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- DirectorMark WatersStarsLindsay LohanJonathan BennettRachel McAdamsCady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
- DirectorMelanie MayronStarsMeaghan MartinDonn LamkinLinden AshbyThe Plastics are back in the long-awaited follow-up to the smash hit Mean Girls - and now the clique is more fashionable, funny, and ferocious than ever.
- DirectorMatthew DiamondStarsDemi LovatoJoe JonasMeaghan MartinAt a music camp for gifted teens, a popular teen idol overhears a girl singing and sets out to find who the talented voice belongs to. What he doesn't know is that the girl is actually a camp kitchen worker with a fear of being heard.
- DirectorPaul HoenStarsDemi LovatoJoe JonasNick JonasMitchie is back with her friends at Camp Rock, ready to perform music, dance and have a good time. Her "boyfriend" is there as well. A new camp has opened across the lake, creating an atmosphere of competition or feud.
- DirectorLarry ShawStarsHilary DuffChristy Carlson RomanoGary ColeA fashion-conscious youngster is horrified when she is forced to move to military school.
- DirectorBrian HeckerStarsSteven KaplanWilliam H. MacyCheryl HinesWhile Danny's father and mother independently search for love, Danny is on his own desperate quest to find a prom date. Danny's search becomes progressively more pathetic once he and his family learn that Bart, the school's biggest dweeb, not only secured a date for the prom, but got a hotel room as well.
- DirectorTodd GraffStarsAly MichalkaVanessa HudgensGaelan ConnellA new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band -- together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.
- DirectorRoger KumbleStarsRaven-SymonéMartin LawrenceKym WhitleyWhen an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father decides to accompany her to keep her on the straight and narrow.
- DirectorNancy BardawilStarsHilary DuffEvan RossMichael MurphyA suicidal and rebellious teenager is sent to live with her grandparents for the summer, where life takes an unexpected turn.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsJosh HartnettShannyn SossamonPaulo CostanzoAfter a brutal break-up, a young man vows to stay celibate during the forty days of Lent, but finds the girl of his dreams and is unable to do anything about it.
- DirectorJoe NussbaumStarsAmanda BynesSara PaxtonMatt LongA modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.
- DirectorPeter CattaneoStarsRainn WilsonJosh GadChristina ApplegateIn the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.
- DirectorDamon SantostefanoStarsLucy HaleFreddie StromaMissi PyleA modern, musical spin on the tale of Cinderella that follows a high school girl who falls for a boy at her Performing Arts school.
- DirectorNick HurranStarsSamaire ArmstrongKevin ZegersSherry MillerSworn enemies find themselves in each other's bodies, and use this to ruin each other's lives.
- DirectorDennie GordonStarsMary-Kate OlsenAshley OlsenEugene LevyTwo sisters who just can't get along have to travel to New York City together and find themselves on numerous misadventures in order to accomplish their goals.
- DirectorMark RosmanStarsHilary DuffHeather LocklearAria WallaceA lonely mother begins receiving romantic e-mails from a secret admirer, unaware that this perfect man is really a creation of her daughter who is trying to cheer her up.
- DirectorGarry MarshallStarsJane FondaLindsay LohanFelicity HuffmanA troubled young woman is sent to live with her grandmother for the summer, while hiding a secret that could potentially tear her family apart.
- DirectorRobert LuketicStarsReese WitherspoonLuke WilsonSelma BlairElle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school. While she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.
- DirectorCharles Herman-WurmfeldStarsReese WitherspoonSally FieldBob NewhartElle Woods heads to Washington, D.C. to join the staff of a Representative in order to pass a bill to ban animal testing.
- DirectorWill GluckStarsEmma StoneAmanda BynesPenn BadgleyWhen Olive lies to her best friend about losing her virginity to one of the college boys, a girl overhears their conversation. Soon, her story spreads across the entire school like wildfire.
- DirectorNicholas StollerStarsSeth RogenRose ByrneZac EfronAfter they are forced to live next to a fraternity house, a couple with a newborn baby do whatever they can to take them down.
- DirectorJason MooreStarsAnna KendrickBrittany SnowRebel WilsonBeca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.
- DirectorElizabeth BanksStarsAnna KendrickRebel WilsonHailee SteinfeldAfter a humiliating command performance at The Kennedy Center, the Barden Bellas enter an international competition that no American group has ever won in order to regain their status and right to perform.
- DirectorLuke GreenfieldStarsEmile HirschNicholas DownsElisha CuthbertA teenager's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love.
