Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "teenage-girl-as-protagonist"

101. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The story centers on a 14-year-old girl who keeps a diary about the ups and downs of being a teenager, including the things she learns about kissing.

Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Georgia Groome, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Karen Taylor, Alan Davies

Votes: 30,177

102. An Easy Girl (2019)

TV-MA | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

Naima is 16 and lives in Cannes. She has given herself the summer to choose what she wants to do with her life. Then her cousin Sofia, with her alluring lifestyle, arrives to spend the holidays with her.

Director: Rebecca Zlotowski | Stars: Mina Farid, Zahia Dehar, Benoît Magimel, Nuno Lopes

Votes: 6,259

103. Fitting In (II) (2023)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

A teen girl is diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her plans to have a sex life, propelling her to explore unusual methods. Her relationships are challenged with everyone in her life, but most importantly, herself.

Director: Molly McGlynn | Stars: Maddie Ziegler, Emily Hampshire, Djouliet Amara, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai

Votes: 495

104. We Are Who We Are (2020)

TV-MA | 462 min | Drama

Two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy explore friendship, first love, identity, and all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager.

Stars: Jack Dylan Grazer, Jordan Kristine Seamón, Chloë Sevigny, Alice Braga

Votes: 9,803

105. Sailor Moon (1992–1997)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A group of schoolgirls discover they are incarnations of super-powered alien princesses, and use their abilities to defend the earth.

Stars: Stephanie Sheh, Kotono Mitsuishi, Kate Higgins, Aya Hisakawa

Votes: 7,611

106. If I Stay (2014)

PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music

Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined. The choice is hers if she can go on.

Director: R.J. Cutler | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard

Votes: 128,450 | Gross: $50.47M

107. Trust (I) (2010)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.

Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Jason Clarke

Votes: 44,116 | Gross: $0.12M

108. When a Stranger Calls (2006)

PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson

Votes: 48,772 | Gross: $47.86M

109. The Next Karate Kid (1994)

PG | 107 min | Action, Drama, Family

Mr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing: a troubled adolescent girl.

Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Pat Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Constance Towers

Votes: 33,908 | Gross: $8.91M

110. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

PG-13 | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt

Votes: 82,804 | Gross: $11.63M

111. Inuyasha (2000–2004)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A teenage girl periodically travels back in time to feudal Japan to help a young half-demon recover the shards of a jewel of great power.

Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Richard Ian Cox, Sarah Hauser, Darren Pleavin

Votes: 17,990

112. Ironheart (2025– )

Action, Adventure, Drama | Post-production

Genius teenage inventor Riri Williams creates the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man.

Stars: Dominique Thorne, Alden Ehrenreich, Manny Montana, Anthony Ramos

113. That's So Raven (2003–2007)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A teenage girl periodically receives brief psychic visions of the near future. Trying to make these visions come true results in trouble, and hilarious situations, for the girl and her friends.

Stars: Raven-Symoné, Orlando Brown, Anneliese van der Pol, Kyle Massey

Votes: 21,629

114. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Passed | 108 min | Film-Noir, Thriller

A teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers

Votes: 70,702

115. The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994–1998)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Alexandra "Alex" Mack develops powerful abilities after a chemical factory accident. She struggles to balance her ordinary life with extraordinary misadventures as a result.

Stars: Larisa Oleynik, Meredith Bishop, Darris Love, Michael Blakley

Votes: 5,636

116. Fat Girl (2001)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama

Two sisters confront their sexual attitudes and experiences while on a family holiday.

Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian

Votes: 12,860 | Gross: $0.72M

117. Wish Upon (2017)

PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A teenage girl discovers a box that carries magic powers and a deadly price for using them.

Director: John R. Leonetti | Stars: Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert

Votes: 22,966 | Gross: $14.30M

118. The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Seven junior-high-school girls organize a daycare camp for children while at the same time experiencing classic adolescent growing pains.

