Middle school movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant middle school movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic and funny films and TV shows about / with middle school, school, teenager, friendship, youth, coming of age, teenage girl, teenage life, best friend and friends plots mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
middle school
TOP 10 movies tagged as middle school: Jessica Darling's It List (2016), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010), Dear Dumb Diary (2013), Andi Mack (2017), Eighth Grade (2018), Spork (2010), Unfabulous (2004), Mob Psycho 100 (2016), Stranger Things (2016), Bella and the Bulldogs (2015).
Best films
New films
Mixtape (2021) | 6.6 | |
Dodo (2021) | 8.4 | |
Big Nate (2022) | 7.0 | |
World's Best (2023) | 5.4 | |
Prisoner's Daughter (2022) | 6.4 |
List of middle school movies
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book and as you ...
Style:
entertaining, light, funny, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot:
middle school, child protagonist, humour, school, children, rules, teenager, best friend, dream, child, against the rules, talent ...
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Jessica Darling – a smart, witty, opinionated girl heading into 7th grade – was never too concerned about where she'd fit in the middle school hierarchy. But before her first day of school, her older sister — the super popular Bethany, ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, light
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
middle school, popular girl, teenage girl, girl, cheerleading, sister sister relationship, teenager, female protagonist, friendship, social relations, teenage life, school ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, surreal, talky ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
middle school, childhood, teenager, child protagonist, high school, fat boy, bullying, boy, high school life, coming of age, child, peer pressure ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
guatemala, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Based on the best selling series "Dear Dumb Diary" by Jim Benton. Follow Jamie Kelly as she navigates Mackeral Middle School with the help of her best friend Isabella, her nemesis Angeline and the boy of her dreams Hudson.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
middle school, youth, diary, popular girl, child, high school, female protagonist, love and romance, school, teenage life, teenage girl, close up of eye ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
With real life and teen drama awaiting her after 8th grade graduation, CJ Parker has only a short time left to make the most of her middle school years. Together with her two lifelong best friends Fenwick and Crispo, she is determined to get the ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
friends, friendship, teachers and students, youth, school, coming of age, social relations, middle school, high school friend, best friend, power relations, live action
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Andi is contemplative and artistic and sheltered by overprotective parents. But on the eve of her 13th birthday, Andi's free-spirited older sister Bex returns home with a revelation that changes everything and sends Andi on an uncharted course ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, touching, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
teenage girl, middle school, children, boy, love, lgbt, gay, teenage life, parents and children, coping, gay interest, woman ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Style:
touching, light, indie film, thought provoking, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
father daughter relationship, teenager, adolescence, teenage girl, friendship, high school, social media, middle school, teacher, self confidence, insecurity, classmate classmate relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
new york state
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1K
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A frizzy-haired, pink-cheeked outcast named Spork navigates her way through the annals of junior high.
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, gender, school, middle school, nerd, neighbor, gay parent, gender bending, teenage life, bullying, children ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Unfabulous is an American children's television series that aired on Nickelodeon. The series is about an "unfabulous" 7th Grade middle school student named Addie Singer, played by Emma Roberts. The show, which debuted in late summer ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, sitcom
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
teenager, middle school, children, popular girl, friendship, lifestyle, youth, teenage love, best friend, love and romance, friends, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Shigeo Kageyama, a.k.a. "Mob," is a boy who has trouble expressing himself, but who happens to be a powerful esper. Mob is determined to live a normal life and keeps his ESP suppressed, but when his emotions surge to a level of 100%, ...
Style:
anime, captivating, exciting, shounen, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
extrasensory perception, ghost, psychic, supernatural, school, telekinesis, middle school, satire, superpower, supernatural ability, supernatural power, good versus evil ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, sincere, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot:
supernatural, monster, telekinesis, small town, parallel universe, experiment, parallel world, friendship, supernatural power, super powers, missing person, government conspiracy ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, future, 2010s, 90s ...
Place:
indiana, chicago, usa, soviet union
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A head cheerleader's life takes an unexpected twist when her rifle-like throwing arm takes her from the sidelines to becoming her middle school’s starting quarterback. Bella Dawson is a confident, caring and talented teenager, who suddenly ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
american football, teenager, sport team, cheerleading, teenage girl, cheerleader, school, youth, friends, best friend, middle school, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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30
Genre: Horror
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story:
Every noon at exactly 12:13 a mysterious Instagram account post embarrassing photos about the students at Solængsskolen.