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsZooey DeschanelJoseph Gordon-LevittGeoffrey ArendAfter being dumped by the girl he believes to be his soulmate, hopeless romantic Tom Hansen reflects on their relationship to try and figure out where things went wrong and how he can win her back.
- DirectorFred WolfStarsAnna FarisColin HanksEmma StoneAfter Playboy bunny Shelley is kicked out of the Playboy Mansion, she finds a job as the house mother for a sorority full of socially awkward girls.
- DirectorBetty ThomasStarsJesse MetcalfeAshantiArielle KebbelThree ex-girlfriends of a serial cheater set up their former lover to fall for the new girl in town so they can watch him get his heart broken.
- DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsBreckin MeyerSeann William ScottAmy SmartFour college buddies embark on a road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a female friend.
- DirectorAdam ShankmanStarsMandy MooreShane WestPeter CoyoteTwo North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is sentenced to perform community service.
- DirectorKen KwapisStarsAmber TamblynAlexis BledelAmerica FerreraFour best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
- DirectorSanaa HamriStarsAmerica FerreraAlexis BledelAmber TamblynFour college freshmen and best friends find that it may take more than a shared pair of jeans to help them stay in touch as their lives go in different directions.
- DirectorGarry MarshallStarsJulie AndrewsAnne HathawayHector ElizondoMia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her sixteenth year.
- DirectorGarry MarshallStarsAnne HathawayCallum BlueJulie AndrewsNow settled in Genovia, Princess Mia faces a new revelation: she is being primed for an arranged marriage to an English suitor.
- DirectorLisa AzuelosStarsMiley CyrusDouglas BoothAshley GreeneAs a new year at school begins, Lola's heart is broken by her boyfriend, though soon she's surprised by her best friend, promising musician Kyle, who reveals his feelings for her.
- DirectorGary WinickStarsJennifer GarnerMark RuffaloJudy GreerUnpopular schoolgirl Jenna Rink makes an unusual wish on her birthday. Miraculously, her wish comes true and the 13-year-old Jenna wakes up the next day as a 30-year-old woman.
- DirectorMark RosmanStarsHilary DuffChad Michael MurrayJennifer CoolidgeRoutinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.
- DirectorJeff SchafferAlec BergDavid MandelStarsScott MechlowiczJacob PittsMichelle TrachtenbergDumped by his girlfriend, a high school grad decides to embark on an overseas adventure in Europe with his friends.
- DirectorBurr SteersStarsZac EfronMatthew PerryLeslie MannMike O'Donnell is ungrateful for how his life turned out. He gets a chance to rewrite his life when he tried to save a janitor near a bridge and jumped after him into a time vortex.
- DirectorNick MooreStarsEmma RobertsAidan QuinnNatasha RichardsonA rebellious Malibu princess is shipped off to a strict English boarding school by her father.
- DirectorDanny LeinerStarsAshton KutcherSeann William ScottJennifer GarnerTwo potheads wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.
- DirectorSteve PinkStarsJustin LongJonah HillBlake LivelyA high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
- DirectorRoger KumbleStarsRyan ReynoldsAmy SmartAnna FarisWhile visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high-school crush and best friend--a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
- DirectorGavin WiesenStarsFreddie HighmoreEmma RobertsMichael AngaranoGeorge, a lonely and fatalistic teen who has made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
- DirectorMark WatersStarsJamie Lee CurtisLindsay LohanMark HarmonAn overworked mother and her daughter did not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.
- DirectorTom BradyStarsRob SchneiderRachel McAdamsAnna FarisAn attractive and popular teenager, who is mean-spirited toward others, finds herself in the body of an older man, and must find a way to get back to her original body.
- DirectorDrew BarrymoreStarsElliot PageDrew BarrymoreKristen WiigIn Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock-loving misfit finds a way of dealing with small-town misery after discovering a roller-derby league in nearby Austin.
- DirectorJoe NussbaumStarsAlexa PenaVegaMika BooremScout Taylor-ComptonDesperate to improve their social status, four best friends enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against the popular clique in their school.
- DirectorPeter ChelsomStarsMiley CyrusEmily OsmentBilly Ray CyrusAs Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart, on the urging from her father takes a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters in life the most.
- DirectorZach CreggerTrevor MooreStarsZach CreggerTrevor MooreRaquel AlessiEugene believes in no sex before marriage. So DID his girlfriend, Cindi. His BFF loves sex. At Senior Prom, just before sex with Cindi, he falls into a coma. Waking up 4 years later, his Cindi is Miss March in Playboy. Can he get her back?
- DirectorHarald ZwartStarsFrankie MunizHilary DuffAndrew FrancisA government agent trains Cody Banks in the ways of covert operations that require younger participants.
