36 Teenage Comedies: List of Rated Films

Here we have collected the best comedies for teenagers. Every viewer will find a movie to his or her liking in this list. Just be careful – once you start laughing, you won’t be able to stop until the final credits.

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The Road Within

Rating IMDB – 7.1
Genre: Drama, comedy, adventure
USA production production / 2014
Worldwide gross: $41,760
Directed by Graham Wells
Cast: Robert Sheehan, Dev Patel, Zoe Kravitz, Robert Patrick, Kyra Sedgwick, Ali Hillis, James Calvert, Luisa Kendrick, Ross Gallo, Cooper Roth

Vincent, Alex and Marie are young patients in a mental institution. Each of the guys has his own little disorder, because of which the rich relatives decided to send them to the hospital. Only to be treated in a mental hospital is incredibly boring for the three friends, and one day the heroes decide to escape from the clinic.

Having stolen a doctor’s car, the friends set off on an unforgettable journey. Only if for Alex and Marie the trip is nothing more than a fun adventure, for Vincent it is a serious mission. The guy intends, by all means, to fulfill a promise he once made to his dead mother.

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This film is a remake of the film “Vincent will Meer” (2010). It was directed by Ralf Hüttner.

Radio Rebel

Rating IMDB – 5.9
Genre: Melodrama, comedy, family
USA Productions production / 2012
Directed by Peter Howitt
Cast: Debbie Ryan, Serena Parmar, Adam DiMarco, Atticus Mitchell, Merritt Patterson, Ellie Bertram, Ian Belcher, Rowan Kahn, Nancy Robertson, Martin Cummins

At first glance, Tara Adams is an ordinary high school girl, shy and very unlucky. However, Tara is a grey mouse only in public, but at home she hosts her own radio show under the pseudonym “Rebel”. On the air, the girl raises the most pressing problems for teenagers, comments on them without shyness and calls on her listeners, among whom there are pupils of her school, to various protests.

Thanks to the “Rebel” calls for outrage, all the students give the principal of the school a lot of trouble. The woman tries in every way to stop the anonymous radio host from speaking, but the students’ love for their idol proves too strong.

Despite the fact that the film received more negative reviews than positive, its box office was quite decent.

Kick-Ass

Rating IMDB – 7.6
Genre: Action, comedy, thriller, crime
UK, USA, China production / 2010
Budget: $30,000,000
Worldwide gross: $96,188,903
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Lindsay Fonseca, Omari Hardwicke, Clark Duke, Evan Peters, Michael Rispoli

Dave Lizewski is an ordinary high school kid. One day, however, he decides to become a superhero. Dave doesn’t have any supernatural gifts, but he sincerely believes that the most important thing in the fight against criminals is his desire.

Dressed up in a superhero costume for anonymity and, of course – for beauty, the guy takes to the streets of the city. So, Lizewski begins a not very successful, but brave fight against crime and soon gets the nickname “Kick-Ass”. Only very soon the guy discovers that there are other superheroes in the city besides him. They are more successful in their business and are very interested in the new recruit.

The film is based on the comic book of the same name. It was written by John Romita and Mark Millar.

Submarine

Rating IMDB – 7.3
Genre: Drama, Melodrama, Comedy
UK, USA production / 2010
Worldwide gross: $864,659
Directed by Richard Ayoade
Cast: Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins, Darren Evans, Ozian Kai Dulais, Lili McCann, Otis Lloyd, Elinor Crowley

Oliver Tate is a high school student. He is smart beyond his years, very romantic, and very unpopular among his peers. This state of affairs does not suit him, but he is in no hurry to change anything – he has enough troubles as it is.

Oliver has a whole list of things he has to do before his fast approaching sixteenth birthday. However, the main points there are only two, and they are the most difficult. First, Tate intends, by all means, to save his parents’ marriage, which, in his opinion, is crumbling. And second, to seduce the girl he has long liked – Jordana Biven.

In this film, each character’s clothing is dominated by a different color, which becomes a special distinction for the characters. The main character is blue, and the lady of his heart is red.

Project X

Rating IMDB – 6.7
Genre: Comedy
USA production / 2012
Budget: $12,000,000
Worldwide gross: $102,731,865
Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
Cast: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Dax Flame, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Brady Ender, Nick Nervis, Alexis Nap, Miles Teller, Peter Mackenzie

Thomas, Costa, and J.B. are ordinary high school students. One day they decide to raise their status among their classmates. At first glance, becoming popular seems easy, because all they have to do is throw a big birthday party for Thomas.

