Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.

Amy Heckerling

Cameron Crowe

Amanda Wyss Blair Tefkin Brian Backer D.W. Brown Eric Stoltz Forest Whitaker James Russo Jennifer Jason Leigh Judge Reinhold Kelli Maroney Phoebe Cates Ray Walston Robert Romanus Scott Thomson Sean Penn Stanley Davis Jr. Tom Nolan Vincent Schiavelli