High School Romance Movies
Never Been KissedStarring the phenomenal Drew Barrymore and David Arquette, this movie also contains Molly Shannon and Michael Vartan. For those of you who grew up after the 1990s, David Arquette’s claim to fame (at least in my mind!) is that he was married to the lovely Courtney Cox of Friend’s fame. Basically, the story line from this 1999 film follows the tale of a journalist who is forced to enroll in high school for a story. After not having a terribly awesome time in high school the first time through, she is in for a very surprising experience this time. Romance, typical teen high school stories and a good performance by Drew Barrymore make this movie worth watching.19.
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Romeo and JulietWhether you are a fan of Shakespeare or not, you need to see this movie. If you are a fan of Shakespeare, keep a very open mind because this is a completely remodeled, updated take on the classic story line.
With Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio, you have a sentimental love story set in modern day Florida (or at least, what looks like Florida). Instead of swords, this Baz Luhrman take on Shakespeare has machine guns and fast cars. It is essentially a wild party from start to finish as two gangster/mafia families go at each other’s throats. Produced in 1996, this is an excellent film to fill your afternoon or date night.18. A Walk to Remember. The scene: North Carolina.
The characters? Two juvenile teenagers from opposite sides of the popularity spectrum end up falling for each other. Directed by Adam Shankman, this movie stars Shane West, Mandy Moore, Daryl Hannah and Peter Coyote. After hitting theaters in 2002, it quickly became one of the most popular teenage love stories of all time. It follows the tale of Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan. While Landon is a fairly typical teenager, Jamie is an unstylish girl with leukemia. Like most stories of its class, the two end up falling for each other.
Landon quickly starts to help Jamie finish off her bucket list (before bucket lists were a thing, of course). The ending will remain in your mind for days afterward.17. 10 Things I Hate About YouIn this classic coming of age film, the main characters are Bianca, Cameron and Kat.
The story starts with Cameron joining a new school. Before long, he falls for the immensely popular and unbelievably gorgeous Bianca. He wants to date the beautiful Bianca, but her father stands in the way. While neither girl was allowed to date, their father decides that Bianca can have a boyfriend if Kat is dating as well.
With the lovely Bianca in mind, Cameron sets out to find out exactly what Kat wants in a guy so that he can find her a boyfriend and win the hand of the beautiful Bianca.16. Almost FamousReleased in 2000, Almost famous stars Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit and Frances McDormand. Directed by Cameron Crowe, it tells the story of a goal-oriented, super intelligent high school boy who wants to be a journalist. After being home schooled for his entire life, William is not accustomed to the ways of rock and roll.
With the help of a mentor, he ends up getting the opportunity to write for Rolling Stone Magazine. He starts to follow the band on their concert tour and mingles with the groupies he meets along the way. William falls for the gorgeous Penny Lane, but a positive outcome for his crush seems impossible. This movie will keep you riveted to your seat until the very last moment.15. Chasing LibertyTry out a different take on the classic guy meets girl and falls in love. With this tale, the girl involved is the daughter of the president of the United States. Anna is stifled and overwhelmed by the Secret Service protection that she is assigned.
After a great deal of protesting the situation, her father lowers her guard to just two people. Anna ends up going to a concert and sees multiple Secret Service agents, so she ends up getting upset and assuming that her father lied. Following this experience, she is overseen by an undercover Secret Service agent named Ben.
She is not aware that he is a Secret Service Agent, and they quickly begin to fall in love. Only after he has left the Secret Service do they have a chance to really live out their relationship. The NotebookThere are few tales as classic as the Notebook.
Although it does not strictly focus on teenagers it is still a story that will have you in tears. In this 2004 film, Noah is just a poor mill worker who falls in love with Allie. Unfortunately, Allie is an heiress whose parents have the ability to keep her apart from Noah. Years later, she meets up with him and falls in love again. The film bounces back and forth between their love story and the present, where Allie is incapacitated by Alzheimer’s.
