The Best Teen Movies of 2022


20 Metronom

Metronom

Romania, the autumn of the year 1972. Ana, a 17 year-old teenager, finds out that her boyfriend will flee the country for good in a few days. The two lovers decide to spend their last days together.

Director: Alexandru Belc
Writer: Alexandru Belc
Starring: Mara Bugarin, Serban Lazarovici, Vlad Ivanov
Box office: $52 000

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19 Falcon Lake

Falcon Lake

Bastien and Chloé spend summer vacation with their families at a lake cabin in Quebec that is haunted by a ghost legend. Despite the age gap between them, the two teenagers form a singular bond.

Director: Charlotte Le Bon
Writers: François Choquet, Charlotte Le Bon, Bastien Vives
Starring: Joseph Engel, Sara Montpetit, Monia Chokri
Box office: $73 000

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18 Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3

Zed anticipates an athletic scholarship while Addison is gearing up for Seabrook’s international cheer-off competition. Then suddenly, extraterrestrial beings appear around Seabrook, causing more than friendly competition.

Director: Paul Hoen
Writers: David Light, Joseph Raso
Starring: Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Trevor Tordjman

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17 Tyson’s Run

Tyson's Run

When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team, Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never letting his autism hold him back, Tyson becomes determined to run his first marathon in hopes of winning his father’s approval. With the help of an unlikely friend and his parents, Tyson learns that with faith in yourself and the courage to take the first step, anything is possible.

Director: Kim Bass
Writer: Kim Bass
Starring: Major Dodson, Amy Smart, Rory Cochrane

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16 Crush

Crush

An aspiring young artist joins her high school track team and later discovers what real love feels like when she finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate.

Director: Sammi Cohen
Writers: Kirsten King, Casey Rackham
Starring: Rowan Blanchard, Auli’i Cravalho, Isabella Ferreira

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15 Through My Window (A través de mi ventana)

A través de mi ventana

Raquel’s longtime crush on her next-door neighbor turns into something more when he starts developing feelings for her, despite his family’s objections.

Director: Marçal Forés
Writers: Eduard Sola, Ariana Godoy
Starring: Clara Galle, Julio Peña, Guillermo Lasheras

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14 Senior Year

Senior Year

After a cheerleader falls off a pyramid and into a 20 year coma, she wakes up as a 37-year-old woman, ready to return to high school, regain her status and claim the prom queen crown that eluded her.

Director: Alex Hardcastle
Writers: Brandon Scott Jones, Andrew Knauer, Arthur Pielli
Starring: Rebel Wilson, Angourie Rice, Mary Holland

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13 Scream

Scream

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, California, a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Directors: Matthew Bettinelli, Tyler Gillett
Writers: James Vanderbilt, Guy Busick, Kevin Williamson
Starring: Melissa Barrera, Jack Quaid, Jenna Ortega
Box office: $140 041 000

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12 Girl Picture (Tytöt tytöt tytöt)

Tytöt tytöt tytöt

Three young girls at the cusp of womanhood, Mimmi, Rönkkö and Emma, try to defy the persistent winter darkness in Finland by trying to draw their own contours. In the process, they move between dreams, reality, friendship and relationships, and try to make sense of the whole mess. In three consecutive Fridays, two of them experience the earth moving effects of falling in love, while the third goes on a quest to find something she’s never experienced before: pleasure.

Director: Alli Haapasalo
Writers: Ilona Ahti, Daniela Hakulinen
Starring: Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, Linnea Leino

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11 The In Between

The In Between

The in Between is a supernatural love story that centers on a teenage girl, Tessa, who, after bouncing around in foster homes for most of her childhood, doesn’t believe she deserves her own love story. Everything changes after she has a chance encounter with Skylar, a senior from a neighboring town who’s a true romantic. As her heart begins to open, tragedy strikes when a car accident takes Skylar’s life, while Tessa survives. As Tessa searches for answers in the aftermath of the accident, she soon believes Skylar is attempting to reconnect with her from the afterworld. With the help of her best friend and a newfound belief that love never dies, Tessa attempts to contact Skylar one last time, in order to give their love story the epic ending it deserves.

Director: Arie Posin
Writer: Marc Klein
Starring: Joey King, Kyle Allen, Kim Dickens

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