Teenage movies can be interesting not only to young people, but also to their parents. For the most part, such films for youth breathe ease and simplicity inherent in youth. However, they are not alien to important social and psychological issues. The category of films, which is characterized by a fairly large genre variety, is films for teenagers. The list of paintings that the teenager prefers gives you the opportunity to judge his life preferences.
The influence of teenage films on the development of all mankind is very great. In adults, watching a movie does not cause any long-lasting experiences. Even crying over a good melodrama, an adult can forget the next day the film he watched the day before. With young people, things are much more complicated.
After all, the child is not only concerned about broken knees, since emotional experiences that form a character are much more important for him at an early age.
In adolescence, people experience the most vivid emotions. First love, first betrayal, resentment against comrades, sexual impressions - all these guys have to experience at the age of 15-17.
The best examples of teenage cinema describe many of these life situations and often provide an opportunity for growing children to respond correctly to complex problems. Therefore, the right choice of films is so important so that you can benefit from them, and a variety of second-rate products with the promotion of an antisocial lifestyle can only cripple life.
Directors from various parts of the world highlight a large number of teenage problems in their films. Of course, films about teenagers' love prevail. Popular actors, acting as teenagers, show what the consequences of passion and attraction can be in real life. Watching such films about teenagers' love, young people are looking for answers to questions that concern them. A good character and his actions in difficult life situations help to understand what is good and what is bad.
Types of teen movies
Another variation is school films for teens. The list of such paintings is quite large, and the plots in them are similar to each other. Or is it a bad boy and a good girl and their love, or the problems of the so-called outcasts in the team, or a tape about the difficulties in relations with parents and teachers. Such works make it possible to reconsider your views on life.
Adults are often mistaken, believing that if they provide the teenager with everything necessary, they thereby prevent all troubles. Films about relationships with parents illustrate how sometimes the closest people can be far from each other. For this reason, it doesn’t hurt adults to watch films their children like. Maybe this will help them find the right tone in communication and avoid mistakes.
It is well known that girls are more likely to watch movies than boys. The latter often prefer the game on the computer. Cinema of teenage girls not only entertains, but also teaches life.
After watching the movie, there is always something to talk about with a girlfriend, discussing the main characters. If this is a handsome guy with a sports figure, you can not worry about the success of the tape.
The theme of beauty in teenage films is one of the most relevant. At the age of fifteen, the appearance of many young men and women is far from ideal. Acne due to imbalances in hormones and a clumsy figure or being overweight can poison your life for a long time. Many films tell about the difficult life of ugly women who often become beauties and find their “beautiful princes”. Such a movie is very useful for teenagers.
Films on the theme of magic, witchcraft, and supernatural powers are no less interesting. Today, young spectators give them the palm. Boys and girls are very flattered to imagine themselves in the role of powerful heroes. It is very important to maintain a sense of reality. In the films of the fantasy genre, against the background of unreal events, the themes of friendship and love relationships are brightly revealed.
American cinema about teenagers is known all over the world. It is characterized by high quality shooting and an interesting plot. Each year, more than twenty teenage films appear at the box office. After all, boys and girls make up a large share of the cinema audience.
Russian teenage films are hardly entertaining. They most often talk about difficult family relationships. Even in relationships between adolescents, negative usually prevails.
Ninja Movies
Who are these ninjas? According to the reference books, he is a medieval Japanese mercenary and a saboteur-scout ninja. The film, as a rule, tells about his adventures. This character has gained unprecedented popularity, as it is unpredictable and mysterious, it possesses unusual abilities and the ability to wield various types of weapons. Martial arts are often saturated with films for teenagers, the list of which is headed by films about ninjas. Guys want to be like these superheroes.
The brightest contenders for the title “Best Ninja Movie”:
- The Ninja (1962);
- "Ninja 2" (1963);
- "Ninja 3: Resurrection" (1963);
- "Ninja 4: The Siege" (1964);
- The Ninja Killer (2009);
- "Shaolin challenges the ninja" (1975);
- "The Ninja in the Dragon's Den" (1982);
- "Revenge of the Ninja" (1983);
- "Super Warriors" (2011);
- "The Ninja of the Apocalypse" (2014).
