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1. Sixteen Candles (1984)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling
Votes: 126,225 | Gross: $23.69M
2. American Pie (1999)
R | 95 min | Comedy
Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.
Directors: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz | Stars: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Jennifer Coolidge
Votes: 433,514 | Gross: $102.56M
3. Grease (1978)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway
Votes: 300,339 | Gross: $188.76M
4. That '70s Show (1998–2006)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy revolving around a group of teenage friends, their mishaps, and their coming of age, set in 1970s Wisconsin.
Stars: Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Mila Kunis, Danny Masterson
Votes: 189,237
5. Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
R | 89 min | Comedy
A sendup of all the teen movies that have accumulated in the past two decades.
Director: Joel Gallen | Stars: Chyler Leigh, Jaime Pressly, Chris Evans, Eric Christian Olsen
Votes: 115,843 | Gross: $38.25M
6. Cashback (2006)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild.
Director: Sean Ellis | Stars: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Michelle Ryan, Erica Ellis
Votes: 90,756 | Gross: $0.02M
7. Better Off Dead (1985)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
After his girlfriend ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares.
Director: Savage Steve Holland | Stars: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Demian Slade
Votes: 49,346 | Gross: $10.30M
8. Coming to America (1988)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Romance
An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and strong will.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Paul Bates, Garcelle Beauvais, Feather
Votes: 223,451 | Gross: $128.15M
9. Summer School (1987)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Freddy the gym teacher has to teach remedial English in summer (high) school, if he wants tenure. As he can only teach gym and his students want fun, emphasis is on "field trips" - until he's fired unless all his students pass the test.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas, Patrick Labyorteaux
Votes: 22,109 | Gross: $35.66M
10. Isle of Dogs (2018)
PG-13 | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban
Votes: 190,691 | Gross: $32.02M
11. National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
The most popular kid on campus meets a beautiful journalist who makes him realize that maybe he's afraid to graduate.
Director: Walt Becker | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Kal Penn
Votes: 115,292 | Gross: $21.01M
12. Airport (1970)
G | 137 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
Directors: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jean Seberg
Votes: 21,671 | Gross: $100.49M
13. Sydney White (2007)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.
Director: Joe Nussbaum | Stars: Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, Matt Long, Jack Carpenter
Votes: 51,243 | Gross: $11.89M
14. The League of Gentlemen (1999–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Horror
An interweaving narrative chronicling the antics of such diverse characters as: a transgender taxi driver, a family obsessed with hygiene and toads, a fiery reverend, a carnival owner who kidnaps women into marriage, and a xenophobic couple who run a local shop for local people.
Stars: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Jeremy Dyson
Votes: 12,207
15. Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy
Set back in the 80s when Harry met Lloyd in high school where they cross paths with a mean principal and a bunch of other outcasts much like themselves.
Director: Troy Miller | Stars: Derek Richardson, Eric Christian Olsen, Eugene Levy, Timothy Stack
Votes: 42,387 | Gross: $26.28M
16. Cashback (2004)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Ben is an art college student in London, whose imagination runs wild as he works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his colleagues do to pass the long, endless hours of the night?
Director: Sean Ellis | Stars: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Stuart Goodwin, Michael Dixon
Votes: 11,212
17. Detention (2011)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
As a copycat killer named after movie villain Cinderhella stalks the student body at Grizzly Lake High School, a group of co-eds band together to survive while serving detention.
Director: Joseph Kahn | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke, Dane Cook
Votes: 16,512
18. More American Graffiti (1979)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Told in four different New Year's Eves in the mid 1960s, John, Terry, Debbie, Steve and Laurie deal with adulthood, the Vietnam war, peace rallies, and relationships.
Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat
Votes: 5,077 | Gross: $15.01M
19. Porky's Revenge (1985)
R | 92 min | Comedy
As graduation nears for the class of 1955 at Angel Beach High, the gang once again faces off against their old enemy, Porky, who wants them to throw the school's championship basketball game because he's betting on the opposing team.
