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Spring Break 2027 guide

Spring Break Films

Spring break became a pop-culture event thanks to Hollywood, starting with a 1960 film set on Fort Lauderdale's beach.

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The original
Where the Boys Are (1960)
The cult classic
Spring Breakers (2012)
The setting
Fort Lauderdale

The classics

  • Where the Boys Are (1960): MGM's film about four college women on spring break in Fort Lauderdale. Connie Francis sang the title song, and it sent thousands of students south.
  • Palm Springs Weekend (1963): the West Coast answer, with Troy Donahue and Connie Stevens.
  • Where the Boys Are '84 (1984): a remake for the MTV era.
  • Spring Break (1983): a Fort Lauderdale comedy from the height of the craze.

Modern spring break on screen

  • From Justin to Kelly (2003): an American Idol musical set in Miami.
  • Piranha 3D (2010): spring break meets horror at a lake party.
  • Spring Breakers (2012): Harmony Korine's neon-soaked crime film, shot in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Clips about spring break films.

Where The Boys Are (1960) Official Trailer - Dolores Hart, George Hamilton Movie HDRotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers · YouTube ↗
Film Premiere Of 'Where The Boys Are' (1960)British Pathé · YouTube ↗

Photos

Back of a postcard featuring the Lauderdale Beach Hotel on the Ocean Front, Fort Lauderdale
Back of a postcard featuring the Lauderdale Beach Hotel on the Ocean Front, Fort Lauderdale
ocean world fort lauderdale FL
ocean world fort lauderdale FL

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