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15 Best Movies For Teens That Perfectly Capture Teenage Years - Netflix Tudum. Whether you’re young or young at heart, teen movies like You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, Do Revenge, and the To All the Boys trilogy never get old.
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- Clueless. Released: 1995. Rated: PG-13. Memorable quote: “As if!” — Cher Horowitz. Believe it or not, critics didn’t love this modern take on Jane Austen’s Emma when it first came out … though audiences strongly disagreed.
- The Breakfast Club. Released: 1985. Rated: R. Memorable quote: “I hate it. I hate having to go along with everything my friends say.” — Claire Standish. Five strangers—”a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal”—spend a Saturday detention together in this John Hughes–directed classic.
- Pretty in Pink. Released: 1986. Rated: PG-13. Memorable quote: “I just wanna let them know that they didn’t break me.” — Andie Walsh. High school is a minefield for wrong-side-of-the-tracks student Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald), who is regularly ridiculed by her wealthy peers because she’s poor.
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Released: 1986. Rated: PG-13. Memorable quote: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
- Clueless (1995) Could anything else really be at the #1 spot? Ugh, as if! There's not a hair, nor a needle-drop, nor a yellow plaid skirt-suit out of place in Amy Heckerling's genius teen flick – still the best movie adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma out there.
- The Breakfast Club (1985) Right from its opening image of a lyric from David Bowie's 'Changes' shattering into fragments, the quintessential John Hughes movie sets about breaking down barriers.
- Back To The Future (1985) It's easy to think of Back To The Future as anything but a teen movie. It's a time travel movie. A sci-fi adventure. A fish out of water story.
- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) "There's a difference between like and love. Because I like my Sketchers, but I love my Prada backpack." If Shakespeare himself wrote teen comedies, he couldn't come up with lines this good – but screenwriters Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith managed it in their '90s redo of The Taming Of The Shrew.
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11. The Giver (2014) This young adult dystopian book was amazing and so is the movie. This one is sure to keep you glued. 12. Shawshank Redemption(1994) Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman play the roles of prison inmates at Shawshank State Penitentiary in Maine. Robbins plays Andy Dufresne, a banker wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and her lover...
15. Eighth Grade (2018) If you’re having trouble remembering what it’s like to be in eighth grade, here you go. Kayla is so shy that she mostly connects through social media. It’s Kayla’s final week in the eighth grade and she vows to make it as great as possible before she moves on to high school. 16. Legally Blonde(2001) I love Reese Witherspoon’...
44. The Edge of Seventeen (2016) Described as funny, touching, and poignant, Hailee Steinfeld’s acting gets rave reviews. This film tells the story of Nadine who is a troubled teen struggling because her only friend has started a relationship with her brother. 45. The Fault in Our Stars (2014) A coming-of-age romance between two young cancer patien...
48. Lady Bird (2017) A deep, thoughtful dive into mother/daughter relationships is so worth watching if only for the excellent acting of star Saoirse Ronan. Makes you laugh and cry all at once. 49. Pitch Perfect (2012) This movie is just plain fun. Okay, fine it’s a little hokey, but so much fun watching Anna Kendrick do her thing and that thing is...
58. Booksmart (2019) This is a coming-of-age comedy starring Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever as graduating high school girls who set out to finally break the rules and party on their last day of classes. 59. John Tucker Must Die (2006) A teen romantic comedy in which three girls learn that high school basketball star John Tucker is simultaneousl...
66. Friday Night Lights (2004) This movie is remarkable in its depiction of high school sports, friendships, and the families that are woven into the community’s fabric. Based on the book, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team and a Dreamby H.G. Bissinger, the movie later spawned a TV series so if you get hooked on the movie and need more material, c...
76. 5 People You Meet in Heaven (2004) Aging handyman Eddie (Jon Voight) dies saving a small child from death and enters the pearly gates and is reunited with a quintet of people who played important roles in his life. 77. The Emperor’s Club (2002) A classics professor devoted his life to teaching. However, a new student joins his class and inexora...
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- 'Mean Girls' (2004) Director: Mark Waters. Few films have a more enduring influence on modern pop culture than Mean Girls. Tina Fey's hilarious take on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes stars a who's who of future movie stars, including Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lizzy Caplan.
- 'Superbad' (2007) Director: Greg Mottola. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg wrote the screenplay for Superbad, one of the best R-rated comedies of the 21st century.
- 'Easy A' (2010) Director: Will Gluck. Emma Stone rose to stardom thanks to her now-iconic, Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of resourceful teenager Olive Penderghast in the modern teen comedy classic Easy A. The film sees Olive, a clean-cut student, pretending to have sex with the school's unpopular students after a gossipy mean girl spreads a harmful rumor about her.
- 'Lady Bird' (2017) Director: Greta Gerwig. Actress-turned-director Greta Gerwig is behind the critically acclaimed 2017 coming-of-age comedy Lady Bird.
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