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Old 12-11-04, 08:54 PM
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Movies about Losers?
In an essay I'm writing, I'm using Mean Girls as an example of popular people in high school.

For a nice contrast, what movies deal with losers? I can't think of any off the top of my head, and it would super helpful if anybody had good suggestions of a well-known film about losers. Thanks!
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Road Trip
Dazed & Confused
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It all depends on your definition of "losers". Most movies that deal with "loser" are more enjoyable than the ones about popular kids.
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This is too easy... Loser!

Napolean Dynamite, American Pie, Can't Hardly Wait has the parts with William... basically any movie about high school will include at least one lovable loser character
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Here's a movie about a Notre Dame fan

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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
It all depends on your definition of "losers". Most movies that deal with "loser" are more enjoyable than the ones about popular kids.
This could explain why we have so many of these movies in our collections.

Maybe not all "well-known", but...

Back To The Future
Better Off Dead
The Boy Who Could Fly
The Craft
Dream A Little Dream
Hiding Out
Lucas
My So-Called Life (not quite a movie, but it does fit the loser/high-school criteria)
Three O'Clock High
Weird Science
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Depends really if you are wanting over the top losers or what but here is a few great ones..

Down by Law
Stranger Than Paradise
Bottle Rocket
Mean Streets
The Big Lebowski
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The Last American Virgin
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Here are a few that are somewhat about losers, in different ways:

Being John Malkovich
Can't Buy Me Love
Dummy
Revenge of the Nerds
Spider-Man
Swimming With Sharks
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Any movie with Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti or William H. Macy?
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tv show Freeks and Geeks was very good
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