High school movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant high school movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, teen, humorous, feel good, entertaining and romantic films and TV shows about / with high school, teenager, youth, high school life, teenage girl, college, teenage life, coming of age, adolescence and school plots mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres shot in USA, China, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as high school: Not Another Teen Movie (2001), The First Time (2012), 17 Again (2009), Superbad (2007), The Edge of Seventeen (2016), Avalon High (2010), Gossip Girl (2007), 2:37 (2006), Foreign Exchange (2008), Never Back Down (2008).

List of high school movies

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Year:
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movie genre.
Style: parody, teen sex comedy, spoof, sex comedy, sexy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, prom, teenager, cheerleading, adolescence, cheerleader, dumb, college, masturbation, lesbian sex, female masturbation, party ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place: north america
Is relevant?
 6.8
 75K
The First Time (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can’t have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn’t quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, ...
Style: romantic, sexy, sincere, touching, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, youth, love, teenager, teenage love, love and romance, first love, friendship, virginity, teenage girl, first sex, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, new jersey, california
Is relevant?
 6.4
 231K
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, teen, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, family friendly ...
Plot: high school, youth, body swapping, teenage life, popularity, adolescence vs adulthood, teenager, coming of age, high school life, transformation, high school sports, teenage girl ...
Time: 2000s, year 2009, 80s, year 1989, future ...
Place: los angeles, new jersey, california
Is relevant?
 7.6
 686K
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, teen, sexy, funny ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: high school, teenager, nerd, adolescence, coming of age, youth, teenage life, dumb, loss of virginity, friendship, bromance, sex ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, near future, y2k, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, hawaii
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The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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: teen, witty, realistic, touching, suspense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, adolescence, teenager, coming of age, teen angst, best friend, troubled teen, female protagonist, teen romance, friendship, nymph, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 80s
Place: california, oregon
Is relevant?
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.
Style: romantic, touching, light, sincere, sweet ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, pretend relationship, love and romance, first love, love letter, couples, high school student, teen romance, youth, teenage girl, happy ending, teenager ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland
Is relevant?
 5.6
 7K
Avalon High (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Disney Channel's production of Julie Sherman Wolfe's screenplay adaptation of the popular novel Avalon High by Meg Cabot. Elaine "Ellie" Harrison has just moved from Minnesota to Annapolis, Maryland while her parents take a year ...
Style: feel good, exciting, entertaining, arthurian, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: high school, youth, female protagonist, friendship, good versus evil, friends, teenage life, king arthur, reincarnation, legends and myths, teenager, teenage love ...
Time: medieval times
Place: maryland
Is relevant?
 7.5
 213K
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, sexy, soap opera, teen, talky ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, popularity, gossip and rumors, teenager, youth, high school life, teenage love, adolescence, friends, lifestyle, coming of age, love triangle ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Is relevant?
 6.8
 8K
2:37 (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A contemporary, ensemble drama telling the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today's youth are faced with. The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37 a ...
Style: psychological, bleak, serious, sincere, depressing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, brother sister incest, incest, rape, youth, teenage life, suicide, homosexual, high school life, teenage love, incest rape, social relations ...
Place: south australia, adelaide south australia, australia
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Foreign Exchange (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Four high school friends plan to ride out their senior year taking easy classes, including a program for housing foreign exchange students and eventually all attending Ohio State. Hurdles befall each of the four: grades, higher aspirations, love. Is ...
Style: teen sex comedy, sexy, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, foreign exchange student, female nudity, teenage life, social relations, couples, love and romance, lifestyle, buddies, youth, hardcase students, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, ohio, california
Is relevant?
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, teen, sincere, melancholic, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, teenage love, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, year 1991, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Is relevant?
 6.5
 111K
Never Back Down (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Rebellious Jake Tyler is lured into an ultimate underground fight Scene at his new high school, after receiving threats to the safety of his friends and family Jake decides to seek the mentoring of a veteran fighter who trains him for one final ...
Style: serious, exciting, teen, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: martial arts, high school, youth, athlete and trainer, underground fighting, duel, teenager, fight, boxing, revenge, streetfighting, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 80s, 21st century
Place: florida, usa, orlando florida, brazil, tokyo
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 6.7
 255K
Project X (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
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: teen, teen sex comedy, humorous, not serious, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot: high school, teenager, party, adolescence, youth, when the parents are away, teenage life, student, popularity, buddies, friends, birthday party ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, pasadena california, new jersey
Is relevant?
 4.7
 7K
Expelled (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Felix (Cameron Dallas) is a legendary prankster who gets expelled from his high school and, with his friend’s help, stops at nothing to hide it from his parents.
Style: witty, humorous, realistic, disgusting, funny ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: high school, coming of age, prankster, teenage life, school expulsion, high school life, friends, youth, college, power relations, bare chested male, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though ...
