Best Teen Comedy movies that are award winners or nominees

Something's Gotta Give(2003)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.



Carnage(2011)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.



St. Vincent(2014)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who lives next door.



Manhattan(1979)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 71

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.



Pleasantville(1998)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Two 1990s teenage siblings find themselves in a 1950s sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.



Igby Goes Down(2002)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.



Big(1988)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.



Dead Poets Society(1989)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 67

English teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings.



There's Something About Mary(1998)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 67

A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.



Love and Monsters(2020)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Seven years after he survived the monster apocalypse, lovably hapless Joel leaves his cozy underground bunker behind on a quest to reunite with his ex.



Parenthood(1989)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The Buckmans are a midwestern family all dealing with their lives: estranged relatives, raising children, pressures of the job, and learning to be a good parent and spouse.



The Prom(2020)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.



Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that.



Risky Business(1983)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.



Breaking Away(1979)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A small-town boy obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl.



Splash(1984)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.



Hook(1991)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 55

When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.



In & Out(1997)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.



Where'd You Go, Bernadette(2019)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.



Anywhere But Here(1999)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills.




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