Directed by Cameron Crowe • 1989 • United States
Starring John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney
Cameron Crowe made his auspicious directorial debut with this beloved teenage romantic comedy, which breathed new life into the high-school movie with its refreshingly authentic characters and irresistible sense of youthful optimism. John Cusack became a Gen X icon with his eminently appealing turn as Lloyd Dobler, a slacker misfit who sets out to defy the odds by winning over the smartest and most popular girl in school (Ione Skye), while the image of him blasting Peter Gabriel from a boom box below her window has taken its place as one of the defining pop-culture moments of the 1980s.
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Singles
Directed by Cameron Crowe • 1992 • United States
Starring Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, Kyra SedgwickSix young Seattle urbanites just starting their lives—with bills to pay, budding careers, heightened social awareness, and restless hearts—share their dreams, their music, and the common courty...
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Almost Famous
Directed by Cameron Crowe • 2000 • United States
Starring Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormandWriter-director Cameron Crowe drew from his own extraordinary teenage experiences for this vivid and heartfelt 1970s-set coming-of-age odyssey, which follows fifteen-year-old William Miller (P...
