The Spider Woman (1943)

Remember Livestrong bracelets? Flip phones? The All-American Rejects? Luckily, one could find each of these distinctly mid-2000's characteristics inShe’s the Man, a 2006 gender-swapping Amanda Bynes teen flick. She’s the Manis now fifteen years old, and what’s even harder to believe is the idea that it aged surprisingly well for a comedy. Most of the film’s faults were present in 2006, such as the confused messaging, and it was clear even back then that Amanda Bynes improved the comedy of this screenplay. But what makesShe’s the Manintriguing all these years later is its feminist gender-bent premise and the queer subtext that comes along for the ride, and how strongly it all holds up. She’s the Manis no groundbreaking piece, but these conversations (as well as its leading performance) make this nostalgic comedy worth revisiting.