Unable to remember their story, Allie is reminded of their love through a notebook that tracked the entire love story.13. JunoReleased in 2007, Juno stars a 16-year-old girl. Experimenting with sex for the first time with a friend, she ends up becoming pregnant. Originally, she considered the possibility of just having an abortion. After thinking things through, she decides that she wants to give the child up for adoption. She finds the perfect family, but the perfect family is far less than perfect.
The husband in the adoptive couple, Mark, ends up falling for Juno. This causes his marriage to fall apart, so the “perfect” adoptive couple is no longer able to adopt. Beyond the stress of the pregnancy and losing the perfect adoptive family, Juno is also left to figure out her feelings for the father of her child, Paulie.
Are they friends or is there more? Watch the movie to find out.12.
Sixteen CandlesYou may know Molly Ringwald as the mother in the Secret Life of the American Teenager. Before she was a mothering figure, she was one of the most popular teenage stars of her day. Released in 1984, Sixteen Candles stars Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Anthony Michael Hall and Michael Schoeffling.
In the movie, Molly Ringwald has just turned 16 years old. Unfortunately, her sixteenth birthday is anything but sweet and she has to deal with one of the worst embarrassments possible. The main character, Samantha (Molly Ringwald), has a crush on a cute boy called Jake, but she is afraid that her decision to be chaste will turn him off. Meanwhile, she has to fend off the attention of nerdy Ted who has developed a crush on her.11. 17 AgainReleased in 2009, 17 Again was a part of the trend surrounding teenage pregnancy. With multiple teenage pregnancy shows on the airwaves, it only made sense that the movie industry would copy the trend.
Mike finds out in this movie that he is going to be a father. Instead of going to college like he expected to, he runs after his girlfriend, Scarlett. A decade passes and the couple ends up separating, although they now have two children again. Mike returns to his old school, and a magical janitor returns him to the age of 17. He goes to the modern-day school as a 17 year old version of himself with a friend’s son. While at the school, he meets his children and learns about what they want from a different perspective. Meanwhile, he also meets Scarlett again and learns the real reason why they broke up.
Realizing his selfishness caused everything, he tells Scarlett the truth and is returned to his previous form.10. When in RomeReleased in 2010, When in Rome stars Kristen Bell, Danny DeVito, Josh Duhamel and Angelica Huston. It follows the tale of a New Yorker named Beth. Goal driven and ambitious, Beth has never had a successful love life.
Instead of trying to work things out, she plans out a whirlwind trip through historic, romantic Rome. While at the fountain of love, she steals a few of the coins. What happens next leaves her in shock: an entire group of suitors starts to pursue her. Directed by Mark Steven Johnson, this is a cute romance with a twist.9.
The Last SongAt the age of just 17 years old, Ronnie is something of a piano prodigy. When her parents decide to get divorced, she becomes rebellious and stops playing piano completely.
After not seeing her father for a number of years, she moves to spend the summer with him, and her brother goes along. While there, she ends up getting to know her father better and starts to fall in love with a bot she meets named Will. This tale is part journey of self-discovery and part love story. Overall, it is entirely worth the few hours it takes to watch it.8.
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FlippedReleased in 2010, Flipped follows the story of Juli and Bryce. These two first met when they were in just second grade. At the time, Juli is convinced that she has found true love.
Bryce is not so certain—he spends most of the first six years of their relationship trying to avoid her as much as possible. Bryce’s grandfather changes this entire situation. His grandfather, Chet, moves in with Bryce’s family and grows attached to the young Juli.
With the grandfather playing matchmaker, Bryce soon begins to learn that Juli is the incredible, rare person that he has been looking for.7. BeastlyReleased in 2011, this is a modern remix of the classic fairy tale, “Beauty and the Beast”.
In the tale, a New York City teenager is transformed into a hideous beast so that they can find someone who loves them for who they really are. A bit of a cheesy story line, but it offers a fresh take on the classic tale and has the strange ability of drawing you into the story despite your realization that it is a bit on the cheesy side. Directed by Daniel Barnz, this story stars Mary-Kate Olsen, Alex Pettyfer, Justin Bradley and Vanessa Hudgens.6.
