Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "shy-girl"

1. Little Women (2019)

PG | 135 min | Drama, Romance

Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.

Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen

Votes: 246,025 | Gross: $108.10M

2. Sixteen Candles (1984)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Romance

A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling

Votes: 126,397 | Gross: $23.69M

3. American Graffiti (1973)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

A group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith

Votes: 98,183 | Gross: $115.00M

4. Carrie (1976)

R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery

Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, John Travolta

Votes: 206,739 | Gross: $33.80M

5. Spring Breakers (2012)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.

Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine

Votes: 148,817 | Gross: $14.12M

6. Escape Room (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Six strangers find themselves in a maze of deadly mystery rooms and must use their wits to survive.

Director: Adam Robitel | Stars: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine

Votes: 141,941 | Gross: $57.01M

7. Carrie (2013)

R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A shy girl, outcast by her peers and sheltered by her religious mother, unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.

Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde, Portia Doubleday

Votes: 148,206 | Gross: $35.27M

8. Sleepaway Camp (1983)

R | 84 min | Horror

Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.

Director: Robert Hiltzik | Stars: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet

Votes: 38,080 | Gross: $11.00M

9. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

R | 93 min | Horror

Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, John Beckman, Kisha Brackel

Votes: 61,665 | Gross: $49.37M

10. The Spectacular Now (2013)

R | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."

Director: James Ponsoldt | Stars: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Votes: 161,403 | Gross: $6.85M

11. I Am Not Okay with This (2020)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Sydney is a teenage girl navigating the trials and tribulations of high school while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality, and mysterious superpowers just beginning to awaken deep within her.

Stars: Sophia Lillis, Wyatt Oleff, Sofia Bryant, Kathleen Rose Perkins

Votes: 74,679

12. Belle (2021)

PG | 121 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Kaho Nakamura, Ryo Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro

Votes: 17,138

13. Trick 'r Treat (2007)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Horror

Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.

Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes

Votes: 104,640

14. The Half of It (I) (2020)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

When smart but cash-strapped teen Ellie Chu agrees to write a love letter for a jock, she doesn't expect to become his friend - or fall for his crush.

Director: Alice Wu | Stars: Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Wolfgang Novogratz

Votes: 43,278

15. Only the Lonely (1991)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance

A Chicago cop must balance loyalty to his controlling mother and a relationship with a shy funeral home worker.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, Kevin Dunn

Votes: 12,347 | Gross: $21.83M

16. Show Me Love (1998)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.

Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust

Votes: 55,409 | Gross: $0.17M

17. Komi Can't Communicate (2021–2022)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

An elite and aloof schoolgirl is in fact severely withdrawn and anxious about communicating with others. An ordinary schoolboy befriends her and helps her to open up and talk with people.

Stars: Aoi Koga, Gakuto Kajiwara, Rie Murakawa, Rina Hidaka

Votes: 9,474

18. Carrie (2002 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering, religious mother.

Director: David Carson | Stars: Angela Bettis, Patricia Clarkson, Rena Sofer, Kandyse McClure

Votes: 11,466

19. Once and Again (1999–2002)

60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A divorced father and a soon-to-be divorced mother meet and begin a romantic courtship which is always complicated by their respective children and their own life problems.

Stars: Sela Ward, Billy Campbell, Jeffrey Nordling, Julia Whelan

Votes: 2,996

20. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

TV-PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi

Votes: 70,884

21. Oh My Ghost (2015)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Timid Na Bong Sun gets possessed by the ghost of a confident young woman who seeks to solve her one unfinished business by hooking up with Bong Sun's boss, famous chef Kang Sun Woo.

Stars: Park Bo-young, Jo Jung-Suk, Lim Ju-hwan, Kim Seul-gi

Votes: 5,190

22. Bad Reputation (2005)

R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A high school girl wrongly branded as the school slut embraces her 'bad reputation' and takes revenge on the kids who have made her life a living hell.

Director: Jim Hemphill | Stars: Angelique Hennessy, Jerad Anderson, Danielle Noble, Kristina Lauren Anderson

Votes: 897

23. Radio Rebel (2012 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Tara, a painfully shy high-schooler, has a secret: she is also a confident DJ known as Radio Rebel, who lends her voice to others.

Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Debby Ryan, Sarena Parmar, Adam DiMarco, Atticus Mitchell

Votes: 10,878

24. The Chambermaid Lynn (2014)

Unrated | 90 min | Drama

In this coming out story with a difference, Lynn - a painfully shy hotel maid with OCD - voyeuristically watches a guest's encounter with a dominatrix. She then decides to hire the call girl to help her shed her own inhibitions.

Director: Ingo Haeb | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Lena Lauzemis, Steffen Münster, Christian Aumer

Votes: 973

25. From Me to You (2010)

128 min | Drama, Romance

A girl that resemble "Sadako" of the movie Ring is being feared by her classmates. She is avoided by everyone.While everyone is avoiding her, the popular boy Shota Kazehaya befriends her, and their love begins to grow.

Director: Naoto Kumazawa | Stars: Mikako Tabe, Haruma Miura, Misako Renbutsu, Haru Aoyama

Votes: 2,945

26. The Wedding Song (2008)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History, War

The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewish woman who are both preparing for their marriages.

Director: Karin Albou | Stars: Lizzie Brocheré, Olympe Borval, Najib Oudghiri, Simon Abkarian

Votes: 856 | Gross: $0.03M

27. Amateur Porn Star Killer (2006)

X | 71 min | Crime, Horror

The unofficial story of a killer who kidnaps and kills three girls is told through the tale of his last victim, 'Amateur Porn Star Killer' is about a girl he picks up on the street and ... See full summary »

Director: Shane Ryan-Reid | Stars: Michiko Jimenez, Jan Gould, Shane Ryan-Reid

Votes: 1,276

28. Jumbo (2020)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Jeanne, a shy young woman, works in an amusement park. Fascinated with carousels, she still lives at home with her mother. That's when Jeanne meets Jumbo, the park's new flagship attraction.

Director: Zoé Wittock | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Bastien Bouillon, Sam Louwyck

Votes: 1,293

29. A Sweet Journey (1980)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

Childhood friends, dominant Helene and submissive Lucie, are now in their thirties and married. Nostalgic about their youth, they take a bonding car trip to French countryside, while discussing their real and made up sexual experiences.

Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Geraldine Chaplin, Jacques Zabor, Jean Crubelier

Votes: 728

30. Girlfriend from Hell (1989)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The inventor of the condom-- now God's bounty hunter- is tasked with tracking down and capturing the Devil, who has possessed the body of a high school wallflower in order to feed on human souls via sex.

Director: Daniel Peterson | Stars: Liane Curtis, Dana Ashbrook, Lezlie Deane, James Daughton

Votes: 1,012

31. La puce (1999)

40 min | Drama, Short

Marion is a 14 year old girl, on holidays at the sea. She is in conflict with her mother and family. She meets a man there, to whom she feels close. Back in Paris, she goes to see him again. For the first time, she is gonna make love.

Director: Emmanuelle Bercot | Stars: Isild Le Besco, Olivier Marchal, Jowan Le Besco, Catherine Belkhodja

Votes: 192

32. Honey Lemon Soda (2021)

111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A shy schoolgirl meets a laid-back boy with lemon-yellow hair.

Director: Kôji Shintoku | Stars: Raul Murakami, Ai Yoshikawa, Mayu Hotta, Tatsuomi Hamada

Votes: 197

33. 12 Suicidal Teens (2019)

117 min | Mystery, Thriller

Twelve kids go into an abandoned hospital to give up on life. In the room where they meet, a boy is already lying dead, and no one knows who he is.

Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Hana Sugisaki, Mackenyu, Takumi Kitamura, Mahiro Takasugi

Votes: 1,097

34. WataMote: No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular! (2013)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Kuroki Tomoko is a super popular female schoolgirl, with 50 years experience in dating and more than 100 boys - but just in the dating video games. In real life is a closed and shy person ... See full summary »

Stars: Izumi Kitta, Ayaka Asai, Monica Rial, Yûko Kurose

Votes: 2,445

35. Shy (2023– )

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A shy young girl joins a superhero organization and battles villains as well as her own fears and insecurities.

Stars: Shino Shimoji, Mamiko Noto, Nao Tôyama, Tomokazu Sugita

Votes: 198

36. The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)

Not Rated | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A group of warriors protect the world from a monster invasion.

