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1990s Teen Drama Movies

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Romeo + Juliet(1996)

PG-13
| 2h | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 2,356 votes)

In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

American Beauty(1999)

R
| 2h 2min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 5,690 votes)

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

The Craft(1996)

R
| 1h 41min | Horror, Drama, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 785 votes)

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.

Boyz n the Hood(1991)

R
| 1h 52min | Crime, Drama
3.8/5 (with 812 votes)

Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.

Return to the Blue Lagoon(1991)

PG-13
| 1h 38min | Adventure, Drama
3.1/5 (with 509 votes)

In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.

The Next Karate Kid(1994)

PG
| 1h 47min | Action, Drama, Kids & Family, Adventure
2.7/5 (with 436 votes)

Mr. Miyagi decides to take Julie, a troubled teenager, under his wing after he learns that she blames herself for her parents' demise and struggles to adjust with her grandmother and fellow pupils.

The War Zone(1999)

R
| 1h 38min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 69 votes)

An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.

The Virgin Suicides(1999)

R
| 1h 37min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 1,464 votes)

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

Dangerous Minds(1995)

R
| 1h 39min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 493 votes)

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.

Wild Things(1998)

R
| 1h 48min | Mystery, Thriller, Drama
3.2/5 (with 721 votes)

When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...

Ocean Waves(1993)

3.2/5 (with 350 votes)

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...

Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki

The Basketball Diaries(1995)

R
| 1h 42min | Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 839 votes)

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

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Poison Ivy(1992)

R
| 1h 28min | Thriller, Drama
2.7/5 (with 146 votes)

A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.

Fear(1996)

R
| 1h 37min | Thriller
3.2/5 (with 330 votes)

Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who charms and seduces her, body and soul. But her perfect boyfriend is not all he seems to be. His sweet facade masks a savage, dark side that will soon transform Nicole's dream into a nightmare.

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction(1997)

2.4/5 (with 40 votes)

A sinister seductress vows to destroy a suburban family.

Gladiator(1992)

R
| 1h 41min | Action, Drama
3.8/5 (with 133 votes)

Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight he is noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing - where punches can kill.

Kids(1995)

NC-17
| 1h 31min | Drama, Crime
3.4/5 (with 471 votes)

A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.

The Babysitter(1995)

R
| 1h 30min | Drama, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 71 votes)

Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is a lovely teen who has been hired to baby-sit the kids of Harry Tucker (J.T. Walsh) and his wife, Dolly (Lee Garlington). The Tuckers go to a party and proceed to get inebriated, with Mr. Tucker fantasizing about his beautiful baby sitter. Meanwhile, Jack (Jeremy London), her boyfriend, and Mark (Nicky Katt), another guy interested in her, decide to spy on Jennifer at the Tucker house, with each young man also fixated on her.

Stealing Beauty(1996)

R
| 1h 56min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 258 votes)

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.

The Crush(1993)

R
| 1h 29min | Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 206 votes)

A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.

Fly Away Home(1996)

PG
| 1h 47min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 197 votes)

Amy is only 13-years-old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest is torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When Winter comes, Amy, and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South….

Menace II Society(1993)

R
| 1h 37min | Drama, Crime
3.8/5 (with 332 votes)

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

White Squall(1996)

PG-13
| 2h 9min | Adventure, Action, Drama
3.2/5 (with 145 votes)

In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the clutches of a white squall storm.

Above the Rim(1994)

R
| 1h 36min | Crime
3.5/5 (with 81 votes)

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.

School Ties(1992)

PG-13
| 1h 46min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 160 votes)

When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man on campus thanks to his football skills, but when his Jewish background is discovered, his worst fears are realized and his friends turn on him with violent threats and public ridicule.

Romper Stomper(1992)

1h 34min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 212 votes)

Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?

Gummo(1997)

R
| 1h 29min | Drama, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 265 votes)

Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.

Cool as Ice(1991)

PG
| 1h 31min | Romance / Love, Music, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 73 votes)

Freewheeling, motorcycle-riding musician Johnny rolls into a small town with his band, and meets Kathy, an honor student who catches his eye. Meanwhile, Kathy's father, after being in the Witness Protection Program, is finally tracked down by two corrupt cops he escaped from years ago, who want the money he owes them.

Mad Love(1995)

PG-13
| 1h 35min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.6/5 (with 43 votes)

Matt falls for Casey, the new girl in school. She's fun-loving and eccentric, but there's a darkness to her whimsy that Matt can't begin to comprehend. When Casey attempts to commit suicide, her parents place her in a mental institution. Matt springs her out, and together the young lovers head on a road trip. They believe their love can "cure" Casey's problems. Matt starts to wonder, though, if are they inspired or misguided.

Foxfire(1996)

R
| 1h 42min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 56 votes)

The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.

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