Best High School Movies

2016 • Rating 8.5 • animation, romance, drama

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

Genre: Animation, Romance, Drama

Style: Mind Bending, Surreal

Audience: Date Night, Family, Teens

Plot: High School, Race Against Time, Dreams, Afterlife, Natural Disaster, Supernatural, Time Travel, Comet, Romance, Tragedy

Time: Year 2016, 2010S, Time Travel Era, 2016-08-26

Place: Japan, Japanese

Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yuuki, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kaito Ishikawa

2016 • Rating 8.4 • animation, drama, romance

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance

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Audience: Date Night, Family, Teens

Plot: High School, Friendship, Suicide, Suicide Attempt, Deaf, Bullying, Coming Of Age, School, Based On Manga, Adult Animation

Time: Year 2016, 2010S, 2016-09-17

Place: Japan, Japanese

Cast: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yuuki, Kensho Ono, Yuki Kaneko, Yui Ishikawa

2026 • Rating 6.6 • comedy, horror, science fiction

An insecure Chinese-American teenager undergoes experimental surgery to appear white, hoping to secure the prom queen title and peer acceptance.

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic, Psychological

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: High School, Prom, Cautionary, Body Horror, Sincere, Tragic, An Insecure Chinese-American Teenager Undergoes Experimental Surgery To Appear White, Hoping To Secure The Prom Queen Title And Peer Acceptance

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-03-13

Place: United States Of America, English, Mandarin

Cast: Shirley Chen, Mckenna Grace, Amelie Zilber, Vivian Wu, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Fang Du

2026 • Rating 6.0 • horror, mystery

A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down.

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: High School, Grave, Evil Spirit, School, Death, Whistle, Based On Short Story, Supernatural Horror, Cautionary, Cursed Object

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-01-20

Place: Ireland, United States Of America, English, Future City

Cast: Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Alissa Skovbye, Percy Hynes White