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The 13 best movies about adolescence to better understand your child

Adolescence is a complex stage, as well as fascinating, full of changes and first times. Sometimes we don’t really know how to accompany our children at this stage.

Therefore, we bring you the 13 best films about adolescence to better understand your child, which you can watch alone or with your family. Take note!

13 movies about adolescence

Learn about 13 movies about adolescence to better understand your child that you cannot miss , and take the opportunity to have a good time with him watching them!

The Wave (2008)

An award-winning film that tells the story of a high school teacher who comes up with an experiment . Its purpose? Explain to their students the operation of a totalitarian regime. But what if things get out of hand?

A film with which to know the impact of social influence and how norms and authority can modify our behavior to unsuspected limits. You can watch it on Netflix.

Conduct (2014)

Conducta, directed by Ernesto Daranas, shows us the life of Chala, an eleven-year-old boy who lives in Havana. Chala is really smart, with leadership skills and very friendly. However, he has a difficulty: his broken home. He lives with his drug addicted mother.

Chala tries to earn some money training fighting dogs . This brutal world sometimes comes to the fore at school, where Carmela sympathizes with a teacher for whom she has a lot of love and respect.

But one day Carmela becomes ill and a new teacher comes to replace her, who will be unable to handle Chala’s character. As a result, Chala is transferred to a new school, and Carmela, upon returning, opposes this change. The relationship between the two is getting stronger; however, it could cause problems for both of you.

A film that talks about the obstacles of life in adolescence and how home and family influence the construction of oneself .

For nothing (2015)

In exchange for nothing, he won the Goya for best director (Daniel Guzmán) and best new actor (Miguel Herrán). It is a film about friendship and teenage adventures marked by two factors: uprooting and lack of references .

A reflective film that shows the story of Darío, a 16-year-old boy who enjoys life with his soulmate and neighbor, Luismo. The two friends will have to face different situations that will make them rethink many things. You can see it on Amazon Prime.

Thirteen (2003)

Thirteen , directed by Catherine Hardwicke, tells the story of Tracy, a thirteen-year-old girl going through the complex “age of the turkey.” She lives with her mother and a brother (the father left), and she is fed up with everything.

He has an illusion: to enter the circle of friends of Evie, a “cool” high school girl, whom everyone loves. And it succeeds. But suddenly he goes into a spiral that will make him hit rock bottom and know the darkest part of friendship.

We recommend it if you want to reflect on the power of the social group and to see how adolescents are influenced by belonging to one of them. You can see it on Amazon Prime.

The Dead Poets Club (1989)

The club of dead poets could not be missing from this list, a film that addresses adolescence in its fullness , and that deals with topics as interesting as: the search for one’s own identity, the fight for dreams or the pressure exerted by parents often at this stage.

But what is it about? In an elitist and strict private school in New England, a group of students will discover the poetry and the meaning of carpe diem , thanks to their eccentric teacher, Mr. Keating, who awakens their minds in a peculiar way. Don’t miss it on Amazon Prime.

Seventeen (2019)

This fairly recent Spanish film has received a lot of recognition. It explains the story of Héctor, a 17-year-old boy who has been in a juvenile center for two years .

Héctor is quite associative and not very communicative, he practically relates to anyone. Until one day he starts a therapy with dogs and establishes an indissoluble bond with a dog, which he calls Sheep . One day they adopt him and he decides to escape from the center to go looking for him.

A film that leaves us with a revealing message: the importance of trusting teenagers and showing our support for them. Because in that support they often find the strength to continue advancing.

And on the other hand, it reflects the great wealth that implies being different, being yourself. Do not miss it, on Netflix.

The Perks of Being an Outcast (2012)

Charlie is a shy and outcast young man who writes letters to an unidentified person. In them he addresses various topics: friendship, sex , drugs, first dates … The protagonist of this film will have to face difficulties while looking for a group of people with whom he feels he fits.

A film that we recommend for the amount of adolescent themes it addresses and because it allows us to put ourselves in the shoes of its protagonist. Find out on Amazon Prime.

The Five Club (1985)

In this film, five students of different education, training and tastes are punished to spend a Saturday at the institute where they study. And the disagreements between them begin to arise, especially when the director who watches over them leaves.

A film to reflect on the weight of the group in adolescence and how the search for a sense of belonging influences one’s self-esteem. You can see it on Amazon Prime.

At my height (2019)

A Netflix movie that explains the story of Jodi, a 16-year-old girl self-conscious about her 1.91 m height . One day Jodi decides to overcome her insecurities and becomes entangled in a love threesome in high school.

A film that talks about insecurities but also about overcoming our fears and how by changing our gaze we change our way of perceiving ourselves and therefore, our self-love. You can watch it on Netflix.

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)

A film that deals with the love life of Lara Jean , which gets out of control when the secret letters she has written to her lovers mysteriously arrive at the hands of their recipients.

An emotional film that talks about love, which allows us to get closer to the feelings of adolescents. You can watch it on Netflix.

Under the Same Star (2014)

A film directed by Josh Boone, which tells the story of a teenage girl, Hazel, a girl with cancer , in a terminal state. One day Hazel meets Gus, who joins the youth cancer aid group, and his life changes completely.

An emotional film that is a hymn to life , ideal to reflect with the youngest on life and death. Don’t miss it on Amazon Prime.

Moxie (2021)

Moxie is the story of a shy 16-year-old girl, immersed in a sexist and toxic environment in her high school, who finds inspiration in her mother’s rebellious past.

As a result of meeting him, anonymously publishes a magazine that causes a revolution in the school.

A film that makes us reflect on ideals , ideas during adolescence and the search for identity in a complex and fascinating stage. Don’t miss it, on Netflix!

I, teenager (2019)

In this Argentine film that you can see on Netflix, directed by Lucas Santa Ana, we learn about the story of Zabo, a boy who expresses everything he feels through his blog, entitled Yo, Adolescente .

In it he dumps experiences that mark him as, the suicide of his best friend, the tragedy of the fire in a place that they frequent and the parties of adolescence.

A film where the feelings found in this stage of life are captured very well , where the search for meaning and one’s own identity marks the rhythm of the days.

“The cinema can fill the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.”

-Pedro Almodovar-

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