Selection
Coming-of-age movies
High school, first love and the summer after which nothing was the same.
Films about the age when everything happens for the first time: first love, first betrayal, first party, and the first suspicion that your parents do not have all the answers either. Teenagers will find themselves here, and adults will remember what it felt like. Comedies and quiet dramas, side by side.
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Frequently asked
- What are the best coming-of-age movies?
- The ones that take teenagers seriously. The characters get things wrong, but their problems — love, friendship, pressure from school and family — are treated as real. A good coming-of-age film works at fifteen and at forty.
- Can I watch these with my teenager?
- Many, but not all: coming-of-age films are often frank about sex, drinking and fights with parents. Check the synopsis before you press play together.
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