Adolescence movies and TV shows – page 3

List of adolescence movies

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 7.5
 55K
Show Me Love (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she has never done *it*. Another girl ...
Style: sexual, teen, heartbreaking, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, sexuality, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, forbidden love, lesbian love, gays and lesbians, teenage love, teenager, teenage girl, first love ...
Time: near future, year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: indiana, europe, scandinavia, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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 7.9
 292K
Almost Famous (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar ...
Style: sentimental, road movie, feel good, realistic, semi autobiographical ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot: coming of age, journalism, rock and roll, musician, on the road, rock music, music, rock, musician's life, fame, road trip, manic pixie dream girl ...
Time: 70s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century
Place: california, san francisco, new york, seattle, phoenix arizona ...
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 6.8
 240K
Role Models (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look ...
Style: funny, hilarious, entertaining, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick
Plot: community service, lifestyle change, dimwit, friendship, adolescence, friends, teaching the ways of the world, youth, character change, stoner, young heroes, farce ...
Time: year 2008, medieval times, 21st century
Place: los angeles, middle east, california, usa, venice beach california
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 8.3
 1.2M
American Beauty (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Style: melancholic, thought provoking, dark comedy, sexual, dramatic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot: midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, existentialism, age difference, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, nymphet, dysfunctional marriage, adultery, older man young girl relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place: usa, america, los angeles, iran
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It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
Style: touching, sentimental, independent film, funny, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: mental illness, depression, coming of age, mental institution, adolescence, psychiatric ward, teenage love, teenage life, friendship, anxiety, suicidal, psychiatrist ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: nebraska, usa, new york
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 7.4
 37K
Keith (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Natalie (Elisabeth Harnois) is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith (Jesse McCartney) ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that ...
Style: sad, romantic, psychological, touching, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, terminal illness, cancer, love, youth, opposites attract, first love, teenager, love story, teen romance, teenage love, love and romance ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.9
 100K
Sing Street (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Style: sweet, touching, realistic, teen, feel good ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, date night, teen drama
Plot: youth, music band, musician's life, friendship, rock and roll, coming of age, bullying, dream girl, singing, adolescence, teenager, school ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 2010s, future, 20th century ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, nebraska, london, england
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 6.4
 215K
17 Again (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside ...
Style: romantic, feel good, entertaining, light, funny ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, family friendly ...
Plot: high school, youth, body swapping, teenage life, popularity, adolescence vs adulthood, teenager, high school life, bullying, family relations, college, wish come true ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 1989, 80s, 21st century
Place: los angeles
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 7.5
 36K
The Class (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
Style: sincere, melancholic, psychological, realistic, talky ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teacher, teachers and students, school, high school life, teenager, society, adolescence, high school, education, dedicated educator, mentor, life philosophy ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe, morocco, caribbean
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging ...
Style: scenic, atmospheric, surreal, stylized, psychological ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: missing person, valentine's day, girls' boarding school, unsolved mystery, coming of age, adolescence, sexuality, boarding school life, private school, folk horror, wilderness, surrealism ...
Time: 1900s, year 1900, victorian era, near future, edwardian era ...
Place: australia, oceania, south australia
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 7.3
 6K
Saint Ralph (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This Canadian made comedy/drama, set in Hamilton, Ontario in 1954, is a sweet and - at times - goofy story that becomes increasingly poignant as the minutes tick by. It's the fictional tale of a wayward 9th grader, Ralph (Adam Butcher), who is ...
Style: emotional, sincere, sentimental, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, coming of age, adolescence, religion, fighting the system, running, human spirit, ambition, goodhearted, teachers and students, underdog, youth ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1954
Place: ontario canada, ireland, europe, boston
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Turkish for Beginners (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: During an emergency landing on a deserted island suddenly traumatized by antiauthoritarian education Lena Schneider (Josefine Preuss) together with the Turkish Super Macho Cem Öztürk (Elyas M'Barek) must fight for survival. After initially ...
Style: feel good, romantic, funny, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: resort, remote island, opposites attract, adolescence, youth, island, culture clash, stranded on an island, teenage life, love and romance, society, nothing goes right ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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 7.6
 97K
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, saga ...
Audience: kids
Plot: child prodigy, prodigy, genius, adolescence, boy, childhood, school, scientist, child protagonist, society, parents and children, kids and family ...
Time: year 1990, 80s, 90s, year 1989
Place: texas, usa
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 7.2
 9K
Duma (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
Style: sweet, touching, sentimental, captivating, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, preschool
Plot: wild animal, lion, wilderness, rescue, adolescence, youth, boy, bully, animal, bullying, coming of age, desert ...
Time: year 2005
Place: africa, south africa, kenya
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 7.1
 191K
About a Boy (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Will Freeman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself off as a single father, he starts to meet a string of single mums, ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: kids, teens, date night, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot: coming of age, childhood, dating, bullying, friendship, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, christmas, boy, mentor, motherhood, couples ...
