Coming of age movies
last update 19.02.2013
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““Indeed, the best coming-of-age movies are almost always fish-out-of-water films; the water is our youth, and coming of age is how we acclimate ourselves to it “
It is a movie where the central plot revolves around a person suddenly facing a life changing experience, trial or tribulation.That person once was naive or childish or pre-pubescent is now suddenly older and wiser because of the experience. They see life and their place in the universe for the first time. The title list below have been updated alphabetically
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15 Amore
100 Days Before The Command
August Rush * A painted house * AI * Acla * A perfect world * Anton
A Swarm in May # A Letter of Fire # Agnes Browne # A Cool, Dry Place # Asylum # A dream in Hanoi
Alan & Naomi * A boy and his dog * Au Revoir Les Enfants * About a boy * Al otro lado
At’ ziji duchove! * Abel, Twoj Brat * Afraid of the dark * Abuse * A Dog of Flanders Aparajito
All things fair * Air Bud * A bronx tale * Abeltje * Across the sea of time *
Arturo’s Island * A child went fourth * Amities particulieres * Anoche Libero va bene * Anoche Sone Contigo
Agostino *A Little Comfort*All my loved ones*Alexander*Adventures de Pinocchio
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Black Stallion Birth Billy Elliot Beshekmpir Blode Mutze
Boys of lost island Born Into Brothels Burning Secret Benny´s gym Bad Education Bridge to Terabithia
Ben 10 Beautiful thing Blauvogel Bench Warmers Burning Secret Beat the Drum
Barnens O Beethoven’s Nephew Bad Boy from Lebanon Body Without Soul
Buitenspel
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Castelo Ra-Tim-Bum Carol’s Journey Carlitos y el campo de los suenos Carrie’s War Captain Johnno
Ce que savait Maisie Crisscross Crazy Chop Shop Children on their Birthdays
Chronicle of A Boy C’est la vie C’est la tangente Central Station Carmen Babyface Careful, He Might Hear You
Captains Courageous Cafe com leite Captain Gallant C’Est Pas Moi, Je Le Jure ! Capitan January
Catch That Kid Canvas Cachorro CAMERON’S CLOSET Child I never was
Casey’s Shadow Children in The Crossfire
Chasing the Dragon Cloak & Dagger Cotolay Cilveka Berns
Captain Alatriste Cobrades Cider with Rosie Casper Ce que savait Maisie
CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE Chiquidracula Cheesecake (2008) Ciske de Rat Carmen Babyface
Camp Nowhere Clownhouse Children’s Story Cesta z Mesta Count Me Out
Class Trip Cartouches Gauloises Cinema Paradiso Chippendiddys Children of Heaven
Cirkus Ildebrand C’est pas ma faute Critter Gitters C’est pour la bonne cause! Caravaggio
Casanova — Childhood and Adolescence Cavka Carl Gustav Gjengen Clément Clay Farmers
Czarne Stopy , Children on Their Birthdays, Cinema Paradiso , Circle of Two, Carrie’s War
Chance (2009), City of God (2002), Crossroads (1986) , Cooper & The Castle Hills Gang (2011), Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Cooley High (1975)
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DreszczeDO YOU REMEMBER DOLLY BELL Dorm De Kleine
Blonde Dood The Devil’s Backbone David Copperfield
Durango Kids De Fortabte sjaeles o Devil’s Playground De Brief voor de koning
Drengene fra Sankt Petri Dreaming about you Duma Don’t Torture A Duckling De Nieuwe Avonturen Van Dik Trom
Dog days of Summer Do You Know The Muffin Man De Witte Van SichemDecember BoysDear Frankie
Delivering Milo Den Magiska Bollen De 5 og Spionerne Da Lotte Blev Usynlig
Der Schatz Der Weissen Falken Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer
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End of the spear El Nino Y El Muro Eternity and A Day Equus Escape from Sobibor Earthling
Everyone Loves Mel El Nino de Barro En Tu Ausencia Elaville Ja Kuolleille
El Color De Las Nubes El Ultimo Tren El Topo El caballo blanco – Joselito Empire of the Sun
