Welcome to our first daily reader question, where you get to tell other cool parents what’s cool! First up, a topic that’s near and dear to our hearts: Pop culture. Or more specifically the pop culture from our own youth that we now get to share with our kids as they get older. (If we’re lucky.)

With this week’s 40th (whoa) anniversary of the date The Breakfast Club gathered for detention in Shermer High, we thought we’d see where it ranks among the top ’80s teen movies of all time.

Let us know what you think! Then check back for the results below.

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The Results

1. The Breakfast Club
2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
3. Dirty Dancing

Top Write-In Votes:
1. Sixteen Candles
2. Better Off Dead
3. Some Kind of Wonderful

 

Best '80s teen movies ever as chosen by our readers

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