History Film / TheKissingBooth2

Following the events of the first film, Elle Evans (Creator/JoeyKing) and Lee Flynn (Creator/JoelCourtney) have begun their senior year at high school. Elle's romance with Lee's older brother, Noah (Jacob Elordi) is challenged by the fact he's [[LongDistanceRelationship far away]] attending Harvard University. To make matters worse, Elle sees social media posts suggesting he's growing close to a girl he met at Harvard ([[Creator/MaisieRichardsonSellers Maisie Richardson-Sellers]]). Further complicating things, Elle finds herself drawn to Marco (Creator/TaylorZakharPerez), a charming new boy at her school. Is this the end of Elle and Noah's relationship, or will their love prevail?

Following the events of the first film, Elle Evans (Creator/JoeyKing) and Lee Flynn (Creator/JoelCourtney) have begun their senior year at high school. Elle's romance with Lee's older brother, Noah (Jacob Elordi) is challenged by the fact he's [[LongDistanceRelationship far away]] attending Harvard University. To make matters worse, Elle sees social media posts suggesting he's growing close to a girl he met at Harvard ([[Creator/MaisieRichardsonSellers Maisie Richardson-Sellers]]). Further complicating things, Elle finds herself drawn to Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez), a charming new boy at her school. Is this the end of Elle and Noah's relationship, or will their love prevail?

Shortly after the film's release, it was announced that a third film, ''The Kissing Booth 3'' , had been filmed concurrently and would be released in 2021.

* GrandRomanticGesture: Lee professes his love for Rachel using the school's intercom. [[RealityEnsues He gets detention]], but his confession is reciprocated.

* AccidentalPublicConfession: After seeing a video of Marco working out, Elle gushes about how hot he is, unware she'd accidentally turned on the school's announcement system by leaning against a button and ''everyone'', including Marco, can hear her. When Lee realizes what's happening, he makes a valiant attempt to stop it, but he doesn't quite get there in time.

** In the book, [[spoiler:Elle breaks up with Noah after she overhears him talking with Amanda about her early on and spends most of the book single]]. In the film, [[spoiler:their breakup happens in the third act, after Noah spots Elle kissing Marco, and doesn't last as long]].

** At the end of the first film, Elle learned that it was important not to hide things from Lee, especially if it personally affected him in some way. In this film she's at it again, this time concealing the fact she's applied to Harvard, as Lee believes she still intends to go to UC Berkeley the same as him. [[spoiler: She does this ''again'' in the very end when she lies to Lee, Noah and Rachel that she got waitlisted from both Harvard and Berkeley--when in actuality, she was accepted into ''both'' schools and is uncertain of where she will go]].

* CompositeCharacter: Elle's friend Dixon is AdaptedOut and his insecurities of being a gay are given to her other friend Oliver.
* DinnerAndAShow: A really awkward Thanksgiving dinner at the Flynn's house forms the climax, with the tension between Elle, Noah, Lee and Rachel boiling over at the dinner table; Noah recently saw Elle [[spoiler:kissing Marco]], Elle thinks Noah cheated with Chloe (who he invited to Thanksgiving), Lee has found out Elle applied to a different university without telling him, and Rachel is mad at both Lee and Elle for excluding her.
* ForeignFanservice: Chloe, Noah's British friend at Harvard, who has a lot of fancy stories regarding her trips around the world to share. Elle, who spends most of her life in Los Angeles, becomes jealous when she seems to be getting closer to Noah.

* GrandRomanticGesture: Lee professes his love for Rachel using the school's intercom. [[RealityEnsues He gets a detention]], but his confession is reciprocated.

* IvyLeagueForEveryone: [[spoiler: Downplayed. At the end, Elle gets accepted into Harvard, one of the most prestigious universities in the world. It's offhandedly mentioned early in the film that she has great scores and takes part in two extracurricular clubs (soccer and dance club), but her only other notable activities are setting up the kissing booth and being a small-time video game streamer with a couple dozen followers. Elle's university interview paper mostly consists of praising her family and friends while downplaying her own achievements. Ironically, despite cost being Elle's greatest barrier to attending Harvard, in real life, it would have been the least of her problems, as the Evanses are middle class and would be granted a hefty amount of aid from the Harvard endowment (in fact, she would probably have to pay less in Harvard than she would at UC Berkeley).]]
* LatinLover: Marco, the super hot Latino transfer student who does a part-time job as a street singer and is a good dancer.

* LoveTriangle: Elle finds herself torn between Noah and Marco. [[spoiler: While Elle is fond of Marco and knows he likes her a lot, in the end she says she's [[FirstGuyWins still in love with Noah]]]].

* ThirdWheel: Elle becomes this for Lee and Rachel, constantly spending time with them because Noah is away at university. In this scenario, it actually makes thing awkward for ''Rachel'', because Lee tends to prioritize Elle while inadvertently neglecting his girlfriend and Elle is initially oblivious to the fact Rachel wants to spend time with Lee without her.

** A girl shows Elle a video of Marco working-out, including close-ups of his muscled chest. She begins talking at-length about his attractiveness, not realizing she's broadcasting this to the entire school.

** Ollie actually appeared in the first film, but only in small role. Here, he has his own subplot revolving around his romantic feelings for classmate Miles.

Following the events of the first film, Elle Evans (Creator/JoeyKing) and Lee Flynn (Joel Courtney) have begun their senior year at high school. Elle's romance with Lee's older brother, Noah (Jacob Elordi) is challenged by the fact he's [[LongDistanceRelationship far away]] attending Harvard University. To make matters worse, Elle sees social media posts suggesting he's growing close to a girl he met at Harvard ([[Creator/MaisieRichardsonSellers Maisie Richardson-Sellers]]). Further complicating things, Elle finds herself drawn to Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez), a charming new boy at her school. Is this the end of Elle and Noah's relationship, or will their love prevail?