After making preparations, the boys invite the schoolchildren to their party, except that very soon the fun gets out of hand. The teenage guests turn into inadequate rioters and start rioting.

In 2012, the film became one of the most popular movies in the torrent: the numbers of downloads for this year’s movie went off the charts.

It’s a Boy Girl Thing

Rating IMDB – 6.3
Genre: Fantasy, melodrama, comedy
USA, UK, Canada production / 2006
Budget: $15,500,000
Worldwide gross: $7,385,679
Directed by Nick Harran
Cast: Samira Armstrong, Kevin Zegers, Sherry Miller, Robert Joy, Sharon Osbourne, Maury Chaikin, Mpho Coaho, Dan Warry-Smith, Balazs Koosh, Emily Hampshire

Woody and Nalin’s roommates are complete opposites who sincerely hate each other. The guys do everything to meet as rarely as possible, but one day the heroes suddenly realize to themselves that they have switched bodies. After the mutual shock wears off, the enemies decide that the anomaly that occurred is a perfect opportunity to make a laughingstock of each other.

With unprecedented enthusiasm the guys set about destroying the life of the body into which they have fallen, except that soon both the boy and the girl realize that the mutual antics will not help them regain their true appearance. To find a solution to their problem, the heroes have to conclude a temporary truce, and very soon love intervenes in their plans.

The Italians did not like the real title of this film and changed it to Adam and Eve.

Easy A

Rating IMDB – 7.0
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Melodrama
USA production / 2010
Budget: $8,000,000
Worldwide gross: $74,952,305
Directed by Will Gluck
Cast: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell

Olive is a high school student. The main character’s personal life leaves much to be desired, and one day the girl decides to invent a boyfriend. She tells her friend about the imaginary and very frank dates. Except that the girls’ conversation is overheard by another schoolgirl. Finding Olive a tramp, she starts to spread dirty rumors about the heroine.

However, instead of excusing herself, the schoolgirl quickly realizes that even a tarnished reputation can be turned to her advantage. So, one day the girl begins to dress very provocatively, and unscrupulous sexual relations, which are completely made up, turns into her virtue.

Initially, the script of this film contained a lot of foul language. Subsequently, it was edited and the profanity was removed.

Booksmart

Rating IMDB – 7.2
Genre: Comedy
USA production / 2019
Budget: $6,000,000
Worldwide gross: $24,959,607
Directed by Olivia Wilde
Cast: Caitlin Deaver, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte, Victoria Ruesga, Mason Gooding, Skyler Gisondo, Diane Silvers

Amy and Molly are school friends. The girls never skipped classes or wasted time fooling around, preferring to study diligently. They did all this so that they could get into college without any problems after high school. Only when the long-awaited day arrives, the heroines realize: all their sacrifices were in vain.

Classmates, who did not deny themselves the fun and studied so-so, too, got into a higher education institution. Realizing that they lost a lot, the heroines decide to make up for lost time. On the last day of school, the friends begin to do all the reckless things their imagination can do, and try to find out the address of the coolest guy in their school so that they can get to his party.

The film is full of teenage jargon, slang and obscene gestures, for which it was rated “R”: children under 17 are only allowed to watch this film with their parents.

EuroTrip

Rating IMDB – 6.6
Genre: Comedy
USA, Czech Republic production / 2004
Budget: $25,000,000
Worldwide gross: $20,796,847
Directed by Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg, David Mandel
Cast: Scott Mechlovitz, Jacob Pitts, Kristin Crook, Kathy Males, Niall Iskhakov, Michelle Trachtenberg, Travis Wester, Matt Damon, J. Adams, Christopher Baird

Scott Thomas is an American, a guy who studies German, but the language is difficult for him. And then the hero decides to improve his knowledge with the help of live communication. Scott begins to correspond with a German man named Mike. Very quickly the guys become pen pals, and Scott begins to tell Mike about all his life problems and worries.

Only one day the hero discovers that his companion is not a guy, but a blonde girl and her name is Mickey. So, without thinking twice, Thomas decides together with his friends to go on a tour of Europe, to visit Germany and see the man with whom he has been communicating for so long.

All the shooting of this film lasted 10 weeks.

