List of teen films

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Teen film is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the lives of teenagers and young adults, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst, and alienation and other topics / issues in the personal and professional lives of teenagers and young adults. Some of these films are targeted at adults as well as teenagers. Teen films have been a trope of the cinema industry that grew in popularity in the 1950s.[1][2] At this time, the film industry saw a greater market for teens with more disposable income and therefore more money to spend on leisure activities, largely going to films. Because of the boom in teen viewers, drive-in movie theaters were also very popular.[2] However, teen films have been produced since the dawn of the 20th century. Recently, online streaming services such as Netflix have created a resurgence in the "tween" and teenage-oriented film.[3]

Subgenres[edit]

Teen fantasy and science fiction[edit]

Franchises[edit]

Stand-Alone[edit]

Teen animated films[edit]

Teen horror and horror-comedy[edit]

Franchises[edit]

Stand-Alone[edit]

Teen musicals[edit]

Franchises[edit]

Stand-Alone[edit]

Teen comedy and teen drama[edit]

1910s[edit]

1920s[edit]

1930s[edit]

1940s[edit]

1950s[edit]

1960s[edit]

1970s[edit]

1980s[edit]

1990s[edit]

2000s[edit]

2010s[edit]

2020s[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  75. ^ Gray, Brandon (May 3, 2004). "'Mean Girls' Surprisingly Nice $24.4M Weekend". Box Office Mojo. Paramount's $17 million teen comedy ended the weekend with $24.4 million playing on 3,159 screens at 2,839 theaters.
  76. ^ Westbrook, Caroline (2004). "Empire's Mean Girls Movie Review". Empire. This teen comedy proves there's still mileage to be had out of a familiar formula - thanks to a sharp script and winning performances.
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  82. ^ Gray, Brandon (August 20, 2007). "'Superbad' Scores". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 23, 2011. Sony's $20 million teen comedy was promoted as being from the makers of Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin
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  86. ^ Chang, Justin (April 9, 2009). "17 Again". Variety.
  87. ^ White, Michael; Jeffrey, Don (April 20, 2009). "Time Warner's '17 Again' Is Top Film With $24 Million (Update1)". Bloomberg. The teen comedy "17 Again" opened as the weekend's top film, taking in $23.7 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales for Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros.
  88. ^ Honeycut, Kirk (March 12, 2009). "Film Review: Miss March". The Hollywood Reporter. The teen comedy, which most teens can't see anyway unless accompanied by an immature adult, is built around the opposite reactions of two pubescent boys to a Playboy centerfold.
  89. ^ Moody, Annemarie (March 16, 2009). "Audiences Race to Witch Mountain". Animation World Network. Teen comedy MISS MARCH (Fox Searchlight) opened in tenth place with $2.4M
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  91. ^ "Wild Cherry Summary". StarPulse.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011. [...]she enlists her friends to plan the ultimate revenge in this teen comedy[...]
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