8 Best Graduation Movies

There are a lot of movies about:

Here are the eight best movies about these things:

Grease is a delight, and it's not as fun and frivolous as its go-to slumber-party movie status. The story takes place during a school year for Rydell High's class of 1959. 

It's about the anxiety of approaching adulthood. Before that flying car transports Sandy and Danny into the 1960s and beyond, they and their friends struggle with the transition. 

Both of the main leads change their personalities to be accepted and liked. Meanwhile, Frenchy and Rizzo learn the value of protecting yourself and your interests for the future that lies ahead in the form of staying in school and a pregnancy scare.

Lady Bird pushes back with her mother combatively about almost everything. But, she keeps it chill with her father as he decided that it's stupid to get in the way of someone with such a strong sense of self and purpose.

Lady Bird is the rare high-school senior who cannot wait to leave home, having outgrown her maturity long ago. Maybe it's because of her suffocating Catholic high school or her town that doesn't have much to offer her.

It is about the rare graduating senior who is looking forward to the end of high school. They think that they are ready to take on the real world. They feel mature and prepared enough to do so. 

Every high-school student believes that all high-school kids besides them have figured out everything, and this movie explores that. Amy and Molly ditch being future-minded perfect teens at the end of high school to catch up with their classmates and enjoy their youth.

4. Legally Blonde (2001)

Elle Woods proudly tells her graduating class that in her three years at Harvard, she has found that passion is a key ingredient to the study and practice of law and life. You can always trust a girl who wears hot pink.

5. Into the Wild (2007)

Christopher McCandless graduates with honors from college. But, he rejects the conventional path and goes on a cross-country trip into the wilderness. It is based on a true story, which is recounted in the non-fiction book of the same name.

6. Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

The characters of this ensemble comedy about a graduation-night celebration. Shy and intelligent Preston connects with the popular and idealized dream girl Amanda who has outgrown praying into this archetype.

Instead of taking revenge on a jock bully, nerdy William gets drunk, loses his dorky image, and becomes a party god. That same night the jock bully, Mike, realizes that he peaked in high school. From there on, things go downhill for him.

7. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is the best time-travel movie of the 1980s. Ferris has computer equipment that is worth thousands of dollars. He uses it to stage all kinds of schemes and pranks, and it's certainly enough to propel him into the future and back.

Ferris visited 1996 Chicago and found that he led a comfortable, if normal life of working for the man and following the rules. So, when he returned to his senior year of 1986, he decided to put all his efforts into:

He acts like he'll not get caught during his epic senior skip day, knowing he'll not ever get caught. He has a feeling that high school is unimportant and temporary. He teaches this lesson to his best friend Cameron, whose overwhelming anxiety can be familiar to people dealing with the pressures of young adulthood.

8. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

Though Edward has collected several graduation caps over the years to display them as wall art, finishing high school with his beloved Bella is certainly a special moment. Over-achieving, Jessica gives the graduation speech.

To make the evening meaningful, you can start with a photo or video montage of the graduates' journey from childhood to young adulthood. It can include both funny and touching moments.

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