Youth Cinema Studies
U.S. Teen Films 1980-1989
1980
Alien Dead
The Apple
The Blue Lagoon
Carny
Cutting Loose
Fade to Black
Fame
Friday the 13th
Foxes
The Great Santini
Happy Birthday, Gemini
The Hollywood Knights
The Idolmaker
Little Darlings
Mother’s Day
My Bodyguard
Ordinary People
Out of the Blue
Seed of Innocence
Times Square
To All a Good Night
Up the Academy
The Watcher in the Woods
1981
Blood Beach
The Burning
Carbon Copy
Choices
The Chosen
The Dark End of the Street
Endless Love
Eyes of a Stranger
Fear No Evil
Four Friends
Friday the 13th Part 2
The Funhouse
Graduation Day
Halloween II
Hollywood High Part II
Longshot
Only When I Laugh
Private Lessons
Rivals
Student Bodies
Taps
Wacko
1982
Abuse
Beach House
The Beast Within
Class of 1984
The Escape Artist
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Forty Deuce
Friday the 13th Part 3
Full Moon High
Goin’ All the Way!
Grease 2
Homework
Honkytonk Man
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
The Last American Virgin
Liar’s Moon
Madman
Midnight
Night Warning
Slumber Party Massacre
Tex
The Vals
Zapped
1983
All the Right Moves
Angelo My Love
Baby It’s You
Bad Boys
Boogeyman 2
Christine
Class
The First Turn On!
Flashdance
Getting It On
I Am the Cheese
Joysticks
The Lords of Discipline
Losin' It
The Loveless
Max Dugan Returns
My Tutor
The Outsiders
Private School
Risky Business
Rumble Fish
Scarred
Sleepaway Camp
Sweet 16
Valley Girl
WarGames
Wild Style
1984
Alphabet City
American Taboo
Angel
Beat Street
Birdy
Blame It on Rio
Blame It on the Night
Blood Theater
Children of the Corn
City Limits
Delivery Boys
Desperate Teenage Lovedolls
Fatal Games
First Born
The Flamingo Kid
Footloose
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Gimme an F!
Going Back
Grandview, U.S.A.
Gremlins
Hadley’s Rebellion
Hollywood Hot Tubs
Hot Dog... The Movie
Hot Moves
Joy of Sex
The Karate Kid
Kidco
The Last Starfighter
Lovelines
Making the Grade
Meatballs Part II
Nickel Mountain
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Night of the Comet
No Small Affair
Old Enough
The Power
The Prey
Racing With the Moon
Reckless
Red Dawn
Repo Man
Running Hot
Savage Streets
Sixteen Candles
Snowballing
The Stone Boy
Stranger Than Paradise
Suburbia
Surf II
Teachers
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Where the Boys Are ‘84
The Wild Life
1985
Back to the Future
The Beniker Gang
Better Off Dead
The Boys Next Door
The Breakfast Club
Cave Girl
Evils of the Night
Explorers
Fast Forward
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Fright Night
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
The Goonies
Hard Choices
Heaven Help Us
The Heavenly Kid
Hot Chili
Hot Resort
I Was a Teenage TV Terrorist
The Journey of Natty Gann
Just One of the Guys
The Legend of Billie Jean
Mask
Mischief
The Mutilator
My Science Project
Murphy’s Romance
The New Kids
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Once Bitten
Out of Control
Paradise Motel
Pink Nights
Private Resort
Radioactive Dreams
Real Genius
Return of the Living Dead
Screen Test
Secret Admirer
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Silver Bullet
Smooth Talk
Sylvester
Teen Wolf
That Was Then, This is Now
Tomboy
Tuff Turf
Vision Quest
Weird Science
Young Sherlock Holmes
The Zoo Gang
1986
The Abomination
At Close Range
Bad Girls Dormitory
The Big Bet
Blue Velvet
Born American
The Boy Who Could Fly
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Chopping Mall
The Class of Nuke ‘Em High
Critters
Crossroads
Dangerously Close
Deadly Friend
Desert Bloom
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Fire with Fire
Flight of the Navigator
Free Ride
Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part IV
Hoosiers
Iron Eagle
The Karate Kid Part II
Labyrinth
The Legend of Billie Jean
Lucas
