Movies a Teen Girl Must See

Movies a Teen Girl Must See

The Age of Adaline

Release Date 2015
Rating : 7.2 Production Companies: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Lionsgate Director: Susan Lambie, Lee Toland Krieger Stars: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford

Summary: After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.

Mean Girls

Release Date 2004
Rating : 7.1 Production Companies: Broadway Video, M.G. Films Director: Mark Waters, Joanne T. Harwood, Andrew Shea Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lizzy Caplan

Summary: Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

Maid in Manhattan

Release Date 2002
Rating : 5.4 Production Companies: Red Om Films, Columbia Pictures Director: Wayne Wang, Mary Cybulski, Dean Garvin Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson

Summary: Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?

Enchanted

Release Date 2007
Rating : 7.1 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Josephson Entertainment Director: Kevin Lima, Mick De Falco, Maggie Murphy Stars: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden

Summary: The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?

Friends with Kids

Release Date 2012
Rating : 6.1 Production Companies: Locomotive, Red Granite Pictures Director: George Camarda, Jennifer Westfeldt Stars: Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm

Summary: In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a couple. By becoming "time-share" parents, they reason, they can experience the joys of parenthood without significantly curbing their personal freedom. However, when Julie and Jason both become involved with others, they discover that they secretly harbor romantic feelings for each other.

If I Stay

Release Date 2014
Rating : 6.7 Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Director: R.J. Cutler, Jessica Clothier, R.J. Cutler Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley, Liana Liberato

Summary: Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.

Frozen

Release Date 2005
Rating : 5.6 Production Companies: Liminal Films, Shoreline Films Director: Juliet McKoen Stars: Shirley Henderson, Roshan Seth, Ger Ryan

Summary: It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath remains haunted by a need to know what happened. When police investigations wind down, Kath continues the search herself. She gets nowhere until she steals some CCTV footage of her sister on her final day. Visiting the spot where Annie was filmed, Kath becomes convinced she has found a portal to another reality and from this portal Kath is trying to say something.

Easy A

Release Date 2010
Rating : 7 Production Companies: Screen Gems, Olive Bridge Entertainment Director: Will Gluck, Jody Blose, Todd Amateau Stars: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes

Summary: Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor. With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents and a little help from a long-time crush, Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity and crush the rumor mill once and for all.

Amélie

Release Date 2001
Rating : 8.3 Production Companies: France 3 Cinéma, Claudie Ossard Productions Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Pascal Roy, Christophe Vassort Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus

Summary: At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?

The Princess Diaries

Release Date 2001
Rating : 6.4 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, BrownHouse Productions Director: Garry Marshall, Ellen H. Schwartz, Scott Marshall Stars: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Heather Matarazzo

Summary: A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Release Date 2004
Rating : 5.8 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, BrownHouse Productions Director: Garry Marshall, Ellen H. Schwartz, Scott Marshall Stars: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo

Summary: Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Her best friend Lilly also joins her for the summer. Mia continues her 'princess lessons'- riding horses side-saddle, archery, and other royal. But her complicated life is turned upside down once again when she not only learns that she is to take the crown as queen earlier than expected...

Matilda

Release Date 1996
Rating : 7 Production Companies: Jersey Films, TriStar Pictures Director: Danny DeVito, Cara Giallanza, Marge Piane Stars: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman

Summary: An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.

Good Will Hunting

Release Date 1997
Rating : 8.3 Production Companies: Miramax, Lawrence Bender Productions Director: Jennifer Deathe, David Till, Andrew Shea Stars: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck

Summary: When professors discover that an aimless janitor is also a math genius, a therapist helps the young man confront the demons that are holding him back.

While You Were Sleeping

Release Date 1995
Rating : 6.8 Production Companies: Caravan Pictures, Hollywood Pictures Director: Aiman A. Humaideh, Sandra M. Middleton, Alicia Accardo Stars: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher

Summary: A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

An Officer and a Gentleman

Release Date 1982
Rating : 7.1 Production Companies: Paramount, Lorimar Film Entertainment Director: Taylor Hackford, David McGiffert, Daniel J. Heffner Stars: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr.

Summary: Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.