Moonrise KingdomReleased in 2012, this film is actually set in the 1960s. It stars Sam and Suzy, two affable teenage runaways. Only 12 years old, they have decided to escape from normalcy and enter into a new adventure. While Suzy is an intelligent, precocious girl, Sam is more grave and nerdy. With many amusing, humorous moments, the story follows them to their first kiss on a beach as they experience the world first hand.5. A Cinderella StoryReleased in 2004, this is another movie that puts a modern spin on a classic fairy tale.
Unsurprisingly, the story tells of the lovely Sam Montgomery who is kept down and exploited by her evil step-mother. Despite her problems, she is excited about meeting her Internet boyfriend at her high school’s upcoming Halloween dance. Directed by Mark Rosman, this tale stars Hilary Dugg, Dany Byrd, Chad Michael Murray and Jennifer Coolidge. For a cute way to pass the time, A Cinderella Story is worth the 95 minutes that it takes to watch it.4.
CluelessClueless is a a modern remake of Jane Austen’s Emma (surprise!). It follows the tale of the super rich, popular and exceptionally shallow Cher. She is at the top of the Beverly Hills High School food pyramid and is involved in everyone’s social life.
Played by Alicia Silverstone, Cher is a matchmaker who convinces two of her teachers to date each other. After this initial encouragement, she decided to turn to hooking up other people. Enter Tai (Brittany Murphy). Tai is a klutzy, awkward student who is hopelessly in need of a makeover.
Tai eventually goes for Cher’s former step-brother, Josh (played by Paul Rudd), and Cher realizes too late that she likes her former step-brother as well. Released in 1995 and directed by Amy Heckerling, this is a classic teenage romance with all of the matchmaking of the original Emma.3. TitanicTitanic is one of the most popular romances of all time. Epic—literally, it is hours long—and unfortunately tragic, it stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
In the film, these two teenage/young adults are both setting out for an adventure in America. The lovely Rose (Kate Winslet) is a society girl who is from an old aristocratic family. Unfortunately, her family has lost most of their wealth, so she and her mother are hopping the infamous Titanic for a new life in America. She is engaged to a wealthy aristocrat at the beginning of the movie, but he is a bit of a jerk.
Meanwhile, Leonardo DiCaprio plays the charming Jack. Growing up in poverty, Jack has lucked into a steerage ticket on the Titanic. Before long, he meets with Rose and begins to fall in love with her. Their story is one of the most romantic, moving love stories of all time.
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If you have never watched the Titanic in your life, you need to clear your weekend schedule and hunker down with a box of Kleenex.2. Mean GirlsBefore Lindsay Lohan became a tabloid favorite, Mean Girls was one of her most popular films. It is satire at its finest in the way it makes fun of the normal high school groups and popularity contests. Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) grew up in Africa with her parents. After being home schooled for her entire life, the intelligent but socially awkward Cady enters an American high school. She gets a first hand experience in the cruel world of popularity contests and cliques. Her particular school is ruled by a group of Barbie doll wanna-bes called the Plastics.
Before long, Cady makes a plan with her fellow geeks to take on the Plastics and transform the school. The only question is if she will lose herself and the guy she loves in the process.1. Dirty DancingDirty Dancing was released in 1987 and starred Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze.
During the summer, Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) goes on vacation with her family to the Catskills. The youngest in her family, she has a goal of studying at Mount Holyoke College before joining the Peace Corps. While on vacation, she begins to take dance lessons from Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze).
What begins as just dance lessons quickly becomes a massive crush for Baby. Before long, she discovers the secret world of “dirty dancing” practiced by the staff members and wants to join in. As she starts to dance with him and spend more time with Johnny, she falls in love with the guy from the wrong side of the tracks.
