Teen Angst Movies

A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".

Intellectually precocious teenager Lauren King lives in Paris with her somewhat ditzy mother. On a movie set, she strikes up a friendship with...

Two teenage boys escape from their mothers and embark a journey that turns into a misadventure leading to self-discovery about themselves.

Matt falls for Casey, the new girl in school. She's fun-loving and eccentric, but there's a darkness to her whimsy that Matt can't begin to...

Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female...

Hotshot rugby player Rick Penning was the star player of his Arizona high school team until a fateful brush with the law forces him to ponder the...

It's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at...

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.

An adaptation of the short story with the same name by Portuguese writer Lídia Jorge.

"Barbarians" is a teenage drama about coming of age in a world where there is no opportunity. A portrait of a young generation growing up in a...

Precocious yet sensitive teenager James has a deep perception of the world but no idea how to live in it. Finding no help from his divorced parents...

At age 15, Debora shares with Hamlet the angst and doubts of her adolescence.

In a small, close-knit town, lifelong best friends Justin and Lennon (or Lena) each harbor deep secrets. As the school year begins, the arrival of a...

A troubled teen struggles to balance between life in wrestling and his love for the arts.

When a New England high schooler is mysteriously murdered, the town blames Sarah, the new girl who recently moved into a purportedly haunted house...

Desperate for connection, young Jane meets a group of teen misfits who offer her acceptance and camaraderie. She falls hard for their playful but...

Adapted from the Robert Cormier novel. This film follows the life of a young boy whose happy, if somewhat unusual life with his friends and family...

An intimate portrait of teenagers trying to understand their world and their possibilities. The film weaves together video shot by teens and by the...

A scientist's kids are sucked into a TV screen and wind up in the Stone Age with cavemen and dinosaurs.

Matteo is pressured into the family business when he fails his exams. Out for his 18th birthday, he struggles to choose between his family...