Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Director: John Hughes

Rated: PG-13

Where to watch: Amazon Prime

Another 1980s classic, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off shows that you only live once, so you better make your youth count while it lasts. High school senior Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is determined to play hooky from school in the most elaborate way possible with his girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) and best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck). Ferris has come up with an incredibly sophisticated and detailed plan to ditch school and spend the day in Chicago while staying one step ahead of the principal, Mr. Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), or Ferris’s nosy sister, Jeanie (Jennifer Grey). Cameron is reluctant to succumb to Ferris’s plan out of fear of getting caught–both by the principal and his father, from whom they borrow a Ferrari to get around Chicago–but Ferris and Sloane are determined to get him to take chances once in a while. After all, to quote the wise Mr. Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”