High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dazed and Confused is a 1993 coming of age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film`s large ensemble cast featured a number of future stars, including Matthew McConaughey, Jason London, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Cole Hauser, Parker Posey, Anthony Rapp, Adam Goldberg, Joey Lauren Adams, Nicky Katt, and Rory Cochrane. The film depicts a group of teenagers during the last day of school in 1976.