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The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked 

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Updated May 11, 2020 27.8k votes 4.2k voters 194.6k views 97 items

List Rules Vote up the funniest movies starring teenage actors and characters.

This list contains information on the best teen comedy movies, ranked from best to worst by user votes. The best teen comedy films come in many forms. Some good teen comedies follow high school students as they look for love while other good teen comedy movies revolve around hanging out with friends. Many of the best classic teen comedy movies were directed by John Hughes.

 

What films will you find on this top teen comedy movies list? American Pie has to be near the top. This film finds four male friends vowing to lose their virginity before graduating high school. Eugene Levy adds to the hilarity as a father who always seems to walk in at the wrong time. Ferris Bueller's Day Off is another hilarious teen comedy.

With a script written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, Superbad has more laughs per minute than most films in any genre. Other great teen comedy movies include Clueless, Dazed and Confused, and Napoleon Dynamite. A few of these films can even be considered teen parody movies.

 

Which film do you think deserves the top spot on this list? Help us decide by giving the best teen comedies a vote up. If you are looking for more lists to vote on, check out this list of the best coming of age comedies and the top movies about teenagers. 

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10 Things I Hate About Y... is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gabrielle Union, Heath Ledger

Released: 1999

Directed by: Gil Junger

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Clueless is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd

Released: 1995

Directed by: Amy Heckerling

Clueless is a 1995 American comedy film loosely based on Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma. It stars Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Paul Rudd, and Brittany Murphy. The film is set in Beverly Hills ...more

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Mean Girls is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried

Released: 2004

Directed by: Mark Waters

Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film. Mark Waters directed, and Tina Fey wrote the screenplay, which is based in part on Rosalind Wiseman's non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes, ...more

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The Breakfast Club is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall

Released: 1985

Directed by: John Hughes

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off... is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Charlie Sheen, Matthew Broderick, Jeffrey Jones

Released: 1986

Directed by: John Hughes

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Easy A is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Aly Michalka

Released: 2010

Directed by: Will Gluck

Easy A is a 2010 American teen comedy film directed by Will Gluck. A clean-cut high school student (Emma Stone) relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

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The Princess Diaries is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Anne Hathaway, Mandy Moore, Julie Andrews

Released: 2001

Directed by: Garry Marshall

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She's the Man is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lucas

Released: 2006

Directed by: Andy Fickman

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Superbad is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Emma Stone, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill

Released: 2007

Directed by: Greg Mottola

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The DUFF is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne

Released: 2015

Directed by: Ari Sandel

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17 Again is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Zac Efron, Michelle Trachtenberg, Matthew Perry

Released: 2009

Directed by: Burr Steers

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Bring It On is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union

Released: 2000

Directed by: Peyton Reed

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Grease is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing

Released: 1978

Directed by: Randal Kleiser

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The Kissing Booth is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi

Released: 2018

Directed by: Vince Marcello

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Freaky Friday is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mark Harmon

Released: 2003

Directed by: Mark Waters

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Pitch Perfect 2 is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
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Released: 2015

Directed by: Elizabeth Banks

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American Pie is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Alyson Hannigan, Tara Reid, Shannon Elizabeth

Released: 1999

Directed by: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz

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Sixteen Candles is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
John Cusack, Molly Ringwald, Joan Cusack

Released: 1984

Directed by: John Hughes

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The Edge of Seventeen is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick

Released: 2016

Directed by: Kelly Fremon Craig

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Legally Blonde is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Esther Kariuki added Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair

Released: 2001

Directed by: Robert Luketic

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She's All That is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anna Paquin, Lil' Kim

Released: 1999

Directed by: Robert Iscove

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Napoleon Dynamite is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Haylie Duff, Jon Heder, Diedrich Bader

Released: 2004

Directed by: Jared Hess

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John Tucker Must Die is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Jenny McCarthy, Sophia Bush, Brittany Snow

Released: 2006

Directed by: Betty Thomas

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Dazed and Confused is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Matthew McConaughey

Released: 1993

Directed by: Richard Linklater

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Juno is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Best Teen Comedy Movies, Ranked
Jennifer Garner, Ellen Page, Jason Bateman

Released: 2007

Directed by: Jason Reitman

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