16 Teen Movies That Accurately Captured The Rollercoaster Ride Of Growing Up

"While the movies are exaggerated to a point, as a teenage boy at the time, it was validating to see me and my friends represented on screen. We all knew those characters in real life (I was somewhere between Jim and Sherman). And while it may seem horrifying, yes, teenage boys really were that disgusting in the late '90s/early '00s. 

As much as we'd probably like to deny it now, it was a pretty accurate snapshot of our perverted hormonal minds, but written in a way where the characters weren't two-dimensional like a lot of raunchy teen comedies – they actually had a lot of heart, pre-9/11 innocence and you were hopeful for their future."

—jonsharky