Best Teen Movies of the (80's, 90's, and 00's)
A few of my favorite teen movies from the 1980's to the 2000's. Includes romance and other genres, but there is a strong lean towards romance.
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- DirectorDorian WalkerStarsRobyn LivelyDan GauthierJoshua John MillerHigh school misfit Louise, at a loss for romance, discovers magical abilities, but the teenage witch finds that she cannot conjure herself true love, so what?
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsJason PatricCorey HaimDianne WiestAfter moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.
- DirectorHoward DeutchStarsMolly RingwaldJon CryerHarry Dean StantonA poor girl must choose between the affections of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy.
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsEmilio EstevezJudd NelsonMolly RingwaldFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsDemi MooreRob LoweAndrew McCarthyA group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.
- DirectorSteve RashStarsPatrick DempseyAmanda PetersonCourtney GainsAn outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month.
- DirectorSavage Steve HollandStarsJohn CusackDavid Ogden StiersKim DarbyAfter his girlfriend ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares.
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsJohn CusackIone SkyeJohn MahoneyA noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.
- DirectorRobert IscoveStarsFreddie Prinze Jr.Rachael Leigh CookMatthew LillardA high school jock makes a bet that he can turn an unattractive girl into the school's prom queen.
- DirectorDavid RaynrStarsShane WestMarla SokoloffJodi Lyn O'KeefeA modern-day remake of the Cyrano DeBergerac tale.
- DirectorJohn SchultzStarsMelissa Joan HartAdrian GrenierStephen CollinsNicole and Chase used to be BFFs, then junior high happened. The high school centennial dance is coming but Nicole gets dumped. So does Chase. They stage a relationship to get at their exes. They visit each other's worlds. Love in the air?
- DirectorAmy HeckerlingStarsAlicia SilverstoneStacey DashBrittany MurphyShallow, 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.
- DirectorKris IsacssonStarsFreddie Prinze Jr.Julia StilesSelma BlairCollege students Al and Imogen meet and fall in love, but fear of commitment causes them to go their separate ways.
- DirectorFrancine McDougallStarsMarla SokoloffMarley SheltonMelissa GeorgeA popular high-school cheerleader becomes pregnant by the star quarterback and turns to crime to support her desired lifestyle.
- DirectorPeyton ReedStarsKirsten DunstEliza DushkuJesse BradfordA champion high school cheerleading squad discovers its previous captain stole all their best routines from an inner-city school and must scramble to compete at this year's championships.
- DirectorBetty ThomasStarsJesse MetcalfeAshantiArielle KebbelThree ex-girlfriends of a serial cheater set up their former lover to fall for the new girl in town so they can watch him get his heart broken.
- DirectorElizabeth Allen RosenbaumStarsEmma RobertsJoJoSara PaxtonTwo teenage girls discover a mermaid in their beach club's swimming pool.
- DirectorMartha CoolidgeStarsJulia StilesLuke MablyMiranda RichardsonAt college Paige meets Eddie, a student from Denmark, whom she first dislikes but later accepts, likes, and loves; he proves to be Crown Prince Edvard. Paige follows him to Copenhagen, and he follows her back to school with a plan.
- DirectorGil JungerStarsHeath LedgerJulia StilesJoseph Gordon-LevittA high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.
- DirectorTommy O'HaverStarsKirsten DunstBen FosterMelissa SagemillerA high school senior's girlfriend breaks up with him. His friends try to make him think of something else. His friend's sister Kelly helps him with the school musical. Spending time with Kelly has an effect.
- 1997–20231h 25mTV-G5.9 (2.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorMark RosmanStarsMaggie LawsonJim AbeleDaniel ClarkTwo teenage girls, one an ordinary high school girl and the other a top teen model, who meet and switch places.
- 1997–20231h 30mTV-G6.3 (4.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlex ZammStarsDabney ColemanWill FriedleElisabeth HarnoisA teenager unwittingly falls for the American President's daughter, and the pair soon find themselves off on a wild adventure.
- DirectorPaul WeilandStarsPatrick DempseyMichelle MonaghanKevin McKiddHannah surprises Tom, her best friend who is secretly in love with her, with the news of her engagement to a wealthy man. Things take a complicated turn when she asks Tom to be her maid of honor.
- DirectorClare KilnerStarsDermot MulroneyDebra MessingJack DavenportSingle-girl anxiety causes Kat Ellis to hire a male escort to pose as her boyfriend at her sister's wedding. Her plan, an attempt to dupe her ex-fiancé, who dumped her a couple years prior, proves to be her undoing.
- DirectorRoger KumbleStarsSarah Michelle GellarRyan PhillippeReese WitherspoonTwo vicious step-siblings of an elite Manhattan prep school make a wager: to deflower the new headmaster's daughter before the start of term.
- DirectorBilly HopkinsStarsJeanne MoreauClaire DanesJude LawPrep school student Daisy and her European-born grandmother Nana share the sad stories of their lives. Daisy tells Nana of her romance with young Ethan and problems in school because she's Jewish and Nana tells of her young years under the Nazis when she was sent to a ghetto and then to a concentration camp.
- DirectorMelanie MayronStarsSchuyler FiskBre BlairRachael Leigh CookSeven junior-high-school girls organize a daycare camp for children while at the same time experiencing classic adolescent growing pains.
- DirectorRamón MenéndezStarsCamille GuatyAmerica FerreraJhoanna FloresA school dance team get a new lease of life thanks to a teacher who lets them in on the secret of Latin rhythms for a big competition.
- DirectorDanny LeinerStarsAshton KutcherSeann William ScottJennifer GarnerTwo potheads wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.
- DirectorRobert IscoveStarsFreddie Prinze Jr.Claire ForlaniBrendon Ryan BarrettA friendship is put to the ultimate test when two best friends wind up in bed together.
- DirectorMark WatersStarsMonica PotterFreddie Prinze Jr.Shalom HarlowA young woman is attracted to a man despite her thinking she's seen him kill someone.
- DirectorAdam ShankmanStarsMandy MooreShane WestPeter CoyoteTwo North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is sentenced to perform community service.
- DirectorGarry MarshallStarsJulie AndrewsAnne HathawayHector ElizondoMia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her sixteenth year.
- DirectorJim GillespieStarsJennifer Love HewittSarah Michelle GellarAnne HecheFour young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
- DirectorAndy CadiffStarsMandy MooreMatthew GoodeMark HarmonAnna wants to be like other girls her age (18): date a guy etc. but she's the US president's daughter and always guarded. In Prague he breaks his promise of only 2 agents following her to a concert and she runs away with Ben to see Europe.