Teen Romance Movies (for Singles and Couples)
-Alexys Perry

Teen Romance Movies (for Singles and Couples)

The Notebook

Year: 2004

Rating: PG-13

Genres: Romance/Comedy

Where to watch: HBOMax

Time: 2h 1m

Summary: In 1940s South Carolina, a mill worker, Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling), and rich girl, Allie (Rachel McAdams), are desperately in love, but her parents don't approve. When Noah goes off to serve in World War II, it seems to mark the end of their love affair. In the interim, Allie becomes involved with another man, Lon Hammond (James Marsden). But when Noah returns to their small town years later, on the cusp of Allie's marriage, it soon becomes clear that their romance is anything but over.

Sixteen Candles

Year: 1984

Rating: PG

Genres: Comedy/Romance

Where to watch: Paramount+

Time: 1h 33m

Summary: With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha (Molly Ringwald) faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake (Michael Schoeffling), but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, Samantha must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted (Anthony Michael Hall), the only boy in the school, unfortunately, who seems to take an interest in her.

10 Things I Hate About You

Year: 1999

Rating: PG-13

Genres: Comedy/Romance

Where to watch: Hulu, Disney+

Time: 1h 37m

Summary: Kat Stratford is beautiful, smart, and quite abrasive to most of her fellow teens, meaning that she doesn't attract many boys. Unfortunately for her younger sister, Bianca, house rules say that she can't date until Kat has a boyfriend, so strings are pulled to set the dour damsel up for a romance. Soon, Kat crosses paths with handsome new arrival, Patrick Verona. Kat may let her guard down enough to fall for the effortlessly charming Patrick.

The Fault in Our Stars

Year: 2014

Rating: PG-13

Genres: Romance/Comedy

Where to watch: Disney+

Time: 2h 6m

Summary: Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley), a 16-year-old cancer patient, meets and falls in love with Gus Waters (Ansel Elgort), a similarly afflicted teen from her cancer support group. Hazel feels that Gus really understands her. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially Grace's touchstone, "An Imperial Affliction" by Peter Van Houten. When Gus scores an invitation to meet the reclusive author, he and Hazel embark on the adventure of their brief lives.

She’s All That

Year: 1999

Rating: PG-13

Genres: Comedy/Romance

Where to watch: MGM+, Paramount+

Time: 1h 25m

Summary: High school hotshot, Zach Siler (Freddie Prinze Jr.), is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe), leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson (Matthew Lillard). Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees to a seemingly impossible challenge. He has six weeks to gain the trust of nerdy outcast Laney Boggs (Rachael Leigh Cook) -- and help her to become the school's next prom queen.

The Kissing Booth

Year: 2018

Rating: TV-14

Genres: Romance/Comedy

Where to watch: Netflix

Time: 1h 45m

Summary: A high school student finds herself face-to-face with her long-term crush when she signs up to run a kissing booth at the spring carnival.

Clueless

Year: 1995

Rating: PG-13

Genres: Romance/Comedy

Where to watch: PlutoTV, Paramount+

Time: 1h 37m

Summary: Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student, Tai (Brittany Murphy), a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother (Paul Rudd) was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.

Legally Blonde

Year: 2001

Rating: PG-13

Genres: Comedy/Romance

Where to watch: MGM+

Time: 1h 34m

Summary: Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But there is one thing stopping him (Matthew Davis) from proposing: She is too blond. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back.

Never Been Kissed

Year: 1999

Rating: PG-13

Genres: Comedy/Romance

Where to watch: Hulu, Disney+

Time: 1h 47m

Summary: Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.

Save the Last Dance

Year: 2001

Rating: PG-13

Genres: Romance/Dance

Where to watch: Tubi, Paramount+

Time: 1h 52m

Summary: Sara (Julia Stiles) is moved from a small Midwestern town to the south side of Chicago when her mother dies in a car accident, and must live with her father. She soon falls for an African American teenager (Sean Patrick Thomas) at her new high school and he has less than an idyllic past. They share a love for dance (ballet and hip hop respectively) and together they tackle the problems that go with an interracial relationship.

Dirty Dancing

Year: 1987

Rating: PG-13

Genres: Romance/Dance

Where to watch: Tubi

Time: 1h 40m

Summary: Baby (Jennifer Grey) is one listless summer away from the Peace Corps. Hoping to enjoy her youth while it lasts, she's disappointed when her summer plans deposit her at a sleepy resort in the Catskills with her parents. Her luck turns around, however, when the resort's dance instructor, Johnny (Patrick Swayze), enlists Baby as his new partner, and the two fall in love. Baby's father forbids her from seeing Johnny, but she's determined to help him perform the last big dance of the summer.

How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days

Year: 2003

Rating: PG-13

Genres: Comedy/Romance

Where to watch: Peacock, Tubi, PlutoTV, Paramount+

Time: PG-13

Summary: An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man she can use for the experiment. Enter executive Ben Berry (Matthew McConaughey), who is so confident in his romantic prowess that he thinks he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. When Andie and Ben meet, their plans backfire.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Notebook, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Candles, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Things_I_Hate_About_You, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fault_in_Our_Stars_(film), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_All_That, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kissing_Booth, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clueless, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_Blonde, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Been_Kissed, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Last_Dance, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Dancing, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lose_a_Guy_in_10_Days

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