High school prom movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant high school prom movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, captivating, realistic, cult film, semi serious and feel good films and TV shows about / with high school prom, high school, teenager, coming of age, teenage life, friendship, youth, school, high school life and high school student plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, Canada, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as high school prom: Carrie (1976), Remember the Daze (2007), Prom Night (1980), Date with Love (2016), Never Been Kissed (1999), The Immature (2011), The Last Picture Show (1971), Bad Hair Day (2015), Zapped! (1982), Encino Man (1992).

List of high school prom movies

 7.4
 193K
Carrie (1976)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Style: gothic, suspenseful, tense, intense, scary ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: bullying, vengeance, social misfits, cruelty, prom, telekinesis, revenge, abusive mother, prank, female protagonist, public humiliation, high school life ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1979, future, near future
Place: maine, usa
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Remember the Daze (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: During the summer of 1999, a group of teenagers, through interconnected narratives, live through their last day of high school and prepare for the future. Holly, once the new girl in school, does whatever it takes to remain popular. Dawn, who is ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: high school, youth, coming of age, hardcase students, juvenile delinquency, underage drinking, love and romance, teenage life, teenage love, high school prom, friends, lifestyle ...
Time: 90s
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 5.3
 19K
Prom Night (1980)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-ridden kids have kept their involvement a secret, ...
Style: slasher, sexy, bloody, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: high school, serial killer, teenager, prom, masked killer, revenge, murder, teenage sex, high school prom, prom queen, female nudity, sexual predator ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1980, 20th century
Place: canada
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Date with Love (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When a boy’s video to a female star goes viral, it scores him a date with his celebrity crush to the prom. Complications arise when the famous starlet falls for the boy’s small-town teacher.
Style: touching, light, sentimental, feel good, romantic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: prom, social differences, teacher, small town, high school prom, actress, high school, english teacher, love and romance, celebrity culture, romancing partners, lifestyle ...
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Never Been Kissed (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most ...
Style: feel good, sweet, light, romantic, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night
Plot: high school, prom, friendship, journalist, journalism, teacher, popularity, humiliation, teenage girl, reporter, teen romance, teenager ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: chicago illinois, new jersey, usa
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 6.1
 4K
The Immature (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Six high school friends who come to the quarantine and have to assume that they are far from their days of glory. With a lot of responsibilities above are all immersed in their various personal crises. But everything changes when a court to void the ...
Style: humorous, not serious, sentimental, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, nothing goes right, high school prom, couples, buddies, thirtysomething life, adolescence vs adulthood, school, satire, humour, exam, reunited friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: greece
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The Last Picture Show (1971)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.
Style: realistic, sentimental, sexy, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, small town, older woman younger man relationship, friendship, teenager, high school, graduation, nostalgia, christmas, sexuality, high school prom, self discovery ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 70s, year 1952, year 1951
Place: texas, usa, california, austin texas, oklahoma ...
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 5.8
 3K
Bad Hair Day (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The film is about a high school tech whiz (Laura Marano), who is determined to become prom queen. But on the big day, she suddenly wakes up having a bad hair day, and her destroyed prom dress, and everything that can go wrong, does go badly wrong. A ...
Style: feel good, humorous, light, funny, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: youth, high school prom, teenage life, happy ending, chase, disney, crime gone awry, police detective, physical appearance, teenager, college, high school ...
Time: 21st century
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 4.9
 7K
Zapped! (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Peyton and Barney are fun loving high school students working on a science project with white mice. When one of the mice begins to move food toward itself with out touching it, Barney finds he has accidently discovered a formula for telekinetic ...
Style: sex comedy, sexy, teen sex comedy, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen fantasy
Plot: marijuana, telekinesis, cheerleading, prom, teenager, cheerleader, lust, blonde, female nudity, voyeur, humiliation, dream girl ...
Time: 80s
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 5.8
 42K
Encino Man (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: High school misfits Stoney and Dave discover a long-frozen primeval man from the past in their back yard. But the thawed-out Link, as the boys have named him, quickly becomes a wild card in the teens' already zany Southern California lives. ...
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, date night
Plot: high school, caveman, prom, party, slacker, cheerleading, teenager, earthquake, best friend, bully, school, dancing ...
Time: prehistory, future, 80s, prehistoric times, stone age
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 5.4
 3K
Zombies 3 (2022)
Genre: Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Zed and Addison are beginning their final year at Seabrook High in the town that’s become a safe haven for monsters and humans alike. Zed is anticipating an athletic scholarship that will make him the first Zombie to attend college, while Addison ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: alien, teenager, alien contact, high school prom, cheerleading, alien invasion, competition, disney, competitor, escapades, rivalry, alien race ...
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 7.5
 4K
Wood Job! (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A bittersweet coming-of-age film based on a novel dealing with forestry. Yuki Hirano wants to live an easy life, like working a part-time job after his high school graduation. But, after his high school graduation, Yuki hears from his homeroom ...
Style: humorous, captivating, funny, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: forest, mountain man, high school prom, coming of age, village, lumberjack, japanese girl, hick, horny, festival, tree, workplace situations ...
Place: japan
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 5.6
 42K
Night School (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Teddy Walker is a successful salesman whose life takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally blows up his place of employment. Forced to attend night school to get his GED, Teddy soon finds himself dealing with a group of misfit students, his ...
Style: light, humorous, satirical, funny
Plot: african american, night school, teacher, learning disability, car accident, dyslexia, high school prom, flash forward, misfit, hallucination, marriage proposal, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: year 2001
Place: atlanta georgia, usa, north america
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K-On! The Movie (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Graduation draws near for Yui, Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi, the four 3rd-year students of the Light Music Club. They, together with Azusa, decide to go on a post-graduation trip. Their destination, decided by lot, is London!
