Top Coming Of Age Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Sushant Singh Rajput

Sanjana Sanghi

Sahil Vaid

Saswata Chatterjee

Dil Bechara (2020)

6.7 123 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 101 min.

Story: Kizie and Manny, two ordinary people brought together by a tragic twist, embark on a bittersweet and extraordinary journey into the heart of that crazy little thing called 'life'.

Plot: based on novel or book, coming of age, cancer

Cast

Brad Pitt

Jessica Chastain

Hunter McCracken

Sean Penn

The Tree of Life (2011)

6.7 3.4K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 139 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

Plot: sibling relationship, parent child relationship, afterlife, christianity, philosophy, tree, sun, telegram, ...

Time: 1950s

Place: texas

Cast

Cailee Spaeny

Jacob Elordi

Ari Cohen

Dagmara Dominczyk

Priscilla (2023)

6.7 1.1K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Italy, United States of America

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: R

Story: When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

Style: psychological, slow burn, intimate, absurd

Plot: jealousy, husband wife relationship, obsession, drug addiction, biography, based on true story, coming of age, love, ...

Time: 1970s, 1960s

Cast

Joel Edgerton

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Sarah-Jane Potts

Nick Frost

Kinky Boots (2005)

6.7 366 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.

Style: inspiring

Plot: factory worker, career, factory, small town, transvestism, drag queen, cabaret, musical, ...

Place: england, milan

Cast

Brad William Henke

Tania Verafield

LaKeith Stanfield

Adam Shapiro

Short Term 12 (2008)

6.7 24 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 22 min.

Story: A day at a group home for troubled adolescents. Denim is the head counselor, involved somehow with Natalia, another counselor. During the day, we watch them and other staff deal with a boy who's getting into fights though he has only a week to go before his 18th birthday, a girl whose birthday it is, a foul-mouthed lad, and others. Denim uses music to calm one youth, orients a new staff member, sneaks a marijuana cigarette during a break, and by the day's end, talks to Natalia. Do any of us have it together?

Plot: adolescence, sexual abuse, short film

Cast

Hryhoriy Fesenko

Yana Novikova

Rosa Babiy

Oleksandr Dsiadevych

The Tribe (2014)

6.7 320 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Ukraine

Duration: 132 min.

Story: Deaf-mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for the deaf. In navigating through the school's hierarchy, he encounters a corrupt underbelly of criminality, known as The Tribe. By participating in several robberies, he gets propelled higher into the organization, when he meets one of the Chief’s concubines Anya, and unwittingly breaks all the unwritten rules of the group."

Plot: adolescence, boarding school, deaf-mute, deaf, violence in schools, bullying, misfit, organized crime, ...

Cast

Anaswara Rajan

Mamitha Baiju

Arjun Ashokan

Antony Varghese

Super Sharanya (2022)

6.7 22 votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 146 min.

Story: Sharanya, an ordinary small-town girl from Pallakad, who moves to Thrissur for higher studies, finds herself changing as she meets Deepu.

Plot: coming of age

Cast

Miles Teller

Shailene Woodley

Masam Holden

Kaitlyn Dever

The Spectacular Now (2013)

6.7 3.0K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: R

Story: Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.

Plot: based on novel or book, alcoholism, coming of age, high school student, based on young adult novel, introspective, teenager

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence

Andrew Barth Feldman

Laura Benanti

Natalie Morales

No Hard Feelings (2023)

6.7 3.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to “date” their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college. To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing.

Style: lighthearted

Plot: friendship, older woman seduces younger guy, romcom, summer, new york state, teen comedy, hometown, bankruptcy, ...

Cast

Liv Tyler

Sinu00e9ad Cusack

Jeremy Irons

Jason Flemyng

Stealing Beauty (1996)

6.7 619 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Italy, United Kingdom

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: R

Story: Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.

Plot: adultery, virgin, friendship, poem, artist, diary, romance, coming of age, ...

