This article was a collaboration between Kerrigan, Daniel Jr., and Indira H.
Being a teen isn’t easy for multiple reasons. One reason: movies. Finding appropriate movies to watch as a teen is challenging. You’re too old for PG movies, but you’re too young to watch R-rated movies. So, we’ve decided to collaborate on a list of the best movies for teens.
Pre-Teen (Ages 10-12)
– Cheaper By the Dozen 1&2
– Holes
– Joulutarina (Christmas Story)
– Middle School
– The Polar Express
– Up
– Amazon Original: Cinderella (2021)
– Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen Movie’s
– Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
– Full House
– Home alone
– Toy Story 1-4
– Inside Out
– The Greatest Showman
– A Bug’s Life
– 13 going on 30
– Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
– Coco
– Home Sweet Home Alone
– The Goonies
– The Jungle Book
– Wonder
– Waterboy
– Onward
– Beauty And The Beast (2017)
– Grease (1978)
– Harry Potter 1-8
– Back to the Future 1-3
– ET
– Forrest Gump
– Freaky Friday (2003)
– The Nightmare Before Christmas
– The Little Mermaid
– Ghostbusters (2016)
– Jumanji(1995)
– Ratatouille
– Ghostbusters(All)
– Home Alone(All)
– Monsters Inc.
– Monsters University
– Same Kind of Different as Me
Early Teen (Ages 13-15)
– Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle/Jumanji: The Next Level
– The Meg
– The Chronicles of Narnia
– Chasing Maverick
– Avatar
– Pirates of The Caribbean
– Hairspray
– Jurassic Park/World
– Star Wars
– Annabelle
– Ender’s Game
– Hamilton
– Spider-Man (all of them)
– Avengers
– A Quiet Place 1&2
– Indiana Jones
– Harry Potter
– Edward Scissorhands
– Mrs. Doubtfire
– In the Heights
– Napoleon Dynamite
– Shazam
– Hunger Games 1-4
– Legally Blonde
– It 1&2
– Halloween
– Final Destination
– Insidious 1-3
– The Karate Kid (1984)
– Men in Black
– Conjuring 1-3
– The Nun
– Dumb and Dumber
– National Treasure 1 and 2
– Fast and Furious 1-9
– Knives Out
– Ferris Buller’s Day Off
– Karate Kid I, II, and III
– Same Kind of Different as Me
– Interstellar
– Inception
– Batman(All)
– Home Alone(All)
– Monsters Inc.
– Monsters University
Older Teen (Ages 16-18)
(Note: some are R-Rated)
– Secret Windows
– Rambo
– 1917
– Titanic
– Wedding Planner
– Sully
– Zombie-land
– Rocky
– Logan’s War (Chuck Norris)
– Wonder Women
– Twilight
– Life of Pi
– Minari
– Good Burger
– The Book Thief
– Mama Mia/Mama Mia: Here We Go Again
– Kingsman 1-3
– Deadpool 1&2
– Interstellar
– Inception
– Batman(All)
– The Wave(Warning: In Norwegian)
– Home Alone(All)
– Same Kind of Different as Me
That completes the list of movies we recommend to teenagers of all ages. Now all you need is some popcorn!