Wild Child

Rating IMDB – 6.1
Genre: Drama, Comedy
USA, UK, France production / 2008
Budget: $20,000,000
Worldwide gross: $21,293,102
Directed by Nick Moore
Cast: Linzi Cockker, Emma Roberts, Lexi Ainsworth, Shelby Young, Johnny Packard, Aidan Quinn, Natasha Richardson, Georgia King, Ruby Thomas, Elinor Turner-Moss

Because of her mother’s death, Poppy Moore gives her father a lot of trouble. For the time being, the man tolerates the shenanigans of his spoiled daughter, but after the heroine begins to drive her parent’s new wife out of the house, Jerry decides to send Poppy to a closed English school for re-education.

There, the girl’s freedom is thoroughly restricted and Poppy begins to do everything to the principal – Mrs. Kingsley, expel her. When all of Poppy’s plans fall apart, the heroine begins to plan her escape. To realize her plan, the girl needs nothing: to seduce the principal’ son. But the perfect plan begins to fall apart when love unexpectedly intervenes.

The role in this film was the last for actress Natasha Richardson, who played Mrs. Kingsley. The star died in March 2009.

Road Trip

Rating IMDB – 6.4
Genre: Comedy
USA production / 2000
Budget: $16,000,000
Worldwide gross: $119,754,278
Directed by Todd Phillips
Cast: Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Amy Smart, Paolo Costanzo, D.J. Qualls, Rachel Blanchard, Anthony Rapp, Fred Ward, Tom Green, Andy Dick

A guy named Josh Parker genuinely loves his girlfriend, Tiffany. But the guys are separated by a huge space, because they study in different cities. So, to relieve the tension, Josh occasionally cheats on his beloved and for fun records it all on tape.

One day the guy decides to give Tiffany a present and, having recorded a video declaration of love, decides to send it by parcel. Only, by accident, a cheating tape ends up in the gift box. Parker realizes that his relationship with his beloved hangs in the balance and decides, by all means, to intercept the parcel sent. It will not be easy, but the three faithful friends will help their comrade in every way possible.

According to the script, the scenes of this film were supposed to be filmed at different educational institutions in America, but almost all filming took place in the same place – the University of Georgia.

Mean Girls

Rating IMDB – 7.0
Genre: Comedy
USA, Canada production / 2004
Budget: $17,000,000
Worldwide gross: $128,970,716
Directed by Mark Waters
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lizzie Caplan, Lacey Schaber, Amanda Sayfred, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Jonathan Bennett, Daniel Frazisi, Amy Poehler

Cady spent her entire childhood in Africa with her family. However, when the girl was 16, her zoologist parents decided to return home. In America, the heroine has to join the staff of a new school. At first, the girl is eagerly accepted into their circle of local outcasts, helpfully explaining which of the guys better not to mess with.

At first she gets friendly and helpful, and explains who she shouldn’t mess with. Thus, Regina, a local celebrity, turns out to be one of the school’s most dangerous and bitchy characters. However, the star is surprisingly easy to accept the heroine among her friends. However, very soon Cadie discovers that the cunning of the fashionista has no limits, and a confrontation begins between the girls.

The film was based on one of Rosalind Wiseman’s works.

The Perfect Date

Rating IMDB – 5.8
Genre: Melodrama, Comedy
USA production / 2019
Directed by Christopher Nelson
Cast: Noah Centineo, Laura Marano, Odiseas Georgiadis, Camila Mendes, Matt Walsh, Joe Cross, Carrie Lazar, Alex Biglane, Blaine Kern, Zack Steiner

Brooks Rettigen is a high school senior. He dreams of going to Yale University, but his family’s financial situation leaves much to be desired. In order to fulfill his dream, he works in a store and takes on all kinds of extra jobs.

But the money is still not enough, and then the hero decides to create a special application that will advertise his services. Thus, Brooks turns into a boy-friend on a call. For money the hero pretends to be the girls’ boyfriend in front of their friends, acquaintances and relatives.

Actors Noah Sentineo and Laura Marano, who play the main characters, had already starred together as lovers before this film. It happened in the TV series “Austin & Ally” (2011).