Explorers Education of Little Tree Edges of the Lord Entrusted Elephant
Ek Chhotist Love Story Eclair au chocolat Edelweiss Pirates Eternal Summer Edward II
Experimentator ***Emmett*** Emil und die Detektive ***El nino de barro***El Maestro*** Eartling
Espérame mucho*Eres mi heroe * Emporte-Moi*Eralash *Eugene
Ekko , ELVIS! ELVIS! , Eros, O Deus do Amor , En Karlekshistoria , Elysium
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- Fan chan
- Fanny and Alexander
- Fat Girl
- Fatty Finn
- Feathers in My Head
- Finding Neverland
- Firehouse Dog
- Flipper
- Flying Classroom
- For a Good Cause
- For a Lost Soldier
- For the Living and the Dead
- Forbidden Games
- Frantsuz
- Freeze Die Come to Life
- Fresh
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- Gabriel & Me
- Ghost World
- Gilles
- Ginostra
- Glen and Randa
- Glut
- Godsend
- Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
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- Handel’s Last Chance
- Hansel and Gretel
- Happythankyoumoreplease
- Hearts in Atlantis
- Heck’s Way Home
- Henry & Verlin
- Hereafter
- Himalaya
- Home Alone
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- Home Alone 3
- Honkytonk Man
- Hosszú vágta
- Hugo
- How to Eat Fried Worms
- Hänsel und Gretel
- Héroes
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Joe the king * Jet Boy *Je suis le seigneur du château * Jestem * Jacquot de Nantes
John John in the Sky * Journey to the Centre of the Earth * Jack the Bear *Jag Ar Din Krigare*Jammx Kids
Jaime * Jr. Detective Agency * Jake’s Closet * Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard * Jermal
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Kes (Ken Loach)
Kolya
Koktebel
Ken Park Kids
King of the Hill
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Lord of the Flies Les Diables L´ENFANCE – NUE Local Boys Les Choristes
Love Actually Los Ninos Invisibles Le Dernier Des Fous Le Grand chemin Leolo
Le Clan L’argent de poche Libero La Mala educacionLittle Criminals
Le Grand Chemin *Le.Chateau.De.Ma.mere * LA.GLOIRE.DE.MON.PERE * L’Annee de l’eveil * Let the right one in
Lokas *Les Textiles* Ласковый Май *Little Fugitive * Les Allumettes Suedoises
L.I.E. Lessons at the end of thespring * La Revolte des enfants * Looking For Miracles* *Lakki.
Life is a long quiet river * Love Me If You Dare * Luminous Motion * La Copa de los Suenos * La Halfaouine
Le Petit Nicolas * La lengua de las mariposas *Love Child * Last stand * Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Little Manhattan — Les Aiguilles Rouges — La Cité des Enfants Perdus — Little Man Tate — Little Man Tate — La Vie devant soi
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Mysterious Skin My Life As A Dog Mickybo and Me Monsieur Ibrahim Malena
MOON CHILD Machuca Montreal MainMa vie en roseMy Dog Skip
Maximum Ride Motorama Mother of Mine Martian Child MeanCreek My Father’s Glory
Marvin and Tige Mirakel Mon FilsMy friend Joe My name is Ivan
Monsieur Ibrahim Max und Moritz ReloadedMás pena que Gloria Me and You and Everyone We Know Mandraora
My magic ***Mutum***Maharac ****Mentito portera ***Magna Aura
Mirage ***Most ***Matching Jack***Moritz***Magic Rock
Monsieur Lazhur
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Nachttocht * Nico And Dani * Nobody Knows *No place like home * Nanhe Jaisalmer
Nimmermeer *Nicholas and Alexandra * Nightmare Room * Nobody’s Daughter * Northfork
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Ole Dole Doff
Oliver Twist (2005)
Our Lady of the Assassins
Olivier, Olivier
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Pour Elle***Pulse***Possessed***Pargon Gola ***Put the camera on me ***Private Lessons
Pelle the Conqueror *** Passage to Zarahamelia *** Pinocchio ***Pedrl oder Pica ***Perfect game ***Pinocchio
Play * Postales de Leningrado* Poslednja trka * Prijela K Nam Pout *Promis… juré!
