So I felt clerks was like the movie that captured the Xer feel and I was seeing a discussion of superbad and I sorta wonder if that might be the millenial one and american graffiti seems to be talked about in terms of boomers and maybe rebel without a cause for silent and maybe grapes of wrath for the greatest generation. Im grasping here. with the lost generation you have the dawn of movies but I was thinking the jazz singer. Im really not sure with Z and my guess for millenials seems a bit early but they have started making generational ranges under the 20 year standard in span I think under the auspices that things just change faster now. Theoretically Z would be coming out about now or in the last few years. What are folks opinions. Yes and I realize generations are artificial buckets so I would appreciate comments being kept to what you think the movies might be if your game to go through the hypethetical.
Toy Stories for Millennials
I’m either really late genX or really early millennial depending how you define it, but Pump Up The Volume was the one that did it for me.
I got my first blowjob while watching titanic. So, that.
If your whole generation did then man that would be one good movie.
I just watched Didi and it seems to do a great job with the millennial coming of age story. They’re a bit younger than me, but I related a lot to the characters and setting.
Dunno if it’s THE definitive movie, just thought I’d recommend because it’s recently on my mind.
Sixteen Candles. Say Anything. Boogie Nights.
Reality Bites for Gen X
American Pie for MillenialsThe Matrix for my group of millenials
I guess I was thinking more movies that had characters who were part of the particular generation in a way and sorta gave a slice of life for the generation.
Gen X - Dazed and Confused
I have not seen but makes sense.
Millennial here, Superbad was the movie my friends and I felt best captured the way we spoke to one another
Thanks. This is what I was going for as I felt that way about clerks for Xers which I am.
Xer here. Not sure about clerks tbh. It came out rather late plus I fell asleep watching it lol. Would suggest repo man instead (until I think of something more suitable ).
How about Wayne’s World, or is that too early?
I feel like snl stuff is just to mass market and the characters are to much of caricatures.
Wayne’s world is almost too on the nose honestly. Myers & co captured the 80s rocker character well. They/we were everywhere then. But it’s a silly movie so doesn’t quite fit with your theme.
My original thought was Fast Times. Just searched quintessential gen x movies and it came up on top of the list along with all the others mentioned here. Oddly I haven’t seen half of them lol
