93 Greatest Teen Comedy Movies to Relive Your Youth

Dave Lizewski, an ordinary school student and comic book lover, decides to change his life by becoming masked vigilante, Kick-Ass, despite having no superpower or training. He soon earns the attention of a mafia boss after a video of him beating thugs goes viral online, forcing him to join forces with real vigilantes, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl.

Inseparable friends Seth and Evan, who are unpopular at school, are invited to a girl's party and offer to buy the drinks to impress their respective crushes, and hopefully, make sexual advances before school ends. However, their plan goes awry after their nerdy friend with a fake ID, Fogell, is stopped by two inept cops.

A young independent teenage girl, Juno, becomes pregnant and with the help of her best friend, Leah, sets out to find a family to adopt her child. The events that follow make her take some challenging decisions and discover her true self.

A teen sex comedy film, American Pie focuses on a group of best friends studying in East Great Falls High School who make a pact to lose their virginity before their high school graduation. The film became a hit at the box office and spawned three direct sequels. 

Based on Bryan Lee O'Malley’s graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim, the movie is an action-comedy which portrays the romantic life and struggles of Sex Bob-Omb bassist Scott Pilgrim. He must win a competition to sign a record deal and battle an army of seven evil ex-boyfriends of his newest girlfriend Ramona Flowers.  

Olive Penderghast, a seventeen years old American girl’s life is turned upside down when she lies to her best friend Rhiannon Abernathy about losing her virginity. Things take a downward turn when she goes up against Marianne Bryant, a devout Christian girl while embracing her new-found infamy. She must ultimately tell the truth to regain her reputation. 

A disparate group of five students of the same school – a snob, a geek, a jock, a punk and a kook – are forced to spend one Saturday together in detention in their school library. Despite having almost nothing in common, after spending nine hours together, they begin to look at each other differently and become good friends.

Habitual slacker Ferris Bueller makes an elaborate plan to pull off a special day off from school pretending to be sick while he shares an adventurous ride through Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and his friend Cameron in the prized Ferrari of the latter's father. Meanwhile, convinced that he is faking, his dean desperately attempts to expose him.

After spending 12 years in Africa with her parents, a homeschooled teenager returns to the United States. On joining a public school, she struggles to make friends and soon learns about the social rules that need to be followed to fit in with her peers. Mean Girls is a teen comedy with a cult following.

Cameron James, a high school student wants to date another student Bianaca Stratford; however, she cannot. Her father’s rule prevent her from dating anyone till the time her elder sister Kat begins dating first. To enable Bianca to date, Cameron attempts to set up the ill-tempered, aggressive and antisocial Kat with another rebellious boy – Patrick.

Forced to attend college by her father, Beca, an aspiring DJ, reluctantly joins the Barden Bellas, the all-female a cappella group at Barden University. After she meets Jesse from the rival all-male group, she finds renewed interest in winning the college music competitions and takes initiative in reorganizing the group's decade-old playlist by incorporating contemporary tunes.

Guitarist Dewey Finn is thrown out of his band New Vacancy due to his on-stage antics. Impersonating a substitute music teacher at a prep school, he goes on to teach the kids about rock ‘n’ roll. He then forms the band The School of Rock with them to try and win a local Battle of the Bands.  

The sequel to the 1999 sex-comedy American Pie, follows the sexual adventures of the five friends Jim, Kevin, Oz, Finch, and Stifler. In the midst of their misadventures, Jim finds his true love in Michelle, and Finch ends up with Stifler’s mom.  

A funny movie that spoofs the horror, slasher, and mystery film genres, Scary Movie primarily follows the plot of slasher films Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. A major box-office hit, it was followed by four sequels. 

The Goonies are a group of Oregon children who are trying to save their neighborhood from developers. After discovering a map to the treasure of the 17th century’s notorious pirate One-Eyed Willy, they head out on an adventure to find the fortune, but are pursued by a family of criminals who want to grab the riches. Finally, who gets the treasure? 

