Top Coming Of Age Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Emilia Jones

Marlee Matlin

Troy Kotsur

Eugenio Derbez

CODA (2021)

7.9 2.6K votes

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance

Country: France, United States of America

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Plot: parent child relationship, music teacher, fishing, deaf, massachusetts, coming of age, remake, singing, ...

Cast

Park Seo-jun

Go Ara

Park Hyung-sik

Do Ji-han

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016) TV Show

7.9 281 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama

Country: South Korea, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 20

Audience: TV-14

Story: An elite group of young warriors trained in morals and martial arts finds love and friendship in Silla during Korea’s ancient Three Kingdoms period.

Style: romantic

Plot: royal family, romcom, romance, coming of age, historical, historical drama, ancient korea, silla, ...

Persepolis (2007)

7.9 2.2K votes

Genre: Animation, Drama

Country: France, United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

Plot: puberty, civil war, parent child relationship, totalitarian regime, punk rock, bomb alarm, coming of age, orient, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Pupella Maggio

Armando Brancia

Magali Nou00ebl

Ciccio Ingrassia

Amarcord (1973)

7.9 1.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Italy, France

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: R

Story: In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.

Plot: small town, fascism, surrealism, sheik, coming of age, rural area, bathtub, semi autobiographical

Time: 1930s

Cast

Edward Chen

Tseng Jing-hua

Leon Dai

Wang Shih-sian

Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)

7.9 301 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Canada, Taiwan

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: NR

Story: In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.

Plot: high school, jealousy, based on true story, coming of age, love, first love, lgbt, angst, ...

Time: 1980s

A Place Further than the Universe (2018) TV Show

7.9 136 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Story: Scenery that we have never seen. Sounds that we have never heard. Scent that we have never smelled. Food that we have never tasted. And the surge of emotion that we have never experienced. This is the expedition of recollecting the pieces torn apart and sensation left alone. When we reach that place, what will we think? Howling, 40 degree angle. Raging, 50 degree angle. Shouting, 60 degree angle. A wilderness beyond the heavy sea. The furthest south, far from civilization. At the top of the Earth. We will find lights through the girls' eyes to live tomorrow.

Plot: dreams, ship, friendship, high school, coming of age, antarctica, journey, seinen, ...

Cast

Saoirse Ronan

Emma Watson

Florence Pugh

Eliza Scanlen

Little Women (2019)

7.9 6.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Plot: new york city, sibling relationship, based on novel or book, massachusetts, coming of age, remake, period drama, american civil war, ...

Time: 19th century, 1860s

Cast

Wil Wheaton

River Phoenix

Corey Feldman

Jerry O'Connell

Stand by Me (1986)

7.8 6.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: R

Story: After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

Plot: friendship, based on novel or book, leech, dark comedy, bullying, road trip, oregon, usa, ...

Time: 1950s

Cast

Benny Emmanuel

Gabriel Carbajal

Leidi Gutiu00e9rrez

Dolores Heredia

Chicuarotes (2019)

7.8 251 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Mexico, United Kingdom

Duration: 96 min.

Story: Cagalera and Moloteco are two teenagers from San Gregorio Atlapulco who are desperate to get out and move up and away from oppressive circumstances. When they hear of an opportunity to buy a spot in the electrician’s union, which could transform their lives, they quickly devolve into the criminal, adult underworld of Mexico City in a bid to buy their freedom.

Plot: coming of age, teenage boy, petty crimes, petty criminal, teenager, gay brother

The Chi (2018) TV Show

7.8 220 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 8

Episodes: 88

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own someday, but is conflicted between the promise of a new life and his responsibility to his mother and teenage brother back in the South Side.

Style: absurd, intense

Plot: chicago, illinois, coming of age, depressing, cliché, mean spirited

Cast

Ariella Glaser

Orlando Schwerdt

Bryce Gheisar

Gillian Anderson

White Bird (2023)

7.8 241 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own story of courage of her youth in Nazi-occupied France, where a classmate shelters her from mortal danger.

Plot: nazi, holocaust (shoah), private school, bullying, hitler youth, coming of age, german occupation of france, kindness, ...

Time: world war ii, 1940s

Place: france

Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. (2021) TV Show

7.8 213 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 20

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Lahela 'Doogie' Kamealoha, a 16-year-old prodigy juggles a budding medical career and life as a teenager. With the support of her caring and comical 'ohana (family) and friends, Lahela is determined to make the most of her teenage years and forge her own path.

Plot: coming of age, medical, based on tv series

Place: hawaii

Cast

Tony Fucile

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Phil Sheridan

La luna (2012)

7.8 851 votes

Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 7 min.

Audience: G

Story: A young boy comes of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait. A big surprise awaits the boy as he discovers his family's most unusual line of work. Should he follow the example of his Papa, or his Grandpa? Will he be able to find his own way in the midst of their conflicting opinions and timeworn traditions?

Plot: moon, tradition, coming of age, discovery, short film, 3d animation

Cast

Logan Lerman

Emma Watson

Ezra Miller

Mae Whitman

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

7.8 11.3K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

Plot: school friend, depression, high school, friendship, based on novel or book, trauma, coming of age, freshman, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

Jacob Tremblay

Jack Dylan Grazer

Emma Berman

Saverio Raimondo

Luca (2021)

7.8 9.0K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.

Plot: friendship, monster, villain, coming of age, friends, bromance, sea monster, vespa, ...

Time: 1950s

Place: italy

Sanctuary (2023) TV Show

7.8 60 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A tough, desperate kid becomes a sumo wrestler, captivating fans with his cocky attitude — and upsetting an industry steeped in tradition.

Style: gritty

Plot: infidelity, sports, revenge, rivalry, coming of age, death, sumo, furyo, ...

Silver Spoon (2013) TV Show

7.8 59 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 22

Audience: TV-14

Story: Yuugo Hachiken enrolled in Ooezo Agricultural High School for the reason that he could live in a dorm there. In some ways he chose Ooezo in an effort to escape the highly competitive prep schools he had attended previously, but he was faced with an entirely new set of difficulties at Oezo, surrounded by animals and Mother Nature. After growing up in an average family, he began to encounter clubs and training the likes of which he had never seen before.

Plot: agriculture, high school, slice of life, coming of age, rural area, farm life, based on manga, anime, ...

Cast

Eden Dambrine

Gustav De Waele

u00c9milie Dequenne

Lu00e9a Drucker

Close (2022)

7.8 1.0K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Two 13-year-old boys spend an idyllic summer together, but their connection is put to the test when they become the subject of speculation at school.

Plot: friendship, suicide, forgiveness, male friendship, bullying, ice hockey, coming of age, grief, ...

Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl (2011) TV Show

7.8 78 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: The story revolves around a highschool boy named Niwa Makoto. He lives with his aunt's family since his parents are away on business. It is there where he meets his mysterious cousin of the same age Touwa Erio — who happens to tie a futon mattress around her upper body and is a self-proclaimed alien. Her staple food is pizza. Erio had been missing for half a year and was found floating in the sea. She doesn't remember anything about what happened during that period of time, but she began to think that it was the act of an alien and wanders the neighbourhood wrapped in the futon.

Style: absurdist

Plot: amnesia, cousin, high school, parody, romance, slice of life, tragedy, coming of age, ...

Cast

Mandy Moore

Shane West

Peter Coyote

Daryl Hannah

A Walk to Remember (2002)

7.8 4.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: PG

Story: When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life, as well as a very big secret she must keep from Landon.

Style: nostalgic, romantic

Plot: high school, based on novel or book, theatre group, north carolina, romance, coming of age, cancer, tragic love, ...

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