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Films That Helped Us Grow Up

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  • The Makeover

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    Clueless may be the best-known makeover movie ("Ooh! Project!") and Tina Fey later put her twist on it in Mean Girls.

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  • Virginity Lost

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    Losing one's virginity is practically the main ingredient of a coming-of-age movie, but nowhere is it more memorable and central to the plot than in Dirty Dancing.

  • That One Crazy Summer

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    Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants isn't so much crazy — unless you consider shipping a pair of jeans around the world crazy — as it is a portrayal of a life-changing summer.

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  • The Awkward Years

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    The usual message is that deep down, unpopular kids are more fascinating than popular ones. In Juno a gawky teen possesses a magical self-confidence that only a screenplay could provide.

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  • Revenge of the Nerd

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    The nerd outsmarts his oppressors and find his own coolness in Almost Famous — we love it when the unpopular kid skips right past snooty high-school girls only to find, and get, the older woman.

  • First Crush

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    In Sixteen Candles, socially underrated Samantha gets Jake, the jock, and he turns out to be just as sweet as he looks.

    RELATED ON TRÉSSUGAR: Sixteen Candles

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