17 Again

Rating IMDB – 6.4
Genre: Fantasy, drama, melodrama, comedy
USA production / 2009
Budget: $20,000,000
Worldwide gross: $136,316,880
Directed by Burr Steers
Cast: Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Matthew Perry, Sterling Knight, Michelle Trachtenberg, Hunter Parrish, Melora Hardin, Brian Doyle-Murray, Jim Gaffigan

Mike is 37 years old. The man was once the star of the school and the leader of the basketball team, but after graduation his life went downhill. He married his sweetheart. Because of the family, the dreams of a grandiose career as an athlete were ruined, and the hero got a boring job. Relationships with his wife eventually deteriorated and the marriage fell apart.

Left alone, the man is trying to get on with his life and nostalgic for his youth. So when one day he is offered to live his life over again, Mike agrees for the sake of a joke. Except that the next morning he realizes that he has turned into a seventeen-year-old teenager.

The premiere date of this film has been pushed back twice. Initially, the first screening was supposed to take place in 2008 on August 15, and afterwards – in February 2009, but the film was eventually released on April 17.

She’s the Man

Rating IMDB – 6.3
Genre: Melodrama, Comedy, Sports
USA, Canada production / 2006
Budget: $20,000,000
Worldwide gross: $57,194,667
Directed by Andy Fickman
Cast: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Vinnie Jones, David Cross, Julie Hagerty, Robert Hoffman, Alexandra Breckenridge, Jonathan Sadowski, Amanda Crew

Viola is 17 years old and loves soccer more than anything in the world. But her team is not allowed to participate in serious competitions, believing that this game is not a woman’s game. However, the heroine is not used to giving up – the girl comes up with a daring plan to cheat and takes to implement it.

So, disguised as a guy, the heroine begins to play in the men’s team instead of her twin brother. At first all goes well, but soon the mystery begins to bring discomfort. The fact is that the successful athlete begins to run after the girls, confident in Viola’s belonging to the male sex. Viola herself falls in love with a boy from her brother’s team, but the threat of exposure forces her to hide her feelings.

Part of the film is an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play called Twelfth Night.

National Lampoon’s Van Wilder

Rating IMDB – 6.4
Genre: Melodrama, Comedy
Germany, USA production / 2001
Budget: $5,000,000
Worldwide gross: $38,275,483
Directed by Walt Becker
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Cal Penn, Tek Holmes, Daniel Cosgrove, Dion Richmond, Alex Barnes, Emily Rutherford, Paul Gleason

A boy named Van Wilder is catastrophically afraid of growing up. In order to postpone his entry into adulthood, the hero deliberately postpones graduation from college. Van has been in the institution for 6 years now, but he does everything he can to continue his studies there in the next year and the following year.

One day, however, the guy’s father decides to stop wasting money and refuses to pay for his son’s 7th year of fun. Thus, the hero finds himself faced with a serious and incredibly difficult choice for himself. He has to pass his exams and finally complete his study-fun, or earn the money to pay for another year of college on his own.

Some elements of the plot of this film were taken from the real-life college life of a comedian named Burt Crusher.

Shazam!

Rating IMDB – 7.0
Genre: Fantasy, action, comedy
USA, Canada production / 2019
Budget: $100,000,000
Worldwide gross: $365,971,656
Directed by David F. Sandberg
Cast: Zachary Levi, Escher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Strong, Grace Fulton, Adam Brody, Djimon Hounsou, Faithy Herman, Meagan Goode, Michelle Borth

Billy is an ordinary schoolboy of 14. The boy lives with other children in a foster home and dreams of finding his real mother. One day, while running away from a gang of his peers, the boy finds himself in the cave of an old wizard named Shazam. The man gives Billy his powers, turning him into a superhero, and assures him that it’s time for Billy to fight evil.

The wizard’s instructions pass him by, and Billy begins to learn about his new powers and, with the help of his brothers and sisters, tries to learn how to use them. But soon it turns out that the evil is not ephemeral and the planet is really in serious danger.

In the beginning, the title for this film was supposed to be longer: “Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam”.

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Rating IMDB – 6.3
Genre: Drama, Melodrama, Comedy
UK production / 2008
Worldwide gross: $14,924,919
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Cast: Georgia Groom, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Karen Taylor, Alan Davies, Elinor Tomlinson, Georgia Henshaw, Manjiven Grewal, Kimberly Nixon, Sean Burke, Tommy Bastow

The film tells the story of the life of a 14-year-old teenage girl named Georgia Nicholson. The heroine is in the midst of adolescence, so she thinks her parents don’t understand her, her younger sister seems annoying and nasty, and at school she is plotted by the most real rival.

