Here we've displayed a list of the best Teen Angst films : The Breakfast Club(1985), Rebel Without a Cause(1955), Rushmore(1998), Detachment(2011), When I Grow Up(1951), Show Me Love(1998), Pleasantville(1998), A Little Romance(1979), Carrie(1976), The Way, Way Back(2013), The Squid and the Whale(2005), The Lost Boys(1987) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1985
92 Minutes
Emilio Estevez Molly Ringwald Judd Nelson Paul Gleason Anthony Michael Hall John Kapelos Ally Sheedy Perry Crawford
jock bad boy popular girl outcast nerd principal charming melodramatic engaging touching amusing library illinois gym storage closet football field street high school detention teen angst
Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo Jim Backus Ann Doran Corey Allen William Hopper Rochelle Hudson Virginia Brissac Nick Adams Jack Simmons
teenager girlfriend friend rival mother father dark emotional los angeles police station household abandoned building observatory teenage rebellion teen angst generation gap alienation family dysfunction accidental death growing up
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Comedy
USA
1998
93 Minutes
Jason Schwartzman Bill Murray Olivia Williams Seymour Cassel Brian Cox Mason Gamble Sara Tanaka Stephen McCole Ronnie McCawley Keith McCawley Connie Nielsen
teenager teacher friend enemy father quirky heartwarming high school house library jail theater hospital young love deception jealousy coming of age obsession teen angst forbidden love
The extracurricular king of Rushmore Preparatory School is put on academic probation.
Drama
USA
2011
97 Minutes
Adrien Brody Marcia Gay Harden James Caan Christina Hendricks Lucy Liu Blythe Danner Tim Blake Nelson William Petersen Bryan Cranston Sami Gayle Betty Kaye
substitute teacher grandfather principal counselor runaway student gritty emotional touching high school inner city classroom teaching emotional involvement student-teacher relationship teen angst discovery transformation 2010s
A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
Drama
USA
1951
80 Minutes
teen boy grandfather father mother troubled youth emotional moving positive house attic coming of age diary family history maturing childhood teen angst discovery growing up transformation 1890s
"When I Grow Up" is an uncharacteristically modest film from producer Sam Spiegel (during his "S. P. Eagle" years). Bobby Driscoll plays a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at... See full summary »
Drama
Sweden|Denmark
1998
89 Minutes
Alexandra Dahlström Rebecca Liljeberg Erica Carlson Mathias Rust Stefan Hörberg Josefin Nyberg Ralph Carlsson Maria Hedborg Axel Widegren Jill Ung Lisa Skagerstam
popular girl loner sister teen boy lesbian teen girl charming emotional tender amusing åmål, sweden school party car bathroom teen angst relationships childhood friendship homosexuality
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Comedy
USA
1998
123 Minutes
Tobey Maguire Jeff Daniels Joan Allen William H. Macy J.T. Walsh Reese Witherspoon Don Knotts Paul Walker Marlee Shelton Jane Kaczmarek
teenager sister father mother repairman bully lighthearted creative dreamy small town household repair shop television teen angst small-town life empowerment family sexual repression growing up transformation
Two 1990s teenage siblings find themselves in a 1950s sitcom, where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.
Romance
France|USA
1979
108 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Diane Lane Thelonious Bernard Arthur Hill Sally Kellerman David Dukes Andrew Duncan
teen girl teen boy pickpocket mother stepfather director moving amusing paris film set street family home racetrack first love running away filmmaking teen angst mother/daughter relationship growing up love
An American teenager living in Paris meets and falls in love with a local.
Horror
USA
1976
98 Minutes
Sissy Spacek Piper Laurie William Katt Amy Irving John Travolta Nancy Allen Betty Buckley P.J. Soles Sydney Lassick Stefan Gierasch Priscilla Pointer
teenager mother prom queen prom king dark eerie tense california high school house supernatural superhuman abilities self-esteem high school teen angst prom revenge transformation underdog discovery
Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
103 Minutes
Jim Rash Steve Carell Toni Collette Allison Janney AnnaSophia Robb Sam Rockwell Maya Rudolph Liam James Rob Corddry Amanda Peet River Alexander
teen boy teen girl mother boyfriend manager best friend winsome charming massachusetts coast water park vacation home car adolescence teen angst mother/son relationship family dysfunction friendship first love growing up
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
Drama
USA
2005
80 Minutes
Jeff Daniels Laura Linney Jesse Eisenberg Owen Kline William Baldwin Halley Feiffer Anna Paquin Adam Rose
professor writer teen boy young boy ex-wife ex-husband emotional quirky raw brooklyn, n.y. house university museum divorce writers parenthood teen angst siblings aspirations growing up
Follows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Horror, Comedy
USA
1987
97 Minutes
Jason Patric Corey Haim Dianne Wiest Barnard Hughes Edward Herrmann Kiefer Sutherland Jami Gertz Corey Feldman Jamison Newlander Brooke McCarter Billy Wirth
teen boy brother vampire teen girl geek mother tense thrilling emotional amusing northern california small town boardwalk family home shop cave vampires gangs teen angst mother/son relationship
After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.
