#135: What's The Best?!?: Teen Movies (with Jennifer Reeder)

September 15, 2023IRON MAIDEN

Summary

Jennifer Reeder, director of the films Perpetrator and Knives and Skin, joins the Lifers podcast hosts to discuss their favorite teen movies. They each share their top 3 picks, with Reeder choosing Valley Girl, Carrie, and 10 Things I Hate About You, while the hosts select films like River's Edge, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Heathers, and Zapped. The conversation touches on what makes a great, iconic teen movie and some of the most memorable performances and moments from their selections.

PeopleAdam Wingard Adrian Brody Alec Baldwin Alicia Silverstone Andre Arnold Anthony Michael Hall Ben Affleck Brian De Palma Catherine Deneuve Celine Sciamma Cheech Marin Chong Colin Camp Crispin Glover Deborah Foreman Dee Rees Dennis Hopper Elisa Silverstone F.W. Murnau Heath Ledger Heather Thomas Ione Skye Jacques Tournier James Hughes Jennifer Reeder Joel Schumacher John Cusack John Hughes John Travolta Johnny Depp Julia Stiles Kathryn Bigelow Matt Dillon Matthew McConaughey Maurice Pialat Michael Moreau Mika Miko Nancy Allen Nicolas Cage PJ Soles Parker Posey Pat Healy Patrick Dempsey Piper Laurie Richard Linklater Richard Matheson Scatman Crothers Scott Bale Sean Penn Sissy Spacek Stephen King Sylvester Stallone Tarantino The Plim Souls Tim Hunter Todd Solondz Tom Cruise Val Lewton Willie Ames Yorgos Lanthimos

BandsFleetwood Mac Iron Maiden Letters to Cleo Local H Madness Rocket from the Crypt Tangerine Dream The Cranberries The Raincoats The Replacements The Specials The Toads

Movies & TV10 Things I Hate About You All the Right Moves American Pie Bottoms Carrie Clueless Cooley High Dazed and Confused Dinner in America Downton Abbey Dracula Dressed to Kill Fast Times at Ridgemont High Female Trouble Fish Tank Girlhood Hairspray Happiness He Said She Said Heathers Killing of a Sacred Deer Knives and Skin Marnie My Cousin Vinnie Napoleon Dynamite Nosferatu Over the Edge Pariah Perpetrator Pirates of Penzance Pirates of the Caribbean Planes Trains and Automobiles Rambo Risky Business River's Edge Salem's Lot She's Having a Baby Signature Move Sixteen Candles The Breakfast Club The Guest The Hunger The Last Voyage of the Demeter The Tourist Valley Girl Vertigo Weird Science Welcome to the Dollhouse White Trash Girl Zapped

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