What 1993 Richard Linklater film is a cult classic about high school students?

What 1993 Richard Linklater film is a cult classic about high school students? Dazed and Confused is the answer.

The film takes place during the last day of school in 1976 and follows interconnected groups of teenagers rather than one central protagonist. Its story includes hazing rituals for incoming ninth graders, a football player resisting his coach’s demands, parties, cruising, pool-hall hangouts, and the uncertain feeling of approaching adulthood.

Written and directed by Richard Linklater, the movie was inspired by his adolescence in Huntsville, Texas, although the town is never named. Linklater encouraged the largely young cast to improvise and develop their characters. The ensemble includes Jason London, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Parker Posey, Cole Hauser, and Matthew McConaughey, whose performance as David Wooderson became his breakout role.

Dazed and Confused was not a major theatrical hit, earning less than $8 million in North America, but it found a much larger audience through home video. Its carefully chosen 1970s rock soundtrack, relaxed structure, and affectionate but unsentimental portrait of teenage social life helped it become a cult favorite. It is often confused with other high-school movies, but its defining setting is 1976 Texas rather than the 1980s suburban world of The Breakfast Club.