Youth culture movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant youth culture movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, entertaining and emotional films and TV shows about / with youth culture, friendship, coming of age, youth, teenager, friends, love and romance, teenage life, high school and young adult plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Finland, Norway and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as youth culture: The Sun (2009), Devil May Care (2021), Skateshop (2021), Just Bea (2004), Love Tasting (2020), Rezeta (2012), Flowers of Evil (2016), Clueless (1995), American Pie (1999), Mean Girls (2004).
Best films
New films
| Shame (2024) | 8.3 | |
| DJ Ahmet (2025) | 7.3 | |
| Dare You to Death (2025) | 6.4 | |
| Los Frikis (2024) | 6.6 | |
| Glass Heart (2025) | 8.0 |
List of youth culture movies
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Checo and Once are two difficult teenagers who live and survive in Buenos Aires after a nuclear explosion with which the film begins. It turns the world to ashes, bringing incomprehensible social changes. But for Checo and Once, who are used to an ...
Style:
adult animation, disturbing, suspense, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
youth culture, youth, post apocalyptic, social relations, silly humor, adult humor, dark humor, humour, social satire, post apocalypse, troubled youth, lifestyle ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story:
Beans, a Gen Z kid, is sent to a newly gentrified and urban hell, where he works as Devil's social media manager as the two navigate their personal lives while forming an unlikely friendship and making hell the best place to live in the ...
Style:
adult animation, dark comedy, humorous, entertaining, anime ...
Plot:
social media, youth culture, satire, hell, social satire, internet culture, adult humor, absurd humor, absurdism, silly humor, escapades, lifestyle change ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
A group of Skaters band together to save their local Skateshop
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
skateboard, youth, youth culture, teamwork, skater, store, skateboarder, save the day, youth gang, ambition, sport team, teenager ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
16 year-old Bea is in her first year at upper secondary school in Oslo. Active on the school magazine, she falls in love with Daniel, the smartest and most gifted student in the top year, who returns her feelings. There is just one drawback, namely ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, light, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
sex, teenager, looking for sex, first sex, youth culture, love and romance, teenage life, teenage love, friends, youth, adolescence, teen romance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
It's the last week of school in a small polish town's junior high school. Waiting for the final party, several students pass the time at a city pool, as if anticipating the emotional whirlwind they are about to experience. The action takes ...
Style:
emotional, romantic, talky, touching
Plot:
gay interest, gay, homoeroticism, coming of age, youth culture, lgbt, toxic masculinity, teenager, friends, couples, youth, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A jet-setting model leads a freewheeling life in Mexico City until she falls in love with an artist.
Style:
disturbing, humorous, captivating, touching, erotic
Plot:
sex scene, youth culture, female nudity, model, romantic relationship, relationship vs career, love affair, boy girl friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, love, sex ...
Place:
indiana, mexico city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Unrest breaks out in eastern Helsinki as a Finnish family man gets hospitalized in the summer of 2015. Gangs of young people are burning down cars and public buildings, confronting the security guards and the riot police. The narrative goes ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure
Plot:
youth culture, half brother half brother relationship, father son relationship, drug dealing, domestic violence, teenager, drug use, manslaughter, riot, family relations, youth, friendship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland, helsinki finland
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275K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give ...
Style:
feel good, rom com, romantic, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, fashion, youth, teenager, teenage life, couples, opposites attract, teen romance, love and romance, enemies to lovers, popularity, teenage love ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, seattle
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465K
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, funny, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, party, adolescence, virginity, sex, masturbation, looking for sex, nudity, college, loss of virginity, high school ...
Time:
year 1999, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
michigan, usa, north america
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481K
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:
teen, feel good, light, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, high school, teenage girl, teenage life, fish out of water, adolescence, high school life, bullying, popularity, jealousy, friendship, female friendship ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 80s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, africa, usa, pennsylvania ...
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686K
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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87K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for ...
Style:
thought provoking, sexual, social, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
skateboard, coming of age, skateboarder, friends, teenager, underage sex, underage drinking, dysfunctional family, self harm, adolescence, mission, youth culture ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, spain, france, paris france, florida ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of Piero, from when he was a kid to fatherhood, over the background of the town of Livorno, Tuscany, where the director Virzì was born.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, realistic, humorous, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth culture, coming of age, bittersweet, working class, teacher student relationship, dysfunctional family, factory worker, teenage love, oil refinery, blue collar, puberty, proletarian ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
tuscany, europe, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Finland
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story:
How Soon Is Now? is a 2007 Swedish drama television serial directed by Mikael Marcimain. The narrative portrays four people who grow up Gothenburg between 1966 and 1976. The serial was produced for Sveriges Television, from a screenplay by Peter ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
youth, social realism, grownups, youth culture, friendship, social problems, friends, life is a bitch, political unrest, politics, young love, sexuality ...
Time:
60s, 70s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Plot:
drug, father son relationship, epilepsy, friendship, friend, sex scene, illness, business, love, musician, music industry, music business ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
helsinki finland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Grlom u jagode is a 1975 Yugoslavian TV series directed by Srđan Karanović and co-written by Karanović and Rajko Grlić. Depicting the life and times of a young man nicknamed Bane Bumbar, the series achieved huge popularity throughout SFR ...
