Best Teenager movies of 1980s

Actors : Iron Eyes Cody, John Vernon, Jim Varney, Victoria Racimo,
Directors : John R. Cherry III,

Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance councilor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents as well as stop a shady strip mining company from closing the camp.

Actors : Debra De Liso, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, Michelle Michaels,
Directors : Amy Holden Jones,

A high school student's slumber party turns terrifying as an escaped mental patient with a drill decides to crash the party.

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Ronny Cox, Michael Schoeffling, Matthew Modine,
Directors : Harold Becker,

A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a beautiful young drifter takes up temporary residence at his home.

Actors : Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

A well meaning but burned-out high school teacher tries to maintain order against the backdrop of a pending lawsuit against his school district when it comes to light they gave a diploma to an illiterate student.

Actors : Louis Gossett Jr., David Suchet, Jason Gedrick, Larry B. Scott,
Directors : Sidney J. Furie,

Heroic young pilot Doug Masters launches a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force veteran, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.

Actors : Martin Hewitt, Brooke Shields, Don Murray, Shirley Knight,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

A high school student's love for a 15-year-old girl is thwarted by parental disapproval, circumstance and accident.

Actors : Lothar Chamski, Eberhard Auriga, Peggy Bussieck, Natja Brunckhorst,
Directors : Uli Edel,

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 1970s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14-year-old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-story...

Actors : Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker, Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson,

When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.

Actors : Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams, Victoria Tennant, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Jeffrey Bloom,

Children are hidden away in the attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, J.T. Walsh, Emily Longstreth,
Directors : Christopher Guest,

Film school grad Nick Chapman thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems.

Actors : Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Tony Ganios,
Directors : James Komack,

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.

Actors : Sheila Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Cooper, Lindsay Duncan,
Directors : Philip Ridley,

In the 1950's, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.

Actors : Robert Mandan, Felice Schachter, Willie Aames, Scott Baio,
Directors : Robert J. Rosenthal,

A high school science nerd gains telekinetic powers after a laboratory accident and uses them for revenge upon bullies.

Actors : Michael Wright, Louis Gossett Jr., James Belushi, Rae Dawn Chong,
Directors : Christopher Cain,

A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent and crime-ridden high school.

Actors : Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Katherine Helmond, Alex Rocco,
Directors : Frank LaLoggia,

An author tells the story of how, as a young boy growing up in a small town during the 1960's, he was haunted after witnessing the murder of a little girl.

Actors : Diane Franklin, Lawrence Monoson, Steve Antin, Joe Rubbo,
Directors : Boaz Davidson,

The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.

Actors : Barbara Durkin, Trudi Cavanagh, Emily Lloyd, Clare Clifford,
Directors : David Leland,

In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age....

Actors : Hector Elizondo, Martha Gehman, Matt Dillon, Molly McCarthy,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

Set in Brooklyn, 1963, Jeffrey Willis has just finished high school and isn't quite sure what the future holds. His parents expect him to go to college but he is starting to find his ...

Actors : Sharon Farrell, Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Don Gordon,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.

Actors : Bryan Madorsky, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Bob Balaban,

A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects his parents are cannibalistic murderers.