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

51. Hanna (2019–2021)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama

In equal parts high-concept thriller and coming-of-age drama, HANNA follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl raised in the forest, as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.

Stars: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Áine Rose Daly, Cherrelle Skeete

Votes: 42,375

52. The 5th Wave (2016)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth in ruin. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother.

Director: J Blakeson | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, Gabriela Lopez, Bailey Anne Borders

Votes: 117,453 | Gross: $34.92M

53. Carrie (2013)

R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A shy girl, outcast by her peers and sheltered by her religious mother, unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.

Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde, Portia Doubleday

Votes: 148,326 | Gross: $35.27M

54. Hard Candy (2005)

R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller

Hayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surprise.

Director: David Slade | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Elliot Page, Sandra Oh, Odessa Rae

Votes: 168,225 | Gross: $1.01M

55. The Wrath of Becky (2023)

R | 84 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

Two years after escaping a violent attack, a teenage girl must defend herself against a domestic terrorist cell.

Directors: Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote | Stars: Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott, Denise Burse, Jill Larson

Votes: 12,122

56. The Society (2019)

TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.

Stars: Kathryn Newton, Gideon Adlon, Sean Berdy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo

Votes: 36,909

57. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Flighty teenage girl Buffy Summers learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.

Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui | Stars: Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer

Votes: 49,547 | Gross: $16.62M

58. John Tucker Must Die (2006)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

Three ex-girlfriends of a serial cheater set up their former lover to fall for the new girl in town so they can watch him get his heart broken.

Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti, Arielle Kebbel, Sophia Bush

Votes: 88,225 | Gross: $41.01M

59. Booksmart (2019)

R | 102 min | Comedy

On the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.

Director: Olivia Wilde | Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis

Votes: 131,376 | Gross: $22.68M

60. XO, Kitty (2023– )

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A new love story unfolds when teen matchmaker Kitty reunites with her long-distance boyfriend at the same boarding school attended by her late mother.

Stars: Anna Cathcart, Minyeong Choi, Gia Kim, Sang Heon Lee

Votes: 13,954

61. Sleepaway Camp (1983)

R | 84 min | Horror

Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.

Director: Robert Hiltzik | Stars: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet

Votes: 38,153 | Gross: $11.00M

62. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

R | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror

A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette

Votes: 90,505 | Gross: $44.79M

63. Where the Heart Is (2000)

PG-13 | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.

Director: Matt Williams | Stars: Natalie Portman, James Frain, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing

Votes: 36,402 | Gross: $33.77M

64. Christiane F. (1981)

R | 138 min | Biography, Drama

A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Natja Brunckhorst, Eberhard Auriga, Peggy Bussieck, Lothar Chamski

Votes: 29,522

65. Missing (I) (2023)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After her mother goes missing, a young woman tries to find her from home, using tools available to her online.

Directors: Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick | Stars: Tim Griffin, Ava Zaria Lee, Nia Long, Kimberly Cheng

Votes: 59,032

66. Hanna (2011)

PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.

Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps

Votes: 206,999 | Gross: $40.26M

67. Warrior Nun (2020–2022)

TV-MA | 786 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

After waking up in a morgue, an orphaned teen discovers she now possesses superpowers as the chosen Halo Bearer for a secret sect of demon-hunting nuns.

Stars: Alba Baptista, Kristina Tonteri-Young, Lorena Andrea, Tristán Ulloa

Votes: 55,528

68. One Of Us Is Lying (2021–2022)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A brain, an athlete, a princess, a criminal and a "basket case" walk into detention--but only the first four make it out alive.

Stars: Annalisa Cochrane, Chibuikem Uche, Marianly Tejada, Cooper van Grootel

Votes: 14,803

69. American Honey (2016)

R | 163 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.

Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, McCaul Lombardi

Votes: 46,523 | Gross: $0.66M

70. Epic (2013)

PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and evil is taking place. She bands together with a ragtag group of characters to save their world--and ours.

Director: Chris Wedge | Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Beyoncé, Colin Farrell

Votes: 109,981 | Gross: $107.52M

71. Blossom (1990–1995)

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

A teenage girl living in a house run by men dreams what life would be like if she lived in a more conventional family.