Hot Tub Time Machine

Rating IMDB – 6.4
Genre: Sci-fi, Comedy
USA production / 2010
Budget: $36,000,000
Worldwide gross: $64,572,262
Directed by Steve Pink
Cast: John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Sebastian Stan, Lindsay Fonseca, Crispin Glover, Chevy Chase, Charlie McDermott, Lizzie Caplan

Friends Nick, Adam, Jacob, and Lou are total losers. One day Lou decides to end his miserable life by suicide, but his comrades manage to talk him out of that decision. Afterwards, all four men go to the resort of their youth to throw a party.

Only it turns out that the Jacuzzi in their room is the most real time machine. Accidentally running the process of time travel, the heroes find themselves in their past. Here they will spend a whole day, during which they will significantly change their future.

Some of the jokes used in this film were not in the script. They were made up on the set during filming.

The Kissing Booth 2

Rating IMDB – 5.7
Genre: Melodrama, Comedy
UK, USA production / 2020
Directed by Vince Marcello
Cast: Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordy, Molly Ringwald, Taylor Zachary, Macey Richardson-Sellers, Megan Young, Stephen Jennings, Carson White, Bianca Bosch

A girl named Elle continues to love her boyfriend, Noah. Except that because the heroine is studying at Harvard, the guys are forced to practice a long-distance relationship. Elle is well aware of the consequences that a long separation can lead to and is very worried about the fact that Noah might cheat on her.

The girl is especially worried about her lover’s friendship with a girl named Chloe Winthrop. However, the heroine herself does not deny herself the pleasure of socializing with other guys. So, Elle again seeks to get to the festival called “The Kissing Booth” to meet the most handsome guy of the university – Mark Peña.

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

Rating IMDB – 5.7
Genre: Drama, melodrama, comedy
US production / 2018
Directed by Ian Samuels
Cast: Shannon Purcer, Kristin Froseth, RJ Siler, Noah Centineo, Loretta Devine, Georgia Whigham, Alice Lee, Leah Thompson, Alan Ruck, Mary Pat Gleason

At school, a girl named Sierra Burgess is a loser. The heroine is very smart, but because of her unconventional appearance she is considered ugly. Veronica is a completely different case. All the girls want to be friends with her, and the boys fall at her feet, begging for her phone number.

One day the school star, decides to get rid of one of her annoying suitors and at the same time make fun of him. The girl gives the boy named Jamie Sierra’s number instead of her phone number. Thus, a correspondence communication begins between the young men. Except that Burgess realizes that sooner or later Jamie will find out the truth, so she tries to become a real friend to the guy in every possible way.

The main character Sierra Burgess has a namesake in real life, Sierra Boggess (a singer, dancer and actress) and a namesake, Sharna Burgess (an Australian dancer). However, these women have nothing to do with creating the image of Sierra Burgess.

Dumplin

Rating IMDB – 6.6
Genre: Comedy, Drama
US production / 2018
Worldwide gross: $399,198
Directed by Anne Fletcher
Cast: Daniel MacDonald, Odeya Rush, Jennifer Aniston, Maddie Baillyo, Bex Taylor-Claus, Luke Benward, Georgie Flores, Dove Cameron, Harold Perrineau, Katie Nagimi

Rosie Dixon is a former beauty queen, except that her daughter is quite chubby. This does not bother the girl in any way, but her beauty-conscious mother is a little embarrassed by her child’s fullness, and all the time she calls Willowdine “Pudgy”.

One day the girl is tired of being second-rate in the eyes of people, and then, as a protest, the schoolgirl decides to take part in a beauty contest. With the victory, the girl intends to prove to everyone that even fat people have the right to be called beautiful. But it will not be easy to win the title of queen, because the contest is full of girls with a more appropriate figure. However, the heroine is not used to giving up.

The film was based on the novel of the same name by Julie Murphy.

Flower

Rating IMDB – 6.0
Genre: Comedy, drama, crime
US production / 2017
Worldwide gross: $380,553
Directed by Max Winkler
Cast: Zoey Deutch, Kathryn Hahn, Tim Heidecker, Adam Scott, Joey Morgan, Dylan Gelula, Maya Eshet, Eric Edelstein, Romy Byrne, Liz Mohan

Erica is a cynical high school student. Moral boundaries are very conventional for the girl, so when her father is about to be imprisoned, the heroine quickly finds a way to make money to bail her out. Through blackmail, the girl manages to collect 12 of the $15,000.

