The San Fernando Valley teens graduated and moved on. Find out where the actors who played Spicoli, Stacy, Brad, and Rat are today.

Adapted from Cameron Crowe's book of the same name, the teen comedy starred Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Judge Reinhold, among others Penn and several of his Fast Times costars have gone on to ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

The high school crew juggles jobs at the bustling Ridgemont Mall, setting up the world of teenage life. Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Brad (Judge Reinhold), and their friends hustle between fast food ...

In the summer of 1982, a little teen comedy by the name of Fast Times at Ridgemont High came onto the scene and became one of the most iconic ’80s movies, making instant stars out of its large ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a coming-of-age teen comedy-drama set in a Southern California high school, depicting the lives of teenagers navigating love, friendship, and identity in the early ...

It has been 40 years since “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” hit theaters and introduced the world to what life was like at Clairemont High School in San Diego in 1979, and the film will return to ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High helped redefine the coming-of-age movie. Earlier that same year, Penn recalled landing his breakout role as Spicoli, telling Jimmy Fallon that the audition went "terribly.