Director: James Komack | Stars: Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Tony Ganios, Mark Herrier
Votes: 9,210 | Gross: $20.52M
20. The Spanish Apartment (2002)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Romain Duris, Judith Godrèche, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou
Votes: 42,774 | Gross: $3.90M
21. The Coed and the Zombie Stoner (2014)
Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a nerdy sorority girl falls in love with a zombie, it's only a matter of time before a zombie apocalypse is unleashed on campus. The sorority girl discovers that weed is the cure--now ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Miller | Stars: Catherine Annette, Grant O'Connell, Jamie Noel, Aaron Caleb
Votes: 1,576
22. Psycho Beach Party (2000)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Chicklet is a sixteen-year old tomboy who's desperate to be part of the in-crowd of Malibu beach surfers. She's the typical American girl - except for one little problem: her personality is split into more slices than a pepperoni pizza.
Director: Robert Lee King | Stars: Lauren Ambrose, Nicholas Brendon, Thomas Gibson, Kimberley Davies
Votes: 6,593 | Gross: $0.27M
23. Son of Rambow (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
During a long English summer in the early 1980s, two schoolboys from differing backgrounds set out to make a film inspired by First Blood (1982).
Director: Garth Jennings | Stars: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Anna Wing
Votes: 32,966 | Gross: $1.78M
24. Fright Night 2 (2013 Video)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
"Fright Night 2" - In Romania, Charley and his friends discover that their alluring art professor is a real-life vampire, hell-bent on completing an ancient ritual with Amy's blood.
Director: Eduardo Rodriguez | Stars: Will Payne, Jaime Murray, Sean Power, Sacha Parkinson
Votes: 7,442
25. The Comebacks (2007)
PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Sport
A comedy that spoofs inspirational sports movies, this movie is about an out-of-luck coach who drives a rag-tag bunch of college misfits towards the football championship.
Director: Tom Brady | Stars: David Koechner, Robert Ri'chard, Carl Weathers, Melora Hardin
Votes: 12,045 | Gross: $13.35M
26. Bad Girls from Valley High (2005)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
Three snobbish high school girls prematurely age brought on from a curse, a drug (or something) after the arrival of new transfer student whom they believe is connected to a murder they committed a year earlier. A fate worse than death.
Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Julie Benz, Nicole Bilderback, Monica Keena, Chris D'Elia
Votes: 1,942
27. Kanokon (2008)
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Comedy
Kouta, a country boy who lives with his grandfather, is now moving to the city to attend high school. Changes come with his new home and new school, but nothing could have prepared the ... See full summary »
Stars: Mamiko Noto, Ayako Kawasumi, Chiwa Saitô, Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Votes: 560
28. The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.
Director: Eric Bross | Stars: Victoria Justice, Chase Ellison, Anna Galvin, Matt Winston
Votes: 3,842
29. Cow Belles (2006 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
The exasperated father of two wealthy teens forces them to work at the family business to learn how to be responsible. When company funds go missing, it's up to the girls to save the day.
Director: Francine McDougall | Stars: Aly Michalka, AJ Michalka, Jack Coleman, Sheila McCarthy
Votes: 7,111
30. The Color of Friendship (2000 TV Movie)
TV-G | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Family
A white South African girl finds herself in a difficult situation when she is sent to spend a term with a Black family in America.
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Lindsey Haun, Shadia Simmons, Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson Jerald
Votes: 4,306
31. She Gets What She Wants (2002)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
A French foreign-exchange student comes to a small Texas high school, befriends a classmate, and practically takes over her life.
Director: Melanie Mayron | Stars: Piper Perabo, Jane McGregor, Michael McKean, Trent Ford
Votes: 5,838
32. Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
PG | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Penne Hackforth-Jones
Votes: 8,296 | Gross: $4.81M
33. Vampire (I) (2011)
R | 118 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A biology teacher looks for young suicidal women online to satisfy his taste for blood. Rather than violent, his acts are quite peaceful and always consented.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Kevin Zegers, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Amanda Plummer, Trevor Morgan
Votes: 1,815
34. Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)
R | 90 min | Comedy
Russell Proco has been expelled from several schools for lewd, crude and nude conduct. Busterburger University is his last chance for an education and pleasing his disappointed parents.
Director: Mike Marvin | Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Dick Butkus, Randi Brooks, Chuck McCann
Votes: 1,982
35. Danika (2005)
R | 79 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Danika's fears for her children are manifested in premonitions of death and disaster.
Director: Ariel Vromen | Stars: Marisa Tomei, Hannah Marks, Guy Camilleri, Akuyoe Graham
Votes: 3,900
36. Beyond Loch Ness (2008 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A rash of suspiciously gruesome murders in a sleepy lakeside town has authorities stumped. They soon realize the culprit is not only connected to the lake, but in it. They must figure out what it is and how to stop it before it's too late.
Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Brian Krause, Niall Matter, Don S. Davis, Donnelly Rhodes
Votes: 2,101
37. Transylmania (2009)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror
Spoof horror in which a group of college kids do a semester abroad in Romania and realise that if the partying doesn't kill them, the vampires just might!
Directors: David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand | Stars: Patrick Cavanaugh, James DeBello, Tony Denman, Oren Skoog
Votes: 2,882
38. Aliens in America (2007–2008)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A young Muslim student from Pakistan is sent to live with a Christian family in Wisconsin as part of a foreign exchange program.
Stars: Dan Byrd, Adhir Kalyan, Amy Pietz, Lindsey Shaw
Votes: 3,629
39. Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war (2023)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
Joachim Meyerhoff's autobiographical recollections include his childhood and teenager years living on the premises of a psychiatric clinic, his father being the director of the child and adolescent ward.
Director: Sonja Heiss | Stars: Arsseni Bultmann, Laura Tonke, Devid Striesow, Pola Geiger
Votes: 454
40. Crabs! (2021)
80 min | Comedy, Horror
A horde of murderous crab monsters descend on a sleepy coastal town on Prom night, and only a ragtag group of outcasts can save the day.
Director: Pierce Berolzheimer | Stars: Jessica Morris, Dylan Riley Snyder, Robert Craighead, Allie Jennings
Votes: 795
41. How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? (2019)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Sport
When Hibiki Sakura's love for food started to show, she took up lifting weights at her local gym to slim down.
Stars: Ian Sinclair, Fairouz Ai, Kaito Ishikawa, Sarah Wiedenheft
Votes: 1,052
42. Kiss Me Again (2006)
R | 103 min | Romance, Drama
A married couple decides to test the boundaries of their relationship with a seductive Spanish woman. When an unlikely relationship ensues, all three are forced to rethink their definition of love.
Director: William Tyler Smith | Stars: Jeremy London, Katheryn Winnick, Mirelly Taylor, Elisa Donovan
Votes: 1,165
43. Gosick (2011)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Gosick is set in the fictional European country of Sauville in the 1920s. Kazuya Kujo is a transfer student to St. Marguerite Academy, a place where myths and superstitions are abundant. ... See full summary »
Stars: Aoi Yûki, Takuya Eguchi, Matt Shipman, Apphia Yu
Votes: 1,519
44. The Exchange Student (1967)
84 min | Adventure, Comedy
A strict French headmaster sends his frivolous son to England to learn English. But the student has a better idea of how to spend his summer holidays.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne, Martine Kelly, François Leccia
Votes: 3,773
45. Natasha (2007)
R | 87 min | Thriller
A young Russian foreign exchange student arrives at the home of the vicar of a very proper english village whose residents are more than scandalised when her secret colorful past is suddenly revealed.
Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Algina Lipskis, Sheyla Shehovich, Richard Lintern, Serena Gordon
Votes: 672
46. Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Charlie Brown and his friends travel to Europe as exchange students.
Directors: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman | Stars: Scott Beach, Bill Melendez, Daniel Anderson, Casey Carlson
Votes: 3,538 | Gross: $2.01M
47. Galaxy High School (1986)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Two Earth teenagers -- popular athlete Doyle and star pupil Aimee -- are accepted into the intergalactic high school Galaxy High School on the asteroid Flutor.
Stars: Susan Blu, Pat Carroll, Nancy Cartwright, Guy Christopher
Votes: 529
48. Flying Colors (2015)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Nanami Abe, Morio Agata, Atsushi Itô
Votes: 4,000
49. Fakin' Da Funk (1997)
R | 89 min | Comedy
A Chinese baby boy is adopted by a black couple in ATL. Seventeen years later he moves with his mom and brother to a black LA hood. A Chinese girl ends up in the same hood for the summer with a black family. Will they fit in?
Director: Timothy A. Chey | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Pam Grier, Margaret Cho, Dante Basco
Votes: 2,631
50. Breaking Spirits (2016)
100 min | Horror, Thriller
When a Chinese exchange student falls victim to a clique of popular girls she befriends a mysterious girl who helps her get revenge.
Director: Shaun Donnelly | Stars: Ludan Cui, Skylar Radzion, Nakita Kohan, Jaslyn Collis
Votes: 85