Highest-Rated Movies about 'Based On Young Adult Novel'

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Based On Young Adult Novel movies.

#16. The Maze Runner (2014)

• Rating: 6.8/10
• Length: 1h 53min
• Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction
• Director: Wes Ball

Storyline: Awakening in an elevator, remembering nothing of his past, Thomas emerges into a world of about thirty teenage boys, all without past memories, who have learned to survive under their own set of rules in a completely enclosed environment, subsisting on their own agriculture and supplies. With a new boy arriving every thirty days, the group has been in "The Glade" for three years, trying to find a way to escape through the Maze that surrounds their living space (patrolled by cyborg monsters named 'Grievers'). They have begun to give up hope when a comatose girl arrives with a strange note, and their world begins to change with the boys dividing into two factions: those willing to risk their lives to escape and those wanting to hang onto what they've got and survive.

Plot Keywords: teenage boy, maze, based on novel, dystopia, open ended, killing an animal, leader ...

#17. If I Stay (2014)

• Rating: 6.7/10
• Length: 1h 47min
• Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Science Fiction
• Director: R.J. Cutler

Storyline: Mia Hall thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam. But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her own life hangs in the balance. Caught between life and death for one revealing day, Mia has only one decision left, which will not only decide her future but her ultimate fate.

Plot Keywords: out of body experience, coma, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, reference to ludwig van beethoven ...

#18. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

• Rating: 6.7/10
• Length: 2h 7min
• Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
• Director: Tim Burton

Storyline: When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that spans different worlds and times, he finds a magical place known as Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the mystery and danger deepen as he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers... and their powerful enemies. Ultimately, Jacob discovers that only his own special "peculiarity" can save his new friends.

Plot Keywords: backwards time travel, time loop, time travel, year 1943, death of grandfather, monster, stopwatch ...

#19. Divergent (2014)

• Rating: 6.7/10
• Length: 2h 19min
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction
• Director: Neil Burger

Storyline: Set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue, teenagers have to decide if they want to stay in their faction or switch to another - for the rest of their lives. Tris Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone. Then Tris and her fellow faction-members have to live through a highly competitive initiation process to live out the choice they have made. They must undergo extreme physical and intense psychological tests, that transform them all. But Tris has a secret that she is Divergent, which means she doesn't fit into any one group. If anyone knew, it would mean a certain death. As she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly peaceful society, this secret might help her save the people she loves... or it might destroy her.

Plot Keywords: dystopia, brother sister relationship, based on young adult novel, father son relationship, army, narrated by character, bare chested male ...

#20. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

• Rating: 6.6/10
• Length: 2h 3min
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction
• Director: Francis Lawrence

Storyline: With the Games destroyed, Katniss Everdeen, along with Gale, Finnick and Beetee, end up in the so thought "destroyed" District 13. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her friends, Katniss becomes the "Mockingjay", the symbol of rebellion for the districts of Panem.

Plot Keywords: uprising, based on young adult novel, dystopia, emaciation, action heroine, female warrior, propaganda ...

#21. Ender's Game (2013)

• Rating: 6.6/10
• Length: 1h 54min
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
• Director: Gavin Hood

Storyline: The Earth was ravaged by the Formics, an alien race seemingly determined to destroy humanity. Fifty years later, the people of Earth remain banded together to prevent their own annihilation from this technologically superior alien species. Ender Wiggin, a quiet but brilliant boy, may become the savior of the human race. He is separated from his beloved sister and his terrifying brother and brought to battle school in orbit around earth. He will be tested and honed into an empathetic killer who begins to despise what he does as he learns to fight in hopes of saving Earth and his family.

Plot Keywords: alien, brother sister relationship, military academy, teenage protagonist, child prodigy, based on novel, based on young adult novel ...

#22. Nerve (2016)

• Rating: 6.5/10
• Length: 1h 36min
• Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Storyline: 'Nerve' is about an online dare game, in which people give participants anonymous dares for money. The participants compete with each other to win the grand prize as the dares get tougher. Things get worse when the tasks get increasingly dangerous and lives are at stake.

Plot Keywords: dare, game, new york city, tattoo, based on novel, based on young adult novel, internet ...

#23. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

• Rating: 6.5/10
• Length: 1h 59min
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director: Ken Kwapis

Storyline: The movie is based on the young adult book, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Anne Brashares. As four best friends spend their first summer apart from one another, they share a magical pair of jeans. Despite being of various shapes and sizes, each one of them fits perfectly into the pants. To keep in touch they pass these pants to each other as well as the adventures they are going through while apart.

Plot Keywords: friendship, female friendship, chick flick, friendship between girls, blue hair, singing in a car, soccer match ...

#24. Spontaneous (2020)

• Rating: 6.5/10
• Length: 102 mins
• Genre: Comedy, Horror
• Director: Brian Duffield

Storyline: When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally...), seniors Mara (Katherine Langford) and Dylan (Charlie Plummer) struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last. As an unexpected romance blossoms between them, Mara and Dylan discover that when tomorrow is no longer promised, they can finally start living for today.

