American films about teen depression

List of the best American films about depression of teenagers according to the audience: Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Spontaneous, The Half of It, Girl in the Basement, Rebel Without a Cause, The Edge of Seventeen, The Tribes of Palos Verdes, Eighth Grade, Close, Cruel Intentions.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Country
Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA

When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, crime
CountryUSA

Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, China
Duration02:33

Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:20

When the situation at her idyllic Palos Verdes home turns volatile, young Medina attempts to surf her way to happiness.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:26

Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:07

A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:24

When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a retired CIA assassin – deals with a terminal prognosis, and Ed deals with adjusting to life with his newly single mom and developing relationship with a brainy classmate, Eloise.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:53

Georgia Rule follows a rebellious, uncontrollable teenager who is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her grandmother. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding that - regardless what happens - the ties that bind can never be broken.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:30

In a town of low-income and fractured families, a group of teens are lured into working for a dangerous drug dealer. A new girl arrives who hides a dangerous secret that will impact everybody and change their lives forever.

Markimdb: 3.8
Genrehorror, action, cartoon
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

A group of survivors trapped in a New York apartment fight to stay alive against legions of zombies.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary, biography, history, sport
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:33

The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
Duration02:18

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredocumentary, crime, biography
CountryUSA

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantasy, drama, crime
CountryUSA

A girl with unusual powers escapes from a mental asylum and tries to make it on her own in New Orleans.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

When Danielle is banished to special education because of her misbehavior, she joins Clarke on a road trip to discover themselves.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:02

Following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small Midwestern town into a frenzy and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

When Ethan arrives at the airport just in time to declare his undying love for his girlfriend, love appears to have conquered all. The scene, however, is really the ending of Ethan's novel, which his agent calls "unrealistic." Ethan soon meets a waitress, Jesse, and falls in love with her despite her growing devotion to Troy, a charming businessman. But the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:55

    An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada

    In the throes of a zombie apocalypse, a troubled woman from Las Vegas with a dark past, finds herself stranded in the desert with a lone and ravenous zombie on her tail.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, sport
    CountryUSA

    In 1943, Carson Shaw travels to Chicago to try out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. There, she meets other women who also dream of playing pro baseball and makes connections that open up her world. Rockford local Max Chapman also comes to the tryouts but is turned away. With the support of her best friend Clance, she must forge a new path to pursue her dream.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, short, crime
    CountryUSA, Sweden
    Duration31:02

    During an unfortunate series of events, a friend of Kung Fury is assassinated by the most dangerous kung fu master criminal of all time, Adolf Hitler, a.k.a Kung Führer. Kung Fury decides to travel back in time to Nazi Germany in order to kill Hitler and end the Nazi empire once and for all.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:02

      The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realize that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship “playbook,” they decide that the best defense is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA, Mexico
      Duration02:09

      An aging Latin lover gets dumped by his sugar mama and must fend for himself in a harsh world.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:36

      The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:08

      Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA

      It centers on a group of club-going friends who find support in the gay community following a tragedy.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:46

        The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrecomedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:31

        Two disconnected sisters are summoned to clean out their childhood bedrooms before their parents sell their family home.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:11

        Lifelong friends Kate (Mamrie Hart), Evie (Grace Helbig) and Charlie (Hannah Hart) are in a rut. Kate spends her days at a middling job and her nights alone or on failed dates. Evie is married with the in-laws from hell, wandering from one charitable cause to the next. Charlie has the girl of her dreams but just can’t seem to pull her business (or her act) together. On the eve of Kate’s 30th birthday, she agrees to let Evie and Charlie throw her a party. But what’s supposed to be a simple celebration becomes a wild who’s who of past and present, and things quickly spiral out of control.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:07

        Ten years after the events of the original movie, Victor Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and proceeds to kill once more.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrethriller, drama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:28

          The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genredrama, crime
          CountryUSA, Hong Kong
          Duration02:30

          Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:21

          The pit has spoken. Dawai, the potter of a backwoods community, has crafted a face on a ceramic jug of the person that the pit wants sacrificed. Ada, pregnant with her brother’s child, has seen her face on the jug and hides it in the woods, determined to save the life of her unborn. If she does not sacrifice herself however, the creature from the pit will kill everyone in the village until she does.

          Markimdb: 4.4
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          Detectives in a remote town pore through every frame of a troubling tape to find the whereabouts of three missing college students. The chilling footage becomes more and more disturbing when the students come upon the bloody dress of an 8-year-old girl in the secluded wilderness and take it upon themselves to find her. Linking the case of the missing girl and the missing students together, the detectives race to piece enough information together to find them alive.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:42

          An adult son who is slowly drifting towards rock bottom reconnects with his joke-loving dad.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:50

          Businessman Wesley Deeds is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building.

          Markimdb: 4
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA

          Billy is the self-designated leader of a group of teenagers living in a shelter. Jacob and Rae, Billy's oldest childhood friends, live there as well as part of "the family". Billy has an AIDs-like virus, which he has passed on to his blood brother Jacob. Billy and Rae are boyfriend and girlfriend, much to the dismay of Jacob who has always loved Rae from afar. Billy's philosophy of life, and how that interfaces with having a deadly virus, comes to a head when Billy and Jacob compete in a very unique game of "Tag", with the future of Rae and "the family" dependent upon the outcome.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA

          Al Klein and his longtime friend, Ash Martini, own a used car lot and these two know every trick in the book when it comes to selling cars. Klein still pines for his ex-wife Barbara who left him years ago for a more successful man. After their son Freddy graduates from high school, he decides to forego college in favor of selling cars with his old man. But what’s good for Klein might not be the best thing for Freddy, as he quickly transforms from an innocent young man into a jaded car salesman, leaving Al with a tough decision to make.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genrehorror
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          The story springs from the real-world headlines of religious cults and mass suicides. With Veil, it begins 30 years ago, when members of a religious cult known as Heaven's Veil take their own lives. The truth behind what really happened remains buried deep in the memory of the sole survivor, a five-year-old girl, who returns to the compound with a documentary crew as an adult. They soon discover something that is far more terrifying than anything they could have imagined.

          Markimdb: 3.6
          Genrecomedy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is forced to try and get rid of his lovable pooch. Shakey and Chandler won't have it and hatch a plan to keep Shakey and teach J.T. a valuable lesson about loyalty and the importance of keeping family together.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genredocumentary
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:23

          Sexy Baby is the first documentary film to put faces to a seismic cultural shift: the cyber age is creating a new sexual landscape. While doing research for the film, we had intimate and candid conversations with kids in middle school classrooms, suburban shopping malls, nightclubs, college dorms, and even conducted an informal roundtable during a high school house party. While chronicling trends among small town and big city kids, we discovered this: Having pubic hair is considered unattractive and “gross.” Most youngsters know someone who has emailed or texted a naked photo of themselves. Many kids have accidentally or intentionally had their first introduction to sex be via hardcore online porn. Facebook has created an arena where kids compete to be “liked” and constantly worry about what image to portray – much of what was once private is now made public. And the list goes on.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUSA

          A young woman returns home and must confront her ex-boyfriend when an unexpected tragedy occurs.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:33

          Detectives use clues from various recording devices to piece together events surrounding a massacre involving bus passengers at an abandoned gas station.

          Markimdb: 3.6
          Genrethriller
          CountryUSA

          Charlie Rankin, recently released from prison, seeks vengeance for his jail-house mentor William "The Buddha" Pettigrew. Along the way, he meets the ethereal, yet streetwise, Florence Jane. They embark on a unlikely road trip, careening towards an unlikely redemption and uncertain resolution.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:59

          Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.




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