Teen Angst FilmsTimeline

Grease (1978)
Director= Randal Kleiser
Love interest (trend)
Reinforcing stereotypes (trend)

Footloose (1984)
Director= Herbert Ross
Love interest (trend)

Dirty Dancing (1987)
Director= Emile Ardolino
Love interest (trend)

The Breakfast Club (1985)
Director= John Hughes
Self-sufficient (change)
Teen friendship (trend)

10 things I Hate About You (31 March 1999)
Director= Gil Junger
Breaks female stereotype (change)
Love interest (trend)

Clueless (19 July 1995)

Director= Amy Heckerling
Breaks the female stereotype (modern trend)

Mean Girls (2004)
Director= Mark Waters
Teen friendship (trend)
Reinforcing stereotype (trend)

She’s the Man (2006)
Director= Andy Fickman
Gender equality (change)

John Tucker Must Die (2006)
Director= Betty Thomas
Revenge plot (change)
Female independence

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
Director= Gurinder Chadha
Teen Friendship (trend)

Wild Child (2008)
Director= Nick Moore
Becoming independent (trend)
Learning from mistakes (trend)

17 Again (2009)
Director=Burr  Steers
Countertype main character-male (change)

Easy A (2010)

Director= Will Gluck

Becoming independent (trend)

Footloose (2011) (remake)
Director= Craig Brewer
Stereotypical on-screen romance (trend)
Racial diversity (modern trend)

The Duff (2015)
Director= Ari Sandel
Self-confidence (change)
Breaks the female stereotype (change)
Female independence (modern Trend)