenpics: The Juvenilization of American Movies in the 1950s, 1988. (The most insightful book on the subject).
Goldstein, Ruth M. and Edith Zarnow. The Screen Image of Youth: Movies about Children and Adolescents, 1980.
McGee, Mark Thomas and R.J. Robertson: The J.D. Films: Juvenile Delinquency in the Movies, 1982.
Movie Cycles: Youth Culture–Teenpics and High-School Movies
We have come a long way since Judge Hardy told his son Any (Mickey Rooney) in the popular Andy Hardy film series: “We taught you how to think, your mother and I, and if you make a mistake, it’s our mistake too.”
Back in the late 1980s, when I was asked to teach a course dealing with Youth Culture and Hollywood, I read some influential books on the subject.
Brake,Mike. The Sociology of Youth Culture and Youth Suculture,1980.
Davis, Fred. On Youth Subcultures: The Hippie Variant, 1971.
Doherty, Thomas. Teenagers and Teenpics: The Juvenilization of American Movies in the 1950s, 1988. (The most insightful book on the subject).
Goldstein, Ruth M. and Edith Zarnow. The Screen Image of Youth: Movies about Children and Adolescents, 1980.
McGee, Mark Thomas and R.J. Robertson: The J.D. Films: Juvenile Delinquency in the Movies, 1982.
High-School Movies (in chronological order):
Blackboard Jungle, 1955
Rebel Without a Cause, 1955
The Violent Years, 1956
Rock Rock Rock, 1956
Splendor in the Grass, 1961
Bye Bye Birdie, 1963
To Sir with Love, 1967
High School (documentary), 1968
The Last Picture Show, 1971
American Graffiti, 1973
The Lords of Flatbush, 1974
Cooley High, 1975
Carrie, 1976
Grease, 1978
Over the Edge, 1979
Rock Roll High School, 1979
Fame, 1980
My Bodyguard, 1980
Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982
Gregory’s Girl, 1982
Tex, 1982
Bad Boys, 1983
The Outsiders, 1983
Spring Break, 1983
Lords of Discipline, 1983
Return of the Black Stallion, 1983
Risky Business, 1983
The Karate Kid (and its sequels), 1984
Reckless, 1984
Sixteen Candles, 1984
The Breakfast Club, 1985
Back to the Future, 1985
Flamingo Kid, 1985
Mischief, 1985
Seeventeen (docu), 1985
Turf Turf, 1985
Vision Quest, 1985
Ferris Buellers Day Off, 1986
Hoosiers, 1986
Lucas, 1986
Pretty in Pink, 1986
Peggy Sue Got Married, 1986
Stand and Deliver, 1988
Dead Poets Society, 1989
Heathers, 1989
Say Anything, 1989
Flirting, 1992
Hoop Dreams (documentary), 1994
Scream 1996
Clueless, 1995
Can’t Hardly Wait, 1998
Rushmore, 1998
American Pie, 1999
Get Real, 1999
Election, 1999
The Virgin Suicides, 1999
Bring It On, 2000
Donnie Darko, 2001
Brick, 2006
Napoleon Dynamite, 2004