Updated 8/26/10:
20 Fall Movies for Teens 2010











Labor Day is over and school is beginning. Usually that means that there won't be many movies released that teens would want to see until Thanksgiving. The fall is generally the time when smaller films for adults are released. This fall, 2009, teens won't have to wait for the holiday season to go back to the movies Here is a list of 20 movies that will open in theaters between mid-September and mid-December that should interest teenagers:

9/11
1. Sorority Row - Stars Brianna Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Margo Harshman and Audrina Patridge as six sorority sisters in this remake of a 1983 slasher film.

9/18
2. Jennifer's Body - Dark Comedy/Horror film starring Megan Fox (The Transformers), Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia) and Adam Brody (The O.C.) . Written by Diablo Cody (Juno). Popular high school cheerleader becomes possessed by a demon. Teens will definitely want to see this (although it is rated R). Megan Fox is huge right now coming off this summer's hit Transformer's sequel.

3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Computer animated movie based on the 1978 book by Judi and Ron Barrett. Starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris and Neil Patrick Harris as the voices of the main characters. Although more of a children's film, many of today's teens will remember reading the book and want to see it come to life. I saw a 15 minute preview of this film and I enjoyed it. It will be perfect for tweens.

9/25
4. Fame - Remake of the 1980 classic film to teens attending the New York City High School of Performing Arts. The songs Fame and Out Here On My Own are included again in the new film. Should be a hit with teens and adults.

5. Surrogates - Based on a comic book series and stars Bruce Willis. In 2017, humans live there lives through surrogates while they never leave the safety of their homes. Nobody is ever hurt. Then the inventor of the surrogates is murdered and an FBI agent (Willis) and his surrogate investigate the case.

10/2
6. The Invention of Lying - Comedy written, directed by and starring Ricky Gervais takes place on an alternate Earth where nobody ever lies. Also starring Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Rob Lowe, Tina Fey, Louis C.K., Christopher Guest and some big stars in cameos. With this group it should be hysterical.

7. Whip It - Drew Barrymore's directorial debut is this comedy starring Ellen Page (Juno) about a misfit girl who joins a roller derby league. Also starring Marcia Gay harden, Daniel Stern and Kristen Wiig.

8. Zombieland - Comedy about a band of survivors after a zombie plague, fighting the living dead while traveling the country, stopping at an amusement park. Starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg (Adventureland), Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and Amber Heard.

10/9
8. Couple's Retreat - Comedy starring Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Faizon Love, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell, Malin Akerman and Kali Hawk. Although a comedy about four couples on vacation may not seem typical teen fare, I think that this cast will pull in many older teens.

10/16
10. Where The Wild Things Are - Live action film, combined with suitmation, animatronics and CGI, of the classic 1963 children's book by Maurice Sendak. Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo and Max Records star as Max and his parents. Just as with Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, teens will want to see this because they loved the book growing up and might also want to see the effects.

10/23
11. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant - This fantasy adventure based on a book series called "The Saga of Darren Shan" is about a teenager who accidentally breaks a 200 year old truce between two factions of vampires. He will be pulled away from his boring life into one of freaks and grotesque creatures of the night.

10/30
12. Gentlemen Broncos - Comedy about a homeschooled teenager who aspires to be a fantasy writer and attends a fantasy convention to show off his work. A famous novelist, Ronald Chevalier, desperate for new ideas, steals his idea "Broncos". Directed by Napoleon Dynamite director, Jared Hess.

13. Youth in Revolt - Adapted from a novel of the same name by C.D. Payne, it stars Michael Cera as a 16 year old sex-obsessed boy (is any 16 year old boy not) who meets an intellectual girl on vacation in a trailer park. Parents and boyfriends keep getting in the way. Also starring Steve Buscemi, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart, Ray Liotta, Justin Long, Ari Graynor and Zach Galifianakis. Looks like it has all the ingredients of the perfect teen movie.

11/13
14. 2012 - Science Fiction disaster film starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson. Survivors struggle for their lives after a global cataclysm. Although not a teen movie, per se, these big budget disaster movies are usually seen by all ages.

11/20
15. New Moon - Sequel to Twilight, the film and the book and probably the most anxiously awaited movie by teen girls this year. Do I need write anything more? In addition to stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as Bella and Edward, Taylor Lautner will have a much bigger role in New Moon as Jacob Black. This is the book that started the "team Edward" vs. "team Jacob" camps. So far the clips from the movie look amazing, with much more action than there was in Twilight.

16. Planet 51 - Animated film about a human astronaut who lands on Planet 51, thinking he's the first, then finds that there are little green people living in what looks just like 1950s America. Tweens should enjoy this.

17. The Blind Side - Based on the 2006 book by Michael Lewis about football. The film is about Michael Oher, a Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman and how he made it to the NFL from his poor beginnings. Starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates and Quinton Aaron as Michael Oher.

12/4
18. Up In The Air - Comedy starring George Clooney and directed by Jason Reitman (Juno). I think this alone will bring many people in to the theaters. Up in the Air screened at the Telluride film festival to wonderful reviews. If you still even care about the plot, Clooney's character travels around the country terminating corporate employees. He never stays in one place, and has an anonymous life. He is then grounded and must work and live in one place.

12/11
19. The Lovely Bones - Based on the 2002 novel by Alice Sebold about a teenage girl that is brutally killed and then looks down on her family from Heaven. Starring Saoirse Ronan (Atonement), Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci. Taking a big departure from Lord of The Rings, Peter Jackson directs.

12/18
20. Avatar - Probably the most highly anticipated movie this year by males, this 3-D epic action adventure/science fiction movie is James Cameron's first fictional film since Titanic in 1997. "On the distant moon Pandora, a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization." Avatar stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi and a budget of over $200 million.

Which of these movies looks good to you? Which movies do you think teens will want to see the most?


See also:
42 Movies for Teens 2011
23 Summer Movies for Teens and Tweens 2010
36 Movies for Teens 2010
The Lovely Bones Movie Preview

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