Plot Keywords: school, based on novel, reference to donald trump, cemetery, reference to bruce springsteen, graduation, flashback ...

#25. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

• Rating: 6.5/10
• Length: 2h 17min
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction
• Director: Francis Lawrence

Storyline: After young Katniss Everdeen agrees to be the symbol of rebellion, the Mockingjay, she tries to return Peeta to his normal state, tries to get to the Capitol, and tries to deal with the battles coming her way...but all for her main goal: assassinating President Snow and returning peace to the Districts of Panem. As her squad starts to get smaller and smaller, will she make it to the Capitol? Will she get revenge on Snow or will her target change? Will she be with her "Star-Crossed Lover," Peeta, or her long-time friend, Gale? Deaths, bombs, bow and arrows, a love triangle, hope... What will happen?

Plot Keywords: dystopia, death of sister, execution, brainwashing, revolution, rebellion, flood ...

#26. How I Live Now (2013)

• Rating: 6.5/10
• Length: 1h 41min
• Genre: Romance, Thriller, War, Science Fiction
• Director: Kevin Macdonald

Storyline: American teenager Elizabeth "Daisy" is sent by her estranged father away from New York to the countryside of England to stay with her Aunt Penn. Her distant cousin Isaac welcomes her at the airport and drives her home. She is introduced to her cousins, seventeen year-old Eddie and young Piper and to their friend Joe. However Daisy is a resentful, needy of love and aloof girl who believes that she is cursed and that bad things happen wherever she goes since her mother died in her delivery. Aunt Penn is a busy woman who is studying the war scenario in England, which is on alert due to an imminent terrorist attack, and needs to fly to Geneva. However, the next morning, a nuclear bomb explodes in London and the authorities of the United Kingdom declare a state of siege. Meanwhile Daisy and Eddie fall in love with each other, but they are separated by the military, which sends girls to one camp and men to another. Daisy and Eddie promise to meet each other again. In a country at war, Daisy...

Plot Keywords: survival, cousin cousin relationship, incest, nuclear explosion, terrorist attack, england, gang rape ...

#27. Everything, Everything (2017)

• Rating: 6.4/10
• Length: 1h 36min
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Director: Stella Meghie

Storyline: A 17 year old girl named Madeline Whittier has a rare disease that causes her to have to stay indoors 24/7 with her filtered air. Her whole life is basically books, her mom, and Carla(her nurse). One day, a moving truck pulls in next door. There she sees Olly. Olly Bright is Maddy's new neighbor. They get to know each other through emails. The more they get to know each other, the more they fall in love. Olly starts to make Maddy realize that she isn't really living. This starts the adventures of Maddy's new life.

Plot Keywords: love interest, nurse, new neighbor, disease, reunion, waving, outer space ...

#28. Before I Fall (2017)

• Rating: 6.4/10
• Length: 1h 38min
• Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
• Director: Ry Russo-Young

Storyline: What if you had only one day to change absolutely everything? Samantha Kingston has it all: the perfect friends, the perfect guy, and a seemingly perfect future. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, Sam wakes up with no future at all. Trapped reliving the same day over and over she begins to question just how perfect her life really was. And as she begins to untangle the mystery of a life suddenly derailed, she must also unwind the secrets of the people closest to her, and discover the power of a single day to make a difference, not just in her own life, but in the lives of those around her - before she runs out of time for good.

Plot Keywords: female protagonist, time loop, car crash, based on novel, teenager, high school, death ...

#29. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

• Rating: 6.3/10
• Length: 2h 11min
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction
• Director: Wes Ball

Storyline: The second chapter of the epic "Maze Runner" saga. Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD's vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

Plot Keywords: escape, desert, cure, zombie, evil corporation, creature, rescue ...

#30. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)

• Rating: 6.2/10
• Length: 1h 59min
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director: Sanaa Hamri

Storyline: Carmen Lowell is working on the backstage of a play at Yale. When the lead actress, her friend Julia, invites her to Vermont with her to work on a play with a professional cast, she decides to stay with her friends and her pregnant mother. However, she changes her mind after she finds that her friends will all leave for the summer: Lena Kaligaris will travel to a drawing course, Bridget Vreeland, who is in an existential crisis, missing her mother, will travel to an archaeological dig in Turkey, and Tibby Tomko-Rollins is working in a rental and still editing her documentary. Carmen grows a crush on the lead actor Ian, who convinces her to participate in an audition, and she is then invited by the director Bill Kerr to perform the lead female role. Later she finds the truth about the friendship of Julia. The broken-hearted Lena finds that Kostas has just married, and she dates the model of her drawing class. Bridget finds letters addressed to her from her grandmother that her father ...

Plot Keywords: video message, painting, sketching, single father, shakespeare play, full moon, sister sister relationship ...