Style: anime, feel good, realistic, stylized, humorous ...
Plot: high school, slice of life, high school prom, music, female friendship, music band, lifestyle, social relations, teenage life, journey, college, all female cast ...
Place: japan, england, london
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Hot Summer Nights (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A teen winds up in over his head while dealing drugs with a rebellious partner and chasing the young man's enigmatic sister during the summer of 1991 that he spends in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Style: exciting, captivating, humorous, light, sexy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: summer, drug dealer, coming of age, teenage protagonist, friendship, brother sister relationship, teenager, drug dealing, party, drugs, father daughter relationship, murder of friend ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place: massachusetts, connecticut, nevada, boston, wyoming ...
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These Peculiar Days (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Eight friends travel to a cabin in the woods to celebrate their high school graduation.
Style: captivating, humorous, disturbing
Plot: high school prom, cabin in the woods, teenage sexuality, friendship, friends, silly humor, group of friends, gay interest, lgbt, gay love, skateboard, masturbation ...
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 5.9
 212
Other Girls (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Other Girls tells the story of four young girls nearing graduation, all of them struggling with various issues.
Style: psychological, sentimental, touching, suspenseful, contemplative
Audience: teen drama
Plot: friendship, drug use, group of friends, high school student, teenage protagonist, fall in love, first love, couples, teenager, high school prom, depression, lesbian ...
Time: 2010s
Place: finland, lithuania, helsinki finland
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Tomorrow, We're Going To The Movies (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Just as three high-school graduates get to the brink of adulthood, the outbreak of World War Two destroys all their dreams and plans forever.
Style: sexy, touching, captivating, sincere, psychological ...
Plot: world war two, first love, coming of age, holiday, dating, university student, love at first sight, army, high school prom, teenage boy, social differences, best friend ...
Time: 1930s
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Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of bottled water.
Style: bloody, scary, slasher, melancholic, road movie ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: prom, high school, virus, torture, infection, infected, suspense, teenager, quarantine, zombie, death, mad scientist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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Psycho Prom Queen (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Following the suspected suicide of her friend and fellow teacher, Julie Taylor is hired to take over the senior math class for the last few weeks of school. It's been a difficult year for Julie and this is a fresh start for her and her teenager ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, cult film
Plot: female teacher, high school prom, manipulative behavior, teenage life, social problems, mother daughter relationship, teenager, manipulative woman, suspense, high school life, teenage girl, competitor ...
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 5.5
 40K
Senior Year (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A thirty-seven-year-old woman wakes up from a twenty-year coma and returns to the high school where she was once a popular cheerleader to finish her senior year and become prom queen. The main plot is the empowerment of LGBTQ rights and progress ...
Style: captivating, semi serious, disturbing, satirical, psychological
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: school, satire, cheerleading, female protagonist, middle aged, ambitious woman, social problems, schoolgirl, middle aged woman, high school life, lifestyle, lifestyle change ...
Time: 2000s, 90s, year 1997, year 2002, 2020s
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 7.4
 299K
Lady Bird (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.
Style: thought provoking, art house, realistic, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, teenager, teenage girl, prom, high school, first love, father daughter relationship, loss of virginity, teen romance, best friend ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, year 2003, 21st century
Place: sacramento california, california, new york, usa
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Daria in 'Is It College Yet?' (2002)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story: All vile things must come to an end, and for Daria Morgendorffer that means it's time to look beyond high school to college. Our little girl has grown up so fast. It's time for higher learning, lowered expectations, and a heavy dose of ...
Style: humorous, ironic, semi serious, witty, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: high school, friendship, sarcasm, graduation, school, teenage girl, family relations, college, lifestyle, buddies, love and romance, young lovers ...
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 7.3
 123K
Ghost World (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' ...
Style: thought provoking, melancholic, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, age difference, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, graduation, blues, teenage life, teenage girl, best friends, youth, adolescence, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, los angeles
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Say Anything... (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A budding romance between noble underachiever Lloyd Dobler and high school valedictorian Diane Court is threatened when Diane's overly possessive, disapproving father interferes with their relationship. With a prized scholarship to study abroad ...
Style: feel good, light, sweet, romantic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick, kids ...
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, love, youth, opposites attract, couples, love story, cheerleading, first love, family disapproval, graduation ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: seattle, england, california, washington state, washington d.c. ...
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 7.2
 284K
Grease (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Style: feel good, romantic, sentimental, humorous, light ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: high school, opposites attract, teenage love, coming of age, makeover, dancing, first love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, teenager, cheerleader, love story ...
Time: year 1959, 50s, 80s, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place: california, australia, los angeles, usa
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The Hate U Give (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her ...
Style: sad, captivating, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: racism, ghetto, african american, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, private school, loss of friend, coming of age, teenager, witness, women, friendship ...
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Date and Switch (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Two guys who make a pact to lose their virginity before prom find their friendship tested when one of them comes out of the closet.
Style: sexy, humorous, semi serious, light, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, coming out, virginity, homosexuality, friendship, gay interest, gay best friend, gays and lesbians, best friends, looking for sex, teenage love, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Immature: The Trip (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After the events of the first movie, the "immatures" go on a trip to the Greek island of Paros.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, sweet, romantic
Plot: friend, love, fall in love, grownups, travel and leisure, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, destiny, couple relations, love and romance, friendship, road trip ...
Place: greece
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Forget Me Not (2009)
Genre: Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: It's graduation weekend, and Sandy Channing, the popular class president of her small-town high school, should be enjoying the time of her life. But when her friends start disappearing, Sandy discovers they have unwittingly awakened the ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: ghost, supernatural, high school, small town, vengeance, haunted by the past, teenage life, youth, memory loss, electrocution, suspense, freak ...
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