How Amy Heckerling’s Babysitter Helped Create “Clueless,” Now in the National Film Registry

Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress

02/03/2026 09:11 AM EST

Amy Heckering's 1995 comedy, "Clueless," was one of the defining films of decade and was just inducted into the National Film Registry. But even as the director of another generational favorite from the 1980s, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," Heckerling didn't see it coming while writing and working on the film. And that title? She got it from her babysitter.

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