- DirectorJim FallStarsHilary DuffAdam LambergClayton SnyderLizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy with her class. And what was supposed to be only a normal trip, becomes a teenager's dream come true.
- DirectorAndy FickmanStarsKristen BellOdette AnnableSigourney WeaverWhen a young woman realizes her brother is about to marry the girl who bullied her in high school, she sets out to expose the fiancée's true colors.
- DirectorJonathan KasdanStarsDylan O'BrienBritt RobertsonVictoria JusticeA shy senior and a down-to-earth junior fall in love over one weekend.
- DirectorPeter DeLuiseStarsDebby RyanJean-Luc BilodeauAnna Mae WillsAbby's made a 16 wishes list for her 16th birthday. She gets 16 magic candles - 1 wish per hour. Things are fine in the beginning.
- DirectorPaul WeitzChris WeitzStarsJason BiggsChris KleinThomas Ian NicholasFour teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.
- DirectorJ.B. RogersStarsJason BiggsSeann William ScottShannon ElizabethJim and his friends are now in college, and they decide to meet up at the beach house for some fun.
- DirectorJesse DylanStarsJason BiggsAlyson HanniganSeann William ScottIt's the wedding of Jim and Michelle and the gathering of their families and friends, including Jim's old friends from high school and Michelle's little sister.
- DirectorSteve RashStarsEugene LevyTad HilgenbrinkArielle KebbelMatt Stifler wants to be just like his big bro, making porn movies and having a good time in college. After sabotaging the school band, he gets sent to band camp where he really doesn't like it at first but then learns how to deal with the bandeez.
- DirectorJoe NussbaumStarsJohn WhiteEugene LevyMaria RicossaA high school virgin, who is eager to have sex, gets a guilt free pass from his girlfriend to lose his virginity while attending college parties for a whole weekend.
- DirectorAndrew WallerStarsJohn WhiteChristopher McDonaldJake SiegelErik and Cooze start college and pledge the Beta House fraternity, presided over by none other than legendary Dwight Stifler.
- DirectorJohn PutchStarsBug HallKevin M. HortonBrandon HardestyTen years after the first American Pie movie, three new hapless virgins discover the Bible hidden in the school library at East Great Falls High.
- DirectorJon HurwitzHayden SchlossbergStarsJason BiggsAlyson HanniganSeann William ScottJim, Michelle, Stifler, and their friends reunite in East Great Falls, Michigan for their high school reunion.
- DirectorHarald ZwartStarsJackie ChanJaden SmithTaraji P. HensonWork causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master.
- DirectorThomas BezuchaStarsSelena GomezLeighton MeesterKatie CassidyThree young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.
- DirectorAnne FletcherStarsChanning TatumJenna DewanDamaine RadcliffTyler receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.
- DirectorJon M. ChuStarsRobert HoffmanBriana EviganCassie VenturaRomantic sparks occur between two dance students from different backgrounds at the Maryland School of the Arts.
- DirectorJon M. ChuStarsSharni VinsonRick MalambriAdam SevaniA tight-knit group of New York City street dancers find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown.
- DirectorScott SpeerStarsKathryn McCormickRyan GuzmanCleopatra ColemanEmily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's real estate development plans.
- DirectorTrish SieStarsRyan GuzmanBriana EviganAdam SevaniDancer Sean Asa goes to Hollywood and forms a group with Andie West and his friend Moose. Together, they will need to face the renowned Grim Knights in a famous competition.
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsZac EfronVanessa HudgensAshley TisdaleA popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsZac EfronVanessa HudgensAshley TisdaleSchool's out for summer and the East High Wildcats are ready to make it the time of their lives after landing jobs in a wealthy country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan's family.
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsZac EfronVanessa HudgensAshley TisdaleAs seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.
- DirectorSean McNamaraStarsHilary DuffJohn CorbettRebecca De MornayTerri Fletcher is a small town girl with the voice of a big-time singer. When personal tragedy interrupts her steady life, Terri defies her father's wishes and secretly heads off to spend a summer at a Los Angeles performing arts academy.
- DirectorJon LucasScott MooreStarsMiles TellerJustin ChonJonathan KeltzThe night before his big medical school interview, a promising student celebrates his 21st birthday with his two best friends.
- DirectorAllison Liddi-BrownStarsDemi LovatoSelena GomezNicholas BraunA princess whose country has been invaded goes into hiding in Louisiana, where she has to learn to act like an ordinary teenager.
