55 Best Teen Movies You Can't Grow Up Without Watching

There’s nothing like the feeling of throwing on a pair of your favorite sweatpants after a long day of school and pressing play on an iconic movie. I mean, can you think of a better way to spend your afternoon? I'll wait. Of course, there are all kinds of movie genres, but it's always fun to watch a flick that you can really relate to. Because let's face it, there's really nothing better than a good teen movie.

These teen movies cover everything from dealing with those awkward moments when you’re around your crush to figuring out how you’re going to deal with the college application process. So grab some popcorn and get ready to relate to all of these characters as you go down this list. These are the best teen movies that you definitely have to watch.

Blockers (2018)

After a group of friends create a sex pact to lost their virginity at prom, their parents set off the try to stop them.

 

Whip It (2009)

While her mother wishes for her to continue to tradition and join a pageant, Bliss decides to follow her heart and dreams by joining a local roller derby team.

 

The Hunger Games (2012)

After her younger sister gets chosen to represent their district in the deadly Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her place and has to try to survive.

 

Everything, Everything (2017)

This film will tug on your heart strings in every possible way. Amandla Stenberg plays a girl named Maddy who's chronically ill. She has to stay home because the outside world could literally kill her. But when she meets and falls in love with her new neighbor, Olly, she's willing to risk it all to be with him. 

  

Moonlight (2016)

Moonlight takes a look at the life of a black man named Chiron at three different stages of his life as he struggles with his sexuality and growing up in a tough neighborhood. Even though he's able to get out of his hometown and start a new life for himself, he can't escape who he really is forever.

  

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

High school is already rough but it only gets more awkward when your brother starts dating your bestie. That's exactly what Nadine deals with during her junior year of high school.

  

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