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Wet Hot American Summer
Why this pick
Matches its gleeful demolition of teen-comedy conventions, using deadpan commitment, absurd escalation and a dense web of deliberately familiar character types.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2001 1h 29m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Movies like
Not Another Teen Movie
Comedy
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Why this pick
Trades high school movies for music-biopic formulas, but has a similarly rapid-fire, affectionate parody style and an earnest lead surrounded by escalating nonsense.
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The Final Girls
Why this pick
A warm, inventive slasher-comedy that knows its genre rules inside out, balancing affectionate meta jokes with real attachment to its young ensemble.
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Bottoms
Why this pick
A modern high-school comedy with heightened archetypes, cartoonishly escalating stakes and a cheerfully irreverent take on the rituals of teen-movie popularity.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the stereotypical high school community of John Hughes High in Southern California, attractive Priscilla, a popular cheerleader, separates from her talented American football star but slacker boyfriend, Jake Wyler. After Jake discovers that Priscilla is now dating timid and weird Les just to spite him, one of Jake's friends, Austin, makes a bet with him to turn Janey Briggs, a "uniquely rebellious girl", into the prom queen.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Chyler Leigh
Janey Briggs
Chris Evans
Jake Wyler
Mia Kirshner
Catherine Wyler
Jaime Pressly
Priscilla
Cody McMains
Mitch Briggs
Lacey Chabert
Amanda Becker
Eric Jungmann
Ricky Lipman
Nectar Rose
Sara Fratelli