Stars: Mayim Bialik, Jenna von Oÿ, Joey Lawrence, Ted Wass

Votes: 9,302

72. Inside Daisy Clover (1965)

Approved | 128 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon

Votes: 4,285

73. Amphibia (2019–2022)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ordinary Anne Boonchuy, 13, finds a music box that sends her to Amphibia, a world full of frogs, toads, and giant insects. With help from Sprig, she must adjust to life in Amphibia and discover the first true friendship in her life.

Stars: Brenda Song, Justin Felbinger, Bill Farmer, Amanda Leighton

Votes: 9,073

74. Winter's Bone (2010)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.

Director: Debra Granik | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt, Isaiah Stone

Votes: 150,670 | Gross: $6.53M

75. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.

Directors: Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton

Votes: 161,116 | Gross: $51.60M

76. Switched at Birth (2011–2017)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Two teenage girls' lives are turned upside down when they find out they were switched at birth.

Stars: Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano, Constance Marie, D.W. Moffett

Votes: 26,157

77. Hairspray (1988)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Director: John Waters | Stars: Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry

Votes: 23,475 | Gross: $6.67M

78. Ghost World (2001)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated.

Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro

Votes: 126,939 | Gross: $6.22M

79. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery

In 1968, the night of Halloween brings mayhem in a small town when a group of friends discovers a notebook written by a mysterious girl that foretells terrifying events.

Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams

Votes: 85,402 | Gross: $68.95M

80. The Last House on the Left (1972)

R | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Two teenage girls heading to a rock concert for one's birthday try to score marijuana in the city, where they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychopathic convicts.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln

Votes: 40,345 | Gross: $3.10M

81. Badlands (1973)

PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri

Votes: 78,508

82. Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

R | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

While babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.

Director: Gary Dauberman | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mckenna Grace, Madison Iseman

Votes: 87,328 | Gross: $74.15M

83. Becky (II) (2020)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.

Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion | Stars: Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Robert Maillet

Votes: 24,753

84. Veronica (I) (2017)

TV-MA | 105 min | Horror, Mystery

Madrid, 1991. A teen girl finds herself besieged by an evil supernatural force after she played Ouija with two classmates.

Director: Paco Plaza | Stars: Sandra Escacena, Bruna González, Claudia Placer, Iván Chavero

Votes: 47,673

85. Eighth Grade (2018)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

An introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.

Director: Bo Burnham | Stars: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan

Votes: 82,582 | Gross: $13.54M

86. 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: 128,360 | Gross: $50.47M

87. Wild Child (2008)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy

A rebellious Malibu princess is shipped off to a strict English boarding school by her father.

Director: Nick Moore | Stars: Emma Roberts, Aidan Quinn, Natasha Richardson, Lexi Ainsworth

Votes: 64,126 | Gross: $0.02M

88. Aquamarine (2006)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Two teenage girls discover a mermaid in their beach club's swimming pool.

Director: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum | Stars: Emma Roberts, JoJo, Sara Paxton, Jake McDorman

Votes: 45,237 | Gross: $18.60M

89. The Blackcoat's Daughter (I) (2015)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Two girls must battle a mysterious evil force when they get left behind at their boarding school over winter break.

Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, James Remar

Votes: 26,114 | Gross: $0.02M

90. 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: 9,774

91. 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: 464

92. The DUFF (2015)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance

A high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF - Designated Ugly Fat Friend - by her prettier, more popular counterparts.

Director: Ari Sandel | Stars: Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, Robbie Amell, Allison Janney

Votes: 101,718 | Gross: $34.03M

93. Everything Sucks! (2018)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

In 1990s Oregon, members of a high school A/V club clash with the drama club.

Stars: Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Peyton Kennedy, Patch Darragh, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako

Votes: 23,334

94. 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: 44,069 | Gross: $0.12M

95. House (1977)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror

A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.

Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ôba, Ai Matsubara

Votes: 33,826

96. Ironheart (2024– )

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, Anthony Ramos, Manny Montana

97. 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: 6,248

98. 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: 7,585

99. Supergirl (1984)

PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After losing a powerful orb, Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow

Votes: 24,051 | Gross: $13.60M

100. 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: 10,328