Coming-of-Age
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    Movies

    Lords of Dogtown (2005)

    In the 1970s a group of California surfers (Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, John Robinson) pioneers a...

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    Heart of Dixie (1989)

    A sorority member (Ally Sheedy) uses the college newspaper to crusade for civil rights in 1957...

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    City of God (2003)

    After forming a gang in Rio de Janeiro, a young man and his best friend descend from robbery to drug...

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    Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

    A grease monkey's (Eric Stoltz) tomboy friend (Mary Stuart Masterson) helps him woo a popular girl...

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    Aloha Summer (1988)

    Six boys from radically different cultural and economic backgrounds come together during 1959, the...

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    This Boy's Life (1993)

    A hip 1950s teen (Leonardo DiCaprio) butts heads with his mother's (Ellen Barkin) rude second...

  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape picture
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    What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

    A self-sacrificing grocery worker is pushed to the breaking point by the constant demands of his...

  • A River Runs Through It picture
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    A River Runs Through It (1992)

    Two Montana boys become different men (Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt) under the influence of fly-fishing...

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    Rumble Fish (1983)

    An Oklahoma street fighter (Matt Dillon) looks up to his brother, the Motorcycle Boy (Mickey...

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    Porky's (1981)

    A teen (Dan Monahan) and his buddies spy on girls and get even with the owner (Chuck Mitchell) of a...

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    Look At Me (2005)

    A gifted singer (Marilou Berry) seeks approval from her egotistical father (Jean-Pierre Bacri), who...

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    For Keeps (1988)

    A high-school student (Molly Ringwald) and her boyfriend (Randall Batinkoff) are forced to get...

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    Twist (2004)

    A smitten runaway (Joshua Close) follows a handsome drug addict (Nick Stahl) into the world of...

  • Mama's Boy picture
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    Mama's Boy (2007)

    A 29-year-old slacker (Jon Heder) who still lives with his mother (Diane Keaton) takes action when a...

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    De Aanslag (1986)

    A middle-aged man, who in 1945 witnessed the massacre of his entire family at the hands of the...

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    Towelhead (2008)

    A Lebanese-American teen (Summer Bishil) on the cusp of sexual awakening goes to live with her...

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    Movies

    Choose Connor (2008)

    Fifteen-year-old Owen Norris is at the top of his graduating middle-school class, and wants to know...

  • The Mysteries of Pittsburgh picture
    Movies

    The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009)

    A recent college graduate experiences a defining summer by angering his gangster father and...

  • Birdy picture
    Movies

    Birdy (1984)

    A Vietnam veteran (Nicolas Cage) helps his bird-obsessed boyhood buddy (Matthew Modine) in a...

  • The Bad News Bears picture
    Movies

    The Bad News Bears (1976)

    The beer-drinking manager (Walter Matthau) of a peewee team bribes a girl pitcher (Tatum O'Neal) to...

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    Sixty Six (2008)

    The bar mitzvah of a boy looks like a disaster when it coincides with the final of the 1966 World...

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    Coupe de Ville (1990)

    Three rival brothers (Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross, Daniel Stern) drive their father's creampuff 1954...

  • The Flamingo Kid picture
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    The Flamingo Kid (1984)

    A Brooklyn plumber's son (Matt Dillon) rubs elbows with the rich (Richard Crenna, Jessica Walter) as...

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    Movies

    Calendar Girl (1993)

    Three Nevada high-school graduates (Jason Priestley, Gabriel Olds, Jerry O'Connell) fulfill their...

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    Moonlight Mile (2002)

    After the murder of his fiancee, a young man (Jake Gyllenhaal) bonds with her parents (Dustin...

  • The Last Kiss picture
    Movies

    The Last Kiss (2006)

    Four friends (Zach Braff, Casey Affleck, Michael Weston) cope with the consequences of their choices...

  • Girl, Interrupted picture
    Movies

    Girl, Interrupted (1999)

    A young woman (Winona Ryder) with a borderline personality disorder stays in a 1960s mental...

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    The Mighty (1998)

    Friendship develops as a physically handicapped youngster (Kieran Culkin) teaches a fellow outcast...

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    Movies

    The World According to Garp (1982)

    John Irving's novel about the son of an unmarried nurse whose career is overshadowed by his mother's...

  • C.R.A.Z.Y. picture
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    C.R.A.Z.Y.

    A young man (Marc-André Grondin) who has four brothers tries to maintain a stable relationship with...