Teen movies

Fame: family and corporate power, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Little Darlings: family and love, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

My Bodyguard: courage and friendship, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Prom Night: mortality and lifespan and loss, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

The Blue Lagoon: family and mortality, and why this 1980 movie still matters.

Endless Love: family and love, and why this 1981 movie still matters.

The Funhouse: fear and greed, and why this 1981 movie still matters.

The Prowler: the safety of home and mortality, and why this 1981 movie still matters.

Teenage hormones, mall jobs and one surfer who won't be quiet about it.

Obsession, adolescence and a car that won't let go.

A suburban teenager, a one‑night business and the day ambition learned to look dangerous.

Sleepaway Camp: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1983 movie still matters.

Ponyboy's voice, a neighbourhood at war, and the moment childhood truly ends.

Valley Girl: the safety of home and friendship, and why this 1983 movie still matters.

A Nightmare on Elm Street: family and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.

Teen rebellion, a ban on dancing and one determined outsider — Footloose still kicks up dust.

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter: family and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.

Revenge of the Nerds: the safety of home and our relationship with technology, and why this 1984 movie still matters.

Teenage longing, family oblivion and one very awkward bet — with Samantha Sam Baker keeping the whole thing human.

Supergirl: love and power, and why this 1984 movie still matters.

A teenager, a handyman, and the long, strange apprenticeship that taught a generation how to stand up for themselves.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge: the safety of home and family, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A time machine, a restless teenager and a very particular set of family problems.

Better Off Dead: family, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A suburban boy, a suave neighbour and a late‑night horror show — Fright Night makes vampire panic feel uncomfortably domestic.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun: family and friendship, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Just One of the Guys: growing up, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Real Genius: the safety of home and family, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

A teenage werewolf, a basketball court and a lesson about who you really want cheering for you.

Five teenagers. One Saturday. A surprisingly savage, oddly tender interrogation of who we're told to be.

Fast talk, bad luck and a very literal wish come true — with consequences.

Young Sherlock Holmes: mortality and mortality and lifespan, and why this 1985 movie still matters.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: family and the safety of home, and why this 1986 movie still matters.

Hoosiers: family, and why this 1986 movie still matters.

Lucas: friendship and family, and why this 1986 movie still matters.

A working‑class girl, a prom dress and a triangle that still stirs up arguments.

A seaside sequel about duty, dancing and learning when not to fight.

Youngblood: family and courage, and why this 1986 movie still matters.

Nancy comes back to teach a new generation to fight Freddy — and she brings a team.

A one-night odyssey that turns babysitting into a crash course in grown-up choices.

Can't Buy Me Love: friendship and peer pressure, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

Dirty Dancing: family and love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

The Lost Boys made them cool. Fright Night made them frightening again. Once Bitten turned vampirism into a dating problem. And then there was My Best Friend Is A Vampire.

Summer School: family and authority, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

The Principal: authority and courage, and why this 1987 movie still matters.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master: parents protecting their children and friendship, and why this 1988 movie still matters.

Hairspray: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1988 movie still matters.

Heathers: peer pressure and the safety of home, and why this 1988 movie still matters.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1989 movie still matters.

Hoverboards, alternate 1985s and one man trying to stop his whole family from unravelling—again.

A daft time‑travel comedy where being mates saves the world — and yes, Ted matters more than you remember.

A teacher who insists you stand up to be seen — and a classroom that still rattles our idea of growing up.

Lean on Me: family and the safety of home, and why this 1989 movie still matters.

Lloyd Dobler: underachieving, hopelessly sincere and still the film's heartbeat.

Teenage rebellion, a single teardrop and a lot of 1950s cheek — Cry‑Baby remains a small, sharp wedge of John Waters mischief.

Friendship, face-offs with Death and a very silly Battle of the Bands — Bill & Ted do the afterlife, and it’s gloriously daft.

Fatherhood, lost chances and one friend who won't let you forget the street’s logic.

Valley-girl shopping trips meet vampire slaying — Buffy Summers learns adulthood arrives with fang marks.

Matchmaking, mall culture and a girl who thinks she has life nailed—until she doesn't.

A single chaotic day, a ragged crew of record-shop lifers, and one shop‑floor manager everyone quietly orbits.

A film about teenagers who treat computers like motorbikes — loud, dangerous and worth the risk.

Verona Beach: Shakespeare with guns, pop music and teenage urgency.

A slasher that knows its own rules — and still makes Sidney Prescott fight them.

Outsiders, spells and the price of getting what you want.

A murderous road trip, a murderous marriage — and Tiffany makes the whole thing deliciously rotten.

A black‑and‑white town learns to blusher — and a teenager who knows the script is the only person trying to keep order.

Teen outsiders, school staff that stop being themselves, and an alien infection that’s really about fitting in — with a very curious photographer at the centre.

Sibling rules, a rooftop serenade and one very stubborn Kat — Shakespeare in a school corridor.

A pact, prom and one painfully memorable pie.

A coming-of-age road trip where rock stardom and honesty collide — and a fifteen-year-old is the heart of the whole racket.

A teenage premonition, a list of unlucky survivors and a stubborn refusal to accept 'accident' as an answer.

Final-girl energy, gross-out gags and a wink at Scream — Scary Movie still knows how to make you cringe and chuckle.

A summer house, a big party plan — and Jim Levenstein's clumsy, very human pursuit of confidence.

An outsider shows us how the Plastics keep their world turning — and why it’s still worth watching.

An awkward teen, a 'Vote for Pedro' T-shirt and a very particular kind of quiet weirdness.

A roller-coaster premonition, a stack of telling photos and one woman trying to out-think an inevitable plan.

Teenage longing, family secrets and a very particular kind of danger — Bella makes Twilight worth the rewatch.