Fast Times at Ridgemont High helped redefine the coming-of-age movie. The teen comedy, which premiered over 43 years ago on Aug. 13, 1982, follows a group of high school students navigating the ups ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a coming-of-age teen comedy-drama set in a Southern California high school, depicting the lives of ...

It has been more than four decades since "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" was released, and the movie that perfectly captured teenage angst and the essence of '80s youth culture was the breakout moment ...

Before Amy Heckerling introduced audiences to privileged Beverly Hills teens in Clueless, she made her feature directorial debut with a film about high schoolers living in the San Fernando Valley ...

Reading an excerpt from his new memoir, 'The Uncool,' the writer-director says Universal admitted it 'fucked up' the release of the film, which nonetheless kicked off the '80s teen-movie craze. By ...

TanChun is a traveling film director and screenwriter who believes in positive Asian representation in Hollywood. She aspires to create more stories in Western media that give Asian actors a chance to ...

Long before Dazed and Confusedcruised into the zeitgeist with its windows rolled down and ’70s rock turned up, Fast Times at Ridgemont High was already setting the tone. An instant cult classic with a ...

When the coming-of-age dramedy — starring Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh — premiered in 1982, it was more than just 'a cool buzz' Emily Krauser is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High helped redefine the coming-of-age movie. Earlier that same year, Penn recalled landing his breakout role as Spicoli, telling Jimmy Fallon that the audition went "terribly.