Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore teen characters and stories about adolescence.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 1,531 films.
Coming Of Age, adventure film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
In 1985, writer Gordon "Gordie" Lachance reads a newspaper article that attorney Chris Chambers—his childhood best friend—was murdered. In an extended flashback, Gordie recounts his experiences at age 12 on Labor Day weekend in 1959. In Ca…
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Gothic film, Horror, body horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, exploitation film, gothic horror film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
In the early hours of August 18, 1973, a grave robber steals several corpses from a cemetery near Newt, Muerto County, Texas. The robber ties a rotting corpse and other body parts onto a monument, creating a grisly display that is discover…
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Coming Of Age, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
In the fall of 1959, Todd Anderson begins his junior year of high school at Welton Academy, an Episcopal all-male preparatory boarding school in Vermont. He is assigned one of Welton's top students, Neil Perry, as his roommate, and meets N…
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Parodie, Silly Movie, comedy horror, horror film, parody film, slasher film, teen film
On Halloween night, Drew Decker receives a threatening phone call while home alone. Chased outside by somebody dressed as Ghostface, she is stripped to her bra and panties before being stabbed in the breast, removing one of her silicone im…
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, family film, fantasy film, monster film, sword and sorcery film, teen film
Dragons frequently attack the Viking village of Berk, stealing livestock and endangering villagers. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the 16-year-old outcast son of chieftain Stoick the Vast, attempts to create mechanical devices to overcome …
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Adventure, Romantic Comedy, Sci-Fi, Time Travel, adventure film, comedy film, science fiction film, teen film, time-travel film
In 1985, teenager Marty McFly lives in Hill Valley, California, with his depressed alcoholic mother, Lorraine; his older siblings, who are professional and social failures; and his meek father, George, who is bullied by his supervisor, Bif…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
In 2142, a Weyland-Yutani probe recovers a large cocoon from the wreckage of the USCSS Nostromo. Months later, at the run-down Jackson's Star mining colony on the perpetually dark planet LV-410, orphaned colonist Rain Carradine discovers t…
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Mysterie, Parodie, Teen Horror Film, comedy film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, teen film
In the small town of Woodsboro, California, high school student Casey Becker is home alone when she receives a phone call from an unknown person. Their conversation about horror films turns sadistic when the caller reveals that her boyfrie…
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Fantasy, Komödie, adventure film, chick flick, comedy film, family film, fantasy comedy film, fantasy film, musical comedy, musical film, romance film, romantic comedy film, satirical film, teen film
A "stereotypical" Barbie resides with many different versions of herself in Barbieland, a matriarchal society created by the collective human imagination, along with Kens and a group of discontinued models treated like outcasts due to thei…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Time Travel, comedy drama, comedy film, comedy horror film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, magic realist film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
On October 2, 1988, troubled teenager Donald "Donnie" Darko sleepwalks outside, led by a mysterious voice. Once outside, he meets a figure named Frank in a monstrous rabbit costume. Frank tells Donnie that the world will end in 28 days, 6 …
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Family Comedy, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film, teen film
Cal Weaver is a middle-aged family man whose wife Emily asks for a divorce after she reveals an affair she had with co-worker David Lindhagen. The news stuns Cal, who jumps out of their moving car when Emily tries to talk about the affair.…
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Crime, Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
In 1965 Tulsa, Oklahoma, Darry Curtis is left to raise his younger brothers, Sodapop and Ponyboy, after the deaths of their parents in a car crash eight months earlier. Youth subculture in the city is centered around two gangs — the afflue…
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Horror comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Obsession, Teen Horror Film, comedy horror, desire horror fiction, female buddy film, horror film
Anita "Needy" Lesnicki, once an insecure and studious teenager living in the small town of Devil's Kettle, Minnesota, has become a violent asylum inmate who narrates the story as a flashback while in solitary confinement. Since childhood, …
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, family film, pirate film, treasure hunt film
Facing foreclosure of their homes in the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon to an expanding country club, a group of boys who call themselves "the Goonies"—Michael "Mikey" Walsh, Richard "Data" Wang, Clark "Mouth" Devereaux, and …
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High School Comedy Film, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film, teen film
Cameron James, a new student at Padua High School in the Seattle area, becomes smitten with beautiful and popular sophomore Bianca Stratford. Geeky Michael Eckman warns him that she is vapid and conceited, and that her overprotective singl…
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High School Comedy Film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy film, romantic comedy film, teen film
After being homeschooled her entire life and having spent the last twelve years in Africa, 16-year-old Cady Heron begins her first day at North Shore High School. She has trouble making friends and is put down by the teachers on her first …
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Coming Of Age, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film, teen film
In 1991, Charlie, who has suffered from clinical depression since childhood, has been discharged from a psychiatric hospital. Uneasy about beginning his freshman year of high school, he is painfully shy and only manages to make friends wit…
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Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Just outside Philadelphia, three teenage girls — friends Claire and Marcia, and their classmate Casey — are waiting in the car of Claire's father to be driven home from her birthday party. They are kidnapped by a man, who imprisons them in…
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Teen Horror Film, horror film, slasher film, thriller film
On July 4, 1996, in Southport, North Carolina, Julie James and her friends Ray Bronson, Helen Shivers, and Barry Cox drive to the beach while celebrating Helen's victory at the beauty pageant. On the way back, Barry's drunken antics cause …
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Super Hero, action film, biopunk, science fiction film, superhero film, teen film, thriller film
After discovering that his home office has been burglarized, scientist Richard Parker and his wife Mary flee to an unknown destination, leaving their young son Peter in the care of his Aunt May and Uncle Ben. Years later, a teenage Peter a…
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Coming Of Age, Erotic Thriller, Psychodrama, Romance Film, Thriller, drama film, romance film, teen film
In New York City, wealthy teenager Sebastian Valmont regularly manipulates and seduces women, but seeks someone who poses a challenge to his charm. He settles on Annette Hargrove—the daughter of his new school headmaster—who is staunchly o…
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Dance Film, Musical, Romantic Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy, teen film
During the summer of 1958, greaser Danny Zuko and straitlaced Australian girl Sandy Olsson fall in love at the beach. As Sandy prepares to return home, she worries that she will never see Danny again, but he comforts her by saying that the…
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Found Footage, Horror, Horror comedy, drama film, found footage film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Two siblings from Philadelphia, Becca and Tyler, prepare for a five-day visit with their grandparents while their divorced mother Loretta goes on a cruise with her boyfriend. Loretta has not spoken to her parents in fifteen years after the…
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Obsession, Splatter Film, Teen Horror Film, Zombiefilm, body horror film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mysticism, splatter film, supernatural horror film, zombie film
A quintet of Michigan State University students – Ash Williams, his girlfriend Linda, his sister Cheryl and their friend Scott and his girlfriend Shelly – vacation at a remote cabin in the rural hills of Tennessee. As the group approaches …
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