Teen Movies: The Class Of 2013
From the Prom Couple to the Most Likely To Succeed, let's look back at the best and worst of this year's graduating class.
Teen Movies: The Class Of 2013
Covering a broad spectrum of tropes and styles — from sci-fi to drama, comedy to romance — teen movies are an oft-dismissed school of film. But in actuality, they’ve been a valuable cultural form since the invention of the ‘teenager’ (or youth market) in the 1950s.
Each year teen movies are made with either adult appeal, for an adolescent audience, or both. They’re often a mixed bag of painful emotions, awkward sexual encounters, memorable moments and, sometimes, totally forgettable faces. In other words, just like high school.
The teen movies released in 2013 continued this tradition: they were a wide and varied bunch with some hits and a few misses. Moving past the self-deprecating phase of the early 2000s, the genre is growing up and finally gaining some recognition. So now that school’s out for the year, we thought we’d crack open the yearbook to commemorate the graduating class of 2013.
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