Adolescence movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant adolescence movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, weird, romantic, entertaining, feel good and humorous films and TV shows about / with coming of age, adolescence, teenager, youth, teenage girl, high school, school, storytelling, teenage life and pornography plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
adolescence
 1464
adolescence movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as adolescence: The Edge of Seventeen (2016), Superbad (2007), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), Paper Towns (2015), The DUFF (2015), Flipped (2010), Project X (2012), Lolita (1962), Dazed and Confused (1993), Mean Girls (2004).

List of adolescence movies

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.
Style: emotional, witty, realistic, touching, depressing ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, coming of age, adolescence, teen angst, teenage girl, best friend, teen romance, female protagonist, friendship, teacher, school ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, oregon
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style: touching, sincere, romantic, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, first love, youth, adolescence, mental illness, suicide, teenage life, depression, shyness ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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 7.6
 593K
Superbad (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: High school best buddies are facing separation anxiety as they prepare to go off to college. While attempting to score alcohol for a party with help from a fake ID-toting friend, the guys' evening takes a turn into chaotic territory.
Style: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, funny, humorous, sexy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, date night
Plot: high school, teenager, coming of age, nerd, adolescence, youth, party, teenage life, loss of virginity, friendship, dumb, pig ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles, hawaii
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style: touching, emotional, depressing, sad, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, adolescence, teenager, cancer, terminal illness, coming of age, dying, friendship, school, leukemia, teenage boy, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa
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 6.2
 105K
Paper Towns (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life-dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge-he ...
Style: exciting, road movie, feel good, emotional, romantic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teenager, high school, friendship, youth, adolescence, teenage love, teenage girl, friends, travel, teenage boy, unrequited love, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey, florida, orlando florida
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 6.4
 97K
The DUFF (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together ...
Style: feel good, funny, ridiculous, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: high school, teenager, youth, coming of age, school, adolescence, high school life, friendship, teenage life, stereotypes, relationships, high school student ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey
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 7.7
 92K
Flipped (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
Style: touching, sweet, feel good, romantic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: first love, fall in love, childhood, love and romance, school, adolescence, childhood sweetheart, young love, teenage life, teenage love, neighbor, crush ...
Time: 60s, 50s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1957 ...
Place: usa, michigan
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 6.6
 216K
Project X (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
Style: ridiculous, teen sex comedy, funny, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: high school, teenager, party, youth, adolescence, when the parents are away, friends, teenage life, student, popularity, buddies, birthday party ...
Time: 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place: california, new jersey, usa, los angeles, pasadena california
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 7.5
 104K
Lolita (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's ...
Style: sexual, disturbing, psychological, sexy, controversial ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: forbidden love, lolita, age difference, pedophilia, seduction, girl man relationship, older man younger woman relationship, lust, nymphet, obsession, older man young girl relationship, love affair ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 50s
Place: new hampshire, usa, ohio
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum ...
Style: feel good, talky, sentimental, realistic, funny ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence vs adulthood, adolescence, party, friendship, weed, hippie, stoner, stoners, drugs ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 80s, 20th century
Place: texas, california, london, new jersey, austin texas ...
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 7.1
 394K
Mean Girls (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Style: light, feel good, funny, humorous, witty ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, teenage girl, fish out of water, bullying, adolescence, popularity, teenage life, female protagonist, school, bad girl, jealousy ...
Time: 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place: africa, california, usa, illinois
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 5.9
 99K
She's All That (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees ...
Style: romantic, feel good, sweet, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teenager, high school, opposites attract, youth, teenage girl, adolescence, bet, fall in love, teen romance, friendship, teenage love, prom ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
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 30K
Palo Alto (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to ...
Style: melancholic, atmospheric, serious, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, adolescence, teenage girl, high school, youth, older man younger woman relationship, teenage life, teenager, high school life, crush, unfulfillment, depression ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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 7.1
 124K
Let Me In (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
Style: atmospheric, gothic, melancholic, biting, scary ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: vampire, suspense, loneliness, first love, friendship, childhood, supernatural, small town, adolescence, coming of age, mysterious character, vampire human love ...
Time: 20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place: california, new mexico, usa
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 7.0
 398K
Easy A (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school ...
