There is nothing some students like more than settling down on stressful days or weeks by relaxing their bodies and minds with a good comedy. Most movies that have relatable teen experiences bring comfort and laughter, and it makes teens feel seen because of the drama in comedies.

There are several different types of comedies. A movie that brings senior Meadow Dewsbury laughter is the 2000s movie “Mean Girls,” starring  Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Amanda Seyfried. 

“It kind of relates to me,” Dewsberry said. “The main characters say funny stuff about people. I first watched it in sixth grade, and watched it about five times.”

When she gets the chance, she has family and friends watch it too. She loves a good comedy.

“I like when it’s creative and when the jokes aren’t boring or basic, or over told – something that I haven’t heard before,” she said.

“Mean Girls” might be her favorite but she has a list of good ones inspired by “Mean Girls.”

“I love 2000s movies for sure now,” Dewsbury said. “I love ‘Clueless’ and ‘Legally Blonde.’”

For senior Elizabeth Delgado, her favorite comedy is from her childhood. She loved the 2005 animated movie “Hoodwinked!” 

“It was about this little girl who played Little Red Riding Hood, and she’s basically a hood version of Little Red,” Delgado said. “It’s just a low-budget movie that I found really funny.”

She first watched it when she was 8 years old and has seen it more than 15 times.

“I’ve made my entire family watch it,” she said. “All of my sisters, they loved it and they thought it was so funny. I’ve made my older sister rewatch it with me because she didn’t think the movie was real, because it felt like a fever dream.”

Comedies like this bring viewers back to their childhoods.  

“If I wanted to have something just to laugh about, I knew I wanted to watch a kids movie, because sometimes I just wanna go back to my childhood and it makes me feel nostalgic,” Delgado said.

She also said she felt watching it changed her sense of humor and was showcased in her personality.

“I feel like it just made me a really silly person,” Delgado said. “I was little when I watched it so I wanted to be like the little girl. I wanted to be cool, funny and weird.”

Lastly, a very common genre of comedies that people enjoy and crave  laughter from are good adult comedies. “21 Jump Street” starring Johan Hill  and Dave Franco is sophomore Riley Delgado’s favorite comedy movie. She first watched it when she was 13.

“I love that it’s funny, has a lot of adult humor,” Riley Delgado said. “I haven’t seen many comedies, but I felt like it was way more interesting, like I was intrigued the whole time.”

There’s nothing more comforting than coming home and curling up in a blanket and putting on a sad movie.

There are multiple sad movies but senior Keoni Millari said the saddest movie he’s watched is “A Better Life.” The movie came out in 2011 and starred Demián Bichir as the main protagonist and his son in the movie is Jose Julian.

“It’s about an immigrant dad and a son and like basically they’re trying to have a better life,” Mallari said.

When watching sad movies people usually have a signature snack that they eat. Millari’s signature snack is Hot Cheetos. Everyone cries, but the movies that get Millari in his feelings are movies about realistic life experiences, like “The Notebook.”

Not everyone knows good sad movies and some people even said that they never had a movie that made them cry. However, a movie that made junior James Munoz emotional was about the topic of mental health.

“It was about suicide, and I know someone from our middle school that committed suicide, so it was sad,” he said.

Everyone likes different snacks, some sweet and some salty. Munoz is on the sweet side of snacks. He likes popcorn and M&M’s mixed together with butter.

Most sad movies tug at a viewer’s heart strings. Some make people cry, some make people laugh.

A movie that made Munoz cry was the movie “Head Full Of Honey.” 

“It’s this movie about Alzheimers,” Munoz said. “Because my grandpa had Alzheimers, and it hit deep because it just reminds me of it.”

For some students, there is nothing better than coming home from a long day and watching a scary horror film. They love the feeling of just relaxing while also being on the tip of your toes. 

Senior Alyssa Clanton’s favorite is “The Strangers: Chapter 1.” The movie came out in 2024 and was directed by Renny Harlin. 

“It’s my favorite horror movie because it actually scared me,” Clanton said. “I like when [horror movies] are like realistic. When it’s stuff that can actually happen in real life.” 

Horror movies can also be very nostalgic and comforting, while also being scary. That is the case for sophomore Ta’Niya Readen, who grew up watching them. 

“The first horror movie I ever watched was The Poughkeepsie Tapes,” she said. “It scared me for life and I never trusted anyone after that.” 

For freshman Devin Bacon, his favorite is Longlegs, which came out in 2024 and starred Nicolas Cage. 

“It was too scary,” Bacon said. “In the beginning, when it was tiny and didn’t fit the full screen it made me mad.”

Readon said that the best time to watch horror movies is the Halloween season. 

“Everything about it is scary,” she said. “There’s a bunch of clowns walking around, and you’re watching scary movies.”