


Aaron over at the Death Rattle blog asked me to list my top 5 favorite films of this genre and it's been running all week over there, check out our write-ups. We both picked the same number one by the way, great minds think alike! Just to have my full list here too, here it is! Also, I realized that I left off THREE O'CLOCK HIGH in my list at Death Rattle! Can't believe I spaced that one! I know there's a whole bunch I'm not thinking of, so hit me with ideas/suggestions people!
1. ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL(1979; Allan Arkush)
2. THREE O'CLOCK HIGH(1987; Phil Joanou)
3. MIDNIGHT MADNESS(1980; David Wechter/Michael Nankin)
3. PRETTY POISON(1968; Noel Black)
4. OVER THE EDGE(1979; Jonathan Kaplan)
5. BIG WEDNESDAY(1978; John Milius)
6. THE WARRIORS(1979; Walter Hill)
7. GUN CRAZY(1950; Joseph H. Lewis)
8. THE RIVER'S EDGE(1986; Tim Hunter)
9. IF....(1968; Lindsay Anderson)
10. THE WANDERERS(1979; Philip Kaufman)
11. THE BAD NEWS BEARS(1976; Michael Ritchie)
12. BAD BOYS(1983; Rick Rosenthal)
13. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE(1955 Nicholas Ray)
14. LITTLE DARLINGS(1980; Ronald F. Maxwell)
15. MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH(1976; Rene Daalder)
16. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS(1982; Lou Adler)
17. FANDANGO(1985; Kevin Reynolds)
18. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE(1971; Stanley Kurick)
19. LORD LOVE A DUCK(1966; George Axelrod)
20. THE DEATH OF RICHIE(1977; Paul Wendkos)
21. THRASHIN'(1986; David Winters)
22. THE NEW KIDS(1985; Sean S. Cunningham)
23. CLASS OF 1984(1982; Mark L. Lester)
24. 3:15(1986; Larry Gross)
25. THE WILD ONE(1953; Laslo Benedek)
26. FREEWAY(1996; Matthew Bright)
27. TUFF TURF(1985; Fritz Kiersch)
28. DESPERATE LIVES(1982; Robert Michael Lewis)
29. OUTRAGE(1973; Richard T. Heffron)
30. TURK 182(1985; Bob Clark)
31. YOUNG WARRIORS(1983; Lawrence D. Foldes)


