Greatest High School Movies

I saw an online post that asked, "What is the greatest high school movie, and why is it Clueless."

As I pondered the post and question, I had to concede that the Amy Heckerling 90's film re-imagining of Jane Austen's Emma is a pretty qualified nominee for the moniker. It's an incredibly entertaining film that actually holds up pretty well after thirty years. 

When I think about teen films and high school movies, I go back to the early 1980s, and honestly the first two I can recall are Amy Heckerling's original teen classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High, based on the non-fiction high school expose by a young music writer named Cameron Crowe, and a less memorable but sweetly entertaining film The Last American Virgin. 

Entertainment Weekly recently posted its list of the greatest high school/teen movies. Some of my favorites are classics like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ten Things I Hate About You, and Can't Buy Me Love. But here's an interesting question: How do we feel about Grease?