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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 45.

Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (2005)

Coming Of Age, LGBTQ-related film, Tragic Comedy Film, coming-of-age film, drama film

Maxi (Nathan Lopez) is a 12-year-old effeminate gay boy who lives in the slums with his father and brothers, who are petty thieves. The story primarily revolves around the conflict between his love for handsome young police officer Victor …

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Staying Together (1989)

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

Three brothers live at home with their parents and work at the family restaurant that has been managed by their father for the past 25 years. The brothers expect one day to take over the restaurant themselves, but one morning their father …

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As Cool as I Am (2013)

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

Lucy is a self-confessed tomboy who gets on well with her father Chuck, but is frequently separated from him for months on end when he works in Canada. Her relationship with her mother Lainee is easy-going provided she keeps the house tidy…

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Mean Dreams (2016)

Coming Of Age, Thriller, thriller film

Described as "a coming-of-age drama that evolves into a crime thriller", the film begins with teenagers Jonas and Casey meeting, introduced by Casey's faithful dog Blaze. Jonas spends his days working on his father's cattle ranch in the Gr…

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Copenhagen (2014)

Adventure, Drama, Romance Film, adventure film, coming-of-age film

After weeks of travelling through Europe, the immature American William finds himself at a crossroads in Copenhagen. Copenhagen is not just another European city for William; it is also the city of his father, Daniel's birth. When Effy, wo…

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Summer of the Monkeys (1998)

adventure film, coming-of-age film, drama film

In the summer of 1910, a group of circus chimpanzees named Henri, Jacques, Antoinette and Dominique escape from a French circus due to a train wreck and end up in the Oklahoma river bottoms, where the main character, Jay Berry Lee lives wi…

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Knockout (2011)

boxing film, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film

Dan Barnes (Steve Austin) is a former pro boxer who retired after growing weary of his violent existence. While Matthew learns how to box and stand up to his tormentors, one of whom is the school boxing champ Hector Torres (Jaren Brandt Ba…

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Perfect Harmony (1991)

drama film

In 1959, a new teacher named Derek Sanders becomes the new choirmaster for Blanton Academy, a prestigious but all-white private school in South Carolina. Mr. Sanders tries to reduce some of the prejudice and hostility of some of the studen…

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Flicka 2 (2010)

Drama, drama film

After the death of her mother, Carrie McLaughlin (Tammin Sursok), a city girl, has been living with her grandmother in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. When her grandmother needs to go to a nursing home, Carrie has to move in with her estranged f…

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The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom (2011)

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

Elizabeth lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1976. She is nearly 12, which Marion, her mother, points out "makes you still 11". Elizabeth and her friend Annabelle are looking forward to their bodies maturing, including the possibility that the…

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I'm Reed Fish (2006)

coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film

Reed Fish has followed in the footsteps of his late father, doing an early-morning radio show with the town's mayor, Maureen, through which the eccentric locals of Mud Meadows voice their complaints and have them addressed. Reed produces t…

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Must Be... Love (2013)

coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film

"Must Be... Love" follows the love story of Patricia (Kathryn Bernardo), who is better known as "Patchot or Patch", and her childhood best friend, Ivan (Daniel Padilla). But what will Patchot do if she starts falling in love with her best …

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Moondance Alexander (2007)

Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film

Moondance (Kay Panabaker) is faced with the difficulties of her father's passing and her overprotective mother (Lori Loughlin). When she finds a lost pinto horse and discovers his jumping abilities, she convinces his owner Dante Longpre (D…

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Hammers Over the Anvil (1993)

Biographical picture, Romance Film, biographical film, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film

Based on the novel of the same name by Alan Marshall, the film is set in the early 1900s in a small town in the Western District of Victoria, centring around a young Alan Marshall and the people in his town. Crippled by polio, Alan tries t…

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The Dawning (1988)

drama film, romance film, thriller film

Angus Barrie, an Irish Republican Army member, is walking through hills, and comes to rest on a beach, where there is a little hut. Meanwhile, Nancy Gulliver having just left school, burns all her books in happiness. It is her birthday, an…

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French Postcards (1979)

Komödie, Teen Comedy Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film

A group of American exchange students spend a year studying in Paris at the fictional Institute of French Studies, run by Madame Catherine Tessier and her husband Monsieur Tessier. Student Laura spends much of her time alone, visiting muse…

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Just the Way You Are (2015)

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

The story follows a popular guy named Drake Sison (Enrique Gil), who makes a bet with his best friend Andrei (Yves Flores), to make the nerdy transfer student, Sophia Taylor (Liza Soberano), fall in love with him in thirty days. Once she f…

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The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999)

drama film, teen film

Barney Snow wakes up in a hospital with no memory of why he is there. All he has is his name and some vague recollections of a car crash. He assumes that he is in the hospital for his amnesia and settles in to try to recover.

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Kids in Love (2016)

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

Jack (Will Poulter) is a gap-year student in London who isn’t convinced that he wants the life that has been mapped out for him. He meets a young woman (Alma Jodorowsky), who introduces him to the bohemian side of the city.

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