"Here at Empire HQ, the process for picking the best of the best teen movies is rigorous and meticulous. First, we set the parameters: every movie you find on this list has teenagers — and/or the teenage experience — at its centre. Wonder why Stand By Me is on our coming-of-age movies list but not this one? It's because that film, brilliant as it is, is specifically about a group of pre-teens. Eighth Grade on the other hand, well that's about a 13-year-old, so we're golden. Having set out the ground rules, we then polled our expert team of critics and contributors — comprising Gen Xers, millennials, and even zillennials — to chip in their lists of the best teen movies, before running the numbers, arguing the toss, and eventually settling on this very list you are about to dive into. All of which is to say that whether you're a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess or a criminal, there's something here for you.
Sincerely yours, the Empire Club." - empireonline.com