The fourth film of the American Pie series, American Reunion is about the high school reunion of lifelong friends who return after a decade to their hometown, East Great Falls, Michigan. Jim and Michelle are married with a son, while Kevin-Vicky and Oz-Heather have parted ways. But along with Finch, Stifler and others, they all meet again to spend a reunion weekend together. 

Grease is the story of greaser Danny Zuko and Australian transfer student, Sandy Olsson in the 1950s. The two fall in love during summer but break up when Sandy has to move back to Australia. However, she doesn’t move back and misunderstandings develop between the two. The two eventually find their way back to each other. 

High school student Matthew Kidman has lived a boring life until the beautiful Danielle moves in as his next-door neighbor. Matthew falls in love and also discovers that Danielle is an ex-porn star. Despite misunderstandings they fall in love and must beat porn producer and Danielle’s ex Kelly, who constantly threatens them. 

Scotty is dumped by his girlfriend. When his German pen pal Mieke sympathizes with him and suggests a meeting, he asks to be left alone. By the time he realises that Mieke is actually a girl, it is too late. Scotty now decides to go to Europe and apologise to her in person. Accompanying him is his best friend, Cooper Harris and twins Jenny and Jamie.

Napoleon Dynamite is a socially awkward high school student who is going through several problems in life. He soon befriends an immigrant who wishes to be the class president and decides to help him achieve his goal. He also begins to pursue a romance with another fellow student.

Project X is a teen comedy film which tells the story of three friends, Thomas, Costa, and JB, who are planning on gaining popularity by throwing a party which escalates out of their control within a short time.  

Fashion-conscious sorority girl Elle Woods’ boyfriend Warner Huntington leaves her for a smarter girl and enrolls in Harvard Law School. Determined to prove her mettle and win him back, Elle too joins Harvard. Realizing her own potential, she not only teaches Warner a lesson but also proves all blonde stereotypes wrong, as she successfully defends an innocent murder suspect. 

Josh and Tiffany have been dating each other since their high school days, but had to part when they joined different universities. Josh constantly sends Tiffany his video taped messages. However, when his friend mistakenly sends a wrong tape, Josh and his friends are forced to take a long Road Trip to reach Austin and prevent Tiffany from seeing the video. 

Cher is a beautiful, affluent and pampered high school student who successfully plays a matchmaker to two introverted teachers. She is further encouraged to help a new girl, Tai Frasier, by giving her a makeover and finding her a suitable boyfriend. She also tries to get herself a boyfriend. However, to find a perfect match for herself, she has to discover her true self first.

After his parents fail to fund his long-awaited summer trip to Europe, newly graduate James Brennan takes a summer job at local amusement park Adventureland. He gradually develops feelings for his co-worker Emily Lewin, but their relationship gets complicated as she is secretly having an affair, while he is distracted by seductive rides operator Lisa P.

After being humiliated on her 13th birthday, Jenna Rink wishes to be a grown up woman and wakes up as a successful and fashionable 30-year-old. However, as she attempts to remember her lost years, she realizes that she is not the person she was before and that she has lost her best friend Matt in the meantime.

Dazed and Confused is a coming-of-age comedy film that follows the activities of students on the last day of academic year at Lee High School in Texas in 1976. The seniors delight in hazing the new students, especially Mitch Kramer. They enjoy an evening roaming around a pool hall and follow it up with a keg party.

This contemporary version of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night revolves around a sports-loving teenager, Viola Hasting. After her soccer team gets cancelled, disguising as her twin brother Sebastian, who’s sneaked off to enter London music scene, she takes his place at his ‘Illyria Prep’ school to join their soccer team. As she falls for her roommate Duke, a series of turns complicate the matters.

A coming-of-age film, The Way Way Back centres around a teenage boy, Duncan, who is dreading a beach holiday in Cape Cod with his mother and her hostile boyfriend but finds companionship and courage in a waterpark employee and a girl next door. Starring a motley bunch of supporting characters, this film features drama and comedy with a dash of romance.

