Recommended Teen Movies

  • First Love (1939)
  • The Young Savages (1961)
  • Roseanna McCoy (1949)
  • Pump Up the Volume (1990)
  • The In Crowd (1988)
  • Fire with Fire (1986)
  • Permanent Record (1988)
  • Dream a Little Dream (1989)
  • The Lost Boys (1987)
  • WarGames (1983)
  • The Manhattan Project (1987)
  • Hiding Out (1987)
  • Teenage Doll (1957)
  • Plain Clothes (1988)
  • High School Hellcats (1958)
  • Better Off Dead... (1985)
  • Tuff Turf (1985)
  • Manny & Lo (1996)
  • Back to the Future (1985)
  • Dino (1957)
  • Some Kind of Wonderful (1985)
  • 10 Things I Hate about You (1999)
  • Gossip (2000)
  • O (2001)
  • But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)
  • Two Weeks with Love (1950)
  • Sugar and Spice (2001)
  • American Pie (1999)
  • Gidget (1959)
  • Tex (1982)
  • Deuces Wild (2002)

International Teen Movies

  • The Year My Voice Broke (Aus. 1987)
  • Flirting (Aus. 1991)
  • City of God (Bra. 2003)
  • Get Real (UK 1999)
  • Nenette and Boni (Fr. 1996)
  • Nico and Dani (Sp. 2000)

Recommended Research Topics

  • West Side Story (dir. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961)
  • Splendor in the Grass (dir. Elia Kazan, 1961)
  • Pretty Poison (dir. Noel Black, 1968)
  • American Graffiti (dir. George Lucas, 1973)
  • Badlands (dir. Terrence Malick, 1973)
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High (dir. Amy Heckerling, 1982)
  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (dir. John Hughes, 1986)
  • River’s Edge (dir. Tim Hunter, 1986)
  • Heathers (dir. Michael Lehmann, 1989)
  • Kids (dir. Larry Clark, 1995)
  • Clueless (dir. Amy Heckerling, 1995)
  • The Outsiders (dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)
  • Rumble Fish (dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)
  • Carrie (dir. Brian de Palma, 1976)
  • Boyz 'n the Hood (dir. John Singleton, 1990)
  • Stand By Me (dir. Rob Reiner, 1986)
  • Romeo and Juliet (dir. Franco Zeffirelli, 1968 or dir. Baz Luhrman, 1996)
  • Tea and Sympathy (dir. Vincente Minnelli, 1956)
  • Beach Party (1963) or any of the other AIP “beach” movies
  • Sixteen Candles (dir. John Hughes, 1984)
  • Pretty in Pink (dir. Howard Deutch, 1986)
  • Say Anything... (dir. Cameron Crowe, 1989)
  • Knock on Any Door (dir. Nicholas Ray, 1949)
  • A Summer Place (dir. Delmer Daves, 1959)
  • Blackboard Jungle (dir. Richard Brooks, 1855)
  • Dazed and Confused (dir. Richard Linklater, 1993)
  • East of Eden (dir. Elia Kazan, 1955)

My Personal Favorites

  • The Breakfast Club
  • Mischief
  • Pump Up the Volume
  • Get Real
  • A Summer Place
  • Life Begins at 17 (Rare)
  • Going Steady (Rare)
  • West Side Story
  • Tea and Sympathy
  • Blue Denim
  • Over the Edge
  • Teenage Doll
  • For the Very First Time (TVM)
  • Matinee
  • Where the Day Takes You
  • Hairspray

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