It seems a little bit open-ended. It wouldn't be fair to say that they didn't get it right, because obviously some of them did and some of them didn't. I think the more recent films and books did a better job of describing the modern teen, probably because they can compare it to teen life in this day and age. The books and movies from the 50s did a fine job of describing teen life in the 50s, I'm sure, but they don't work for these days. While there was clearly teen angst like there is today, it was usually about some totally different things, and films and books from the 50s are hardly comparable to films and books from the here and now, just as teen life from the 50s is hardly comparable to teen life now.
In keeping with the idea that the newer films portray modern teen life better, I would say that either Ellen Page or Jonah Hill best exemplify teen life these days simply because their characters more accurately deal with the kind of problems that teenagers face. But, like I said, comparing movies about teenagers from the 50s with movies about teenagers today is about as fair as comparing teenage life in the 50s to today's teenage life.
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