Top 10 Teen Movies To Watch in 2024 (updated)

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The teen movie genre is one of the most difficult to master, much like the many difficult aspects of being a teenager. Studios have produced some of the most memorable adolescent films of all time, like Mean Girls, LOL (did Miley Cyrus affect anybody else’s formative years? ), and Booksmart, but films that appeal to the Gen Z experience are few. Thankfully, 2024 has given us a more true picture of today’s kids — I mean, we now have some of the greatest new teen movies coming out that address a variety of issues from grief to navigating first relationships (and queer ones, at that). It’s a little step toward seeing our actual lives represented on TV, but it’s progress.

We are not sure about you, but this is by far our favourite kind of movie, and this year, fortunately for us, we can anticipate seeing a number of movies that fall into this category. So, whether you are searching for a new rom-com duo to stan or simply looking for an easy way to escape, we have picked together the 10 finest new adolescent movies of 2022 and put them all in one place for your viewing pleasure…

1. Sex Appeal

Release date: January 14, 2022

Streaming Network: Hulu

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Avery, an overachiever, decides to conduct a research in order to get in touch with her sexuality when her long-distance lover drops indications that he may be interested in taking their relationship to the next level. She enlists the assistance of her best friend Larson, who has known her the longest, to serve as a test subject. More than just sex knowledge is gained as a consequence; Avery discovers that there is more to love and sex than just the mechanics.

2. The Sky is Everywhere

Release date: February 11, 2022

Streaming Network: Apple TV

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Lennie Walker, a musical prodigy who is seventeen years old, is having a difficult time coping with her enormous sadness following the unexpected death of her elder sister, Bailey. As soon as Lennie meets Joe Fontaine, the charming new student at her school, she is compelled to develop a romantic interest in him. Lennie’s rich imagination guides her through the experience of her first love and first loss, allowing her to compose a song that is uniquely hers.

3. Tall Girl 2

Release date: February 11, 2022

Streaming Network: Netflix

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This time around, Tall Girl is even more amazing than before. This time around, Jodi is popular, self-assured, and has the main part in the musical that is being performed at her school. Did you know that she also had a boyfriend at this point? Her new position has brought on a great deal of strain and insecurity for her, and she is having a hard time adjusting to all of the changes that have taken place. In addition, Jodi develops new connections even as her previous ones are put to the test, and she comes to the realisation that growing up means entering a whole new world.

4. Three Months

Release date: February 23, 2022

Streaming Network: Paramount+

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In this coming-of-age comedy, Troye Sivan portrays the role of a Miami-based punk homosexual adolescent who gets infected with HIV throughout the course of his senior year of high school. While he is waiting the required three months to be tested, he develops a relationship with a member of his support group and, concurrently, comes to some realisations about who he is as a person.

5. Better Nate Than Ever

Release date: March 15, 2022

Streaming Network: Disney+

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Nate, who is only thirteen years old but has aspirations of making it big on Broadway, runs into a problem when he is not selected to participate in the school play. As a result, he and his best friend Libby decide to go on an adventure to New York City, where, much to his surprise, he unexpectedly meets up with his long-lost Aunt Heidi. They have to demonstrate to each other that the greatest adventures in life are only as big as your dreams allow them to be.

6. Moonshot

Release date: March 31, 2022

Streaming Network: HBO Max

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The romantic comedy that Lana Condor and Cole Sprouse have written takes place in the future, when the most capable of human beings have settled and colonised Mars. They portray Sophie and Walt, two very different college students who band up on an improbable journey in order to meet their significant others on Mars. The plot centres on the fact that Sophie and Walt are best friends. Along the process, the two people come to have an unanticipated relationship with one another (and maybe something more).

7. Metal Lords

Release date: April 8, 2022

Streaming Network: Netflix

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In this hilarious comedy, two buddies who like heavy metal, Hunter and Kevin, want to form a band but are unable to locate a bassist. They ultimately decide to recruit the assistance of the one student at their high school who can play the cello in order to improve their chances of victory in the Battle of the Bands. Along the process, both their friendship and their musical abilities are put to the test; nevertheless, if at the end they are revered in the same manner as some of their favourite rockstars, then it was all worth it.

8. Crush

Release date: April 29, 2022

Streaming Network: Hulu

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Paige, played by Rowan Blanchard, is an ambitious artist who is suspended from painting punny murals all over her high school campus and is therefore compelled to join the track team at her high school as a form of punishment. The only difficulty is that she did not do the act in question. She utilises her new position on the track team to investigate who is responsible for the crime and to follow the girl who has been the object of her affections ever since elementary school. She quickly finds herself falling for an unexpected colleague and learning what it’s like to experience true love for the first time.

9. Senior Year

Release date: May 13, 2022

Streaming Network: Netflix

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Rebel Wilson plays the role of a high school cheerleader who goes into a coma just before the most important night of her senior year: prom. The comedy stars Wilson as the character. After being in a coma for twenty years, she finally comes out of it and makes the decision to return to high school in the hopes of regaining her former popularity and being proclaimed prom queen.

10. Hollywood Stargirl

Release date: June 3, 2022

Streaming Network: Disney+

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Grace VanderWaal will be returning to her role as Stargirl Caraway for the film’s upcoming sequel, which will take place in Hollywood and follow the iconic heroine there. In the next film, which will follow Stargirl as she interacts with budding filmmakers and starring in their movie musical, she is scheduled to sing original songs.