- DirectorJames HaymanStarsLucy HaleCourtney Thorne-SmithAmanda SchullStarting college, Katie and her BFF Sara try to get into Delta sorority. Katie overhears something that splits her from Delta and Sara. Things get nasty and she joins Kappa.
- DirectorCraig BrewerStarsKenny WormaldJulianne HoughDennis QuaidCity teenager Ren MacCormack moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
- DirectorDaniel BarnzStarsAlex PettyferVanessa HudgensMary-Kate OlsenA modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.
- DirectorMichael GrossmanStarsSterling KnightDanielle CampbellMaggie CastleJessica Olsen was expecting a normal trip to California with her family to visit her grandma. However, she agrees to join her older sister to find the famous pop star, Christopher Wilde.
- DirectorDennie GordonStarsAmanda BynesColin FirthKelly PrestonAn American teenager learns that her father is a wealthy British politician running for office. Although she is eager to find him, she realizes it could cause a scandal and cost him the election.
- DirectorDavid KendallStarsMilo VentimigliaLacey ChabertCharles DurningA high school has a tradition of dirty deeds the night before homecoming (if there's any volunteer) where, to win, the person performs 10 dirty deeds in 12 hours. Will Harper make it?
- DirectorAndy FickmanStarsAmanda BynesLaura RamseyChanning TatumWhen her brother decides to ditch for a couple weeks, Viola heads over to his elite boarding school, disguised as him, and proceeds to fall for his school's star soccer player, and soon learns she's not the only one with romantic troubles.
- DirectorWill GluckStarsEric Christian OlsenNicholas D'AgostoSarah RoemerThe two most popular guys in high school decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory.
- DirectorAngel GraciaStarsCamilla BelleAlexa PenaVegaKuno BeckerA Latina spin on Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility": two spoiled sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles.
- DirectorPeter SollettStarsMichael CeraKat DenningsAaron YooTwo newly acquainted music-lovers spend the night scouting the streets of New York City in search of their favourite band's surprise secret show. All the while, they're both being chased after by their tempting but devious exes.
- DirectorJeffrey HornadayStarsSarah HylandMatt ProkopSasha PieterseTo win a school popularity contest, a high school diva permits a film club classmate to record her popular life, but the film starts documenting her decline instead.
- DirectorGil JungerStarsCassandra ScerboCarissa FowlerGabriela LopezThe story is about Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies and is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.
- DirectorDaisy von Scherler MayerStarsBella ThorneZendayaMary MouserThree sets of friends deal with the ups and downs of their ever-changing relationships.
- DirectorTom VaughanStarsMiley CyrusJeremy PivenMike O'MalleyA tough, street-smart private eye is hired by the FBI to go undercover in a college sorority.
- DirectorPatricia RiggenStarsEva MendesCierra RamirezPatricia ArquetteAs single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she's reading for school.
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsAshley TisdaleKevin PollakLauren CollinsA high school girl is invited to a party by the most popular boy in school -- only trouble is, she's grounded.
- DirectorMaggie GreenwaldStarsLindsay LohanBug HallIan GomezA wealthy student with too much fashion sense, her equally rich friends, and her rival/superior from the school paper work together to solve the case when their teacher goes missing.
- DirectorClare KilnerStarsMandy MooreTrent FordDylan BakerA teenager (Moore), disillusioned by too many examples of love gone wrong, refuses to believe that true love exists. Then this new guy (Ford) comes along...
- DirectorJason ReitmanStarsElliot PageMichael CeraJennifer GarnerFaced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes a selfless decision regarding the unborn child.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsMadeline CarrollCallan McAuliffeRebecca De MornayTwo eighth-graders start to have feelings for each other despite being total opposites.
- DirectorJames PonsoldtStarsMiles TellerShailene WoodleyKyle ChandlerA hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
- DirectorElizabeth Allen RosenbaumStarsJoey KingSelena GomezBridget MoynahanAn adventurous young girl uses her imagination to escape her reality, that is quickly spinning out of reach.
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsHayden ChristensenSamuel L. JacksonJamie BellA young man with teleportation abilities suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators.
- DirectorNorm HunterStarsDaryl SabaraLeah PipesLisa DarrFifteen year-old soccer prodigy Sara Davis has a chance to join the U.S. national team, but she must juggle high school, romance, sports, and parental pressure while deciding her own priorities.
- DirectorJosh SchwartzStarsVictoria JusticeJohnny KnoxvilleChelsea HandlerWren's Halloween plans go awry when she's made to babysit her brother, who disappears into a sea of trick-or-treaters. With her best friend and two nerds at her side, she needs to find her brother before her mom finds out he's missing.