Time: year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place: london, britain, united kingdom, england, europe
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 6.7
 88K
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it ...
Style: romantic, teen, sexy, romantic comedy, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, teenage girl, teen romance, bullying, class differences, father daughter relationship, relationships, love story, high school life, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, massachusetts
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Just One of the Guys (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps her pass as ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, not serious, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, girls' night, date night
Plot: cross dressing, high school, gender disguise, adolescence, gender bending, college, sexism, prom, hidden identity, switching roles, coming of age, gender bender ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: california, phoenix arizona, arizona, tucson arizona
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Youth in Revolt (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's ...
Style: surreal, teen, melancholic, semi serious, cynical ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night
Plot: teenager, coming of age, loss of virginity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage love, adolescence, teen angst, high school, virginity, shyness, teenage life, wooing ...
Time: year 2009, y2k, future, 21st century
Place: california, bay area, usa, oakland california, france
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 5.4
 45K
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, teen, romantic, cute ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, kids, chick flick ...
Plot: mermaid, teenager, friendship, adolescence, fish out of water, teenage girl, teenage life, fall in love, youth, friends, lifeguard, true love ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s
Place: florida, australia, usa
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play ...
Style: feel good, touching, light, sweet, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: soccer, football, culture clash, friendship, hinduism, wedding, feminism, immigrant, tradition, stereotypes, coach, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, hamburg germany, germany
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Peace! Friendship! Chewing gum! (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The year is 1993. 14-year-old Alex Ryabinin lives a normal teenage life - looking for adventure, trying to protect himself from hooligans, does not want learn music, does not know how to meet girls and which adults to follow as an example. On the ...
Style: disturbing, exciting, captivating, suspense, thought provoking ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, friends, crime boss, gang, adolescence, children, teenager, love, family values, parents and children, dream, rival gang ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia
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 7.0
 46K
American Honey (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story: A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
Style: road movie, disturbing, talky, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: road trip, teenage girl, first love, teenage boy, on the road, adolescence, coming of age, van, jealousy, naked in public, white trash, life philosophy ...
Time: year 2016, year 2017, 90s, 2010s
Place: kansas city, america, oklahoma, nebraska
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 8.5
 281K
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 174 min.
Story: A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Style: sad, uplifting, inspirational, touching, emotional ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: childhood, coming of age, friendship, first love, filmmaking, cinema, nostalgia, haunted by the past, adolescence, breast feeding, village, funeral ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1988, 1950s, year 1954 ...
Place: italy, sicily, europe, rome italy, corsica
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 6.4
 233K
Big Daddy (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
Style: funny, sentimental, feel good, light, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: adoption, child's point of view, parenthood, immaturity, single father, responsibility, childhood, orphan, adolescence, slacker, children, mentor ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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My So-Called Life (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 912 min.
TV show
Story: The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.
Style: sentimental, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, female protagonist, first love, teenage daughter, teenager, coming of age, teenage girl, high school hunk, teen angst, adolescence, girl next door, friendship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, usa
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Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: High school student Michio Kaga was wandering aimlessly through life and the Internet, when he finds himself transported from a shady website to a fantasy world — reborn as a strong man who can use "cheat" powers. He uses his powers to ...
Style: anime, ecchi, captivating, entertaining, shounen
Plot: harem, fantasy world, male female relationship, teenage love, battles, dream world, magical girl, relationships, fight, female nudity, isekai, magic ...
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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A spunky female weightlifter and free-spirited male swimmer meet on campus, only to find out their pasts may be intertwined.
Style: dorama, romantic, touching, sweet, humorous ...
Plot: weightlifting, friendship, childhood friend, college, teen romance, dream, friends, direction and purpose, teenager, teenage life, adolescence, follow your dream ...
Place: korea, thailand
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To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Senior year of high school takes center stage as Lara Jean returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans — with and without Peter.
Style: touching, romantic comedy, disturbing, humorous, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, high school sweetheart, first love, teen romance, love affair, love, adolescence, teenager, young love, college, school trip, friendship between teens ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: seoul, south korea, oregon, new york, korea
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 7.1
 39K
Nowhere Boy (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The drama tells the story of Lennon's teenage years and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood
Style: sentimental, intense, emotional, sincere, witty ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: musician's life, music, rock and roll, coming of age, the beatles, follow your dream, biopic, prodigy, adolescence, rock, dysfunctional family, artist ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 60s, 1940s, 1950s ...
Place: europe, england, liverpool, hamburg germany, new zealand
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 7.0
 12K
The Tribe (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine, Netherlands
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Deaf mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for deaf-and-dumb. In this new place, he needs to find his way through the hierarchy of the school’s network dealing with crimes and prostitution, the Tribe. By taking part of several ...
Style: disturbing, depressing, erotic, surreal, art house ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: deaf, boarding school, prostitution, bullying, sign language, mute or deaf, deaf mute, prostitute, illegal abortion, gang, adolescence, youth ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: ukraine, kiev ukraine
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