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Spring Breakers: Top 8 Teen Movies About Spring Break!

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Spring break isn't just a tradition -- it's often the highlight of your high school career, right up there with prom and graduation. And, unsurprisingly, decades of teen movies have captured the glory of spring break for us all to experience again and again. To sum it up in one word: PARTY!

The upcoming party flick "Spring Breakers" asks the question, "How far would you go to be able to score a spring break trip?" Starring Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and Vanessa Hudgens as three desperate teens who rob a restaurant in order to fund their dream spring break -- a plot which lands them in jail -- the film features a string of misadventures on the girls' They're bailed out by a drug and arms dealer, played by James Franco, and of course, trouble ensues. With spring break rapidly approaching, we've been thinking about the movies that celebrate this big week in anyone's high school (or college!) career.

What movies will you be watching to gear up for spring break? Tell us in the comments below or tweet your #SpringBreak plans @HuffPostTeen!

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  • 'Spring Breakers'

    With an all-star cast including Selena Gomez, James Franco, Heather Morris, Vanessa Hudgens, and Ashley Benson, the upcoming film Spring Breakers is bringing back the spring break flick with a bang. Four college girls find themselves working for a drug dealer in order to score the perfect spring break trip.

  • 'Where The Boys Are'

    The original spring break movie, this 1960 classic helped to popularize spring break as a right of passage for every teen. Four college girls drive to Florida to get some sun -- and, more importantly, some cute surfer boys.

  • 'She's All That'

    Though it's not the primary focus of the film, spring break plays an important role in the plot of She's All That. After Zach Siler's girlfriend, Taylor, breaks up with him for a reality TV star from The Real World that she met on spring break, Zach proclaims that she is "totally replaceable." After being egged on by his friends, Zach vows to turn the nerdiest girl in school into the prom queen within six weeks.

  • 'From Justin To Kelly'

    The song-and-dance cheese-fest, From Justin To Kelly is a feel-good spring break flick for American Idol lovers. Watch it for Justin Guarini's mesmerizing hair, if nothing else.

  • 'Degrassi Spring Break Movie'

    Aired as a two-part special, the Degrassi Spring Break Movie has the characters falling on some hard times. Jay films Manny having sex with him, and switches her audition DVD with the video. Spinner and Jimmy's road trip turns into a night in jail when the car they're driving is reported as stolen, and Darcy is sent to brat camp after her parents become concerned with her behavior.

  • 'Spring Break Shark Attack'

    Made-for-TV movie Spring Break Shark Attack features college girl Danielle, who sneaks off to Florida after lying to her parents about her spring break plans. Despite warnings from her brother, who is a graduate student at the Florida Maritime Institute, Danielle and her friends go on an overnight boat trip where they are violently attacked by a group of sharks.

  • 'Monte Carlo'

    Sometimes a graduation trip can be just as crazy as spring break! Leighton Meester, Selena Gomez and Katie Cassidy star in Monte Carlo, which recounts a trip to Paris that's anything but ordinary. Grace, Selena Gomez's character is the doppelganger to a spoiled British heiress named Cordelia Winthrop, and a case of mistaken identity takes her, her sister and her best friend on an action-packed adventure around The City of Light.

  • 'The Suite Life Movie'

    After Cody cancels spring break plans with his girlfriend to work as an intern in a research firm, shenanigans ensue with his twin brother Zack in The Suite Life Movie. The twins are selected to participate in the Gemini Project, which creates an emotional bond between them and allows the brothers to sense what the other is feeling.

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