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Da Peng, Ni Ni, Aarif Lee, Dongyu Zhou

Votes: 1,423 | Gross: $0.12M

37. The Forest (V) (2016)

109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A new teacher arrives at a small village in rural Thailand. He has just left the monkhood and has taken a job at the local school in a quest to discover life outside the monastery. He finds... See full summary »

Director: Paul Spurrier | Stars: Wannasa Wintawong, Tanapol Kamkunkam, Asanee Suwan, Pongsanart Vinsiri

Votes: 326

38. Lover's Concerto (2002)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Romance

A college student befriends two cute girls his age. He loses contact with them. He tries to find them years later.

Director: Lee Han | Stars: Cha Tae-hyun, Son Ye-jin, Eun-ju Lee, Park Yong-woo

Votes: 2,135

39. Waiting for Spring (2018)

109 min | Family, Sport

Mitsuki is shy and rather isolated at school. Towa is on the basketball team and Mitsuki's class-mate. Due to circumstances, Mitsuki soon begins to socialize with four jocks of the ... See full summary »

Director: Yûichirô Hirakawa | Stars: Yû Inaba, Hayato Isomura, Rika Izumi, Takumi Kitamura

Votes: 126

40. Bitter Sweetheart (2007)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

Lina, a girl in her early teens discovers herself and the people around her.

Director: Hella Joof | Stars: Mylaine Hedreul, Rickard Roxvall, Viktor Axelsson, Alice Kastrup-Möller

Votes: 1,253

41. Dance Together (2019)

TV-G | 90 min | Family

An injured dancer and a shy Deaf girl overcome bullies, disability stigma, and other high school obstacles, developing a beautiful friendship amidst original and licensed songs and stunning choreography.

Directors: Kevin Lien, Steven Song | Stars: Kira Murphy, Rae Rezwell, Logan Fabbro, Emilia McCarthy

Votes: 77

42. Apnea (2019– )

45 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A Mediterranean island is rocked by a lack of fish and a series of suspicious deaths. These events coincide with the arrival of a beautiful, mysterious stranger, Théa, who will throw the young Chloé into deep confusion.

Stars: Noée Abita, Laetitia Casta, Manuel Severi, Sergi López

Votes: 203

43. Egg (2007)

97 min | Drama

Yusuf, who goes to town for his mother's funeral, meets his mother's friend Ayla. Ayla pressures Yusuf to fulfill her mother's vow.

Director: Semih Kaplanoglu | Stars: Nejat Isler, Saadet Aksoy, Ufuk Bayraktar, Kaan Karabacak

Votes: 5,670

44. Katawa Shoujo (2012 Video Game)

M | Drama, Romance

A bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan. Hisao Nakai, a normal boy living a normal life, has his life ... See full summary »

Votes: 153

45. Sweet Blue Flowers (2009)

23 min | Animation, Drama, Romance

The trials and tribulations of a gang of schoolgirls as they walk through life together.

Stars: Ai Takabe, Yûko Gibu, Mamiko Noto, Shintarô Asanuma

Votes: 365

46. 7 Plus Seven (1970 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, Biography

Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield, Andrew Brackfield

Votes: 3,219

47. Superpower Girl (2017)

16+ | 25 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror

'Superpower girl' Mina. Top of her class, the center of attention and envy. 'No-power girl' Juri. Her classmates sometimes forget she even exists. One day, Mina can't seem to close her ... See full summary »

Director: Soo-Young Kim | Stars: Kim Hye-jun, In-seo Kim, Lee Yoo-mi

Votes: 122

48. No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas (2016)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

The lives of a Madrid-based feather-fashion designer and her whole family completely tumble after the appearance of a long-lost high-school crush, now a musician, who is involved with her model sister.

Director: Maria Ripoll | Stars: Verónica Echegui, Álex García, Alba Galocha, David Verdaguer

Votes: 1,086

49. Geobreeders (1998– )

120 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Kagura Total Security are a team that try to get rid of phantoms, but unfortunately they only have their brains, computer technology and huge guns.

Stars: Shin'ichirô Miki, Satomi Kôrogi, Aya Hisakawa, Akiko Yajima

Votes: 114

50. Tigress (1969)

81 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Patricia has always been bullied, and her abusive alcoholic of a father was no help either. One night she is assaulted in her apartment but she doesn't see the face of her attacker. The ... See full summary »

Director: Glauco Del Mar | Stars: Perla Faith, Jose L. Dones, Johnny H., Cindy Lee

Votes: 27