The heroine’s scheme is simple: Erika seduces adult men and then threatens to post a filmed video of their intimacy on the Internet if they do not give her all their savings. She has already caught 28 people in such a tricky trap, and the schoolgirl is not going to stop. However, her acquaintance with her stepfather’s son directs the girl’s energy in a slightly different direction.

The shooting of this film lasted 16 days.

John Tucker Must Die

Rating IMDB – 5.8
Genre: Melodrama, Comedy
USA, Canada production / 2006
Budget: $18,000,000
Worldwide gross: $68,821,644
Directed by Betty Thomas
Cast: Jessie Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, Sofia Bush, Ariel Kebbel, Penn Badgley, Jenny McCarthy, Fatso-Fasano, Kevin McNulty, Patricia Drake

John Tucker is a ladies’ man. He plays for the school basketball team, has a very attractive appearance and easily wins girls’ hearts. One day three girls fall prey to his deception.

Heather, Beth and Carrie have no common interests and belong to different social circles, that’s why John manages to meet all of them simultaneously. But one day the truth comes out and the enraged heroines decide for revenge. The girls come up with an insidious plan to humiliate Tucker and instigate the charming blonde, who recently transferred to their school, to carry it out.

This film was filmed at a real school during the school year.

Everybody Wants Some!!

Rating IMDB – 6.9
Genre: Comedy
USA production / 2016
Budget: $10,000,000
Worldwide gross: $4,644,472
Directed by Richard Linklater
Cast: Blake Jenner, Juston Street, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hacklin, Wyatt Russell, Glen Powell, Temple Baker, J. Quinton Johnson, Will Brittain, Courtney Taylor

The events of the film are set in the 1980s. The summer days are coming to an end and young people begin to leave the universities in order to move into the dorms. Jake is one of those students. The guy has just entered college and gets to know with interest the free student life.

At home, his parents strongly restricted the hero’s communication with suspicious and noisy companies, so in college the guy decides to make up for lost time. The hero quickly finds his friends and begins to have fun in their company at full throttle. But Jake soon realizes that his parents’ advice is not unreasonable: alcohol, drugs and girls have their price.

Initially a different title was planned for this film: “This is what I’m talking about”.

A Cinderella Story

Rating IMDB – 5.9
Genre: Melodrama, Comedy, Family
USA, Canada production / 2004
Budget: $19,000,000
Worldwide gross: $70,067,909
Directed by Mark Roseman
Cast: Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, Dan Byrd, Regina King, Julie Gonzalo, Lin Shaye, Madeline Winter, Andrea Avery, Mary Pat Gleason

Samantha is a real Cinderella of the modern world. After her mother died, the heroine lived with her loving father, but the man married and soon died, leaving her daughter alone with her stepmother. Thus, Sam became a housekeeper and a free laborer in the family diner. The girl very much dreams of going to a prestigious university, but because of the constant workload she has no time for classes at all. However, even so the heroine manages to do well in school.

Except that at school, Sam is haunted by the constant taunts of her peers. The only friend for the girl is her Internet companion under the nickname “Wanderer”. The heroine agrees to meet him at the school ball, but her stepmother is going to ruin those plans.

As a child for actress Hilary Duff, “Cinderella” was a favorite fairy tale, so the star, without hesitation, agreed to participate in the filming of this movie. The woman got the role of the main character – Samantha.

The Duff

Rating IMDB – 6.5
Genre: Comedy, Melodrama
USA production / 2015
Budget: $8,500,000
Worldwide gross: $43,709,744
Directed by Eri Sandel
Cast: Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Bianca A. Santos, Skyler Samuels, Romani Malko, Nick Eversman, Chris Wilde, Ken Jong, Allison Janney

Bianca Piper is a 17-year-old high school girl. The girl is very smart, but her appearance leaves a lot to be desired. However, Bianca is not worried about it, because she is sure that despite her overweight, lack of makeup and fashionable clothes, her friends love and respect her.

Everything changes when the heroine learns that her friends let her in their company, only to emphasize her attractiveness against her flaws. So, the heroine decides to change her appearance. But she can’t do it on her own, so Piper turns to the most handsome boy at school, Wesley Rush, for help.

The film was based on the work of the same name by Cody Keplinger.

