# The best teen movies of all time

From The Breakfast Club to Lady Bird: the teen films critics rank highest (Looper, SlashFilm, IndieWire, Time Out).

- 40 votes · 12 items
- Apr 27, 2026 · cutscene_goldcoast
- https://even.best/en/l/1991/the-best-teen-movies-of-all-time

## Top 12

1. **The Breakfast Club (1985)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Five students, a Saturday detention and John Hughes at his peak.
2. **Mean Girls (2004)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Tina Fey's Plastics, funnier and smarter than the average teen comedy.
3. **Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The most famous skipped school day in history.
4. **10 Things I Hate About You (1999)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Shakespeare in a Seattle high school, endlessly quotable.
5. **Superbad (2007)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Two best friends' last party before college.
6. **Lady Bird (2017)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Greta Gerwig's Sacramento senior year.
7. **Dazed and Confused (1993)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Richard Linklater and the last day of school in 1976.
8. **Clueless (1995)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Jane Austen's Emma in Beverly Hills.
9. **Heathers (1988)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A pitch-black high school comedy.
10. **Booksmart (2019)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Two overachievers decide to party for one night.
11. **Stand by Me (1986)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Four boys walk the tracks in search of a body.
12. **Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A year at a California high school, with Sean Penn's Spicoli.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.