Romance is undeniably one of the most popular genres of anime. It can encapsulate so many things too, from chaste first loves between teenagers to mature and long-lasting love between adults. Romance can be paired with other genres as well, including science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, action, and more!
Romance anime is enjoyed by people that dream of their own romance story to sweep them off their feet and by those who are already living their own love story. And of course, it's not only for girls as some people stereotypically believe! Romance anime can be enjoyed by everyone, regardless of age and gender.Because romance anime is so popular, it goes without saying that romance anime movies are popular as well.
And that means there are a lot of them, with more coming out every year. So the next time you want to enjoy a film with someone special or just don't want to commit to an entire anime and want to watch a movie instead - we've made this handy list of what we feel are the Top 10 Romance Anime Movies. We have tried to include a lot of different kinds of love stories and genres, as well as new and old films alike. We hope that you can find a romance that captures your heart and imagination and sweeps you away with it! Kurumi is very much in love with her boyfriend Hal in the movie Hal when he dies unexpectedly in a tragic plane crash. Unable to cope with the loss, Kurumi shuts herself in her house, depressed and isolated.
Worried about her, Kurumi's grandfather enlists the help of an android called Q01, who takes the appearance of Hal and begins to visit Kurumi to try to cheer her up. While at first, she rejects the idea, Kurumi slowly warms up to Q01 and begins to return to her old self, leaving her depression behind. But as her feelings for Q01 continue to escalate, what will it mean for a relationship and future between a human and an android?Our list of the Top 10 Romance Anime Films is starting out with a movie with a sci-fi twist! After all, it's a love story between a human and a robot, however, human Q01 may look on the outside.
It's touching to see the relationship grow between Kurumi and Q01 and to see how she is able to slowly overcome her depression and move forward with her life after such a tragedy. It's a romance with a sad beginning, but we won't tell you if it has a happy or sad ending - you will have to watch it for yourself and see if a relationship between a human and an android can have a future! Hal is an especially appealing romance for robot and science fiction fans, but it's a good love story for other romance fans as well! Natsuki Enomoto and Yuu Setoguchi are childhood friends in Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai - but Natsuki has a secret. She's actually in love with Yuu but is too shy to show him. Instead, she uses him to 'practise' confessing her love to but claims that her feelings are never real. While she continues to keep this charade up for a long time, Natsuki ends up getting asked on a date by her classmate Koyuki Ayase.
Now she is stuck in a real predicament where someone else is interested in her, but she likes her friend despite being unable to tell him. What will happen to Natsuki in the end?Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita is a light love triangle romance, where all the characters seem to like someone else. It's also a story of secret high school love and confessions, with Natsuki always telling herself the next time she tells her feelings to Yuu it won't be practise anymore it will be real. It's a cute, short slice of life romance story that is great for people who like love triangles especially, but good for any fans of high school romance stories. It doesn't take itself too seriously while still managing to tell a good and believable story about young love and all the complications that go hand-in-hand with that.
Tamako Love Story is a movie about fulfilling dreams, however big or small they may be. Tamako Kitashirakawa dreams of performing well at baton in the upcoming festival. She lives in the moment as she plans simply to work in her family's restaurant when she graduates despite her friends having much higher goals.
Meanwhile, Mochizou Ooji dreams of moving to Tokyo to go to university, even though it means leaving his first love Tamako behind. The problem is, he has never confessed his love to her, and Tamako remains completely oblivious to his feelings. Will he be able to be brave enough to tell her how he feels before he has to move?
Will the two ever achieve all their dreams?Tamako Love Story is a simple but sweet romance story about two high school teenagers dealing with growing up and facing a relationship. It's very believable too; many people have been in the situation where they have a crush on someone and the other person has no idea if you won't just tell them. It makes Michizou's position a very empathetic one many viewers can put themselves in as well. Tamako Love Story is a good coming of age, slice of life romance film that is especially good for fans of shoujo manga and anime because it has a very familiar plot, but the well-written characters make it stand apart as an excellent romance movie. Mimi wo Sumaseba is the story of Shizuku Tsukishima, a 14-year-old girl spending her summer vacation reading a lot of books. Interestingly enough, nearly every book she borrows from the library has also been borrowed by someone named Seiji Amasawa, who clearly shares her taste in literature.
