Best Coming of Age Movies

One day, adolescence ends, and you are accepted as an adult. The best coming of age movies are about the inner conflicts and events that young people experience during this transition period.

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Best Coming of Age Movies

Lifestyle - Listing

by Birsen Oray

Best Coming of Age Movies

Dead Poets Society

Release Date: 1989

Director: Peter Weir

Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles

Cinema Paradiso

Release Date: 1988

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore

Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli

The Breakfast Club

Release Date: 1985

Director: John Hughes

Stars: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy

Good Will Hunting

Release Date: 1997

Director: Gus Van Sant

Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Release Date: 2012

Director: Stephen Chbosky

Stars: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd

Little Women

Release Date: 2019

Director: Greta Gerwig

Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen

Back to the Future

Release Date: 1985

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover

The Karate Kid

Release Date: 1984

Director: John G. Avildsen

Stars: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove

The Edge of Seventeen

Release Date: 2016

Director: Kelly Fremon Craig

Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick

Boyz n the Hood

Release Date: 1991

Director: John Singleton

Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II

Stand By Me

Release Date: 1986

Director: Rob Reiner

Stars: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell

Dazed and Confused

Release Date: 1993

Director: Richard Linklater

Stars: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Rory Cochrane

3 Idiots

Release Date: 2009

Director: Rajkumar Hirani

Stars: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Mona Singh, Sharman Joshi

Lady Bird

Release Date: 2017

Director: Greta Gerwig

Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges

Sing Street

Release Date: 2016

Director: John Carney

Stars: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor