50 best gay movies
We tried to avoid films that fall more squarely into other genres, like horror (a category largely populated with imperiled teenagers), sci-fi and others, but as ever, our selections mostly came down to our subjective taste. Of course, this being us, our picks are not all sweet confections - while many are lighthearted comedies, quite a few are dramas and melodramas that portray the darker side of teenage life as well as its romantic mix-ups and fashion faux pas.
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READ MORE: 12 Of The Best, Most Unforgettable Movie MothersĬertainly, it dispelled the gloom for us for a little while, and so we thought we’d take this opportunity to bring you our 50 favorite teen movies of all time. If you’re looking for an escape this weekend, this film is pretty much the breezy antithesis to the sorry state the world’s currently in, and may even prove to be an antidote… for a couple of hours, anyway. A sadly low percentage, however, are any good, which is why this week brings us significant reason to rejoice: First-time filmmaker Kelly Fremon Craig brings us the adorable, sprightly “ The Edge Of Seventeen.” In many ways this year’s “ The Diary Of A Teenage Girl” in being both the debut of an exciting new female filmmaker and a funny, fresh, newly insightful take on the teen-movie genre, ‘Seventeen’ perhaps does not reinvent the wheel in the way that Marielle Heller‘s film did, but it’s such a bouncy picture, centered around such a tremendously relatable turn from Hailee Steinfeld, that to disparage it as a result would be a little like critiquing a puppy.
It seems that every year another fresh crop of filmmakers make their debut movies, and a high proportion are coming-of-age stories.