The biggest teen movie hits of the 80s

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Back to the Future (1985)
Risky Business (1983)
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Gremlins (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Heathers (1988)
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Karate Kid (1984)
Stand By Me (1986)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Real Genius (1985)
Footloose (1984)
The Goonies (1985)
Weird Science (1985)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Labyrinth (1984)
Mannequin (1988)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
License to Drive (1988)
Porky's (1981)
The Outsiders (1983)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Teen Wolf (1985)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

Director: Stephen Herek
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and George Carlin
Revenue: $40.4 million

Back to the Future (1985)

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover
Revenue: $381 million

Risky Business (1983)

Director: Paul Brickman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano and Bronson Pinchot
Revenue: $6.2 million

Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan and Anthony Rapp
Revenue: $34.3 million

Gremlins (1984)

Director: Joe Dante
Cast: Phoebe Cates and Zach Galligan
Revenue: $153 million

The Breakfast Club (1985)

Director: John Hughes
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estévez and Anthony Michael Hall
Revenue: $51.5 million

Heathers (1988)

Director: Michael Lehman
Cast: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty and Kim Walker
Revenue: $1.1 million

Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

Director: Steve Rash
Cast: Amanda Peterson, Patrick Dempsey and Seth Green
Revenue: $31.6 million

Karate Kid (1984)

Director: John G. Avildsen
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, William Zabka and Elisabeth Shue
Revenue: $90.8 million

Stand By Me (1986)

Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton, Jerry O'Connell and Kiefer Sutherland
Revenue: $52.5 million

Dirty Dancing (1987)

Director: Emile Ardolino
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Gray and Cynthia Rhodes
Revenue: $213 million

Real Genius (1985)

Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Val Kilmer and Gabriel Jarret
Revenue: $ 12.9 million

Footloose (1984)

Director: Herbert Rose
Cast: Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Lori Singer and Sarah Jessica Parker
Revenue: $ 80 million

The Goonies (1985)

Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Josh Brolin, Sean Astin and Corey Feldman
Revenue: $61.5 million

Weird Science (1985)

Director: John Hughes
Cast: Kelly LeBrock, Robert Downey Jr, Anthony Michael Hall and Bill Paxton
Revenue: $38.9 million

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Phoebe Cates
Revenue: $27 million

Labyrinth (1984)

Director: Jim Henson
Cast: David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly
Revenue: $12.9 million

Mannequin (1988)

Director: Michael Gottlieb
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Esther Getty and James Spader
Revenue: $42.7 million

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Director: John Hughes
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Gray, Mia Sara and Charlie Sheen
Revenue: $70 million

License to Drive (1988)

Director: Greg Beeman
Cast: Corey Haim, Corey Feldman and Heather Graham
Revenue: $22 million

Porky's (1981)

Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Kim Cattrall, Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier and Wyatt Knight
Revenue: $111 million

The Outsiders (1983)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, Leif Garret and Diane Lane
Revenue: $ 25.7 million

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards and John Goodman
Revenue: $4 million

Teen Wolf (1985)

Director: Rod Daniel
Cast: Michael J. Fox and Susan Ursiti
Revenue: $33 million

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