Coming of Age on Film
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TV
Absolute Beginners
2023
Two childhood best friends enjoying their final seaside summer as they prepare for film school meet an aspiring athlete who ignites unfamiliar desires.
SKAM
Julie Andem · 2015
The story of young teenagers and pupils from Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and their troubles, scandals and everyday life. Each season is told from a different person's point of view.
Normal People
2020
Marianne y Connell tejen dentro y fuera de la vida del otro en esta exploración del sexo, el poder y el deseo de amar y ser amado. Adaptación de la novela más vendida de Sally Rooney.
Movie
The Way Way Back
Jim Rash · 2013
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
Juno
Jason Reitman · 2007
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
Young Hearts
Anthony Schatteman · 2024
Scrapper
Charlotte Regan · 2023
A resourceful 12-year-old, who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London, makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. But when her estranged father turns up out of the blue, she's forced to confront reality.
Submarine
Richard Ayoade · 2011
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.
The Spectacular Now
James Ponsoldt · 2013
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.
Skate Kitchen
Crystal Moselle · 2018
Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well as her inner self.
Rocks
Sarah Gavron · 2019
15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has left them. Against all odds, and with the help of her loyal friends, she evades the authorities and navigates the most defining days of her young life.
The Quiet Girl
Colm Bairéad · 2022
A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
Princess Cyd
Stephen Cone · 2017
High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky · 2012
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.
My Old Ass
Megan Park · 2024
An 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self. But when Elliott’s "old ass" starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn't do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what's becoming a transformative summer.
mid90s
Jonah Hill · 2018
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.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon · 2015
Greg está pasando el último año del instituto de la forma más anónima posible, evitando las interacciones sociales, mientras secretamente hace extrañas películas con Earl, su único amigo. Pero todo comenzará a cambiar cuando su madre le obliga a hacerse amigo de una compañera de clase con leucemia.
Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson · 2021
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
Last Swim
Sasha Nathwani · 2025
It’s summer in London. On her final day of freedom, Ziba, a promising British-Iranian teen, leads her friends on an eventful journey, while secretly grappling with a life-changing decision.
Lady Bird
Greta Gerwig · 2017
Una joven estudiante que se hace llamar Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) se muda al norte de California para pasar allí su último año de instituto. La joven, con inclinaciones artísticas y que sueña con vivir en la costa Este, tratará de ese modo encontrar su propio camino y definirse fuera de la sombra protectora de su madre (Laurie Metcalf).
The Kings of Summer
Jordan Vogt-Roberts · 2013
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, and a strange kid named Biaggio. He announces that they are going to build a house there, free from responsibility and parents. Once their makeshift abode is finished, the three young men find themselves masters of their own destiny, alone in the woods.
In the Summers
Alessandra Lacorazza · 2024
On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Girl Picture
Alli Haapasalo · 2022
Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö support each other unconditionally. They want to live adventurous lives, loaded with experiences and passion. Emma on the contrary has given her whole life to figure skating. Nothing gets between her and success. But when the girls meet, life opens whole new paths, and they all rocket in new directions. While Mimmi and Emma experience the earth moving effects of first love, Rönkkö is on a quest to find pleasure. Three Fridays is all it takes to turn their worlds upside down.
The Florida Project
Sean Baker · 2017
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.
The First Time
Jonathan Kasdan · 2012
A spark of attraction smolders, then ignites, between two teens (Dylan O'Brien, Britt Robertson) from different high schools who meet by chance at a party.
Eighth Grade
Bo Burnham · 2018
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
The Edge of Seventeen
Kelly Fremon Craig · 2016
Dos estudiantes de instituto que son las mejores amigas ven cómo su amistad se tambalea cuando una comienza a salir con el hermano mayor de la otra.
Dìdi (弟弟)
Sean Wang · 2024
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
Close
Lukas Dhont · 2022
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.
Bridge to Terabithia
Gábor Csupó · 2007
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.
Boyhood
Richard Linklater · 2014
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.
Booksmart
Olivia Wilde · 2019
Dos excelentes estudiantes y grandes amigas, en la víspera de su graduación de su instituto, de repente se dan cuenta de que podrían haberse esforzado algo menos en clase y haberse divertido más. Así que deciden hacer algo al respecto para compensar tanto estudio y tan poca diversión: recuperar los años perdidos en una noche loca.
Babyteeth
Shannon Murphy · 2020
A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Kelly Fremon Craig · 2023
When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