Style: realistic, humorous, teen, romantic, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot: high school, friendship, nerd, couples, opposites attract, teenage girl, teenager, cheerleading, pretend relationship, cheerleader, youth, teen romance ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: arizona, tucson arizona, new jersey
Is relevant?
 6.4
 107K
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, teen, rom com, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, relationships, youth, high school life, coming of age, school, adolescence, teenage life, stereotypes, friendship, popularity ...
Time: 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
 7.2
 641K
21 Jump Street (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are ...
Style: humorous, buddy comedy, parody, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, undercover cop, sarcasm, working undercover, buddies, youth, partners against crime, teenager, buddy cop, high school student, popularity, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2005, 2000s, 80s ...
Place: usa, seattle
Is relevant?
 5.4
 24K
Barely Lethal (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A 16-year-old international assassin yearning for a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as a senior in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that being popular can be more painful than getting water-boarded.
Style: teen, exciting, entertaining, ironic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: teenager, youth, high school, female spy, teenage life, female agent, tough girl, danger, adolescence, undercover, school, assassin ...
Time: 21st century
Place: berlin germany, moscow russia, usa, chechnya
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 7.5
 640
Aim High (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A web series centered around a high school student with a double life as a teenage spy.
Style: humorous, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, scenic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, double life, spy, working undercover, teenager, youth, heroes, social relations, undercover, danger, top secret, secret service ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
 6.4
 191K
She's the Man (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Viola Johnson is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for ...
Style: romantic, feel good, rom com, funny, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot: high school, teenager, soccer, cross dressing, tomboy, teenage love, teen romance, high school life, teenage life, teenage girl, roommate, gender disguise ...
Time: 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa, london, new jersey, canada
Is relevant?
 7.7
 177K
Teen Wolf (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day ...
Style: touching, suspenseful, serious, humorous, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, supernatural ability, high school, lycanthropy, youth, high school life, high school student, peril, friends, life turned upside down, team ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, mexico, idaho, california, japan ...
Is relevant?
 5.4
 8K
Teen Spirit (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The story is about Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies and is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.
Style: entertaining, teen, touching, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama
Plot: high school, youth, teenage girl, popularity, teenage life, prom, teenager, college, social relations, high school life, ghost, supernatural ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
The Jerk Theory (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An aspiring recording artist, Adam, is burned by a bad relationship experience and decides that if women won't respond to the "nice guy" then he'll be "the jerk." This is wildly successful with meaningless ...
Style: sexy, realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, dating, teenage love, fall in love, enemies to lovers, wooing, teenager, couple relations, teenage life, lifestyle, couples, teen romance ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.2
 111K
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: teen, exciting, road movie, emotional, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenage love, teenager, adolescence, youth, friendship, love, teenage girl, road trip, travel, friends, unrequited love ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place: usa, peru, florida, orlando florida, new jersey
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10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, ...
Style: romantic, teen, romantic comedy, rom com, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teen romance, teenage life, enemies to lovers, love and romance, teenage love, initially antagonists ...
Time: y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
Is relevant?
 5.4
 7K
Mad Love (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Matt falls for Casey, the new girl in school. She's fun-loving and eccentric, but there's a darkness to her whimsy that Matt can't begin to comprehend. When Casey attempts to commit suicide, her parents place her in a mental ...
Style: romantic, touching, melancholic, sentimental, erotic ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: high school, mental illness, love, on the road, obsessive love, manic depression, mental institution, coming of age, hitchhiking, impulsiveness, teenage love, psychology ...
Time: y2k, 90s
Place: seattle, latin america, usa, mexico
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The Princess Diaries (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of ...
Style: feel good, touching, fairy tale, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: teenager, high school, princess, coming of age, royalty, royal family, teenage life, teenage girl, cinderella story, best friend, fish out of water, queen ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, california, europe, usa, pacific ocean
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Status Update (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After being uprooted by his parents' separation and unable to fit into his new hometown, a teenager stumbles upon a magical app that causes his social media updates to come true.
Style: captivating, exciting, humorous, enigmatic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, teenager, friendship, new student, wish come true, divorced parents, mobile phone, society, social media, cell phone, fantasy becomes reality, hockey ...
Is relevant?
 7.0
 441K
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, romantic, entertaining, teen sex comedy, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, adolescence, youth, teenage love, high school life, teenage girl, teenage life, notoriety, classmate, love and romance ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place: california, xian, usa, florida, seattle
Is relevant?
 7.8
 93K
One Tree Hill (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the fictional small town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, this teen-driven drama tells the story of two half brothers, who share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his ...
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, teen, touching ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: couples, high school life, high school, friendship, girlfriend, couple relations, teenage life, teenage love, youth, renewed love, friends, family relations ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
Is relevant?