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Best Teen Comedy Movies on Peacock

Every teen comedy movie streaming on Peacock in the US right now — 10 films ranked by rating, checked against Peacock’s live catalog.

Updated July 2026 · Availability refreshed from Peacock US

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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

IMDb 7.4 🍅 92% 2h 13m

Directed by Jon Watts

✦ MovieMuse AI takePerfectly captures teen superhero anxiety through mundane high school authenticity colliding with MCU spectacle.

Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.

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Dope (2015)

IMDb 7.2 🍅 88% Letterboxd 3.5 1h 43m

Directed by Rick Famuyiwa

✦ MovieMuse AI takeWest Coast hip-hop culture and college-prep satire update traditional teen comedy through contemporary Oakland perspective.

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.

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The Croods: A New Age (2020)

IMDb 6.9 🍅 76% Letterboxd 3.0 1h 35m

Directed by Joel Crawford

✦ MovieMuse AI takeFamily-unit dynamics masquerade as teen comedy; lacks the identity-crisis core that defines adolescent humor.

Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together.

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But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)

IMDb 6.9 🍅 43% Letterboxd 4.0 1h 25m

Directed by Jamie Babbit

✦ MovieMuse AI takeCandy-colored palette wraps genuine queer awakening in satirical camp that respects its protagonist's self-discovery journey.

Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.

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Piece by Piece (2024)

IMDb 6.9 🍅 83% Letterboxd 3.6 1h 34m

Directed by Morgan Neville

✦ MovieMuse AI takeBiographical LEGO animation; no teen comedy elements—Pharrell doc doesn't belong here.

A unique cinematic experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams. Told through the lens of LEGO® animation, turn up the volume on your imagination and witness the evolution of one of music's most innovative minds.

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Little Monsters (1989)

IMDb 6.1 🍅 44% Letterboxd 3.0 1h 42m

Directed by Richard Greenberg

✦ MovieMuse AI takeMonster-under-bed premise becomes surprisingly sophisticated meditation on childhood imagination versus reality through sibling negotiation.

A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.

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Ride Along 2 (2016)

IMDb 5.9 🍅 15% Letterboxd 2.5 1h 42m

Directed by Tim Story

✦ MovieMuse AI takeBuddy-cop formula dilutes teen perspective; wedding subplot can't salvage film's departure from adolescent worldview.

As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.

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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)

IMDb 5.7 🍅 65% Letterboxd 2.5 1h 31m

Directed by Kirk DeMicco

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSupernatural inheritance doubles as coming-of-age metaphor; kraken lineage explores female power and social expectation perfectly.

Ruby Gillman, a sweet and awkward high school student, discovers she's a direct descendant of the warrior kraken queens. The kraken are sworn to protect the oceans of the world against the vain, power-hungry mermaids. Destined to inherit the throne from her commanding grandmother, Ruby must use her newfound powers to protect those she loves most.

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Radio Rebel (2012)

IMDb 5.7 Letterboxd 2.3 1h 30m

Directed by Peter Howitt

✦ MovieMuse AI takeShy-girl-finds-voice trope electrifies through radio anonymity device, letting interior monologue become the genuine character arc.

High school senior Tara is so painfully shy that she dreads speaking to anyone in the hallways or getting called on in class. But in the privacy of her bedroom with her iPod in hand, she rocks out -- doing mock broadcasts for Miami's hottest FM radio station, which happens to be owned by her stepfather. When a slot opens up at The SLAM, Tara surprises herself by blossoming behind the mike into confident, "Radio Rebel" -- and to everyone's shock, she's a hit!

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LOL (2012)

IMDb 4.4 🍅 14% Letterboxd 2.6 1h 37m

Directed by Lisa Azuelos

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSocial-media saturation mirrors actual teen communication but prioritizes plot over authentic digital-age identity formation.

In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, "accidentally" reads her teenage daughter's racy journal, she realizes just how wide their communication gap has grown.

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