Grab a seat at The Beverly Theater for a screening of "Valley Girl," the 1983 cult classic that captures the neon-soaked spirit of the San Fernando Valley with a killer synth-pop soundtrack and a romance that crosses the social divide between punk-rock Hollywood and mall-rat suburbia. Nicolas Cage stars as the leather-jacketed outsider who falls for a preppy valley girl, and the film has stuck around as a snapshot of early-80s teen culture, all shoulder pads, big hair, and a soundtrack packed with New Wave gems.

Watching it in The Beverly's intimate main theater feels like the right setting for this kind of nostalgic gem—the kind of movie that rewards a crowd who'll laugh at the slang and hum along to the Modern English needle drop. With excellent acoustics and a cocktail lounge just steps away, it's a comfortable spot to revisit (or discover for the first time) a movie that helped define a particular slice of California teenage life.