Best High school Movies

  • Mean Girls

    Mean Girls (PG-13, 2004)

    Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler
    Tina Fey from Saturday Night Live wrote and appears in this comedy about the alternately funny and t... read moreerrifying pecking order among teenage girls. Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) is a 15-year-old girl who has spent most of her life in Africa, where she was home-schooled by her zoologist parents. When her family relocates to the United States, Cady finds herself attending a high school in suburban Illinois, where she gets a crash course in the various sub-strata of the student body: the jocks, the cheerleaders, the stoners, the "cool" kids, and so on. Much to her surprise, Cady finds herself embraced by a clique of rich and popular girls known to outsiders as "the Plastics," led by Regina George (Rachel McAdams), Gretchen Weiners (Lacey Chabert), and Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried). While Cady is grateful for her new friends, it doesn't take long for her to realize how manipulative they can be, and she soon discovers she's violated an unwritten law when she goes out on a date with Aaron (Jonathan Bennett), who is charming, good looking...and Regina's former boyfriend. It isn't long before Regina and her pals are on the warpath, and Cady must face a level of vengeful behavior for which years in the jungle never prepared her. Joining Tina Fey in the supporting cast are fellow SNL players Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, and Tim Meadows. The screenplay for Mean Girls was based in part on Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends and Other Realities of Adolescence, a book by professional youth counselor Rosalind Wiseman. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
    • fb1240560575
      fb1240560575: its a fantisy of high school but verry close 2 real high school like my old one
      Reviewed 31 days days ago
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      fb657860685: . theres the Pretty, popular , mean, geeky, comedy, etc. All ur usual high school stereotypes. It's ok for passing time when there's nothing else to watch
      Reviewed 8 days days ago
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      fb1212736903: Lindsay Lohan and Rachel Mcadams in an amazing movie about high school cliques, bitchiness, and fitting in. I know I messed up the parallelism, but this movie'
      Reviewed 4 months days ago
  • High School Musical

    High School Musical (G, 2006)

    Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Lucas Grabeel
    The captain of the East High basketball team and the key member of the academic club shock the stude... read morent body by teaming to audition for the upcoming school musical in a Disney Channel Original Movie that's all about being yourself and following your dreams. Troy (Zac Efron) is best known as the player who keeps the East High basketball team on the scoreboard. Of course, life isn't always about athletics, though, and as Troy slam-dunks on the boards, beautiful and brainy Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) is raising the reputation of East High as the key member of the school's successful academic team. Despite their outgoing natures, no one would ever peg Troy and Gabriella as theater types. When word gets out that this popular pair has secretly chosen to reach for the stars and try their luck on the stage, the students of East High are about to learn an important lesson in teamwork while gearing up for a musical performance that will have their audience dancing in the aisles. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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      fb100001513380747: Disney done a good sports drama musical showing what's the life in high school is like, and it's also an inspiration, like Disney always make, to "get your head in the
      Reviewed 4 months days ago
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      fb100000665052868: I hate to admit it but I was a Big High school musical fan. I gotta say though the songs aren't tha
      Reviewed 2 months days ago
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      fb684395176: I love high school movies, which is ironic because I hated high school
      Reviewed 16 months days ago
  • 10 Things I Hate About You

    10 Things I Hate About You (PG-13, 1999)

    Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz
    As Shakespearean adaptations go, it's not quite as odd as moving The Tempest to another planet (as i... read moren Forbidden Planet) or Hamlet to a Canadian brewery (the secret subtext of Strange Brew), but it's still safe to say no one was expecting a version of The Taming of the Shrew set in an American high school. But unlike the previously mentioned films, 10 Things I Hate About You at least gives the Bard screen credit for his contribution to the story. In 10 Things I Hate About You, Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik) is a tenth grader who has never gone on a date, as her parents have a little rule where Bianca isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister gets a boyfriend. The problem is, while her older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) is attractive and intelligent, she's also a mean-spirited misanthrope who rubs nearly everyone the wrong way -- especially boys. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey Donner (Andrew Keegan), are eager to get their romance on the road, so Joey fixes Kat up with Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), a new kid in town who may be just bitter and mysterious enough to suit her. 10 Things I Hate About You is the first feature film for director Gil Junger, who previously worked extensively in television, including episodes of Dharma and Greg, Ellen, and Blossom. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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      fb16709066: . The chemistry between all the characters is quite enjoyable and the pressures of high school are exaggerated, but funny. Larry Miller is excellent as the over protective father of t
      Reviewed 16 months days ago
    • fb500537900
      fb500537900: . Kind of sad for this middl-eof-the-road high school comedy.
      Reviewed 10 months days ago
    • fb912930
      fb912930: Aw, I remember the first time I saw this movie in high school. So cute.
      Reviewed 12 months days ago
  • American Pie

    American Pie (R, 1999)

    Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne
    It's said that most American men think about sex once every two or three minutes, but this statistic... read more would seriously underestimate the horniness of Jim (Jason Biggs), a high school senior in suburban Michigan. Jim is thoroughly obsessed with sex, a fact of which his parents become aware when they discover him performing the sin of Onan with a gym sock while watching scrambled pay-per-view porn. Jim's buddies Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), and Oz (Chris Klein) are no less anxious to relieve themselves of their virginity, so they all make a pledge: they will go to bed with a woman in the three weeks before senior prom or die trying. Kevin appears to have the advantage, since he already has a girlfriend, Vicky (Tara Reid), but before he ventures into the Final Frontier, Kevin is urged to consult "The Bible," a hand-written how-to manual possessing erotic wisdom passed down through the ages. Oz is a good-looking jock who is actually a nice guy -- which is part of the problem, since he has his heart set on a nice girl, Heather (Mena Suvari), who does not seem the type to leap into bed within 21 days. Finch has no immediate prospects, though Jessica (Natasha Lyonne) is in a position to know if those rumors about him are true. And Jim is a truly hopeless case -- after his attempted seduction of beautiful Czech exchange student Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth) turns out to be a disaster, he ends up going to the prom with Michelle (Alyson Hannigan), an annoyingly chatty band geek who does, however, have a fascinating story about a flute. American Pie was the directorial debut of Paul Weitz, who, along with his brother Chris Weitz (who served as producer), previously wrote several screenplays, including Antz and Madeline (where they presumably worked all their wholesome ideas out of their system). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
    • bconnelly14
      bconnelly14: Itâ(TM)s about a group of guys who make it their goal to get laid before they finish senior year in high school. It is a clichà (C) that gets used in films all of the time now. It was special when it
      Reviewed 3 months days ago
    • chevypillow
      chevypillow: Four high school boys try to loose their virginity by prom night in American Pie. Right off the bat, one
      Reviewed 12 months days ago
    • fb16709066
      fb16709066: . Cover drinking, sex, drugs and all the pressures of high school with it. What separates a good teen comedy from the rest is how likeable the characters
      Reviewed 16 months days ago
  • Charlie Bartlett

    Charlie Bartlett (R, 2007)

    Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Kat Dennings, Tyler Hilton
    Longtime film editor Jon Poll (Meet the Fockers and Austin Powers in Goldmember) makes his directori... read moreal debut with this coming-of-age comedy about a wealthy public school system newcomer (Anton Yelchin) who wins over his skeptical classmates by serving as a surrogate psychiatrist to the troubled student body. Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, and Kat Dennings co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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      fb100000012808682: . It really hits home with how high school/teenage life is.
      Reviewed 16 months days ago
    • PhoenixHearted
      PhoenixHearted: very funny amusing and totally true to its statements of high school existence. loved charlie's words of wisdom
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
    • quoththeravennevermore
      quoththeravennevermore: . Pure high school fun. And Robert Downey Jr. in a more subdued role. Nice.
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
  • American Teen

    American Teen (PG-13, 2008)

    Hannah Bailey, Colin Clemens, Mitch Reinholt, Megan Krizmanich, Jake Tusing
    In this biting cinéma vérité, director Nanette Burstein follows a group of five Indiana high-school ... read moreseniors as they navigate the social mazes of adolescence, prepare for graduation, and generally deal with the often surprising and strange situations that arise simply from being 17. Incorporating intimate footage, interviews, and animation, Burstein reveals all the gritty details about life as a teenager in Midwestern America, from drugs, alcohol, and depression to cliques, first love, and heartbreak. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi
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      fb846435404: All the cliches about American High school is here, but there's also honesty. Just teens being teen
      Reviewed 16 months days ago
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      fb755063590: Remember high school? It's gotten worse indeed. Great insight into the lives of these 5 kids, like a real lif
      Reviewed 14 months days ago
    • fb507436546
      fb507436546: . It brought back a lot of memories from high school.
      Reviewed 14 months days ago
  • Elephant

    Elephant (R, 2003)

    Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson (IX), Elias McConnell, Jordan Taylor
    Director Gus Van Sant returned to the low-key style of his early independent efforts with this semi-... read moreimprovised exploration of how violence makes its way into a typical American high school. Eric (Eric Deulen) and Alex (Alex Frost) are two close friends who are students in a well-to-do suburb of Portland, OR. Eric and Alex are at once ordinary and misfits; while they seem to be confined to the edges of the clique-oriented social strata of high school, little about their behavior draws attention to itself. Or at least not during a typical school day; on their own time, the two boys are fascinated by Nazi iconography, enjoy violent video games, tentatively explore homoerotic desires, and coolly begin to make plans for an armed ambush of the school, drawing up working diagrams of the lunch room during study hall and buying rifles over the Internet. Drawing an expected degree of controversy, Elephant had its world premiere when it was screened in competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, where it won both Best Director for Van Sant and the Golden Palm award. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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      fb568289441: Well I didn't know this film was based on a real high school shooting, I found out when I was reading some reviews. But I wasn't even surprised! Huma
      Reviewed 11 months days ago
    • lozza0308
      lozza0308: . Sure, any film involving a high school masacre is shocking, but 'Elephant' had something else to it.
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
    • rojastortu
      rojastortu: Gus Van Sant drives us through the halls and corridors in an American High School, a day violence i
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
  • Young Adult