Bring It On

Release Date 2000
Rating : 6.1 Production Companies: Beacon Communications, Universal Pictures Director: Peyton Reed, Todd Amateau, Handel Whitmore Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford

Summary: The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain Torrance, the Toros' road to total cheer glory takes a shady turn when she discovers that their perfectly-choreographed routines were in fact stolen.

In Her Shoes

Release Date 2005
Rating : 6.5 Production Companies: Fox 2000 Pictures, Deuce Three Productions Director: Curtis Hanson, Krista Reymann, Diane Calhoun Stars: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine

Summary: Irresponsible party girl, Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer, Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.

Definitely, Maybe

Release Date 2008
Rating : 7.1 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, StudioCanal Director: Adam Brooks, Jodi Domanic Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks

Summary: When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.

Wimbledon

Release Date 2004
Rating : 6.3 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Working Title Films Director: Richard Loncraine, Richard Whelan, Tamana Bleasdale Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill

Summary: British tennis player Peter clutches to an embarrassingly low position on the tennis-ranking ladder. Handed a wild card for Wimbledon, he expects it to be his final bow.

The Sound of Music

Release Date 1965
Rating : 8.1 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 20th Century Fox Director: Ridgeway Callow, Robert Wise Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker

Summary: In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

Cinderella

Release Date 2015
Rating : 6.9 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Genre Films Director: Kenneth Branagh, Anna Worley, Nicoletta Mani Stars: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden

Summary: When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

Pretty Woman

Release Date 1990
Rating : 7.1 Production Companies: Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV Director: Garry Marshall, Bettiann Fishman, Ellen H. Schwartz Stars: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy

Summary: When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood hooker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.

The Devil Wears Prada

Release Date 2006
Rating : 6.9 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Dune Entertainment Director: David Frankel, Stephen Lee Davis, Ali Cherkaoui Stars: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt

Summary: Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and won't let her succeed if she doesn't fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine.

Pitch Perfect

Release Date 2012
Rating : 7.1 Production Companies: Brownstone Productions, Gold Circle Films Director: Jason Moore, Wilma Garscadden-Gahret, George Bamber Stars: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp

Summary: College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.

Pitch Perfect 2

Release Date 2015
Rating : 6.4 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Gold Circle Films Director: Scott Peterson, Elizabeth Banks, Daniel Silverberg Stars: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Hailee Steinfeld

Summary: The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name, and regain their status, the Bellas take on a seemingly impossible task: winning an international competition no American team has ever won. In order to accomplish this monumental task, they need to strengthen the bonds of friendship and sisterhood and blow away the competition with their amazing aca-magic! With all new friends and old rivals tagging along for the trip, the Bellas can hopefully accomplish their dreams.

EverAfter

Release Date 1998
Rating : 7.1 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 20th Century Fox Director: Michael Stevenson, Richard Graysmark, Jordane LaFourcade Stars: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott

Summary: Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.

The Parent Trap

Release Date 1998
Rating : 6.6 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, The Meyers/Shyer Company Director: Nancy Meyers, Jeanne Byrd, Bruce A. Block Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson

Summary: Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. Unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and then plot with each other to switch places.

Mary Poppins

Release Date 1965
Rating : 7.8 Production Companies: Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney Pictures Director: Robert Stevenson, Joseph L. McEveety, Arthur J. Vitarelli Stars: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson

Summary: Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness.

Nanny McPhee

Release Date 2005
Rating : 6.6 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Studio Canal Director: Kirk Jones Stars: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald

Summary: Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Release Date 2010
Rating : 6.1 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Three Strange Angels Director: Susanna White Stars: Emma Thompson, Asa Butterfield, Ralph Fiennes

Summary: Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

Dear John

Release Date 2010
Rating : 6.3 Production Companies: Screen Gems, Relativity Media Director: Lasse Hallström, Charles Croughwell Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Channing Tatum, Richard Jenkins

Summary: While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah, who promises to write to him until he returns from overseas.

P.S. I Love You

Release Date 2007
Rating : 7 Production Companies: Wendy Finerman Productions, Alcon Entertainment Director: H.H. Cooper, Richard LaGravenese Stars: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow

Summary: A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

The Fault in Our Stars

Release Date 2014
Rating : 7.7 Production Companies: Fox 2000 Pictures, Temple Hill Entertainment Director: Josh Boone, Luca Kouimelis, H.H. Cooper Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff

Summary: Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.