Top Coming Of Age Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Monica Bellucci

Giuseppe Sulfaro

Luciano Federico

Matilde Piana

Malena (2000)

7.5 2.7K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Italy, United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: 12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is presumed dead, and, through his soul, we see his love for her.

Plot: prostitute, jealousy, sicily, italy, widow, longing, coming of age, beautiful woman, ...

Time: world war ii

Cast

Filippo Scotti

Toni Servillo

Teresa Saponangelo

Luisa Ranieri

The Hand of God (2021)

7.5 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Italy

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1980s Naples, an awkward teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from a freak accident by football legend Diego Maradona.

Plot: naples, italy, loss of virginity, family relationships, coming of age, poverty, teenage boy, football (soccer) fan, ...

Time: 1980s

Place: italy

Cast

Yurika Kubo

Daisuke Kasuya

Sumire Uesaka

Miyu Tomita

Please Put Them On, Takamine-san (2025) TV Show

7.5 164 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Student council president Takane Takamine is a popular star student. On the other hand, Koushi Shirota doesn't have many friends. That all changes when Koushi accidentally discovers Takane's ability to go back in time and alter past actions just by changing her lingerie. After some pestering, Koushi agrees to help Takane and be her closet, by having spare lingerie on hand.

Plot: adolescence, time travel, romcom, romance, slice of life, based on manga, school life, ecchi, ...

Cast

Christian Bale

John Malkovich

Miranda Richardson

Nigel Havers

Empire of the Sun (1987)

7.5 2.2K votes

Genre: Drama, History, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 153 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.

Plot: based on novel or book, shanghai, china, atomic bomb, stadium, bravery, peasant, prisoner of war, ...

Time: world war ii

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

Cast

Kengo Kawanishi

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yuka Terasaki

Hisako Kanemoto

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2015) TV Show

7.5 67 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 50

Audience: TV-MA

Story: On a terraformed post-disaster Mars, a group of child security agents rebel against the adults who betrayed them and the oppressive Earth government.

Plot: planet mars, anti hero, dystopia, agriculture, politics, revenge, space, travel, ...

Cast

Jenna Ortega

Maddie Ziegler

Niles Fitch

Will Ropp

The Fallout (2021)

7.5 1.3K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.

Plot: high school, trauma, coming of age, female protagonist, teenage daughter, school shooting, woman director, generation z, ...

Cast

James Dean

Natalie Wood

Sal Mineo

Jim Backus

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

7.5 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

Plot: individual, underground world, street gang, unsociability, car race, parent child relationship, authority, rebel, ...

Cast

Billy Crudup

Frances McDormand

Kate Hudson

Jason Lee

Almost Famous (2000)

7.5 3.1K votes

Genre: Drama, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising rock band, embarking on a coming-of-age journey as he discovers the exhilarating and heartbreaking realities behind rock stardom.

Plot: concert, rock 'n' roll, drug addiction, groupie, music journalist, based on true story, coming of age, promiscuity, ...

Cast

Koki Uchiyama

Hina Youmiya

Wandance (2025) TV Show

7.5 10 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Kabo is a high school student with a stutter who struggles to express his feelings. He finds himself drawn to his classmate Wanda, who pursues dance without worrying about how others see her. Seeking a form of freestyle expression, Kabo takes on the unfamiliar world of dance.

Plot: dance, stutter, friendship, romance, coming of age, school, based on manga, self expression, ...

Cast

Daisy Edgar-Jones

Taylor John Smith

Harris Dickinson

David Strathairn

Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

7.5 2.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 126 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

Plot: based on novel or book, artist, bullying, alcoholism, coming of age, survival, domestic abuse, first love, ...

Time: 1960s

Cast

Tate Donovan

Josh Keaton

Roger Bart

Danny DeVito

Hercules (1997)

7.5 8.0K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: G

Story: Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!

Plot: peasant, hades, cartoon, villain, musical, pegasus, zeus, coming of age, ...

Cast

Ellar Coltrane

Patricia Arquette

Ethan Hawke

Lorelei Linklater

Boyhood (2014)

7.5 5.6K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 165 min.

Audience: R

Story: The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: high school, family's daily life, college, urban life, coming of age, growing up, domestic abuse, parenting, ...

Cast

Sunny Suljic

Katherine Waterston

Lucas Hedges

Na-kel Smith

mid90s (2018)

7.5 1.8K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 86 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1990s Los Angeles, a 13-year-old spends his summer navigating between a troubled home life and a crew of new friends he meets at a skate shop.

Plot: skateboarding, dysfunctional family, coming of age, los angeles, california, misogyny, fitting in, skate punk, ...

Time: 1990s

Place: california

Hanna (2019) TV Show

7.4 886 votes

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 22

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Follow the journey of an extraordinary young girl as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.

Plot: coming of age, based on movie, child soldier, vengeance, admiring, amused

Cast

Hayato Ichihara

Shugo Oshinari

Yu Aoi

Ayumi Ito

All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

7.4 299 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 146 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.

Plot: suicide, bullying, okinawa, coming of age, middle school, kendo, junior high school, japanese junior high schooler

Place: japan

Cast

Tom Hudson

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Axel Devillers

Barbara Beretta

The Red Turtle (2016)

7.4 1.4K votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Family

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 81 min.

Audience: PG

Story: The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

Plot: coming of age, survival, loneliness, crab, raft, sea turtle, deserted island, flood, ...

Cast

Maribel Verdu00fa

Gael Garcu00eda Bernal

Diego Luna

Daniel Gimu00e9nez Cacho

Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

7.4 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Mexico

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: NR

Story: In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

Plot: friendship, adolescence, beach, group sex, male friendship, road trip, coming of age, travel, ...

Place: mexico

Cast

Brooklynn Prince

Bria Vinaite

Willem Dafoe

Christopher Rivera

The Florida Project (2017)

7.4 3.1K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: R

Story: The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

Plot: friendship, parent child relationship, drug addiction, innocence, motel, drug use, coming of age, summer, ...

Place: florida

Tada Never Falls in Love (2018) TV Show

7.4 95 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-14

Story: Mitsuyoshi Tada, a boy who has never known love, is taking pictures of the cherry blossoms in full bloom when he meets Teresa Wagner, a transfer student from Luxembourg. Upon arriving in Japan, she got lost, separated from her travel companion. Mitsuyoshi helps her and brings her to his grandfather's coffee shop.

Plot: photography, romance, slice of life, coming of age, school, anime, school club

Cast

Kai Ko

Michelle Chen Yan-Hsi

Steven Hao

Owodog Chuang

You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)

7.4 236 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: Taiwan

Duration: 109 min.

Story: A group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Shen Chia-yi. The only member of the group who claims not to is Ko Ching-teng, but he ends up loving her as well.

Plot: high school, coming of age, first love, high school sweetheart

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