Peter Pan
Popi Promises
Pietje Bell (Nederlands)
Poche d’Argent
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Sin Destino Someone like Hodder SkyKids Sztuczki Sacred Silence Savrseni krug
Skipped Parts Storm Boy Summer of 42 Svolochi Sling Blade Song for a raggy boy
Secretos del corazon Son of Rambow Second Best Skellig Sweet Mud Son of the shark
Second Hand Child * Second Hand Lions * Swim Zack Swim * Skyrunners
Super 8 — Shoeshine — Simon Birch — Stand by me — Say Uncle
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Smiley
Sommerstorm
Stand by me
Small change
Six
STOLEN SUMMER
STONE BOY
Saint Ralph
Separate Peace
Sommerjubel.(1986)
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- The Chippendiddys
- The Chorus
- The City of Lost Children
- The Color of Milk
- The Color of the Clouds
- The Cure
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
- The Devil’s Backbone
- The Devils
- The Earthling
- The Edelweiss Pirates
- The Education of Little Tree
- The Eighth Color of the Rainbow
- The Emerald Forest
- The Fire That Burns
- The Flight of the Innocent
- The Invasion
- The Invincible
- The Invisible Children
- The Italian
- The JammX Kids
- The Junior Olsen Gang and the Silver Mine Mystery
- The Keys to the House
- The Kite Runner
- The Last Train
- The Learning Tree
- The Maldonado Miracle
- The Man Without a Face
- The Mighty
- The Mudboy
- The Nature of Nicholas
- The NeverEnding Story
- The Sixth Sense
- The Slingshot
- The Son of the Shark
- The Spanish Gardener
- The Spiderwick Chronicles
- The Squid and the Whale
- The Stolen Children
- The Stone Boy
- The Story of Net
- The Taste of Wheat
- The Thief
- The Tin Drum
- The White Horse
- The Wild Child
- The Wind Will Carry Us
- Thicker Than Water
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Uranya
Un Hilito de Sangre
Undertow
- Village of Dreams (1996)
- Venner for livet (2005)
- Vipère au poing (2004)
- Vida de Menina (2003)
- Valo (2005)
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You Are Not Alone (Du Er Ikke Alene)
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The list of coming of age movies will be constantly updated .
The movie started and I noticed a familiar face – an actor from one other movie – Jamie Bell in the role of Chris. He has grown up since the time I watched him as Billy in Billy Elliot – but his acting talent remained unchanged.
Not only is this a good Coming-of-Aage movie but, when it finished, I had to question myself as to who actually learned more – Bobby Garfield or me. I felt inspired – somehow, I was able to relate a lot of the boy’s experience to my own when I was his age, and now I’m wondering if other people who have seen Hearts of Atlantis would feel the same way?
Much more than another coming of age movie – Ciske the rat is a fine example of Dutch cinema. If you are fond of treble music, you will definitely notice the song at the beginning performed by Danny De Munk (a famous singer from the Netherlands) who plays the troubled young lad – Ciske.
Sometimes I stumble on a movie that all of a sudden turns out to be a real masterpiece. Pelle the Conqueror really surprised me – a touching story told uniquely. Pelle is a boy from Sweden who immigrates to Denmark with his dad after his mother’s death. They are both full of hope – hope for a new beginning – and there is a scene in the boat on which Pelle wants to hear over and over about the new country they will be living at:
“12 and holding” is another great movie directed by Michael Cuesta, who recently became my favourite movie director. If you are looking for a fine Coming out of Age story – the chances are that you will find it all in “12 and holding”. It is a simple story – without any special effects or famous actors playing – but the way the story is shown will make you remember what you’ve seen. One could say that the movie was disturbing – as it showed things most people would never want to happen to them or their kids – at the same time, everything seems too real. One couldn’t miss the exceptional performance of the young Conor Donovan who plays two roles – and does it so well that I have to admit that I haven’t noticed that the same actor plays both boys.