One day when she is riding the train, Shizuku sits next to a cat, and curiously follows it off the train to see where it's going. The cat leads her to an antique shop, which is owned by none other than the grandfather of Seiji Amasawa! The two seem bound by fate to meet one another, and they become friends as Seiji strives for his dream to play the violin and inspires Shizuku to try to become a writer.Don't let the age of Mimi wo Sumaseba to turn you away from trying it! It was made by Studio Ghibli, so you can expect quality animation that had lasted through the years. It's a story about young love, with a friendship that was brought together basically by magic and blossoms slowly into something more.
The romance in Mimi wo Sumaseba is always innocent and sweet, with the film's English name Whisper of the Heart being well suited to it. The romance is soft, just a whisper, that will touch your heart in a real way. Plus there is a bit of magic and whimsy found in the form of a mysterious cat statue in the antique shop, but we don't want to give away too many surprises about this film that's very likely to steal your heart with its charming young characters! Growing up in Japan in the 1920s, Jirou Horikoshi dreamed of creating amazing airplanes that would make the world a better place in Kaze Tachinu. That was before the great earthquake of 1923, and before World War II. Being a young man when the war starts, Jirou finds himself swept up in it alongside the rest of the country.
When he first creates the Mitsubishi A6M Zero bomber aircraft, he's just working to fulfill his boyhood dreams. But the reality of creating an airplane during a time of war is that it's going to be used for destruction, and his dream airplane is used in ways he could have never imagined - and are far from what he ever wanted.Now you're probably wondering why this war story about a man creating Japan's most famous wartime airplane is on our list of the Top 10 Romance Anime Movies. Well, Kaze Tachinu isn't a story about the war itself, but it's a story about Jirou. And it's a story about his lengthy courtship and eventual marriage to Naoko Satomi, the girl he pursues for a long time. They have a very sweet and chaste relationship over the years as he tries his hardest to win her heart and then does his best to take care of her. When Naoko takes ill, he does everything he can despite living in wartime Japan to be with her and cafe for her, even with the odds stacked against them. Kaze Tachinu is a very touching and sweet story of a wartime romance that will make you smile and laugh - but be warned, it's definitely going to make you cry, too.
In Kotonoha no Niwa, Takao Akizuki is studying to become a shoemaker. One day during the rainy season though, he decides to skip class to spend time practising sketching in a garden instead. In this garden, he meets Yukari Yukino for the first time. She's mysterious and beautiful, and not knowing what else to do, Takao offers to make her a pair of shoes.
It's only the first meeting of many though as the two spend their days in the rainy season together, and just spending time with one another seems to make all their lives' worries whither away. The reality though is that their problems do not disappear, and as the rainy season draws to a close, the two will have to face them sooner rather than later.Kotonoha no Niwa is a short film at only 46 minutes, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have time to tell a beautiful story. It's a slice of life romance with a psychological element as it gives an in-depth look at how Takao and Yukari deal with the problems they face in their lives. It also has very beautiful animation, which adds something special to the elegant and classy feeling of the story.
If you are looking for a short, beautifully told and wondrously animated romance, Kotonoha no Niwa is perfect. It's got a few awards under its belt as well, so don't let this unsuspecting short film slip under your romance radar. Rihito Sajou and Hikaru Kisakabe are classmates in Doukyuusei, but they aren't friends. In fact, the two are very different. Rihito is the studious type, an honours roll student with top marks. Hikaru's talents lie in music; he's an excellent guitar player who often performs live shows. When Hikaru offers to help Rihito with the chorus festival though, the two start to become friends.