Style:
period piece, sitcom
Plot:
coming of age, nostalgia, youth culture, grownups, high school life, melancholy, friendship, family drama, slice of life, male protagonist, personal growth, first love ...
Time:
60s
Place:
former yugoslavia, belgrade, belgrade serbia, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Norway, Czech Republic
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, melancholic, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
missing person, cold war, love, musician, demonstration, socialism, capitalism, political activism, youth culture, hotel, fall in love, helsinki, finland ...
Time:
60s, year 1962
Place:
helsinki finland, finland, prague, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story:
The series adaptation of a hit livestream starring young and upcoming actors. It talks about the intertwined lives of Thirdy, Bench, Dean, Cerwin and Fons who are trying to chase down each other because of love and romance while they face ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, light hearted, rom com ...
Plot:
young adult, youth culture, friendship, relationships, love story, love interest, gay, homosexual, gay crush, relationship problems, lgbt, gay love ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Story of six single individuals who shift to Bombay and are struggling not just to settle down in the new city but also find out the right jobs for them. The single status has embarked upon as a big challenge in their lives and they seemed to be ...
Style:
lighthearted, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, struggle, roommate, city life, youth culture, millennial, young adult, satire, friends, youth, social satire, group of friends ...
Place:
mumbai india, india, bombay india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Belgrade in 1963. In a yard surrounded by buildings, a group of young people of different backgrounds and social status, but of similar views about love and self-affirmation, spend their time together. Their friendship is dyed with various events ...
Style:
reflective, melancholic, sentimental, political, noir ...
Plot:
friendship, youth culture, coming of age, social commentary, community, nostalgia, slice of life, city life, intimate, love and romance, bittersweet, class differences ...
Time:
60s
Place:
belgrade, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Latvia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Film takes us deep inside the world of Latvian teenagers in 90s: combining the intimate diary of a teenager Jānis trying to find himself by joining a subculture, as well as a skillful, detailed and almost documentary-like depiction of the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, identity, teenager, youth culture, outsider, friendship, rebellion, identity crisis, nostalgia, subculture, intimate ...
Time:
90s
Place:
latvia, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
The Latest Buzz is a Canadian teen sitcom from Decode Entertainment aired on the Family Channel, the series ran from September 1, 2007 to April 19, 2010. This is Family Channel's first original multi-camera sitcom.
In this series, a struggling ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sitcom, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage life, youth, fashion, aspiring writer, school, youth culture, high school life, friendship, coming of age, teamwork, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
„Революция Z“ е български сериал на bTV. Сериалът е в жанра музикална романтична драма и е изцяло вдъхновена от живота на младите в ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, school, revolution, death, father daughter relationship, boy girl relationship, teenager, high school, sex scene, youth culture, high school life, rock music ...
Place:
balkan
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow four middle school best friends on their never-ending quest for clout in Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles — the pulsing heart of hypebeast culture.
Style:
adult animation, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, friendship, troubled teen, friends, school, middle school, pop culture, social media, internet culture, youth culture, group of friends, teenage life ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A movie about the first Korean soul band in 1970's.
Style:
retro, inspirational, tension, period drama
Plot:
rock music, youth culture, concert, repression, coming of age, music competition, live performance, nostalgia, counterculture, ambition, friendship, dream ...
Time:
70s
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The lives of bandmates of the titular band, who get embroiled in a world of crime.
Style:
semi serious, satirical, thrilling, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
youth culture, youth, musician, criminal, satire, music band, music industry, urban, relationships, betrayal, loyalty, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Berkeley is the story of Ben Sweet, an eighteen year old boy who comes to UC Berkeley in 1968 to study accounting and avoid the draft. There begins an odyssey through sex, drugs, rock and roll, and political activism which turns his world upside ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, historical drama, indie film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, teenager, drug, youth culture, counterculture, political activism, coming of age, vietnam war, rock and roll, lifestyle change, changing lives, teenage life ...
Time:
60s
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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:
cult classic, teen, talky, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, teenage angst, youth, adolescence, high school life, teenage girl, detention, teen angst, high school student ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1985
Place:
chicago, illinois, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When Casey, a dancer who is discovered on YouTube, gets thrust into the modern world of internet celebrity and culture, she must find a way to balance her true identity with her online persona, or risk losing everything she cares about.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional, uplifting
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
social media, dancehall girl, dance, dancer, youth culture, grownups, youth, dancing, dancer's life, social problems, lifestyle, music ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
1980: 19 year old Robert, fed up with Hippy phoniness and bourgeoise narrow mindedness alike, flees the German provinces for West Berlin. A tour de force through the glorious dirt of West Berlin ensues. Full of sex, drugs, love and PUNK.
Style:
captivating, disturbing
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
punk rock, punk rocker, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth culture, escapades, robbery, satire, nightclub, social problems, criminal, strip club, youth ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, west berlin west germany, east berlin
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