Sutter Keely, a charismatic high school senior who loves to party, gets heavily drunk after sudden breakup with his girlfriend and is awakened the next morning in a stranger's lawn by shy and studious peer Aimee Finecky. Despite being polar opposites, they gradually begin to develop a bond after he convinces her to teach him geometry.

The coming of age movie centers on the life of teenager Christine McPherson, who gives herself the name ‘Lady Bird’. The movie follows Lady Bird’s journey through high school senior years, her turbulent relationship with her mother Marion who has been supporting the family, and her desperate attempts to move away from the city she grew up in. 

After being rejected from all colleges, senior Bartleby Gaines decides to open his own fake college named South Harmon Institute of Technology or S.H.I.T. To make the college seem legitimate he and his friends create a website and lease a building. Things become complicated when rejected students from all over the country start enrolling. 

David, who enjoys 1950s TV shows, and Jennifer, who is his opposite in many ways, receive a magical remote control which mysteriously transports them to ‘Pleasantville,’ a simple place from 1950s black-n-white sitcom, with simple-minded people and perfect things. The twin siblings from the real world help add some wonderful colors to the drab lives of the ‘Pleasantville’ people. 

TSA officer Kirk Kettner, an average guy dumped by his ex-girlfriend, suddenly gets to know the beautiful and successful Molly McCleish while returning her phone which she forgot at the airport. When he realizes that she is interested in him, he suffers from lack of confidence and further complicates the budding romance following poor advice from his friends.

Launching Anne Hathaway into stardom, The Princess Diaries is a teen comedy film that showcases the transformation of an ordinary 16-year-old schoolgirl from San Francisco into the princess of Genovia. Mia Thermopolis is a high school student who suddenly discovers that she is royalty and tries to learn the nuances of becoming a princess from her grandmother whilst navigating school life.

Sixteen years old plump Tracy Turnblad loves watching a teen dance TV show The Corny Collins Show. When she gets an opportunity to dance in the show, she quickly emerges as a popular performer. However, the manager of the TV station, Velma, is not happy with Tracy’s success. Meanwhile, Tracy encourages the idea of white and Negro kids dancing together on the show every day. 

Widowed therapist, Tess Coleman, and her teenage daughter, aspiring musician Anna, constantly clash about their disparate tastes. Following a heated argument at a Chinese restaurant, they read out loud cryptic fortune cookies and wake up next morning with their bodies swapped. As they struggle to fit into their new personalities, they also begin to appreciate each other's plights.

Greg Gaines is a socially awkward 17-years-old high school student who spends most of his time creating low-budget remakes of classic movies with his "coworker" Earl. When he is implored by his parents to befriend his childhood friend Rachel Kushner, who has recently been diagnosed with leukemia, they develop a deep bond despite initial discomfort at the situation.

Annie, raised in London, and Hallie, raised in California, are identical twin sisters who were separated at birth after their parents divorced and took custody of one sibling each soon after their birth. They meet by chance at a summer camp nearly 12 years later and switch identity to get to know the parent they never met.

The sex-comedy revolves around the lives of freshmen Larry Kroger and Kent Dorfman who join the notorious Faber College Delta Tau Chi House, after being rejected by the more prestigious Omega Theta Pi. But they have to survive College Dean Vernon Wormer who is conspiring with the Omegas to have the Deltas removed. 

Bill and Ted are two high school friends who are about to start a band. However, they are not doing well in their history class, which means that Ted would be sent off to military school if he fails the exam. However, a time traveler arrives from the future. He lets them know that their band is the foundation for a perfect society and therefore he decides to help them.

Samantha Baker feels disappointed as everything appears to go wrong on her 16th birthday. The high-school senior she has a crush on isn’t aware that she exists, a geek she dislikes keeps pestering her for attention; what’s more, her own family forgets her birthday as her sister is getting married the next day. Can she hope to have a special 16th birthday?