Comedy
USA
1999
97 Minutes
Heath Ledger Julia Stiles Joseph Gordon-Levitt Larisa Oleynik David Krumholtz Andrew Keegan Susan May Pratt Gabrielle Union Larry Miller Daryl Mitchell Allison Janney
teen boy teen girl friend counselor teacher love interest witty charming quirky seattle washington, d.c. high school family home party romance love-hate relationship teen angst dating schemes sister relationship
A pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does.
Comedy
USA
1982
90 Minutes
Sean Penn Jennifer Jason Leigh Judge Reinhold Robert Romanus Brian Backer Phoebe Cates Ray Walston Scott Thomson Vincent Schiavelli Amanda Wyss D.W. Brown
high-school student teen boy teen girl brother surfer teacher amusing playful emotional california ridgemont high restaurant household coming of age dating teen angst high school sex rebellion discovery
A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs, and rock n' roll.
Romance
USA
1971
102 Minutes
Gary Grimes Jennifer O'Neill Jerry Houser Oliver Conant Katherine Allentuck Christopher Norris Lou Frizzell Walter Scott
teenager newlywed husband friend virgin emotional nantucket island, mass. movie theater family home beach infatuation world war ii teen angst sex love triangle death growing up love transformation 1940s
During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing an innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII.
Comedy
USA
1999
103 Minutes
Matthew Broderick Reese Witherspoon Chris Klein Jessica Campbell Mark Harelik Phil Reeves Molly Hagan Delaney Driscoll Colleen Camp Frankie Ingrassia Matt Malloy
teacher student wife football player sister witty emotional high school omaha new york city campaigning ethics adultery teen angst rivalry revenge quest forbidden love 1990s
A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.
Musical, Romance
USA
1978
110 Minutes
John Travolta Olivia Newton-John Stockard Channing Jeff Conaway Didi Conn Eve Arden Sid Caesar Joan Blondell Edd Byrnes Alice Ghostley Dody Goodman
greaser foreign exchange student friend teenager amusing playful high school california beach household carnival love friendship competition teen angst song and dance performance love transformation growing up
Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
Comedy, Drama
France|USA
2002
88 Minutes
Victor Rasuk Judy Marte Melonie Diaz Altagracia Guzman Silvestre Rasuk Krystal Rodriguez Kevin Rivera Wilfree Vasquez Donna Maldonado
teen boy brother grandmother teen girl love interest overweight person amusing brash moving lower east side pool family home bedroom street new york city family teen angst immigrants sexual awakening religion
A Lower East Side teen-ager struggles to find some sanity while surrounded by an eccentric grandmother, a crazy new girlfriend, and a longing younger brother.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2011
86 Minutes
Adepero Oduye Pernell Walker Aasha Davis Charles Parnell Sahra Mellesse Kim Wayans Shamika Cotton Ray Anthony Thomas
lesbian sister mother colleague police detective english teacher intense powerful moving brooklyn, n.y. strip club lesbian bar family home classroom fort greene, brooklyn sexual identity family homophobia teen angst african-americans
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Drama
USA|Canada
1999
97 Minutes
James Woods Kathleen Turner Kirsten Dunst Josh Hartnett Hanna Hall Chelse Swain A.J. Cook Leslie Hayman Danny DeVito Scott Glenn Jonathan Tucker
sister teen girl teenager father religious person emotional dark suburbia high school puberty suicide suburban life love teen angst depression fall discovery 1970s
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
Drama
Bosnia and Herzegovina|Croatia|Austria|Germany
2006
107 Minutes
Mirjana Karanovic Luna Zimic Mijovic Leon Lucev Kenan Catic Jasna Beri Dejan Acimovic Bogdan Diklic Emir Hadzihafizbegovic Ermin Bravo Semka Sokolovic
mother daughter widow love interest bouncer teen boy emotional intense sarajevo, bosnia-herzegovina family home school nightclub street mother/daughter relationship war poverty first love teen angst growing up transformation
A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Bosnian War.
