<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $6.9 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $8.0 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Dazed and Confused is a 1993 American coming - of - age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater . The film features a large ensemble cast of actors who would later become stars, including Jason London, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Cole Hauser, Parker Posey, Adam Goldberg, Joey Lauren Adams, Matthew McConaughey, Nicky Katt, and Rory Cochrane . The plot follows various groups of Texas teenagers during the last day of school in 1976 . </P> <P> The film grossed less than $8 million at the U.S. box office . In 2002, Quentin Tarantino listed it as the 10th best film of all time in a Sight and Sound poll . It ranked third on Entertainment Weekly magazine's list of the 50 Best High School Movies . The magazine also ranked it 10th on their "Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years" list . </P>

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