Coming-of-Age
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    Grease (1978)

    Nice Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) and greaser Danny (John Travolta) try to be like each other in their...

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    Star Wars (1977)

    Robots and other allies help a youth (Mark Hamill) and a space jockey (Harrison Ford) rescue a rebel...

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    Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

    The teen scene includes a party-animal surfer (Sean Penn), a pregnant girl (Jennifer Jason Leigh)...

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    Ice Princess (2005)

    A teen (Michelle Trachtenberg) risks disappointing her mother (Joan Cusack) by forgoing college...

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    The Company of Wolves (1985)

    An innocent girl (Sarah Patterson) meets wolves and werewolves in fantasies echoing the tale of...

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    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

    Four teenage friends (Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera) keep in touch during their...

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    Hoot (2006)

    After moving from Montana, a youth and his new friends in Florida take on corrupt politicians and...

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    The Chosen (1978)

    Robert Caine (Kirk Douglas) is a wealthy and powerful industrialist, an engineer who develops...

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    Driving Lessons (2006)

    The son (Rupert Grint) of an overprotective mother (Laura Linney) takes a step into manhood when he...

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    Blue Crush (2002)

    A maid (Kate Bosworth) falls for an NFL quarterback (Matthew Davis) while preparing for an upcoming...

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    Sixteen Candles (1984)

    A girl turning 16 likes another girl's guy (Michael Schoeffling) and feels nobody cares about her...

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    Shopgirl (2005)

    A scruffy bachelor (Jason Schwartzman) and an older millionaire (Steve Martin) vie for the affection...

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    Superbad (2007)

    Separation anxiety poses a problem for two co-dependent high-school seniors (Jonah Hill, Michael...

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    Deuces Wild (2002)

    Two brothers (Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro) and their gang battle violent rivals who threaten to...

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    Biloxi Blues (1988)

    During World War II, a Brooklyn writer contends with a drill sergeant and other situations at a...

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    The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

    In 1952, medical student Ernesto ``Che'' Guevara (Gael García Bernal) and his friend Alberto Granado...

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    American Beauty (1999)

    A man (Kevin Spacey) in midlife crisis and at odds with his wife (Annette Bening) begins working out...

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    American Graffiti (1973)

    Four teens in 1962 California get a final, nostalgic glimpse of innocence before facing their...

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    Igby Goes Down (2002)

    A teen (Kieran Culkin) from a dysfunctional family runs away from a military academy to live with...

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    Stand By Me (1986)

    A boy (Wil Wheaton) and his three buddies set out in the summer of 1959 on a hike to find a dead...

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    In the Land of Women (2007)

    After a bad breakup leaves him heartbroken, a young man (Adam Brody) moves in with his ailing...

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    Uptown Girls (2003)

    Forced to get a job, a freewheeling woman (Brittany Murphy) becomes a nanny to the uptight daughter...

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    The Breakfast Club (1985)

    A wrestler (Emilio Estevez), a rebel (Judd Nelson), a brain, a beauty (Molly Ringwald) and a shy...

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    Charlie Bartlett (2008)

    An awkward teenager (Anton Yelchin) endears himself to the student body by becoming the...

  • Goodbye, Lenin! picture
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    Goodbye, Lenin! (2004)

    After his mother awakens from a coma, a man (Daniel Bruhl) tries to prevent her from learning about...

  • When Did You Last See Your Father? picture
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    When Did You Last See Your Father? (2008)

    A poet's (Colin Firth) return home when his father (Jim Broadbent) is dying brings conflicting...

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    December Boys (2007)

    In 1960s Australia four orphans go on a seaside vacation and end up competing with one another for a...

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    How She Move (2008)

    Forced to return to public school after her sister's death, a young dancer (Rutina Wesley) has a...

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    Bookies

    Four college friends become small-time bookies, but when they get too greedy the Mafia comes in to...

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    Carnal Knowledge (1971)

    A doctor (Art Garfunkel) and a lawyer (Jack Nicholson) feed sexual hang-ups from their Ivy League...