Teen Spirit

Rating IMDB – 5.5
Genre: Fantasy, drama, comedy
USA production / 2011
Directed by Jill Janger
Cast: Cassie Skerbo, Carissa Capobianco, Gabriela Lopez, Katrina Tandy, Lindsay Shaw, Katie Sarif, Travis Quentin Young, Paras Patel, Cri Ivy, Andrea Powell

A student named Amber is the queen of the school. The girl has an incredibly beautiful appearance and skillfully emphasizes her virtues. The character of the first beauty is appropriate – bitchy. However, everything changes when one day, the girl dies from an electric shock.

Her soul must leave the Earth, but the higher powers refuse to let Amber in heaven, if it will not help the simpleton named Lisa become successful and self-confident beauty.

The heroine has very little time for the mission – only a week, so Amber hurriedly begins to whisper her fashionable advice to her new ward.

The Jerk Theory

Rating IMDB – 5.5
Genre: Melodrama, Comedy, Music
USA production / 2009
Directed by Scott S Anderson
Cast: Josh Henderson, Jenna Doan, Lauren Storm, Derek Lee Nixon, Jesse Heyman, Anthony Gaskins, Abraham Taylor, Jacy Twiss, Danny Bonaduce, Tom Arnold

Adam is very fond of music and is very good-looking, but he is not popular at school at all. However, the hero doesn’t need fame at all, because he already has everything he needs: his favorite hobby and a girlfriend. However, one day, his sweetheart leaves Adam for a more popular boyfriend. So, the hero decides to completely change his image.

Adam quickly manages to make himself famous as one of the most egregious hooligans, and the girls begin to fall at his feet. Except that none of the groupies does not really attract a guy, and the hero begins to change girls like a glove. Everything changes when Molly appears on Adam’s path. The schoolboy immediately realizes that he is in love, but the girl is not interested in bad guys.

Josh Henderson, who plays the role of the main character – a guy-musician named Adam, in real life is not only a successful actor, but also a singer.

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Rating IMDB – 7.5
Genre: Horror, comedy
Canada production / 2010
Worldwide gross: $5,224,938
Directed by Eli Craig
Cast: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jessie Moss, Philip Grainger, Brandon J. McLaren, Christie Lane, Chelan Simmons, Travis Nelson, Alex Arsenault

A group of students decides to relax in nature and head out of town. In the woods, the guys begin to tell each other horrifying stories about maniacs who allegedly run amok nearby. That is why, when one of the girls suddenly disappears, the heroes decide that she was the victim of a maniacal psychopath, and begin to comb the area.

Soon the students discover their friend in the company of scary-looking farmers: Dale and Tucker. Unsettled, the heroes decide that the men are holding the girl by force and begin rescuing Allison. Thus, because of a misunderstanding, a violent confrontation ensues between the companies of vacationers, in which everyone thinks he is fighting evil.

Neighbors

Rating IMDB – 6.3
Genre: Comedy
USA production / 2014
Budget: $18,000,000
Worldwide gross: $270,665,134
Directed by Nicholas Stoller
Cast: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Ike Barinholtz, Dave Franco, Carla Gallo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Roberts, Lisa Kudrow, Jerrod Carmichael

Kelly and Mark Redner are a young family. The spouses do not mind having fun at all, but because of the baby the couple have to deny themselves many things and lead a home life. However, very soon they realize that even in such a situation, they can find a lot of fun.

The fact is that one day the couple has a new neighbor, who turns out to be a student. The guy is a lover of company, a heartthrob and loves noisy parties with alcohol, and therefore, very soon the quietness and tranquility of the Rednerns is violated by loud music. Wanting to stop the lawlessness, the father of the family calls the police and from that moment on there begins a brutal war between the neighbors.

The budget for this film paid off in the U.S. on the first day of screenings.

Bring It On

Rating IMDB – 6.1
Genre: Melodrama, Comedy, Sports
USA production / 2000
Budget: $28,000,000
Worldwide gross: $90,449,929
Directed by Peyton Reed
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, Gabriel Union, Claire Kramer, Nicole Bilderbuck, Cianina Joelson, Reaney Bell, Nathan West, Huntley Ritter

Student Torrence Shipman becomes the leader of the cheerleading squad. Soon the girl and her subordinates have a competition, so the team trains hard. However, one of the participants breaks her leg and a new student, Missy, replaces her. She quickly finds plagiarism in her group’s program and sets out to straighten things out with her commanding officer. Torrence is unaware of the group leader’s past, but thanks to Missy, she realizes that their show programs have indeed been stolen.

Shipman immediately tells her team everything, but the girls don’t want to change anything, because thanks to other people’s numbers they’ve become champions more than once. Except that very soon the heroines realize that they made a terrible mistake.

This film was Peyton Reed’s first work where he acted as a director.

Fun Size

Rating IMDB – 5.4
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
USA production / 2012
Budget: $14,000,000
Worldwide gross: $11,417,362
Directed by Josh Schwartz
Cast: Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann, Chelsea Handler, Jackson Nicoll, Joshua Pence, Jane Levy, Thomas McDonell, Carrie Clifford, Barry Livingston, Eli Bardha

For Karen, the impending Halloween was not supposed to be unusual, but unexpectedly the heroine and her friend are invited to a party by the local heartthrob Aaron. The evening promises to be unforgettable, and the high school girl is enthusiastically preparing for the upcoming fun. Except that her mother destroys all of Karen’s plans like a house of cards.

Leaving her younger brother in her care, the woman leaves for business. The heroine is strongly upset by this turn of events, but soon realizes that there are things and more terrible than the broken plans. The fact is that due to neglect, the child is lost in the crowd. Thus, Karen finally loses the holiday. However, very soon the search for her brother turns out to be a fascinating adventure for the heroine.

This film was the first feature-length work by director Josh Schwartz.

Good Kids

Rating IMDB – 6.1
Genre: Drama, Comedy
USA production / 2015
Worldwide gross: $23,627
Directed by Chris McCoy
Cast: Nicholas Brown, Zoey Deutch, Mateo Arias, Israel Broussard, Ashley Judd, Damien Bichir, David Cousins, Tesi Dhenraj, Dayo Okhenyi, Julia Garner

The film tells the story of four friends. The guys are doing very well at school and because of this they have become an object of ridicule for all their peers. However, the characters don’t mind having fun at all. For a long time, the guys were diligent schoolchildren, but one day the friends decide to go to a party and fulfill all their dreams.

Alcohol, drugs and sex – all of which they are going to try in the very near future. Except that very soon the high school students realize that these delights of life have their own not very pleasant consequences.

This film was not made until three years after the script was written, so it was blacklisted. (This is a list of the best non-screened films.)

F*&% the Prom

Rating IMDB – 4.2
Genre: Drama, Comedy
USA production / 2017
Directed by Benny Fine
Cast: Daniel Campbell, Joel Courtney, Madeline Petsch, Cameron Palatas, Meg DeLacy, Luke Bilyk, Brendan Caleb Kalton, Adan Allende, Ian Ziering

For a long time, boyfriend Cole and girlfriend Maddie were best friends. However, things change in high school. Maddie’s popularity begins to skyrocket, while Cole continues to be a loser. So, gradually the couple become estranged from each other and stop all communication.

Only one day the girl realizes that the old friends are the most loyal, and the school elite is mired in cynicism and hypocrisy. After catching her boyfriend with his best friend, the heroine decides to rewind everything and establish a relationship with a former friend. Cole makes easy contact, and soon the guys come up with a plan to get the whole school talking about themselves.

Actress Danielle Campbell, who plays the main role here, has previously starred in a similar film. The film is called Prom (2011).

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Rating IMDB – 5.3
Genre: Melodrama, Comedy, Adventure
USA, Canada production / 2009
Budget: $18,000,000
Worldwide gross: $15,821,907
Directed by Chris Columbus
Cast: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter, Lauren London, Lauren Storm, Sean Roberts, Jared Kiso, Brendan Penney, Marie Avgeropoulos, Josh Emerson

Denis Coverman is a high school senior, a nerd and a loser in the eyes of his peers. Many people in his school sincerely hate him because of the bullying and humiliation he has had to endure all his years of schooling. However, there is real love at school and the hero. Lady of the heart for the boy was a girl named Beth Cooper, the first beauty and queen of the whole school.

During his studies, the boy was afraid to be rejected and did not confess his feelings, but the study is coming to an end and the paths of schoolchildren are about to part forever. Understanding this, the hero decides to say publicly all that he has accumulated in his heart to his classmates and at the same time confess his love to Beth.

This film was based on one of Larry Doyle’s works. In the beginning, the writer wanted his idea to take the form of a film, but the filmmakers were only interested in Larry’s work after Doyle had written and published the book.