The Manhattan Project
The Mosquito Coast
Neon Maniacs
One Crazy Summer
One More Saturday Night
Out of Bounds
Peggy Sue Got Married
Platoon
Playing for Keeps
Pretty in Pink
Rad
Ratboy
Reform School Girls
Revenge of the Teenage Vixens from Outer Space
Running Mates
Slaughter High
Solarbabies
SpaceCamp
Spookies
Stand By Me
Thinkin’ Big
Thrashin’
3:15
Trick or Treat
Twisted
Wildcats
Willy/Milly
Wired to Kill
Youngblood
1987
Adventures in Babysitting
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Back to the Beach
La Bamba
Big Bad Mama II
Blood Lake
Can’t Buy Me Love
China Girl
The Curse
Dirty Dancing
Doom Asylum
Gaby: A True Story
The Gate
Hell on the Battleground
Hiding Out
Hot Pursuit
In the Mood
I Was a Teenage Zombie
Kidnapped
Less Than Zero
Like Father, Like Son
The Lost Boys
Maid to Order
The Majorettes
Masters of the Universe
The Monster Squad
Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home
My Little Girl
Nice Girls Don’t Explode
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Night of the Demons
Night Screams
North Shore
O.C. and Stiggs
Party Camp
Pretty Smart
The Principal
Return to Horror High
River’s Edge
Slaughterhouse
Slumber Party Massacre II
Some Kind of Wonderful
Square Dance
Summer Camp Nightmare
Summer School
Sweet Lorraine
Terminal Entry
Three For the Road
Three O’Clock High
A Tiger’s Tale
Welcome to 18
White Water Summer
The Wraith
Zombie High
1988
Aloha Summer
Beach Balls
The Beat
Big
Biloxi Blues
Black Roses
The Blob
Bloody Pom Poms
The Boy From Hell
Cannibal Campout
The Chocolate War
Clownhouse
Colors
Critters 2: The Main Course
Curfew
Cutting Class
Dakota
Death by Dialogue
Defense Play
Doin’ Time on Planet Earth
Dudes
18 Again!
Flesh Eating Mothers
“For Keeps”
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
The Great Outdoors
Hairspray
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Hide and Go Shriek
Hollow Gate
The In Crowd
The Invisible Kid
Johnny Be Good
The Kiss
The Last Slumber Party
Leader of the Band
License to Drive
Little Nikita
Lone Wolf
My Best Friend is a Vampire
Mystic Pizza
The Night Before
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
976-EVIL
1969
Permanent Record
Phantasm II
Phantom Brother
Plain Clothes
The Prince of Pennsylvania
Pumpkinhead
The Rescue
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Running on Empty
Satisfaction
Senior Week
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Stand and Deliver
Student Affairs
Survival Quest
Teen Vamp
Terror Squad
Valentino Returns
Vice Versa
Watchers
Waxwork
The Wizard of Loneliness
1989
Back to the Future 2
Beverly Hills Brats
Beware: Children at Play
Beyond the Stars
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Blueberry Hill
Catch Me If You Can
Cemetery High
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Deadly Innocents
Deadly Weapon
Dead Poets Society
Dream A Little Dream
Far From Home
Forbidden Sun
Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Girlfriend from Hell
Gleaming the Cube
The Gumshoe Kid
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Heathers
Hell High
Hot Times at Montclair High
How I Got Into College
Immediate Family
In Country
The Karate Kid Part III
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Lean on Me
Lost Angels
Memorial Valley Massacre
Misplaced
Monster High
Morgan’s Cake
My Mom’s a Werewolf
Night Life
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Night Children
Night Visitor
Nowhere to Run
Offerings
Parenthood
Pet Sematary
Rooftops
Say Anything...
See You in the Morning
Shag
She’s Out of Control
Sing
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland
Society
Staying Together
Teen Witch
Troop Beverly Hills
True Blood
Uncle Buck
Under the Boardwalk
War Party
Who Shot Pat?
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II