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Dec 28, 2020 · December 28, 2020. ©Screen Gems/Courtesy Everett Collection. The best coming-of-age movies tap into something inside each of us—that common thread of growing up that is so relatable, even...
Aug 26, 2023 · 11 Best Modern Coming-of-Age Classic Movies, From 'Bottoms' to 'Ladybird' Entertainment. Here are the best modern coming-of-age classics, from 'Bottoms' to Greta Gerwig's 'Little...
Apr 12, 2024 · Netflix's collection of new and old coming of age films offers a relatable, heart-warming, and sometimes heartbreaking exploration of the formative teenage years. These movies are nothing short of cinematic treasures, encapsulating the trials, triumphs, and transformational moments that define adolescence.
28 titles. 1. Unpregnant (2020) PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama. 6.5. Rate. 61 Metascore. A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that will follow.
Jul 18, 2021 · Jul 18, 2021 2:40pm PT. The Best Coming-of-Age Movies Streaming Right Now. By Haley Bosselman. Courtesy of Fox. Whether you’re escaping the heat or escaping the crowds, summertime calls for...
Feb 6, 2024 · Top Coming-Of-Age Movies. The top-grossing coming-of-age movie of all time on this list is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which made an astounding $940...
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- Stand By Me. For a genre that’s all about young people, death is absolutely everywhere in coming-of-age movies. Its shadow is all over Stand By Me: when we meet 12-year-old Gordie, he’s lost his brother and his parents are too deep in grief to notice, and he and his three pals go on a quest to find the corpse of a boy their age.
- Boyhood. For most coming-of-age movies, the coming-of-age thing is a shorthand. It’s a rough outline of where you’re heading, not a promise. But Richard Linklater’s 12-year project is not most coming-of-age movies.
- Moonlight. In Barry Jenkins’ Best Picture-winner, we follow the protagonist through three stages of his life – as a child, Little (Alex Hibbert), taken under the wing of local drug dealer Juan (Mahershala Ali); as a teenager, Chiron (Ashley Sanders), isolated at school and tentatively experimenting with his burgeoning sexuality; and as an adult, Black (Trevante Rhodes), who hides his desire for tenderness under exaggerated trappings of traditional masculinity.
- The Graduate. At his audition to play post-college drifter Benjamin Braddock, Dustin Hoffman was uncertain. He’d never done a love scene, for one thing, and doubted very much whether anyone would buy that a woman like Katherine Ross would ever fancy him.
