Coming of age movies and TV shows – page 4

List of coming of age movies

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 10K
Vision Quest (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: High school wrestler Louden Swain is a man obsessed , trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on Shute, the undefeated, tough-as-nails 168-pound champion who's the best wrestler in the state. Matthew Modine stars as the ...
Style: inspirational, melancholic, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, wrestling, underdog, cheerleader, rivalry, adolescence, unlikely friendships, teenage boy, high school life, training ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: washington state, washington d.c.
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The Princess Diaries (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, touching, teen, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot: high school, teenager, princess, coming of age, royalty, royal family, teenage life, cinderella story, fish out of water, female protagonist, teenage girl, teenage love ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, california, usa, europe, pacific ocean
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The Way He Looks (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, ...
Style: touching, cute, sweet, romantic, sexual ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: gay, blindness, lgbt, homosexuality, coming of age, school, gay teenager, friendship, gay love, teenage life, homosexual, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: sao paulo, brazil, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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 4.4
 58K
LOL (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, ...
Style: romantic, light, feel good, teen, realistic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teen romance, teenage life, teenage love, high school life, youth, love and romance, high school, mother daughter relationship, high school romance, coming of age, happy ending, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, chicago
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 6.8
 52K
Ginger Snaps (2000)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds ...
Style: gothic, scary, dark comedy, dark, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, werewolf, halloween, teenager, transformation, obsession, gory, goth, high school, sisters, full moon, goth girl ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: ontario canada, united kingdom, canada
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 7.1
 6K
Flirting (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The year is 1965 and Danny Embling, is an awkward, underdeveloped teen suffering from occasional bouts of stuttering, attends an all-male boarding school in New South Wales, Australia. it has been some time since Danny has had any romantic ...
Style: realistic, touching, romantic, disturbing, serious ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: boarding school, coming of age, friendship, interracial relations, high school, bullying, male nudity, love, teenage life, male pubic hair, teenage love, character study ...
Time: 60s, year 1991, 20th century, year 1965
Place: australia, uganda, paris france, kenya, africa
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 7.2
 89K
Dope (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from ...
Style: funny, independent film, realistic, suspense, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenager, coming of age, hip hop, african american, adolescence, friendship, social relations, drug, party, gang, gangster, high school ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, indiana, harvard university, usa
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 8.1
 778K
Inside Out (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. ...
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, 3d animation, motivational ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: imaginary friend, memory, creativity, dream, joy, childhood, parents and children, life philosophy, subconscious, coming of age, friendship, happy ending ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, minnesota, california, tibet, usa
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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yuichi Hasumi and Shusuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yuichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of fictional pop ...
Style: atmospheric, disturbing, depressing, teen, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, bullying, music, alienation, high school, social misfits, teenage life, friendship, adolescence, youth, loneliness, school ...
Time: year 2000, year 1999, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: japan, east asia, okinawa, asia, okinawa japan ...
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 7.4
 6K
Heartstone (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A remote fishing village in Iceland. Teenage boys Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other discovers new feelings toward his best friend. When summer ends and the harsh nature of ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, social, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: gay, lgbt, coming of age, teenage boy, gay teenager, friendship between boys, lgbt teen, gay interest, first love, unrequited love, boy, friendship ...
Time: 2000s
Place: iceland
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 7.1
 139K
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Set in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s, the film follows a high school student who is also a successful child actor.
Style: period piece, captivating, comedy drama, teen, independent film ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, actor, first love, teenage boy, jealousy, closeted homosexual, political campaign, age difference, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, friendship, wrongful arrest ...
Time: year 1973, 2020s, 70s, year 1939, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, pasadena california, new york
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Eternal Summer (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.
Style: realistic, sexy, sentimental, serious, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: coming of age, gay, love triangle, school, friendship, unrequited love, gay sex, gay teenager, lgbt, high school friend, loneliness, true love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: taiwan, asia, taipei, hong kong
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 5.7
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Sugar (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Cliff has just turned 18 and his little sister has a gift for him: booze, a joint, a subway token and the command to have sex. Heading out on the town, Cliff finds friendship -- and more -- in the person of a young hustler named Butch. But ...
Style: serious, touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, gay teenager, gay, innocence lost, lgbt, friendship, self discovery, lifestyle, fall in love, teenage life, life is a bitch, couple relations ...
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
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 8.5
 281K
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 174 min.
Story: A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Style: sad, uplifting, inspirational, touching, emotional ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: childhood, coming of age, friendship, first love, filmmaking, cinema, nostalgia, haunted by the past, adolescence, breast feeding, village, funeral ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1988, 1950s, year 1954 ...
