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Just for You! -- Teen Movies in Different Genres

Does what you want to watch depend on what kind of mood you are in? This list has a variety of titles to choose from, whether you are in the mood for something action-packed, something feel-good, something that makes you think, or just something unique. Some of these movies are based off of books.

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  • A teenager wakes up in the middle of a danger-filled maze with no idea how he got there. He isn't the first, and he and the others have to try to find a way to escape while fighting to survive.
    DVD, 2015[United States] : 20th Century Fox, [2015] — DVD M
  • This is the book that the above movie is based off of. It is the first in a series.
    Book, 2009New York : Delacorte Press, 2009. — TEEN FICTION DASHNER
  • Based on a true story from Australia in 1931, this movie follows three aboriginal girls forcibly taken from their families and placed in a government institution. If they want to get back home, they will have to travel 1,500 miles across the outback.
    DVD, 2011[United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2011, c2002. — DVD R
  • It is the 1950s, and a young Irish woman is torn between her new life in Brooklyn and her old life back home. Things get complicated as she tries to navigate family expectations and romance.
    DVD, 2016[Beverly Hills, CA] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2016] — DVD B
  • This is a musical set in Baltimore in the 1960s. One teen's desire to be on a local teen dance television show turns into a something more as her eyes are opened to the prejudices at play behind who gets selected.
    DVD, 2009New York, NY : New Line Productions : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009] — DVD H
  • In a post-apocalyptic future where cities are mobile and fight over resources, Tom is horrified to find himself on the ground as London rolls away. Death-defying adventures ensue as Tom and his new revenge-driven friend Hester try to get back aboard.
    DVD, 2019Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2019] — DVD M
  • This is the book that the above movie is based on. While there is just one movie, the book is the first in a series.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2017] — TEEN FICTION REEVE