Bass player Nick O’Leary cannot stop thinking about his ex-girlfriend Tris. When Tris’ friend Norah asks him to pretend to be her boyfriend for five minutes, the two begin an odd night filled with ups and downs while searching for Norah’s drunken friend Caroline, before finding love in each other. 

The coming-of-age story revolves around the lives of sophomores, Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner, and their friends, Linda and Mike. Stacy’s older brother, Brad, is also trying to figure things out after a break up while Stacy becomes pregnant. There is also Jeff Spicoli, a stoned surfer who is constantly going up against teacher Mr.Hand. 

Jim McAllister is a beloved civics teacher at a high school and resents overachieving senior student, Tracy Flick, who will do anything for success. When Tracy decides to run for student body president, an appalled Jim encourages football player, Paul Meltzer, to run as well. Unfortunately, things don’t end well for Jim. 

Torrance Shipman, the newly-elected captain of the Rancho Carne High School’s 5-times champion cheerleading team, realizes that their impeccably composed routines were lifted by previous captain from East Compton’s hip-hop squad, Clovers. Now, with restricted time and escalating pressures, Torrance has to get her team ready; but the Clovers, too, are determined to get their deserved recognition. Which squad wins the title?

Based on the novel of the same name by Joe Dunthrone, the coming-of-age movie follows teenager Oliver Tate navigating his way through life while trying to have a relationship with his classmate Jordana. He is also worried about his depressed father, Lloyd, and his mother, Jill, having an affair with new-age guru, Graham. 

An average, unambitious high-school senior, Lloyd Dobler, falls in love with pretty school valedictorian Diane Court, who has received a British college scholarship. Though she too loves Lloyd, her protective father doesn’t approve of the non-achieving boy and wants Diane to pursue her academic goals. She has a difficult decision to make; however, everything alters as some dark secrets come to light.

The movie follows the misadventures of four teenaged friends Will, Simon, Jay, and Neil who decide to go on a ‘guy holiday’ at the end of their final school year. Looking to get as much sex, sun and sea at Malia, they end up getting into more trouble than they had imagined. 

Socially inept teenager, Nick Twisp, meets Sheeni Saunders who shares his taste for French culture and music. In spite of Sheeni having a boyfriend, the two start a relationship. Later, when Sheeni is shipped off to a boarding school, Nick starts a hilarious personal quest to win her heart and to sleep with her. 

Always picked-on by peers and ignored by girls, tech-nerds Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly, try to create their dream-woman through the computer, and are shocked when the experiment succeeds in creating gorgeous Lisa, a superhuman who could wield magic powers. She is the perfect one to help them boost their self-esteem and gain popularity. Can their enchanted journey continue to sail smoothly? 

Veronica is part of her high school’s most popular clique that is run by three Heathers; Heather Chandler, Heather Duke, and Heather McNamara. She soon grows tired of their cruelty to other students and befriends a newcomer called J.D. Together they plan to take revenge; but to her horror each time their target dies. Soon she realizes that J.D is purposely killing those he does not like. 

Joel Goodson decides to cut loose with his friend Mike, after his parents go away for a trip. He ends up having sex with prostitute Lana, getting the house burgled, and crashing his father’s Porsche. He finally decides to turn the house into a brothel with Lana for a night to earn enough to pay for the repairs. 

High school student, Bianca Piper, discovers that she is the DUFF or Designated Ugly Fat Friend or unpopular girl of the school, amongst her more attractive friends. Desperate to shed the image before homecoming, she enlists the help of popular school football player Wesley Rush to gain a complete makeover. 

High school student Simon Spier is looking for love but hasn’t told anyone that he is gay. When a closeted gay student posts an online confession under the pseudonym Blue, Simon starts communicating with him under the pseudonym Jacques. As Simon tries to deduce the identity of Blue, he must also find a way to come out.  