Director: Melanie Mayron | Stars: Schuyler Fisk, Bre Blair, Rachael Leigh Cook, Larisa Oleynik

Votes: 6,226 | Gross: $9.69M

119. The Starling Girl (2023)

R | 117 min | Drama

17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.

Director: Laurel Parmet | Stars: Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson, Wrenn Schmidt

Votes: 2,384

120. Polite Society (2023)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Comedy

Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting her friends' help, she attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

Director: Nida Manzoor | Stars: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Renu Brindle, Rekha John-Cheriyan

Votes: 10,415

121. Assassination Nation (2018)

R | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos descends and four girls must fight to survive, while coping with the hack themselves.

Director: Sam Levinson | Stars: Odessa Young, Abra, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef

Votes: 21,850 | Gross: $1.96M

122. Ice Castles (1978)

PG | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

An inexperienced yet naturally gifted ice skater makes a spectacular debut in the skating world before encountering an event that could possibly derail her hopes and dreams.

Director: Donald Wrye | Stars: Lynn-Holly Johnson, Robby Benson, Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Skerritt

Votes: 4,061 | Gross: $20.71M

123. The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

PG | 84 min | Family, Horror, Mystery

When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.

Directors: John Hough, Vincent McEveety | Stars: Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker

Votes: 7,099 | Gross: $5.00M

124. Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Janey is new in town and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general and "Dance TV" in particular.

Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Biff Yeager, Kristi Somers, Richard Blade, Ian Michael Giatti

Votes: 12,991 | Gross: $6.33M

125. Laura (1979)

R | 95 min | Drama, Romance

Sculptor Paul is reunited with a former great love after a long time, but is much more impressed by his 15-year-old daughter, Laura, who looks like her mother when Paul was in love with her.

Director: David Hamilton | Stars: Maud Adams, Dawn Dunlap, James Mitchell, Maureen Kerwin

Votes: 1,354

126. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

PG | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Music

A teenage girl is convinced that her home city revolves around her until her family packs up and moves to the suburbs, where she finds herself competing for attention.

Director: Sara Sugarman | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Megan Fox, Adam Garcia, Glenne Headly

Votes: 31,418 | Gross: $29.33M

127. Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)

G | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Herbie, Number 53, the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own, puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.

Director: Angela Robinson | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Cheryl Hines, Breckin Meyer

Votes: 50,940 | Gross: $66.02M

128. Bump (2021– )

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An unexpected pregnancy complicates the lives of two families. The series centers around Oly, an ambitious and high-achieving teenage girl who has a surprise baby.

Stars: Nathalie Morris, Carlos Sanson Jr., Claudia Karvan, Angus Sampson

Votes: 2,324

129. Fly Away Home (1996)

PG | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A father and daughter decide to attempt to lead a flock of orphaned Canada Geese south by air.

Director: Carroll Ballard | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney

Votes: 27,194 | Gross: $24.51M

130. Kakegurui (2017–2019)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery

A gambling prodigy comes to an elite school run by games and turns the order upside down.

Stars: Saori Hayami, Tatsuya Tokutake, Miyuki Sawashiro, Minami Tanaka

Votes: 13,169

131. Kite (1998)

TV-MA | 50 min | Animation, Action, Crime

A young girl, orphaned at an early age, carries out assassinations at the behest of her mentor.

Stars: Konami Yoshida, Kinryû Arimoto, Kôsuke Okano, Tatsuo Matoba

Votes: 5,356

132. House at the End of the Street (2012)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

After moving with her mother to a small town, a teenager finds that an accident happened in the house at the end of the street. Things get more complicated when she befriends a boy. A double murder is not an accident.

Director: Mark Tonderai | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows

Votes: 81,433 | Gross: $31.61M

133. Sweet Valley High (1994–1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Based on the book series, this series revolves around the lives of the Wakefield twins and their friends as they attend High School in Sweet Valley, California.

Stars: Cynthia Daniel, Brittany Daniel, Amy Danles, Michael Perl

Votes: 1,975

134. Lost and Delirious (2001)

R | 103 min | Drama, Romance

After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.

Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, Mischa Barton, Jackie Burroughs

Votes: 22,382 | Gross: $0.30M

135. Prozac Nation (2001)

R | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A young woman struggles with depression during her first year at Harvard.

Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Christina Ricci, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica Lange, Anne Heche

Votes: 19,045

136. The Starving Games (2013)

PG-13 | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

In this "Hunger Games" spoof, Kantmiss Evershot must fight for her life in the 75th annual Starving Games, in which she could also win an old ham, a coupon for a foot-long sub, and a partially-eaten pickle.

Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Maiara Walsh, Brant Daugherty, Cody Christian, Lauren Bowles

Votes: 22,596

137. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

PG | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A thirteen-year-old girl, who lives with her absentee father, befriends a disabled teenage amateur magician and invites him, gradually, into her tenuous struggle against a predatory local neighbor.

Director: Nicolas Gessner | Stars: Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman

Votes: 18,140

138. The Company of Wolves (1984)

R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden

Votes: 18,474 | Gross: $4.39M

139. The Grudge 2 (2006)

PG-13 | 102 min | Horror, Thriller

Three interwoven stories about a terrible curse. A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo; a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong; a woman with a deadly secret moves into a Chicago apartment building.

Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, Edison Chen, Arielle Kebbel, Sarah Michelle Gellar

Votes: 51,528 | Gross: $39.14M

140. When a Stranger Calls (1979)

R | 97 min | Mystery, Thriller

A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Rutanya Alda, Carmen Argenziano

Votes: 14,390 | Gross: $21.41M

141. Komi Can't Communicate (2021–2022)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

An elite and aloof schoolgirl is in fact severely withdrawn and anxious about communicating with others. An ordinary schoolboy befriends her and helps her to open up and talk with people.

Stars: Aoi Koga, Gakuto Kajiwara, Rie Murakawa, Rina Hidaka

Votes: 9,565

142. Mirror Mirror (I) (2012)

PG | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

An evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright.

Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane

Votes: 91,172 | Gross: $64.94M

143. Water Lilies (2007)

85 min | Drama, Romance

After meeting at a local pool over their summer break, a love triangle forms between three adolescent girls, which proves difficult to sustain as they each desire the love of another.

Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adèle Haenel, Warren Jacquin

Votes: 13,514 | Gross: $0.08M

144. Saved! (2004)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

When a girl attending a Christian high school becomes pregnant, all of her former friends turn on her and she is ostracized and demonized.

Director: Brian Dannelly | Stars: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit

Votes: 49,060 | Gross: $8.94M

145. Dick (1999)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy

After wandering off during a White House tour, two high school girls inadvertently become Richard Nixon's top secret advisers at the height of the Watergate scandal.

Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya, Will Ferrell

Votes: 21,410 | Gross: $6.24M

146. Polaroid (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the Polaroid camera she finds. It doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken with it, soon die.

Director: Lars Klevberg | Stars: Kathryn Prescott, Tyler Young, Samantha Logan, Keenan Tracey

Votes: 16,537

147. Bizaardvark (2016–2019)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Centers on best friends Paige and Frankie who express their offbeat individuality through funny music videos on their vlog channel Bizaardvark.

Stars: Olivia Rodrigo, Madison Hu, DeVore Ledridge, Ethan Wacker

Votes: 2,612

148. Moesha (1996–2001)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A teenager struggles to come to terms with everything life throws at her.

Stars: Brandy Norwood, William Allen Young, Marcus T. Paulk, Lamont Bentley

Votes: 4,162

149. Show Me Love (1998)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.

Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust

Votes: 55,484 | Gross: $0.17M

150. Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (2005 Video)

R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two young women will stop at nothing for one to gain a $4 million inheritance of two priceless diamonds, while two detectives try to thwart their plans, but find complications abound.

Director: Jay Lowi | Stars: Serah D'Laine, Brad Johnson, Michael Mantell, Sandra McCoy

Votes: 5,312