Favorite Movies: A Teen Poll

Twilight Tops the List of Favorite Movies in a Middle School Teen Poll

Aly Adair
The Disney movie Finding Nemo is a favorite to show in middle school classrooms across America. I had the pleasure of watching it six times in one day while substitute teaching in a middle school science class.

Even the middle school teenagers are buzzing about Slumdog Millionaire and the 10 Academy Award nominations it received. Since the Academy Awards are February 22nd and we watched Finding Nemo, I decided to poll around 140 middle school teens to see what their favorite movies are. Here are the results of that poll.

Top 20 Favorite Movies of Middle School Teenagers

Twilight

The Dark Knight

Slumdog Millionaire

Napoleon Dynamite

Hot Rod

Iron Man

Baby Mama

Get Smart

Transformers

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I Am Legend

Finding Nemo

Chronicles of Narnia

Harry Potter

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

The Happening

Eight Below

Mall Cop

Hancock

Max Payne

Other Favorite Movies of Middle School Teenagers

Camp Rock

Maid of Honor

Little Mermaid

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Pirates of the Caribbean

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Blades of Glory

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Quarantine

The Decent

Sweeney Todd

Star Wars

Bolt

The Incredibles

Dan in Real Life

Little Rascals

She's the Man

Toy Story

Iron Monkey

Evolution (2001 by the makers of Ghost Busters)

A League of Their Own

National Treasure 2

Meet the Parents

This Christmas

WALL-E

Meet Me in St. Louis

Wanted

Four Brothers

Click

Batman

Rocky

Bench W

Cops

21

Marley & Me

Tropic Thunder

Yes Man

Babylon A.D.

Big Daddy

The Ringer

Saints and Soldiers

Saving Private Ryan

Coraline

Elf

Dumb & Dumber

Singing in the Rain

Legally Blonde

Cars

Sleeping Beauty

Castle in the Sky

Enchanted

Happy Gilmore

Never Back Down

Pink Panther

Cloverfield

Taken

Rush

Back to the Future

Undercover Brother

Starsky & Hutch

Alice in Wonderland

The House Bunny

Madagascar 2

Disturbia

Prom Night

October SkyPrincess Bride

Published by Aly Adair

Aly Adair is an Air Force Veteran with a career in teaching and educational publishing. Aly has an MBA and is a former small business owner.  View profile

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  • Twilight gets the most votes by middle school teens in a poll of favorite movies.
Twilight is a modern day love story between a teenaged girl and a vampire. Stephenie Meyer began writing Twilight on June 2, 2003 after awakening from a dream. It was the first day of swim lessons for her kids.

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  • Sheri Fresonke Harper2/25/2009

    Very helpful :) Sheri

  • Bridgitte Williams2/19/2009

    Wow! Fantastic article! I loved many of these movies, also. I am legend was so cool. The dark knight was truly memorable. Thanks. :-)

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