    Young Adult (R, 2011)

    Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser, Collette Wolfe
    Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to r... read moreelive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate (Patton Oswalt) who hasn't quite gotten over high school, either. -- (C) Paramount
    • djr4
      djr4: For those who had a rough-ish time in high school, this movie could be a dirty delight. If you spent years either obsessing in hatred ove
      Reviewed 16 months days ago
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      fb526676639: was uncomfortably good as Mavis, a woman who decides to take a trip home to seduce and win over her high school boyfriend.
      You can't really tell if she really is crazy or if she just acts like a juve
      Reviewed 14 months days ago
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      fb619589045: . And I can't say I was disappointed.
      Charlize Theron is pitch-perfect as the selfish high school bitch that never grew up, making her as fun to watch as she is deplorable.
      Writer Diablo
      Reviewed 15 months days ago
  • Fast Times At Ridgemont High

    Fast Times At Ridgemont High (R, 1982)

    Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer
    Amy Heckerling's adaptation of Cameron Crowe's Fast Times at Ridgemont High is often considered one ... read moreof the finest films of a disreputable genre (the teen sex comedy), and kick-started the careers of many future stars. The center of this ensemble film is Jennifer Jason Leigh as Stacy Hamilton. She is a young, innocent high-school student who, as the film opens, is asking for advice from her friend, the sexually outspoken Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates). Stacy takes a liking to nebbish Mark Ratner (Brian Backer), but he is too afraid to make a move even after Stacy all but throws herself at him. She eventually hooks up with Mark's more confident best friend, Mike Damone (Robert Romanus). When not concerning itself with these four characters, the film spends time with stoned surfer dude Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) and his ongoing feud with history teacher Mr. Hand (Ray Walston). The film includes brief appearances by such future stars as Nicolas Cage, Eric Stoltz, and Forest Whitaker. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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      fb1422585077: This movie came out a few years before my high school years, so I never got around to it until now. I can see why it's a classic.
      Reviewed 4 months days ago
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      fb1008742212: lacking in any substantial structure, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a more realistic portrayal of high school life with good dramatic plots as well as very funny ones, supported by great performance
      Reviewed 5 months days ago
    • Shedoesntevengohere
      Shedoesntevengohere: One of the classic movies about high school and the life of teens trying to make it by. The transitions between the scenes weren't g
      Reviewed 11 months days ago
  • Never Been Kissed

    Never Been Kissed (PG-13, 1999)

    Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, John C. Reilly
    Many people wish they could go back to high school, knowing what they know as an adult; Josie Geller... read more gets the chance to do just that in the comedy Never Been Kissed. Josie (played by Drew Barrymore) is a 25-year-old copy editor at a newspaper in Chicago. But it's her youthful looks as much as her journalistic skills that finally win her a writing assignment: she's ordered to enroll in high school posing as a teenager for a story on the state of America's youth. Trouble is, Josie was a hopeless nerd in high school (called "Josie Grossie" by her classmates); she had no idea of how to fit in with the cool kids, and she's hardly gotten any better at it in the seven years since graduation. While Josie makes fast friends with a bookish girl named Aldys (Leelee Sobieski), and also takes notice of her good-looking English teacher Mr. Coulson (Michael Vartan), she realizes for the sake of her story she has to infiltrate the cool girls' clique, which will be impossible without someone to give her a crash course in hipness. Josie's brother Rob (David Arquette), obviously the more style-conscious sibling, offers to sign up for the same school to act as the cool-guy friend she'll need to fit in, but just when Josie starts making headway (and starts enjoying high school for a change), her editor changes the focus of the story -- he now wants a feature on improper relations between teachers and students, which will not be good for her deepening friendship with Mr. Coulson. Never Been Kissed also features supporting performances from John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon and Jordan Ladd (the latter in a much more wholesome vehicle than her last cinematic visit to cinematic teen-town, Gregg Araki's Nowhere). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
    • thmtsang
      thmtsang: . She plays a geeky girl who goes back to high school as an undercover reporter.
      Reviewed 25 days days ago
    • fb538362252
      fb538362252: . I love the high school teacher. What a cutie!
      Reviewed 12 months days ago
    • deltarn1976
      deltarn1976: wful!! WHO WOULD EVEN WANT TO DO A HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN?? N WHAT ABOUT THE PEDOPHILIAC TEACHER?? whose high school is THAT LAME?? IT WAS JUST STUPID N DREW DOESNT PLAY A GOOD DORK! i saw Accidental Husba
      Reviewed 18 months days ago

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