Place: italy

Cast

Tristan Gu00f6bel

Anand Batbileg

Mercedes Mu00fcller

Anja Schneider

Goodbye Berlin (2016)

6.7 348 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: 12

Story: Maik, a fourteen-year-old teenager, sets out on a road trip during summertime with Tschick, a new classmate, in a stolen car. The two share life changing experiences during the eventful journey.

Plot: coming of age, road movie

Place: germany

Cast

Josu00e9 Luis Manzano

Josu00e9 Manuel Cervino

Luis Iriondo

Javier Garcu00eda

Overdose (1983)

6.6 54 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Spain

Duration: 105 min.

Story: Paco, the teenage son of a Civil Guard commander in Basque Country, becomes addicted to heroin.

Plot: friendship, adolescence, overdose, prostitution, drugs, heroin addiction, social issues, bilbao

Cast

Madelyn Cline

KJ Apa

Sofia Wylie

Madison Thompson

The Map That Leads to You (2025)

6.6 329 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America, Spain

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Heather is a young woman traveling Europe with friends before starting her perfectly planned life. A chance meeting with Jack sparks an unexpected romance that leads to deep emotional discovery. As secrets and life choices test their bond, her path changes forever.

Plot: based on novel or book, romance, coming of age, meet cute, chance meeting, adaptation, love and loss

Cast

Jason Biggs

Chris Klein

Thomas Ian Nicholas

Alyson Hannigan

American Pie (1999)

6.6 8.4K votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: R

Story: At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.

Plot: innocence, graduation, loss of virginity, coming of age, high school student, pie, teen comedy, teenage sexuality, ...

Cast

Eloy Pohu

Maksym Slivinskyi

Pierfrancesco Favino

u00c9lodie Bouchez

Enzo (2025)

6.6 85 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: France, Italy

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: 15

Story: Enzo, 16, defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by starting a masonry apprenticeship, a path far removed from the prestigious life they had envisioned for him. In their chic villa in the sun-drenched South of France, tensions simmer as relentless questions and pressures weigh on Enzo’s future and dreams. On the construction sites, however, Vlad, a charismatic Ukrainian colleague, shakes up Enzo’s world and opens the door to unexpected possibilities.

Plot: sexuality, identity crisis, bourgeoisie, coming of age, crush, co-workers relationship, construction site, teenage boy, ...

Cast

Tom Cruise

Rebecca De Mornay

Joe Pantoliano

Richard Masur

Risky Business (1983)

6.6 1.5K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.

Plot: chicago, illinois, high school, brothel, coming of age, prostitution, playful

Hanna (2011)

6.6 3.7K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: Germany, United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys across Europe, eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence.

Plot: assassin, berlin, germany, strong woman, self sacrifice, empowerment, killing, feminism, ...

Place: finland

Cast

Jack Nicholson

Candice Bergen

Art Garfunkel

Ann-Margret

Carnal Knowledge (1971)

6.6 227 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: 18

Story: Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.

Plot: infidelity, new york city, eroticism, coming of age, friends, extramarital affair, sexual confusion, sexual awakening, ...

Cast

Siddhant Chaturvedi

Ananya Panday

Adarsh Gourav

Kalki Koechlin

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023)

6.6 77 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: India

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Three best friends juggle life as 20-somethings in Mumbai, where romance, ambition and heartbreak collide with the addictive draw of social media.

Plot: friendship, coming of age, social media, generation z, social media influencer

Cast

Joseph Chang Hsiao-Chuan

Gwei Lun-Mei

Rhydian Vaughan

Bryan Chang

Girlfriend Boyfriend (2012)

6.6 54 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: China, Taiwan

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Mabel, Liam and Aaron have been friends since childhood. Their bonds of friendship are tested when, years later, they realize their friendship is the only reason they have made it through emotional hardships and extreme tragedies.

Plot: infidelity, high school, love triangle, martial law, coming of age, unrequited love, new wave cinema, boys' love (bl)

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