Back to the Future(1985)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.



The Princess Bride(1987)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 70

While home sick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him a story called The Princess Bride.



Poltergeist(1982)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A family's home is haunted by a host of ghosts.



Big(1988)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.



Dead Poets Society(1989)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 67

English teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings.



Stand by Me(1986)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.



Edward Scissorhands(1990)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A gentle man, with scissors for hands, is brought into a new community after living in isolation.



A Christmas Story(1983)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.



Say Anything...(1989)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.



Parenthood(1989)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The Buckmans are a midwestern family all dealing with their lives: estranged relatives, raising children, pressures of the job, and learning to be a good parent and spouse.



Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that.



Time Bandits(1981)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.



Risky Business(1983)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.



Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 59

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.



The Breakfast Club(1985)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.



Heathers(1988)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 63

In order to get out of the snobby clique that is destroying her good-girl reputation, an intelligent teen teams up with a dark sociopath in a plot to kill the cool kids.



Fast Times at Ridgemont High(1982)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs and rock n' roll.



Splash(1984)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.



Hoosiers(1986)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.



Pretty in Pink(1986)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A poor girl must choose between the affections of her doting childhood sweetheart and a rich but sensitive playboy.




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