Best Teen Comedy movies of 1988

Actors : John Heard, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Penny Marshall,

After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.

Actors : Lisanne Falk, Christian Slater, Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty,
Directors : Michael Lehmann,

In order to get out of the snobby clique that is destroying her good-girl reputation, an intelligent teen teams up with a dark sociopath in a plot to kill the cool kids.

Actors : Debbie Harry, Sonny Bono, Divine, Ruth Brown,
Directors : John Waters,

A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Vincent D'Onofrio, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor,
Directors : Donald Petrie,

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, James Ray,
Directors : John Hughes,

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want ...

Actors : Matthew Broderick, Matt Mulhern, Corey Parker, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi, Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.

Actors : Randall Batinkoff, Molly Ringwald, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

After she gets pregnant, a teenage girl must decide whether she should keep the baby or not.

Actors : Anita Morris, George Burns, Tony Roberts, Charlie Schlatter,
Directors : Paul Flaherty,

By means of an accident the soul of David and his swinging grandfather get swapped. While the grandfather's body is still in coma, he enjoys having a young body again and repairs some facts...

Actors : Anthony Michael Hall, Uma Thurman, Paul Gleason, Robert Downey Jr.,
Directors : Bud S. Smith,

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent ...

Actors : Trini Alvarado, Liam Neeson, Justine Bateman, Scott Coffey,
Directors : Joan Freeman,

A group of teenagers have a band, Mystery, with Jennie as the lead singer. They go to a bar at the coast and play during the summer. Jennie falls in love with the owner of the bar, Martin. ...

Actors : River Phoenix, Ione Skye, Meredith Salenger, Ann Magnuson,
Directors : William Richert,

A charming womanizer has to find a way to get $80 to elope to Hawaii with his one true love, or else go to his father's chosen business school.

Actors : David Keith, Angela Goethals, Charlie Schlatter, Tuesday Weld,
Directors : Chris Columbus,

When a teen tries to set up a band at his school, his mother who was a big fan of Elvis Presley gets in a wreck he and his band members decides to kidnap Elvis and have him hooked up with his mother.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Elizabeth Perkins, Jeff Daniels, Don Johnson,
Directors : Robert Greenwald,

Wiley and Sandra have been happily married for years and are now in the process of breaking up. Sam, his childhood friend, is just beginning to fall in love with a new teacher at the high ...

Actors : Fred Ward, Bonnie Bedelia, Keanu Reeves, Amy Madigan,
Directors : Ron Nyswaner,

There's nothing wrong with the Marshetta family that a little felony can't cure. Rupert doesn't want to follow in his father's blue-collar footsteps, so he and his quirky friend kidnap his ...

Actors : Theresa Saldana, Lori Loughlin, Keanu Reeves, Trinidad Silva,
Directors : Thom Eberhardt,

Winston Connelly wakes up in the middle of the night in an alley with no idea of how he got there. Nor does he know where in Los Angeles he is or why he is wearing a beat-up tuxedo. Through...

Actors : Avery Schreiber, Ray Walston, Patty McCormack, Jason Presson,
Directors : Howard R. Cohen,

Eddie and his family have just inherited a spooky wreck of a house. What they do not know about the house is that it was built over an evil passage way, but they are soon to discover the ...

Actors : Nancy Brilli, Christian De Sica, Carlo Verdone, Eleonora Giorgi,
Directors : Carlo Verdone,

Former high school friends meet for a party after 15 years, only to discover that much of the innocence and friendship is gone.

Actors : Jennifer Runyon, Joe Pantoliano, Bruce Kirby, Donovan Leitch Jr.,
Directors : Mark Rosenthal,

A young man of the rock and roll generation is in his senior year of high school. When one day he successfully gets on a popular teen dance television show he becomes a star. The plot ...

Actors : Bobby Porter, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Linda Talcott,
Directors : Linda Shayne,

A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord.

Actors : Denis Forest, Fanny Lauzier, Félix-Antoine Leroux, Marina Orsini,
Directors : Jean-Claude Lord,

On their arrival in Mingan,on the north coast of the St-Lawrence's Gulf, a couple notice a young girl floating in the ocean. Thinking saving her, they discover that, in fact, she's able to ...