The list, of course, is not complete. Annually, such films replenish the piggy bank of world cinema.
Fantastic action movie "Turbo Boy"
Now let's talk about
post-apocalyptic films. In 2015, the Canadian film "Turbo Boy" directed by Francois Simard was released.
The film takes place in the future, after a nuclear disaster - on deserted land, destroyed by nuclear bombing and scorched. The protagonist, the kidless boy Kid, is interested in the past and collects various artifacts of a prosperous life that once reigned to be exchanged for food. Life changes dramatically after Kid's meeting with the strange blonde girl Apple. Kid pervades her with sympathy. After a while, the girl is stolen.
This was done by Zeus, an insidious sadist who claims to seize power on the planet. Kid has a chance to show all his abilities like his beloved hero. Comics turn for him into a textbook of courage. Turbo kid is ready to fight Zeus. He will try his best to destroy the tyrant and save his love.
Comedy about school
A film by American director John Poll with starring Robert Downey Jr., filmed in 2007.
The character in College Tricks is Charlie, a teenager from a wealthy family. True, his parents and he are going through a difficult time. Mother is slowly drunk, and father at this time is in prison for tax evasion. Charlie Bartlett has a completely indomitable temperament. For his bad character and unconventional sense of humor, he was expelled from several prestigious city colleges. Now his destiny is to study at the most ordinary school. Everything goes to the fact that here he will become an outcast. Suddenly, all that could entail considerable problems, turns his life, making him a leader among peers. A psychotherapist who oversees Charlie prescribes specific medications for depression. Charlie reveals entrepreneurial talent. He sells antidepressants to schoolchildren and skillfully uses the advice of a psychoanalyst. These and other tricks in college help him gain credibility in the team. Now, among the heroes of teenage films, along with silly nerds, a charming bastard appeared.
Girlfriend Comedy
The movie Powerpuff Girls Ute Wiland from Germany was shot in 2008. A wonderful light comedy, telling about the life and adventures of three girlfriends: Mila, Katie and Hannah. They are cool girls. They were 15 years old, and they knew the first love. True, besides an emotional upsurge, she confronts them with the first problems that seem enormous at this age. One of the girls fell in love with her school teacher. Moreover, it turns out that the teacher is my mother’s guy. Another wants to become a super popular pop diva. This requires her to participate in the Superstar contest of young talents. However, this venture was opposed by the boyfriend. She loved the third from afar, being apart from her beloved young man, and quietly suffered. At some point, the girlfriends think that they are not cool girls at all. But youth is good because all problems are successfully resolved, not breaking hearts, but leaving a good memory.
"Kiss"
American-Danish comedy, released in 2009. What is the film "Kiss" about? Its plot is very simple. Like all films about the love of adolescents, he talks about a simple boy captivated by an inaccessible beauty, and about funny, ridiculous and romantic situations that heroes fall into.
Victor, who came to a new school, shy and sometimes even ridiculous, recklessly falls in love with Anya - the first beauty of the school. Not only is she remarkably beautiful, she is the daughter of very wealthy parents. At the same time, the girl’s temper is endearingly sweet and spontaneous. As expected, Ania meets with the rich and handsome Peter, but at the same time she is constantly confronted with the strange Victor.
Getting over and over again in inappropriate absurd situations, Ania begins to experience something in relation to the beginner. Advanced comedy is brought to the film “Kiss” by advanced parents and younger brothers of Aniya - rather harmful fools. This combination of romance and comedy determined the success of the film.
Fantastic movie for basketball fans
The film "Space Basketball" produced by the United States was released in 2006. The story began when a basketball was thrown into the basket. Having made this throw, the ten-year-old boy forgets about everything. In the picture nearby there are cartoon hero rabbit Bugs Bunny and a sports superhero, star of the first magnitude Michael Jordan. Spectators of the film alternately move between the basketball court and the country of legendary cartoon characters.