Drama
Mexico|USA
2006
110 Minutes
Frank Wood Ryan Donowho Isidra Vega Paige Turco Michael Higgins Laura Breckenridge Wally Dunn Sterling K. Brown Jesse Kelly
photographer girlfriend single mother teen boy teen girl father figure dark emotional suburbia family home mother/child relationship death teen angst new love foster care drugs growing up transformation 2000s
Lawrence (played by Frank Wood), a photographer living on his own in New Jersey, rekindles a relationship with his old flame Caroline (played by Paige Turco) shortly before she dies in an ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
106 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Amy Ryan Bobby Cannavale Jeffrey Tambor Burt Young Melanie Lynskey Alex Shaffer Margo Martindale David Thompson Mike Diliello Nina Arianda
attorney coach wife daughter young boy wrestler charming heartwarming new jersey high school household courtroom wrestling aspirations competition teen angst family law growing up rivalry
A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.
Drama
France
1994
93 Minutes
Virginie Ledoyen Cyprien Fouquet Laszlo Szabo Jean-Pierre Darroussin Dominique Faysse Smail Mekki Jackie Berroyer Jean-Christophe Bouvet Ilona Gyori Renee Amzallag Caroline Doron
teen boy teen girl father mother teacher artist wild emotional dark suburb france institution party woods commune on the run teen angst rebellion disillusionment family dysfunction
When the girl of a rebelious teenage couple finds out she is being sent away, they both believe escaping the rigid order suffocating them is the only way to be free. But is it?
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
98 Minutes
Chris Makepeace Adam Baldwin Martin Mull Matt Dillon Paul Quandt Joan Cusack Dean R. Miller Tim Reyna Richard Bradley Denise Baske Hank Salas
rich kid bully bodyguard friend father grandmother amusing brooding gutsy chicago school bullying teen angst unlikely friendship fighting troubled youth coming of age underdog transformation growing up
When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.
Drama
Australia
2000
102 Minutes
Pia Miranda Greta Scacchi Anthony LaPaglia Elena Cotta Kerry Walker Kick Gurry Matthew Newton Leanne Carlow Diane Viduka Leeanna Walsman Geoff Morrell
teen girl single mother grandmother classmate teen boy father amusing witty engaging sydney family home prep school adolescence teen angst single parents teen romance harassment class distinctions growing up discovery
Alibrandi ultimately concerns a senior high school girl embracing her Italian heritage, but moving toward the less traditional Australian way of life. A wonderful cast who play their roles ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2012
84 Minutes
Dane DeHaan Alex Russell Michael B. Jordan Michael Kelly Ashley Hinshaw Bo Petersen Anna Wood Rudi Malcolm Luke Tyler Crystal-Donna Roberts Adrian Collins
teen boy cousin classmate love interest father mother frightening disturbing offbeat seattle household high school party cave supernatural teen angst abuse of power telekinesis video diary troubled childhood
Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery underground. Soon they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada
2007
98 Minutes
Anton Yelchin Robert Downey Jr. Hope Davis Kat Dennings Tyler Hilton Mark Rendall Dylan Taylor Megan Park Jake Epstein Jonathan Malen Derek McGrath
teen boy teen girl cheerleader bully brooding offbeat quirky high school pharmaceuticals friendship coming of age teen angst psychoanalysis underdog transformation 2000s
A rich kid becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school.
Drama
Israel|Poland
2017
90 Minutes
Asher Lax Ami Smolartchik Yaacov Cohen Keren Berger Naama Manor
artist mother father son teacher teen boy moving heartwarming engaging emotional endearing israel growing up teen angst class conflict family dysfunction love growing up 2010s
17-year- old ASHER has always been the impulsive troublemaker, from primary school, all through junior high and high school. It's hard for him to concentrate in class, and he is compelled ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1959
100 Minutes
Johnny Nash Estelle Hemsley Ruby Dee Frederick O'Neal Ellen Holly Paulene Myers Beah Richards Royce Wallace Frances Foster Delmar Erickson Dee Pollak
african-american teenager grandmother housekeeper mother classmate prostitute emotional brooding engaging powerful high school family home bar apartment teen angst racial tension culture clash rebellion grandparent/child relationship fitting in
A black high school senior struggles with becoming a man, and living in a middle class white neighborhood in the late 1950s U.S. In protest of the paternalistic views of the Civil War ... See full summary »