Barely Legal (2003)
[4] David Mickey Evans, the director of Radio Flyer and The Sandlot turns in a teen sex comedy that reeks of '90s made-for-cable or direct-to-video. Three high school dudes decide they can make a lot of money by filming a…
The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
[8] Hailee Steinfeld (Oscar nominee for the Coen Brothers' True Grit remake) stars as a high school girl on the edge of a nervous breakdown when she discovers her best and only friend has begun dating her brother. Writer/director Kelly Fremon…
Playing for Keeps (1986)
[4] Miramax moguls Bob and Harvey Weinstein directed and co-wrote this uninspired teen comedy about three high school graduates who transform a dilapidated bed & breakfast into a hip & happening getaway for young people. It's like leftovers from half…
The Girl Next Door (2004)
[6] Emile Hirsch (Milk, Killer Joe) stars in this sex comedy about a high school boy who falls in love with a porn star who moves in next door. Talk about a movie constructed around wish fulfillment! Things are complicated…
My Science Project (1985)
[6] John Stockwell (Christine) stars as a teenage motor head who steals a bizarre piece of alien technology from a local junk yard to try and pass off as his high school science project. Trouble is, the device keeps depleting…
Screwballs (1983)
[7] Screwballs and others of its ilk were one of few ways a teenager could hope to 'sneak a peek' in the pre-internet days. Today, boobs are just a mouse click away, and you don't have to be coy about…
The Last American Virgin (1982)
[7] While we were all enjoying the happy horny homogeneity of early '80s teen sex comedies, along came The Last American Virgin, a remake of a 1978 Israeli film Lemon Popsicle. It starts off like any other of its ilk,…
Sex and the Teenage Mind (2002)
[3] Relatively low production values and a lack of originality mar this soft-core teen sex comedy. Jay Michael Ferguson stars as a guy pining after a girl (Allison Lange) he eventually gets to have a date with. That's pretty much…
Encino Man (1992)
[5] While digging a pool, two high school losers (Sean Astin and Pauly Shore) discover a caveman frozen in ice in their own back yard. They introduce him to the twentieth century and take him to school, hoping he'll improve…
Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)
[4] Bless Patrick Dempsey for acting his little heart out in this schmaltzy, cliche-ridden '80s overdose. It's basically a story of boy rents girl. Dempsey's character is a loser who pays a popular girl (Amanda Peterson, also acting her heart…