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The Best Teen Movies Rated R
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- 1Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: John Hughes
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal (Paul Gleason). The disparate group includes rebel John (Judd Nelson), princess ...more - 2Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Teenage brothers Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) move with their mother (Dianne Wiest) to a small town in northern California. While the younger Sam meets a pair of kindred spirits in ...more - 3Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Rob Reiner
After learning that a stranger has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie Lachance (Wil Wheaton), Vern Tessio (Jerry ...more - 4Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold
- Released: 1982
- Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is a pretty, but inexperienced, teen interested in dating. Given advice by her uninhibited friend, Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates), Stacy gets trapped in a love ...more - 5Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Roger Kumble
Annette (Reese Witherspoon) unwittingly becomes a pawn in Sebastian's (Ryan Phillippe) and Kathryn's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) deliciously diabolical wager of sexual conquest when she writes an article ...more - 6Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes
- Released: 1978
- Directed by: John Carpenter
On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, while being ...more - 7Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby
- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Sean S. Cunningham
Crystal Lake's history of murder doesn't deter counselors from setting up a summer camp in the woodsy area. Superstitious locals warn against it, but the fresh-faced young people -- Jack (Kevin ...more - 8Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Michael Lehmann
Veronica (Winona Ryder) is part of the most popular clique at her high school, but she disapproves of the other girls' cruel behavior. When Veronica and her new boyfriend, J.D. (Christian Slater), ...more - 9Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Andrew Fleming
After transferring to a Los Angeles high school, Sarah (Robin Tunney) finds that her telekinetic gift appeals to a group of three wannabe witches, who happen to be seeking a fourth member for their ...more - 10Dan Monahan, Chuck Mitchell, Alex Karras
- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Bob Clark
High school friends Pee Wee (Dan Monahan), Tommy (Wyatt Knight), Billy (Mark Herrier) and Mickey (Roger Wilson) want to lose their virginity. But when they're kicked out of a strip club after the ...more - 11James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Brian Robbins
In West Canaan, Texas, high school football reigns supreme. When starting quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) turns up injured, the Coyotes' ruthless coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight), must promote ...more - 12Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Bronson Pinchot
- Released: 1983
- Directed by: Paul Brickman
Ecstatic when his parents leave on vacation for a few days, high school senior Joel Goodsen (Tom Cruise) cuts loose with his best friend Miles. After an attempt at securing the services of a ...more - 13Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Cheri Oteri
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Defying the very notion of good taste, Scary Movie out-parodies the pop culture parodies with a no-holds barred assault on the most popular images and talked-about moments from recent films, ...more - 14Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: John Singleton
Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is sent to live with his father, Furious Styles (Larry Fishburne), in tough South Central Los Angeles. Although his hard-nosed father instills proper values and respect in him, ...more - 15Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern
- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Seven-year-old cousins Emmeline (Elva Josephson) and Richard (Glenn Kohan) survive a shipwreck and find themselves marooned on a beautiful island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Under the tutelage of ...more - 16Jamie Lee Curtis, Adam Arkin, Josh Hartnett
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Steve Miner
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in ...more - 17Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Honor student Tracy Freeland (Evan Rachel Wood) has a troubling home life, but she is close to her mother, Melanie (Holly Hunter). While trying to conceal her inner turmoil by excelling academically, ...more - 18Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King
- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Steve Miner
The second entry in the long-running horror series focuses on a group of teenage would-be counselors converging on Camp Crystal Lake for training under the tutelage of head counselor Paul (John ...more - 19Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe
- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Jim Gillespie
A year after running over a fisherman and dumping his body in the water, four friends reconvene when Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) receives a frightening letter telling her that their crime was seen. ...more - 20Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Victor Salva
After making a horrific discovery in the basement of an old abandoned church, Trish (Gina Philips) and her brother Darry (Justin Long) watch their routine road trip home from college turn into a ...more - 21Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Rob Schmidt
Friends Jessie (Eliza Dushku) and Carly (Emmanuelle Chriqui) are traveling with pals Scott (Jeremy Sisto), Evan (Kevin Zegers) and Francine (Lindy Booth) when they have car trouble in West Virginia. ...more - 22Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Jack Sholder
Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton) moves with his family into the home of the lone survivor from a series of attacks by dream-stalking monster Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). There, Jesse is bedeviled by ...more - 23Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Samuel Bayer
Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The ...more - 24David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Wes Craven
In the final installment to this trilogy, a murdering spree begins to happen again; this time targeted toward the original Woodsboro survivors and those associated with the movie-inside a-movie, Stab ...more - 25James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Sofia Coppola
In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood ...more