Sweet and intelligent teenager Andie is not very popular in her school. Duckie, who is smitten with her, and Iona, are her closest friends though she has a secret crush on wealthy heartthrob Blane. When Blane starts showing interest in her, Andie is sure that she has found true love. However, while her friends disapprove, Blane’s friend circle looks down on her.

High school junior Nadine does not have good relationship with her image conscious mother and popular older brother, Darian. Life becomes even more unbearable when her only friend, Krista, gets involved with Darian, making her distraught. At this juncture,  her classmate Erwin enters her life, giving her a glimpse of hope. 

Four best friends, who are spending their first summer apart, buy a pair of mysterious pants. The amazing thing about it is that it fits each one of them despite their differing sizes and body structures. 

After his application is rejected at Stanford University, Shaun finds out that his academic transcript got mixed up with that of another student. Due to his determination to get accepted at the university, Shaun decides to use any means necessary. 

Revenge of the Nerds is an American comedy film, which tells the story of a group of bullied outcasts and misfits at a college, who fight back for their peace and self-respect. 

Poppy Moore, a spoiled teenager from a wealthy Malibu family is sent by her father to her late mother’s strict British convent, Abbey Mounts. She rebelliously resolves to misbehave to get expelled, and antagonizes all dorm girls and also, Principal Mrs. Kingsley. As Principal’s son Freddie shows interest in her, she decides to use it; but soon realizes some truths of life. 

She is a high school junior with a habit of writing love letters to each of the boys she feels passionate about. But instead of mailing them, she keeps them locked in her closet, not finding enough courage to do so. Trouble starts when her younger sister finds the letters and seeing that each has addresses on them, mails them all. 

Nell, a gorgeous girl is waiting anxiously to pursue higher education, while Woody, her classmate and neighbor wants nothing more than playing football. Nell and Woody realize that they have switched bodies under an primeval Incan spell just the next day after their class trip to a museum. Their search for a way to reverse the spell begins while they deal with this absurd, crazy situation.

Employees working at a small record shop, help their manager collect money in order to buy the enterprise. However, now they must again unite to fight off a corporate giant. 

Can’t Hardly Wait is a teen romantic comedy drama film, which revolves around a graduating class, consisting of geeks, promising footballers, pretty girls, as they assemble at a rich classmate’s residence for a party. 

An ordinary high school student’s life turns upside down upon realizing that he is actually a werewolf. However, he soon comes to learn that his hereditary curse also has its own advantages.

Idle Hands is a horror comedy film, which tells the story of a teenage slacker who finds his parents turned into headless Halloween decorations and also finds out that his right hand has a blood-thirsty mind of its own and is trying to wreak havoc. 

Better Off Dead is a teen black comedy film which tells the story of Lane Myer, a high school student who starts thinking of suicide, after being dumped by his girlfriend for another guy. However, all of his attempts fail. His life takes a turn when he meets a French foreign-exchange student named Monique, who develops a crush on him.

This comedy film takes us to 1954, and revolves around a few high-school guys who try to help their friend lose his virginity. However, they eventually find themselves in serious trouble.    

Elle and Lee have been best friends all their lives. Elle signs up to run a kissing booth at her high school's Spring Carnival. She lock lips with Noah, her secret crush and Lee's brother. Sparks fly and Elle is caught at the crossroads. Elle fears losing them both as tensions flare between the two brothers.

Ronald is a nerd, who is quite unpopular in college. In order to gain attention from the fellow students at his college, he approaches the most popular girl, and pays her a significant amount of money to be his girlfriend for a month.

Freaky is a slasher comedy film which revolves around a high-school teenage girl named Millie, who becomes the target of a notorious serial killer aka The Butcher. However, when The Butcher’s mystical dagger causes him and Millie to switch bodies magically, Millie discovers that she must get her identity back within 24 hours before the change becomes permanent.

A timid teenager publishes an innominate mag calling out sexism at her school after being stimulated by a self-assured friend and her mother who had a rebellious past.