Place: italy, sicily, europe, rome italy, corsica
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 6.5
 726
Short Skin (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Ever since he was a child, the seventeen-yearold Edoardo has suffered from a malformation of the foreskin that stops him from masturbating and makes him insecure and ill at ease with girls. Shut up in his sexless microcosm, Edoardo reacts with ...
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot: coming of age, sexuality, anxiety, surgery, family relations, teenage life, teenage love, misfit, youth, masturbation, male nudity, teenage boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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A River Runs Through It (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying ...
Style: touching, sentimental, intense, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot: fishing, coming of age, self discovery, father son relationship, beautiful scenery, brother brother relationship, childhood, river, wilderness, brothers, tragedy, secrets ...
Time: 1900s, year 1992, 1920s, 1910s, 1930s ...
Place: montana, usa
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The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style: depressing, talky, sincere, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: divorce, coming of age, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, infidelity, teenager, adultery, marriage, boy, crumbling marriage, childhood, adolescence ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 2005, near future, 2000s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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 7.1
 439K
Brave (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: princess, witch, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, bravery, happy ending, bear, heroine, female protagonist, rebellious daughter, archery, archer ...
Time: middle ages, 10th century, year 2012, 2010s, medieval times
Place: scotland, scottish highlands, europe
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 7.0
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Dating Amber (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Eddie and Amber decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. The plan seems solid, but as ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental, social ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, coming of age, gay, lesbian love, lgbt, lesbian teen, friendship, bullying, high school life, lgbtqi, teenage life, love and romance ...
Time: year 1995
Place: ireland, london
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Gregory's Girl (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In his Scottish New Town home, gangling Gregory and his schoolfriends are starting to find out about girls. He fancies Dorothy, not least because she has got into the football team - and is a better player than him. He finally asks her out, but it ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, independent film, comedy drama, realistic ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: coming of age, soccer, high school, teenager, football, unrequited love, love, teenage love, friendship between boys, coach, brother sister relationship, sexual awakening ...
Time: 20th century, year 1981, year 1980, 70s
Place: scotland, britain, europe
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 7.8
 102K
The Sandlot (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the ...
Style: feel good, funny, sentimental, teen, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot: baseball, childhood, coming of age, friendship, dog, adolescence, small town, boy, bullying, child, team, summer ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1962
Place: utah, california, los angeles, usa
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, sad, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: alien, friendship, childhood, children, coming of age, ufo, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, friendly alien, boy, chase, child protagonist ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, future, year 1982, 90s
Place: california, usa, persia, los angeles
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White Water Summer (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hope to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon ...
Style: intense, sincere, exciting, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: wilderness, survival, river, coming of age, summer, nature, camping, friendship, youth, camp, mountain climbing, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: manhattan new york city, usa, new york
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 7.0
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My Dog Skip (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of ...
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, sad, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: dog, coming of age, childhood, small town, child's point of view, friendship, animal, youth, children, world war two, human animal relationship, baseball ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa, oxford university
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 7.7
 25K
Breaking Away (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one ...
Style: touching, realistic, inspirational, witty, talky ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, working class, cycling, underdog, bicycle, friendship, small town, teenage life, bicycle race, father son relationship, childhood, teenage boy ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: indiana, usa
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 7.1
 34K
White Oleander (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Style: intense, touching, disturbing, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: mother daughter relationship, coming of age, bad mother, loneliness, dysfunctional family, women's prison, teenage life, murder, mother daughter estrangement, mental illness, teenager, borderline personality disorder ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, nova scotia, mexico
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The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting ...
Style: touching, independent film, sexy, witty, sexual ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: lesbian, coming of age, lesbian relationship, gender, lgbt, lesbian love, gay, biological father, infidelity, father son relationship, adultery, family relations ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, southern california, buenos aires argentina
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 7.0
 88K
Raw (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In Justine’s family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sister also studies. There, she gets no time to settle: hazing starts right away. Justine is forced ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, bloody, dark, scary ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: cannibalism, coming of age, cannibal, meat, vegetarian, sister sister relationship, teenage girl, school, party, peer pressure, sex scene, blood ...
Time: year 2016, year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france
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P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: An enchanting comedy set in post-World War Two Britain. It studies a teenage boy's relationships and period of sexual awakening. A cricket-obsessed adolescent, Alan Duckworth lusts after his classmate Ann. When the pair score the lead roles in ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good
Plot: coming of age, corporal punishment, cricket, school, post war, first love, teenage protagonist, love, wartime, judaism, friends, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 1940s, year 1982, 80s, year 1948
Place: england, europe
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 7.4
 188K
Mud (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive and make a pact to help him escape from an island in the Mississippi.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, touching, realistic, southern gothic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, friendship, childhood, ex convict, first love, bittersweet, fugitives, obsession, river, love story, survival, small town ...
Time: year 2012, year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mississippi, usa, arkansas
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