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Coming of age movies

Explore growing up, changing relationships and entering adulthood.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 1,388 films · Page 35.

The Grass Harp (1995)

Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, drama film

In a small 1930s Alabama town, Collin Fenwick is sent to live with his father's maiden cousins—the sweet Dolly and the overbearing Verena—following the death of his mother. He soon discovers that the Talbo household is anything but normal.…

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Sweet Sixteen (2002)

Social Drama, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film

In the Scottish town of Greenock, teenager Liam and his friends exemplify the violent ned subculture: they no longer attend school, and instead wander aimlessly all day long. They earn money by illegally selling untaxed cigarettes in a pub…

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After School Special (2003)

Komödie, coming-of-age film, teen film

Matt, Fred, and Deacon are three high school teenagers who are obsessed with sex, but unable to obtain it. Frustrated at being restricted to fantasy and voyeurism, they decide to film a pornographic movie, in order to gain access to women,…

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An American Rhapsody (2001)

Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Social Drama, biographical film, coming-of-age film, drama film

In the summer of 1965, at age fifteen, Suzanne "Zsuzsi" Sandor describes her life as "falling apart." Rebellious, unsure of her true identity, she determines to return to Budapest where it all began. She recalls her father's fears that eve…

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The Rachel Papers (1989)

Drama, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film

Charles is a confident and intelligent nineteen-year-old, about to attend Oxford University. Charles is a computer nerd and has developed a methodical approach to seduction, and compiles detailed computer files and elaborate plans to seduc…

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Dear Frankie (2004)

Marital Tragedy, drama film

Lizzie Morrison and nine-year-old deaf son Frankie frequently relocate to keep one step ahead of her abusive ex-husband and his family. They are accompanied by her opinionated, chain-smoking mother Nell. Newly relocated in the Scottish tow…

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Me, Natalie (1969)

Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, drama film

From childhood, Brooklyn teenager Natalie Miller, who has a slight overbite and a somewhat large nose, considers herself to be homely, and has never subscribed to her mother's determined belief that she will grow up to be pretty. By contra…

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Clara's Heart (1988)

Drama, drama film

The Hart family, parents Leona and Bill and son David, suffer the loss of their infant daughter Edith. The parents travel to Jamaica, where they meet a hotel maid, Clara Mayfield, offering her work as the housekeeper. Clara accepts, and ta…

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Tadpole (2000)

Romantic Comedy, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film

Oscar Grubman is a precocious 15-year-old boy traveling home from school for Thanksgiving. He speaks fluent French, quotes Voltaire and finds girls of his own age to be too shallow and superficial, as well as too immature and inexperienced…

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Keith (2008)

Drama, Romance Film, coming-of-age film, drama film, romantic comedy film

Natalie is an academically-focused student, with the intent of going to Duke University on a tennis scholarship. Natalie, with several other of her classmates, frequents an outdoors party place called The Brick. There, she bonds with Rafae…

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Down in the Delta (1998)

Drama, drama film

Rosa Lynn Sinclair, an elderly woman, lives in a Chicago housing project with her daughter Loretta and her two grandchildren, four-year-old Tracy (who is autistic) and thirteen-year-old Thomas. Disappointed in Loretta's life choices and af…

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December Boys (2007)

Coming Of Age, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film

In late 1960s Australia, four orphan boys from a Roman Catholic orphanage in the outback of AustraliaMaps, Misti, Spark and Spitwere all born in the month of December, and for their birthday, they are sent on a holiday to the beach to stay…

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A Room For Romeo Brass (1999)

Coming Of Age, Heimatfilm, Melodrama, Social Drama, comedy drama

12-year-old boys Romeo Brass and Gavin Woolley have been best friends and neighbours for most of their lives. Gavin suffers from a back injury which causes him to be bullied by other boys, while Romeo is quick to step in and defend him. On…

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High School U.S.A. (1983)

coming-of-age film

The film focuses on the intrigue inside Excelsior Union High School, a fictional version of it located in Missouri, as revealed by a license plate closeup. J.J. Manners becomes enamored with Beth Franklin, the girlfriend of Beau Middleton,…

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Lost in Yonkers (1993)

Tragic Comedy Film, coming-of-age film, drama film

In 1942, following the death of their mother, 15-year-old Jay Kurnitz and his 13-year-old brother Arty move from the Bronx to Yonkers to live temporarily with their strict, stern Grandma Kurnitz and her daughter Aunt Bella, so that their f…

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Bless the Beasts and Children (1971)

Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film

Six teenaged boys, each a misfit in one way or another, are ostracized by the other boys at a summer camp but form a bond among themselves. After seeing a herd of bison selected for culling by local hunters, they resolve to sneak away from…

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Light It Up (1999)

Drama, drama film, hood film, teen film

In an urban Queens high school students, Lester DeWitt, who lost his father, his younger best friend, artist Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone, hard-working Stephanie Williams, criminal Rodney J. Templeton, rebellious pregnant Lynn Sabatini, and hu…

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Prom Dates (2024)

LGBTQ-related film, comedy film, coming-of-age fiction

Adolescent friends Hannah and Jess make a pact to have the best prom ever when they grow up. Now high school seniors, they break up with their dates just before the prom and go in search of replacement dates. While Jess wants to become pro…

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Little Wing (2024)

Coming Of Age, coming-of-age film, drama film

In Portland, Oregon, teenager Kaitlyn's parents have divorced. Her mother is ready to sell the family home. A family friend gives Kaitlyn two pigeons, and in studying the details of pigeon care and racing, Kaitlyn learns that a pigeon bree…

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Class of '44 (1973)

comedy drama, coming-of-age film

Friends Hermie (an aspiring artist), Oscy (a jock), and Benjy (a nerd) graduate from high school in the spring of 1944, under the looming threat of World War II. At a post-graduation party, Hermie and Oscy are startled when Benjy tells the…

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Enter The Warriors Gate (2016)

Action Comedy, Coming Of Age, Fantasy, Martial-Arts, adventure film

Jack Bronson is a teenager who spends his free time playing warrior video games and working at a Chinese curios and antiques shop. His mother is trying to sell the house they live in before it goes into foreclosure. When Jack goes to a bik…

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Anything's Possible (2022)

Coming Of Age, Romantic Comedy, coming-of-age film, romance film, transgender film

Kelsa is a transgender high school student in her senior year. She spends time with her best friends, Chris and Em, and makes YouTube videos about her life as a trans high schooler that she keeps a secret from her mother. Her classmate Kha…

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The Young Messiah (2016)

Bible Film, drama film

Seven-year-old Jesus is playing in Alexandria with his cousins when the bully Eliezer beats Jesus and then turns to his female cousin. Satan throws an apple before Eliezer and he falls to his death. Satan turns the crowd against Jesus and …

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The Teacher (1974)

erotic film, erotic thriller

It is summer, and obsessed Ralph Gordon stalks a high-school teacher, 28-year-old Diane Marshall. He watches her from an old warehouse while she is relaxing in her swimsuit on one of the boats. One of Diane's students, 18-year-old Sean Rob…

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