They could never have expected that their friendship would evolve into love! Now, these two boys are facing the challenge of high school and a relationship together as they try to figure out what the future means for them.Doukyuusei is a shonen ai romance, so if that's not your thing you have been warned. But beyond that, it's a very touching, warm story about a high school romance between two very different people who slowly fall in love from being strangers to friends to lovers. It's a good coming of age story about the struggles of being a teenager too and facing those struggles alongside your partner.
Doukyuusei will definitely leave you feeling warm and fuzzy and swept off your feet with its classic high school romance. And if you like shounen ai then consider it an added bonus - but it's a great romance movie even if that's not usually your interest! Hotarubi no Mori e begins when Hotaru Takegawa gets lost in the woods looking for a forest spirit at only six years old.
Luckily for her, she is found by a masked spirit named Gin, and while she cannot physically touch him or he will disappear, he leads her safely out of the forest. The only condition is that she must never return again, no matter how much she wants to.
Every summer though as she grows up, Hotaru breaks that promise and returns to visit Gin. The two become closer and closer friends - and then romantic feelings start to come between them. But they don't even exist on the same plane and can't touch one another still, so what will their feelings come to?Hotaru and Gin's unlikely and clandestine relationship is a story of forbidden love. The two were never even met to meet in the first place, let alone develop feelings for one another.
And now they have to deal with what it means to have love between two people that are so different and can't even exist together on the same plane of existence. They're breaking every rule by spending time together so it's intriguing to see just where their story will take them. Hotarubi no Mori e is a beautiful but tragic romance movie and is perfect for the hopeless romantic fan looking for a forbidden love. Howl no Ugoku Shiro is the story of Sophie Hatter, a girl content to work hard in her hat shop in her small town for the rest of her life. When she is rescued by the infamous wizard Howl, notorious for being a man who steals women's hearts, she invokes the jealousy of the Witch of the Waste who was heartbroken by Howl in the past. The witch curses Sophie, turning her into an old woman!
If she wants to lift the curse, Sophie will have to travel with Howl in his mysterious living castle to find the witch, and figure out how to restore her youth. But living with Howl proves to have its own challenges - and he has many secrets himself.Also made by Studio Ghibli, Howl no Ugoku Shiro is a beautifully animated story about magic and romance. Sophie goes through a lot of different feelings for Howl from the start of the film until the finish, but as she gets to know who he really is, she falls in love with him. And the more she falls for him - and he for her in return - the more her youth is slowly restored, even when she doesn't notice. Both Howl and Sophie have very dark curses on them, and they can only lift them by helping one another and working together with their myriad of strange and quirky companions.
It's a story reminiscent of a fairy tale but with much darker twists and concepts that will keep romance and action fans both happy. Mitsuha Miyamizu and Taki Tachibana live two very different lives in Kimi no Na wa. Mitsuha lives in the peaceful countryside of Japan but wishes for a more adventurous life in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Taki lives in Tokyo, where he struggles to find a balance between work and the rest of his life. When strange phenomena start to happen, the two find themselves unexpectedly switching bodies - and lives!
Taki and Mitsuha begin their search for find one another, and for the answer to what is going on. Every action they take will change the other person's life and brings their fates together.Kimi no Na wa. Is by far one of the most successful and popular anime movies to be released recently and was shown in cinemas in Japan for months after the release, and even had international cinema releases too! And for good reason, the film is incredibly well done. It's not just another predictable cookie-cutter coming of age love story at all, but rather one that questions morals, gender, emotions, relationships, and more.
And it had a supernatural backstory happening at the same time. Mitsuha and Taki's lives are connected without their control when they switch bodies with one another, which is a unique beginning to any kind of romance, and Kimi no Na. Will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen to them as you watch their relationship play out. From high school sweethearts to science fiction situations, fantasy and magic to people brought together by fate, romance anime movies can have all kinds of settings, characters, and stories to tell. Some are about childhood first loves, and others about long term mature relationships. But whatever kind of romance you're interested in watching, there's sure to be a good romance anime for you. You'll smile, you'll laugh, you'll cry - and you're sure to fall in love with a movie that is all about falling in love.What is your favourite romance anime movie?
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