From distant planets a whole gang of evil little creatures landed in the Earth, carrying continuous trouble. Their goal is to capture the heroes of the animated series Crazy Melodies. Rabbit Bugs Bunny invites his team to play basketball with malware. If they lose, they will have to replenish their attractions in a galactic foreign land. The outcome of the match is difficult to predict. After all, the great Michael Jordan plays for the rabbit team, the “bad guys” invite other NBA stars to join them.
The film “Space Basketball” is worth a look for both animation lovers and basketball lovers. It's very interesting to look at Michael Jordan as a movie actor.
Films for children
Little Manhattan was released in the USA in 2005. The film by
Mark Levin is a rare example of a great film for a children's audience. The main character of the film named Gabe suddenly fell in love with a classmate Rosemary. After all, they had known each other for a long time, and she did not cause any special feelings. That all changed when they had to become sparring partners in karate classes. For the first time in her life, Gabe learns incredibly gentle minutes with a girl. First dates, first kisses and quarrels. Everyone once experienced all these events. But only in childhood do they mean so much.
The hero has the feeling that he is in the most romantic place in the world. The film "Little Manhattan" allows you to recall childhood, when any little thing could please. And our small world seemed to us the whole universe.
Kadetstvo: Russian television series
The series "Kadetstvo", consisting of 160 episodes, was released in Russia in 2006. He immediately gained popularity. 3 seasons of the film were shown in 2006-2007.
In the film, we find ourselves in a wonderful world of teenagers. This is the age when the first successes and failures come to us, the age of physical and moral maturation. The action takes place in the Suvorov School, where former students study after graduating from the ninth grade. The focus of the viewer is friends of Suvorov. They gradually gain life experience, getting into a variety of situations, testing the strength of themselves and their friendship.
The plot of the series is designed so that it is difficult to tear yourself away from the film. At first glance, the dull daily routine gradually allows inexperienced children to find the core of life, turning them into real defenders of the country. We are witnessing a metamorphosis - the bad turns into good, and the unwanted becomes loved.
Each of the young men has their own path, secret plans and dreams, romantic relationships. They are constantly supported by friends and relatives. Not all of the cadets are destined to become military, but this is not necessary. The main thing is the male principle in them.
Over time, it becomes noticeable that the characters' characters undergo significant changes. They are increasingly turning into real men, and their friendship is growing stronger. They do not remain aloof from romantic feelings. Each of the youths love transforms his whole life. Thanks to the success of the first seasons of the series "Cadetism" The Kremlin cadets continued, where grown up heroes study at the higher military school.
Russian sitcom "Fizruk"
The film was directed by F. Stukov with Dmitry Nagiyev in the lead role in 2013.
Thomas, brilliantly played by Dmitry, is a classic “bull” hailing from the dashing 90s. She speaks only "hair dryer" and habitually solves problems by breaking doors and scuffle. Accurately and witty in this role, Nagiyev gradually transforms a cheerful caricature into a multidimensional image of a difficult person with a peculiar charm.
The series "Fizruk" tells the viewer about the life, difficulties and joys of the main character, who manages the security of a large businessman with a criminal biography. However, not everything at work is going smoothly.
Time has changed, and business practices have changed with it. But Thomas did not hurry to change. It becomes especially difficult for him when a businessman, dissatisfied with the outdated methods of work of a subordinate, decides to fire him. But getting rid of old habits that were considered normal in the world of crime is not easy.
To return the location of the former owner, Thomas decides through his son. He settles down as a physical instructor in school with his boss’s son. Now all that’s left is to return through the boy to his former bread place.
Imagine his surprise when his son turned out to be a daughter. Sasha Mamaeva is a very good girl with a romantic, vulnerable and kind character. She is unlike her father - she tries to solve her problems herself, without complaining to anyone.
Thomas is first stewed, drawn into the problems of children intellectually superior to him. This is evident from his casual looks and nervous tweaks. The series "Fizruk" shows how in a short time Thomas gradually parted with the image of a "real boy", turning into a real man. Very good work Nagiyev.
We talked only about some representatives of the category "Films for teens". The list of good movies in this section is very long.