The Kissing Booth is a 2018 American teen romantic comedy film written and directed by Vince Marcello and based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Beth Reekles. The first installment in The Kissing Booth trilogy, the film stars Joey King, Jacob Elordi and Joel Courtney. The film follows Elle (King), a quirky, late blooming teenager whose budding romance with high school senior and bad boy Noah (Elordi) puts her lifelong friendship with Noah's younger brother Lee (Courtney) in jeopardy.