One Crazy Summer (1986)

"Hey, Hoops, you ever notice how people die in alphabetical order?"

The Summer before I went to college was probably one of my favorites from my teenage years. The exams were done (who cared if you did well or not, you were finished school, fuck it!) and I had a well paying/low maintenace job which meant plenty of disposable income to facilitate my music, film and boozing habits. Three fun-filled months to party away with your friends before many of you went your separate ways with university; some you kept in touch with, others just drifted away over the years. What made it much more memorable was the fact that I finally had the break away from feeling like a kid; I could go to bars, go away on trips with friends, have house parties... hey, I could do whatever the hell I wanted! All of these were the great things that made the end of your teenage years so special. They were fun times, and I had good cause to be happy.

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Sixteen Candles (1984)

"I can't believe I gave my panties to a geek"

It isn't easy being Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald; Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club). She has just turned sixteen, her family has forgotten her birthday, she is insecure about her body, and the hot stud of her dreams seemingly has no idea she exists. To top it off, her grandparents have set up residence in her bedroom as her older sister is getting married the next day. Things don't exactly improve for her when she gets to school. Whilst filling in a sex survey and attempting to pass it to her big haired best friend, Randy (Liane Curtis; Baby, It's You, Critters 2), she accidentally drops it and it ends up in the hands of Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling; Vision Quest, Mermaids), who also happens to be the piece of manly meat that she is drooling over. Well, at least he knows she exists now. The problem is, he is already in a relationship with super babe cheerleader Caroline (Haviland Morris; Who's That Girl, Gremlins 2: The New Batch). Even the girls drool over her in the shower.

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