Coming-of-Age
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    Son of Rambow (2008)

    Though polar opposites, two schoolboys (Bill Milner, Will Poulter) in 1980s England work together on...

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    Mister Foe (2008)

    A teenager (Jamie Bell) falls under the spell of a hotel personnel manager (Sophia Myles) who...

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    National Velvet (1944)

    An English girl's dream of racing her horse in the Grand National thunders to reality with the help...

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    Juno (2007)

    Unforeseen complications arise when a precocious teenager (Ellen Page) chooses an upscale couple to...

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    The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

    Haunted by memories of her late mother, a teen (Dakota Fanning) finds comfort with three sisters who...

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    Adventureland (2009)

    A college grad (Jesse Eisenberg) takes a lowly job at an amusement park after his parents refuse to...

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    Pleasantville (1998)

    A shy suburban teen and his sister are transported into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV...

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    My Life So Far (1999)

    An adventurous boy and his family (Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris) learn about life and love when his...

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    Beautiful Girls (1996)

    The opposite sex preoccupies working-class pals gathered for their high-school reunion in small-town...

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    The Cider House Rules (1999)

    Raised to be an obstetrician at a Maine orphanage, a young man (Tobey Maguire) leaves to work at a...

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    The Holy Girl (2005)

    16-year-old Amalia (Alche) looks to save the soul a middle-aged doctor (Belloso).

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    Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

    In 1953 a professor (Julia Roberts) of art history challenges her female students (Kirsten Dunst,...

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    Lord of the Flies (1990)

    American schoolboys (Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly),stranded on an island without...

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    The Dust Factory (2004)

    A mute teenager (Ryan Kelley) finds himself in a fantasy world where he can talk and communicate...

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    Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)

    In 1960s Paris, a Turkish grocer (Omar Sharif) becomes a father figure to a lonely and neglected boy...

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    The United States of Leland (2004)

    A teacher (Don Cheadle) at a juvenile correctional facility tries to determine what drove a teen...

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    The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)

    Friends (Kieran Culkin, Emile Hirsch) at a Roman Catholic school draw a violent cartoon in which...

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    This is England (2007)

    A fatherless boy (Thomas Turgoose) in 1980s Britain joins a gang of skinheads and falls under the...

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    The Outsiders (1983)

    In 1960s Oklahoma a sensitive youth (C. Thomas Howell) gets in over his head when his best friend...

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    Now and Then (1995)

    A modern-day reunion frames this account of the friendship shared by four girls during the summer of...

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    A Cold Wind in August (1961)

    Alexander Singer directed this low-budget independent American film from 1961 featuring Lola...

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    Edukators (2005)

    Three revolutionaries (Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg) hastily kidnap a wealthy...

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    Paranoid Park (2008)

    A teenage skateboarder (Gabe Nevins) remains silent about his role in the death of a security guard.

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn picture
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    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

    A poor couple's (Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn) daughter (Peggy Ann Garner) dreams of a better life in...

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    Worlds Apart

    The daughter of a Jehovah's Witness is forced to choose between religion and love when she falls for...

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    Bay Boy (1984)

    A confused teenager (Kiefer Sutherland) in 1937 Nova Scotia sees his two girlfriends' policeman...

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    October Sky (1999)

    Not wanting to be a miner, a young West Virginian (Jake Gyllenhaal) builds rockets with his friends...

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    The 400 Blows (1959)

    Neglected by his parents (Claire Maurier, Albert Remy), Parisian schoolboy Antoine Doinel...

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    White Squall (1996)

    A high-school senior (Scott Wolf) and other youths take a yearlong sailing trip with a gruff skipper...

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    Off the Black (2006)

    A paternal bond slowly forms between a dying umpire (Nick Nolte) and the young ballplayer (Trevor...