A shy Long Island teenage girl’s world opens up when she joins a female skateboard posse on the Lower East Side.

A beautifully shot, powerfully performed film focusing on the lives of two young black girls.

Bo Burnham poignantly and often painfully captures the awkwardness and angst of the early teens.

A Norwegian-Pakistani teenage girl faces brutal tough love.

With vibes of The Craft’s anger and Mean Girls–level revenge, Flower has the makings of the next coming-of-age teen cult classic.

Slash stands out as this year’s film for the true teenage outcast.

A Peruvian film that attempts to be a film for and about the oversaturated teenage mind, and seemingly designed to be viewed on a laptop.

The Brazilian drama takes on social class, shifting identities, and what happens when a newcomer knocks a family dynamic off balance.

The majestic landscape, captured by first-time feature documentary filmmaker Otto Bell, lends this intimate documentary an epic grandeur.