Style: feel good, teen sex comedy, entertaining, romantic, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, youth, school, teenage girl, adolescence, teenage life, love and romance, classmate, notoriety, high school life ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, xian, usa, florida
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Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Style: erotic, sexy, realistic, sexual, psychological ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, youth, lesbian love, coming of age, sexuality, lesbian relationship, lesbianism, couples, lesbian teen, love story, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, california
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 5.4
 43K
Aquamarine (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, sweet, romantic, touching ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: mermaid, teenager, friendship, adolescence, fish out of water, fall in love, teenage life, youth, teenage girl, family relations, friends, supernatural romance ...
Time: 80s
Place: florida, australia, usa
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 7.3
 110K
Instant Family (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from ...
Style: feel good, funny, sweet, sincere, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot: parenting, adoption, foster home, foster parent, adoptive father adopted son relationship, adolescence, family relations, parents and children, couples, court hearing, children, anger ...
Place: usa, california
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 8.3
 35K
Young Royals (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.
Style: disturbing, captivating, romantic, psychological, feel good ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay lead character, teenage boy, adolescence, coming of age, boarding school, teenager, heir to the throne, social problems, school, gay youth ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: sweden, eastern europe
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I Am Not Okay with This (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sydney is a teenage girl navigating the trials and tribulations of high school while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality, and mysterious superpowers just beginning to awaken deep within her.
Style: feel good, captivating, humorous, light, psychological ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: female protagonist, friendship, adolescence, teenager, telekinesis, psychokinesis, lgbt teen, high school, lgbt, supernatural, love, supernatural power ...
Time: future
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I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A valedictorian's declaration of love for a high-school cheerleader launches a night of revelry, reflection and romance for a group of graduating seniors.
Style: sexy, humorous, sex comedy, light, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: teenager, youth, fall in love, unlikely couple, adolescence, nerd, high school, love and romance, teenage love, couple relations, opposites attract, friends ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, london, usa
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 6.2
 268K
Scary Movie (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Following on the heels of popular teen-scream horror movies, with uproarious comedy and biting satire. Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Shannon Elizabeth and Carmen Electra pitch in to skewer some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including Scream, ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, not serious, slasher ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: youth, satire, high school, stupidity, sarcasm, absurd humor, adolescence, media satire, graphic violence, dumb, small town, teenager ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 90s
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Charlie Bartlett (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most ...
Style: entertaining, cynical, sentimental, feel good, funny ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: drugs, coming of age, youth, adolescence, teenager, high school, psychiatrist, misfit, bully, girlfriend, cheerleading, rich kid ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style: psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: psychopath, evil child, depression, high school, guilt, mother son relationship, mental illness, prison visit, school shooting, family problems, childhood, parents and children ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: connecticut, usa, new york
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 6.9
 12K
Towelhead (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
Style: disturbing, melancholic, controversial, compassionate, enigmatic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: pedophilia, coming of age, adolescence, sex with a minor, sexual exploration, sexual abuse, child abuse, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, racism, sexuality, neighbor ...
Time: 90s, year 1990, year 1991
Place: california, austin texas, usa, houston texas, texas
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 7.6
 67K
Young Sheldon (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
Style: humorous, witty, clever, sitcom, philosophical
Audience: kids
Plot: child prodigy, prodigy, genius, childhood, school, child protagonist, adolescence, parents and children, boy, scientist, kids and family, society ...
Time: 90s, year 1990, year 1989
Place: texas, usa
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 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.
Style: talky, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, youth, teenage angst, adolescence, high school life, adolescence vs adulthood, teachers and students, introspection, loneliness ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago illinois
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 8.0
 29K
The Fosters (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Stef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal, have built a close-knit, loving family with Stef's biological son from a previous marriage, Brandon, and their adopted twins, Mariana and Jesus. Their ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, melancholic, sincere, anime ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, adoption, foster child, teenage life, foster home, gays and lesbians, troubled teen, adolescence, lesbian mother, supportive parent, siblings relations, gay ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san diego california, usa, california
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 7.5
 179K
Gossip Girl (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 19, ...
Style: romantic, witty, stylized, talky, serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, popularity, gossip and rumors, friends, teenage love, high school life, youth, love triangle, lifestyle, adolescence, coming of age, betrayal ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 7.0
 414K
American Pie (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all ...
Style: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, humorous, funny, sexy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, date night
Plot: coming of age, teenager, party, virginity, high school, looking for sex, masturbation, adolescence, loss of virginity, teenage sexuality, teenage life, teenage sex ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: michigan, usa
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