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of a fifteen year old girl living in the 1970s in San Francisco, who starts having an affair with her mother’s lover.

This comedy drama film revolves around a naïve teenager who excels in school as well as cheer-leading. However, her friends and parents start suspecting her of being a homosexual, and they send her to a rehab camp.

Mystic Pizza is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of three teen girls who work at a pizza parlor in a small town in Connecticut. The story revolves around the various complications the girls face in their love lives.  

An intelligent student joins the Bristol University where he soon becomes a part of the quiz team.  He soon finds himself confused regarding his feelings for two different girls: Alice and Rebecca.  

On the eve of their high school graduation, two best friends who were bookworms realize that they should have spent some more time playing and having fun. Therefore they decide to cram four years of fun into one single night.

Alex, the high school president had been dating Claire for a long time. He plans to lose his virginity but things turn complicated when he comes across Elliot, a charming and handsome gay kid who sends Alex in sturm und drang of sexual identity.

The Sure Thing is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of Gib, who decides to meet his friend in California, who has arranged a meeting for him with a beautiful girl. He travels to California but he is forced to ride with Alison, a girl with whom he doesn’t have a very good relationship.

Lara and Peter have made their relationship official, but things get complicated when a recipient, of one of her old love letters, enter the picture.  Meanwhile, Lara also starts feeling quite insecure in her relationship with Peter.

Terri is a young girl studying in high school, who feels that she lost the high school writing competition because she is a girl. Convinced that she will never be taken seriously because of her good looks, she decides to change her school and pose as a boy. At the new school, she becomes good friends with Rick, but things get complicated when she develops feelings for him.    

License to Drive is a teen comedy film which revolves around teenager Les Anderson, who fails to get his driving license. Despite this, his takes his family’s luxury car, to go on a date with a girl named Mercedes Lane.

Lucas Blye is a nerdy and smart teenager studying in high school. He is frequently targeted by bullies. His life takes a turn when he befriends a new girl named Maggie, whose love interest Cappie protects him from harassment. He soon starts falling for Maggie, and joins the high school football team in an effort to impress her.

This romantic comedy drama film tells the story of Lara Jean, a high school girl, who returns from a family trip to Korea. When she informs her boyfriend that she wishes to attend New York University, he decides to break up with her, as he feels that a long-distance relationship will not work.     

One Crazy Summer is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of Hoops, a cartoonist, who is working on a teen love story, and Cassandra, a troubled young woman who is about to lose her home. When they meet and fall in love, Hoops decides to save Cassandra save her property from developers.

In 1980s Los Angeles, a young woman from a wealthy family falls for a rebellious young boy. However, their friends don’t approve of their relationship, and want to tear it apart. But despite this, the two lovers decide to stay together.  

Kid has been grounded by his father, but he decides to sneak out and go to his friend Play’s house for a party. However, neither of them has any idea about the trouble that is awaiting them, which could make it the wildest night of their lives.

Alice is a sexually inexperienced but curious junior studying at a Catholic high school. According to her Father Murphy, any sexual activity other than aimed for procreation is a sin, and those who indulge in sexual activities for pleasure are going to receive eternal damnation.  However, Alice faces problem in controlling her urges.

Good Boys is an adventure comedy film which tells the story of three young boys, who ditch school and embark on an epic journey while at the same time, carrying accidentally stolen drugs. Meanwhile, they are trying to make their way home in time before the party begins.

Mo is close friends with Zeke, whom his sister had once dated, despite the fact that they have an age difference. However, Zeke, who is a college dropout and a drug dealer, starts to negatively influence Mo.

A 13 year old boy lives with his abusive older brother and his single mother. Soon, his life takes a turn when he begins to spend time with a group of older skateboarders.  

Kayla Day, an introvert teenager is in the final week of her eighth grade. The story encapsulates the self-loathing, awkwardness, angst, dreams, hopes and reinvention that she goes through and how she overcomes her fears.