The Karate Kid Part II (1986)

The Karate Kid Part II (1986)

[6] Ralph Macchio and Noriyuki "Pat" Morita reprise their roles in the sequel to The Karate Kid. This time, Mr. Miyagi (Morita) takes Daniel (Macchio) with him on a visit to Okinawa to bid farewell to Miyaki's dying father. Once…
Real Genius (1985)

Real Genius (1985)

[7] Gabe Jarret stars as a 15-year-old science prodigy who is accepted into a tech college where he's immediately placed on a cutting-edge laser project with other college-aged brainiacs. Val Kilmer plays his roommate, a goofy prankster whose irreverent attitude…
American Pie (1999)

American Pie (1999)

[6] After dying out in the late eighties, the sex comedy made a comeback a decade later with American Pie, directed by Paul Weitz (About a Boy, Little Fockers) and written by Adam Herz. Narratively, there's no reinvention of the…
The Karate Kid (1984)

The Karate Kid (1984)

[8] Teenaged Daniel (Ralph Macchio) moves with his single mother from New Jersey to Los Angeles, where he's immediately targeted by a gang of school bullies who practice karate together. After a few beatings, Macchio is taken under the wing…
Little Darlings (1980)

Little Darlings (1980)

[7] Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol star as teen girls competing at summer camp to see who can lose their virginity first. O'Neal's character is a rich girl trying to bed the camp's athletic coach (Armand Assante), while McNichol plays…
Another Country (1984)

Another Country (1984)

[7] Rupert Everett and Colin Firth star in this coming-of-age period drama set in an elite 1930s English boys' school, where militaristic tradition and hierarchy seems far more important than education. There is a sense of brotherhood among the students,…
Maurice (1987)

Maurice (1987)

[6] James Wilby and Hugh Grant star as young lovers driven apart by oppressive heteronormativity in pre-World War I England. The two meet in college and cautiously profess their love for one another. But when a fellow gay student is…
Smooth Talk (1985)

Smooth Talk (1985)

[8] Future Oscar-winner Laura Dern (Marriage Story) gives her first leading performance in this adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been," the story of a fifteen-year-old girl who pursues male attention without considering the…
Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)

Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)

[4] Future Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) co-stars with Byron Thames and Maddie Corman in this dramedy about three friends experiencing the pangs of adolescence. Connelly's character balances her career ambitions and academic studies while entering the dating scene.…
American History X (1998)

American History X (1998)

[5] Edward Norton (Fight Club) plays a reformed neo-nazi trying to stop his younger brother (Terminator 2's Edward Furlong) from following in his ugly footsteps in American History X. But breaking free from the skinheads who idolize him turns out…