Top 100 Teen Movies List

#20 Teen Movie

Accepted (2006) PG-13

A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.

Director:

Steve Pink

Writers:

Adam Cooper, Bill Collage

Stars:

Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Blake Lively

#19 Teen Movie

Porky's (1981) R

In 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to help their buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.

Director:

Bob Clark

Writers:

Bob Clark

Stars:

Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight

#18 Teen Movie

Meatballs (1979) PG

Wacky hijinks of counselors and campers at a less-than-average summer camp.

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Writers:

Len Blum, Daniel Goldberg

Stars:

Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch

#17 Teen Movie

Submarine (2010) R

15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.

Director:

Richard Ayoade

Writers:

Richard Ayoade, Joe Dunthorne

Stars:

Craig Roberts, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine

#16 Teen Movie

EuroTrip (2004) R

Dumped by his girlfriend, a high school grad decides to embark on an overseas adventure in Europe with his friends.

Director:

Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg

Writers:

Alec Berg, David Mandel

Stars:

Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle Trachtenberg

#15 Teen Movie

Say Anything... (1989) PG-13

A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.

Director:

Cameron Crowe

Writers:

Cameron Crowe

Stars:

John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney

#14 Teen Movie

Rumble Fish (1983) R

Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers:

S.E. Hinton

Stars:

Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane

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#13 Teen Movie

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) PG-13

Five kids are left home when their mother leaves town on a three-month vacation to Australia, only to have their geriatric babysitter die of a heart attack, leading to the eldest teen, Sue Ellen, to scam her way into taking a job at a hip Los Angeles fashion company to feed and support her needy siblings.

Director:

Stephen Herek

Writers:

Neil Landau, Tara Ison

Stars:

Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, Josh Charles

#12 Teen Movie

Empire Records (1995) PG-13

The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain.

Director:

Allan Moyle

Writers:

Carol Heikkinen

Stars:

Anthony LaPaglia, Debi Mazar, Maxwell Caulfield, Robin Tunney, Liv Tyler

#11 Teen Movie

Easy A (2010) PG-13

A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

Director:

Will Gluck

Writers:

Bert V. Royal

Stars:

Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley

#10 Teen Movie

Twilight (2008) PG-13

A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.

Director:

Catherine Hardwicke

Writers:

Melissa Rosenberg, Stephenie Meyer

Stars:

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke

#9 Teen Movie

Heathers (1988) R

In order to get out of the snobby clique that is destroying her good-girl reputation, an intelligent teen teams up with a dark sociopath in a plot to kill the cool kids.

Director:

Michael Lehmann

Writers:

Daniel Waters

Stars:

Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty

#8 Teen Movie

Suburbia (1983) R

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart. Directed by Penelope Spheeris of "Decline of Western Civilization."

Director:

Penelope Spheeris

Writers:

Penelope Spheeris

Stars:

Chris Pedersen, Bill Coyne, Jennifer Clay

#7 Teen Movie

Pretty in Pink (1986) PG-13

A poor girl must choose between the affections of her doting childhood sweetheart and a rich but sensitive playboy.

Director:

Howard Deutch

Writers:

John Hughes

Stars:

Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Harry Dean Stanton

#6 Teen Movie

Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) PG-13

When Keith goes out with Amanda, the girl of his dreams, Amanda's ex-boyfriend plans to get back at Keith. Meanwhile, Keith's best friend, tomboy Watts, realizes she has feelings for Keith.

Director:

Howard Deutch

Writers:

John Hughes

Stars:

Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson

#5 Teen Movie

Better Off Dead (1985) PG

A teenager has to deal with his girlfriend dumping him among family crises, homicidal paper boys, and a rival skier.

Director:

Savage Steve Holland

Writers:

Savage Steve Holland

Stars:

John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby

#4 Teen Movie

Sixteen Candles (1984) PG

A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.

Director:

John Hughes

Writers:

John Hughes

Stars:

Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry

#3 Teen Movie

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) PG-13

A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the principal thinks of that.

Director:

John Hughes

Writers:

John Hughes

Stars:

Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara

#2 Teen Movie

The Breakfast Club (1985) R

Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

Director:

John Hughes

Writers:

John Hughes

Stars:

Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald

#1 Teen Movie

American Pie (1999) R

Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.

Director:

Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz

Writers:

Adam Herz

Stars:

Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas

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