griggs's - School Daze September 2025: 30 Days of Detention Ranked List

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Meet Momoko (Kyoko Fukada), a self-absorbed dreamer who fantasizes about fleeing her backcountry home and living life in 18th century Versailles.

When she unexpectedly meets the rebellious Ichigo, a rough-and-tumble biker chick, the two misfits form a unique friendship - together, nothing can stop them! Born from the pages of favorite cult author Novala Takemoto, 'Kamikaze Girls' is a frenetic roller-coaster ride brimming with day-glo visuals and wild hilarity that you will never forget!

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Edinburgh, 1932. The world is on the cusp of change and at the forefront, leading the charge is the estimable Miss Brodie (Maggie Smith), teacher at the Marcia Blaine School for girls. As a new term begins for Miss Brodie, she is fully prepared.

For whatever the subject, Miss Brodie is adept at bringing it around to the experiences girls should look forward to when they too are in their prime. Meanwhile Miss Brodies personal life is not so clear cut, torn as she is between the passionate advances of a young married artist, and the more conservative desires of a mature associate, she nevertheless manages to walk a strident path somewhere between the two. But Miss Brodies philosophy for living rubs up against the schools rigid moral standards, and when one of her young charges is inspired into a tragic act of foolhardy bravery, an act of almost religious betrayal follows that will shake the firm convictions of Miss Brodie to the core.

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In the early hours of the morning college student Brendan Grye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) gets an unexpected phone call from an old flame. Close to hysteria, she barely has time to tell him that she's screwed up badley and needs his help before the line goes dead.

Its the last he sees or hears of his ex. Determined to find out what's happened, Brendan finds himself drawn into a dark and secret world of drug rats and thugs, where one man - The Pin (Lukas Haas) - calls the shots, makes the deals and decides who lives and who dies...

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Dorky Dawn Weiner (Heather Matarazzo), New Jersey seventh-grader, couldn't get a break if you sent it FedEx. Sometimes hated, often reviled, seldom understood, Dawn tries in vain to put on a happy face as she struggles through what looks to be a long puberty.

Her geeky brother is a computer nerd, her pampered little sister is a ballerina wannabe, her only friend a runty neighbour the other kids call "faggot"; and she's got a paralysing crush on the high school heart-throb who sings in a stunningly awful rock band, The Quadratics. But Dawn does find moments of grace amidst her daily tribulations and soon begins to wonder if life might not be better outside New Jersey...

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Fans of inspirational dramas about the life-changing power of education will be touched by this moving, mostly true story of famed East L.A. math teacher Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos), who finds himself in a classroom of rebellious remedial students.

Escalante stuns fellow faculty members with his plans to teach the kids AP calculus. But no one expects the mostly Hispanic teens (including Lou Diamond Phillips) to overcome the odds.

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Anxiously trying to fit into the peer pressure cooker environment of junior high, thirteen-year-old Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) goes to shocking lengths in order to befriend Evie (Nikki Reed), the most popular girl in school.

Now the two are inseparable (and incorrigible) leaving Tracy's desperate mother (Holly Hunter) powerless to rescue her from a whirlwind of drugs, sex and crime.

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Adapted from Robert Cormier's controversial novel - the most widely banned book in America - this "sardonic comedy-drama" explores the cruelty and betrayal of adolescence.

'The Chocolate War' is set in a Catholic boys' school where Jerry (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), a new student and rebellious loner, finds himself at odds with the school's hierarchy. Then Jerry refuses to be bullied into selling chocolates at the school's annual fundraiser, the surly school administrator, Brother Leon (John Glover) teams up with Archie (Wallace Langham), the leader of Trinity prep school's secret society, the Vigils, to make Jerry's life a living hell. But an uncompromising Jerry refuses to back down

One of the most popular movie comedies of all time is also the film that made John Belushi a star. This raunchy, screwball comedy, directed with madcap zest by John Landis, offers a relentless spoof of 1960's college life by following the hilarious adventures of the Delta fraternity.

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A funny and touching coming-of-age story based on the beloved best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, feature is a modern classic that captures the dizzying highs and crushing lows of growing up.

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is a moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope – and the unforgettable friends that help us through life.

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Kellys (Daphne Zuniga) sorority sisters have a special initiation in store for her and her fellow pledges, which involves a late-night break-in of her fathers department store.

But what begins as a harmless college prank turns sour when, once inside the mall, the group find themselves locked in for the night along with a deadly intruder.