Have a date at home—just rent a movie, make some popcorn, and you’re good. Here’s a list of movies that teenagers from Dos Pueblos High School in Santa Barbara, California compiled as some of the best movies to watch with someone special. A title with three stars*** next to it means it’s “guy approved.”
Some of the movies are “old” and don’t have ratings easily available. All should be PG or PG13.
If you have your own favorite “date movie,” let me know by sending me an email at info@4smarteenagers.com!
- Never Been Kissed Drew Barrymore, David Arquette & Leelee Sobieski. A 25-year-old undercover reporter returns to high school as a student and falls in love with a teacher. PG13
- I.Q. Meg Ryan & Tim Robbins. Einstein’s niece falls in love with a mechanic posing as a genius. Cute.
- Fools Rush In Matthew Perry & Salma Hayek get married after one date, to their families’ dismay. PG13
- Ever After Drew Barrymore & Dougray Scott. A modern day story of Cinderella about a girl who finds her Prince Charming. PG
- Phenomenon John Travolta & Kyra Sedgwick. An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis. PG
- Shallow Hal Gwenyth Paltrow & Jack Black. A shallow man falls in love with a 300 pound woman because of her “inner beauty.” PG13
- The Cutting Edge D.B. Sweeney & Moria Kelly. An ice skating princess and a hockey star fight it out until they realize they are in love.
- Groundhog Day Bill Murray & Andie McDowell. A sarcastic weather man, finds himself trapped in the identical February 2, but he’s the only person that realizes it.
- Roxanne Steve Martin & Darryl Hannah in a funny/contemporary Cyrano de Bergerac story.
- Can’t Buy Me Love A high school nerd “hires” the prettiest cheerleader in school to be his girlfriend for his senior year.
- Sixteen Candles Molly Ringwald & Michael Anthony Hall. A 15-year old girl has a crush on the most popular senior.
- The Wedding Singer Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler A singer is engaged to the wrong girl until fortune intervenes. PG13
- She’s All That Freddie Prinze, Jr. & Rachael Leigh Cook. A high school hottie who makes a bet with a fellow classmate that he can turn geeky girl into a Prom Queen. PG13
- While You Were Sleeping Sandra Bullock & Bill Pullman. A girl pretends to be engaged to a guy in a coma, but she can’t fool his brother. PG
- Father of the Bride Steve Martin, Kieran Culkin. A nervous father unready to face the fact that his little girl is now a woman as she plans her wedding.
- Mystic Pizza Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor & Vincent D’Onofrio. Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut.
- The Sure Thing John Cusack & Daphne Zuniga. A college student plans a cross-country trip to “get laid,” but ends up traveling with a young woman.
- The Saint*** Val Kilmer & Elizabeth Shue. Mysterious international thief falls in love. PG13
- Top Gun*** Tom Cruise & Kelly McGillis. An early Tom Cruise “classic” about Air Force fighter pilots and romance.
- Say Anything John Cusack & Ione Skye. A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.
- 10 Things I Hate About You Julia Stiles & Heath Ledger. A remake of the classic Shakespare play “The Taming of the Shrew” set in a modern day highschool. PG13
- Kate & Leopold Meg Ryan & Hugh Jackman. A man from the 1800s comes to NY City and captures a woman’s heart while giving her younger brother important lessons on how to impress women. PG13
- Down to You Freddie Prinze, Julia Stiles & Ashton Kutcher. A guy finds and loses the love of his life. PG13.
- Blast From the Past Brendan Fraser & Alicia Silverstone. A romantic comedy about a naive man who comes out into the world after being in a nuclear fallout shelter for 35 years. PG13
- Shrek Great animation movie with voices of Mike Meyers and Cameron Diaz. Ogre falls in love with a princess. PG