Style:
mysterious, psychological, captivating
Plot:
manipulation, middle school, stalker, teenager, psychiatric hospital, coming of age, possession, stalking, mobile phone, technology, telephone
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Secret World of Alex Mack is an American television series that ran on Nickelodeon from October 8, 1994 to January 15, 1998, replacing Clarissa Explains It All on the SNICK line-up. It also aired on YTV in Canada and NHK in Japan, and was a ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, scientist, technology gone awry, experiment gone awry, dishonesty, disorder, teenage life, goofy hero, danger, superhero, middle school, secret ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, arizona
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, funny, mumblecore, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child, family relations, middle school, marriage, immigrant, restaurant, family life, parents and children, youth, society, culture clash, kids and family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
usa, florida, taiwan, orlando florida
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Stacy and Lydia are BFFs who've always dreamed about having epic bat mitzvahs. But things start to go comically awry when a popular boy and middle school drama threatens their friendship and their rite of passage.
Style:
captivating, psychological, satirical, teen comedy
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
middle school, young girl, coming of age, teenage girl, student, relationship problems, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, teenager, love affair, male female relationship, satire, love story ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the year 2001, three lovable outcasts constantly humiliate themselves while barely making it through the most awkward phase of their lives: Middle School.
Style:
entertaining, light, humorous, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
middle school, coming of age, puberty, teenage life, teenager, group of friends, society, lifestyle, social relations, escapades, friends, humour ...
Time:
year 2001
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150K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.
Style:
anime, entertaining, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot:
teenage girl, shapeshifting, friendship, giant animal, furry, coming of age, temple, female protagonist, teenager, animal, mother daughter relationship, domineering mother ...
Time:
2020s, 2000s, year 2002
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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197
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
Kamichu! is a Japanese anime television series, strongly influenced by the Shinto religion, that follows the adventures of teenage goddess Yurie Hitotsubashi and her friends. The title is short for Kamisama de Chūgakusei. The series was created by ...
Style:
anime, seinen, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
deity, middle school, friendship, family life, supernatural, magic, goddess, love, commitment, everyday life, couples, rivalry ...
Place:
japan
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146K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the ...
Style:
fairy tale, light, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
friendship, ghost, halloween, haunted house, supernatural, single father, afterlife, father daughter relationship, childhood, mischievous children, life & death, family bonds ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place:
maine, new england, usa
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57
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Follow the misadventures of 11-year-old Joe Connolly and his three best friends in their first year at O’Malley Middle School.
Style:
exciting, humorous, funny, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
young boy, girlfriend, middle school, classmate, high school life, friends, friendship, schoolboy, boyhood, friend, boys and girls, school ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Tanaka Ainosuke was born with a weak left eye. Then one day, his older brother Yumehito dies mysteriously, allowing Ainosuke to receive a cornea transplant from him. After the surgery, whenever there is a shock to his left eye he sees strange ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, captivating, exciting
Plot:
brothers, middle school, secret organization, nurse, investigation, friendship, criminal organization, brother, surgical operation, loss of brother, death of brother, two brothers
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 2 min.
TV show
Story:
Maeda-san is living alone in rented accommodations for the first time after finding employment. In his tiny, no-bath apartment he is visited by Chie Satonaka, who looks like the little sister he never had, but turns out to be the landlord of this ...
Style:
anime, funny, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
slice of life, cooking, middle school, high school life, student, japanese school, school, apprentice, neighbor, girl next door, everyday life, asian school
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of rule-abiding prep school students – Zack, Lawrence, Freddy, Summer and Tomika – learn to take risks and reach new heights thanks to substitute teacher Dewey Finn, a down-on-his-luck musician who uses the language of rock ‘n’ roll ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, light, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
children, teenager, school, friendship, friends, childhood, music, best friend, rock band, multiple storylines, teacher, escapades ...
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14K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Middle school as it really happened. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star in this adult comedy, playing versions of themselves as thirteen-year-old outcasts in the year 2000, surrounded by actual thirteen-year-olds, where the best day of your life can ...
Style:
funny, feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
teenager, high school life, middle school, school, teenage girl, teenage life, friendship, lifestyle, grownups, parent child relationship, best friend, family relations ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? is an American animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network from 2002 to 2003. The show centers on Robot Jones, a robotic teenager attending a suburban middle school. The show is the 12th series to ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, middle school, teenager, fish out of water, school, classroom
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97K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, teen, realistic, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, drug addiction, teenager, peer pressure, friendship, addiction, dysfunctional family, teenage protagonist, underage drinking, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, y2k, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Boy Meets World is an American television sitcom that chronicles the coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
high school, family relations, coming of age, college, teachers and students, teenage life, high school life, supportive parent, siblings relations, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, school ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns he's moving; it backfires when he doesn't move after all.
Style:
humorous, touching, entertaining, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
childhood, school, underdog, friendship, mischievous children, happy ending, kids and family, teenager, parents and children, family relations, disorder, chaos and mayhem ...
Place:
usa, chicago
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Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Ireland, USA, Germany
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, offbeat, light, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, family life, social relations, buddies, friends, plan gone awry, fish, eccentric family, youth, teenage life, ghost, teacher ...
Time:
2010s
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