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Coming of age

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  • Moises Arias, Gabriel Basso, and Nick Robinson in The Kings of Summer (2013)

    1. The Kings of Summer

    20131h 35mR61Metascore
    7.1 (86K)
    Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.
    DirectorJordan Vogt-RobertsStarsNick RobinsonGabriel BassoMoises Arias
  • Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson in Ghost World (2001)

    2. Ghost World

    20011h 51mR90Metascore
    7.3 (130K)
    Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated.
    DirectorTerry ZwigoffStarsSteve BuscemiThora BirchScarlett Johansson
  • Tiny Furniture (2010)

    3. Tiny Furniture

    20101h 38mNot Rated72Metascore
    6.2 (15K)
    About a recent college grad who returns home while she tries to figure out what to do with her life.
    DirectorLena DunhamStarsLena DunhamLaurie SimmonsCyrus Grace Dunham
  • Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood (2014)

    4. Boyhood

    20142h 45mR100Metascore
    7.9 (375K)
    The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
    DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEllar ColtranePatricia ArquetteEthan Hawke
  • Kate Hudson in Almost Famous (2000)

    5. Almost Famous

    20002h 2mR90Metascore
    7.9 (304K)
    A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
    DirectorCameron CroweStarsBilly CrudupPatrick FugitKate Hudson
  • Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, and Owen Kline in The Squid and the Whale (2005)

    6. The Squid and the Whale

    20051h 21mR82Metascore
    7.3 (93K)
    Follows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
    DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsOwen KlineJeff DanielsLaura Linney
  • James Rolleston in Boy (2010)

    7. Boy

    20101h 27mNot Rated70Metascore
    7.5 (31K)
    Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
    DirectorTaika WaititiStarsJames RollestonTe Aho Eketone-WhituTaika Waititi
  • Tomboy (2011)

    8. Tomboy

    20111h 22mNot Rated74Metascore
    7.4 (23K)
    A family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.
    DirectorCéline SciammaStarsZoé HéranMalonn LévanaJeanne Disson
  • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

    9. Moonrise Kingdom

    20121h 34mPG-1384Metascore
    7.8 (375K)
    Two 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.
    DirectorWes AndersonStarsJared GilmanKara HaywardBruce Willis
  • Stand by Me (1986)

    10. Stand by Me

    19861h 29mR75Metascore
    8.1 (464K)
    A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
    DirectorRob ReinerStarsWil WheatonRiver PhoenixCorey Feldman
  • Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Anthony Michael Hall in The Breakfast Club (1985)

    11. The Breakfast Club

    19851h 37mR66Metascore
    7.8 (457K)
    Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.
    DirectorJohn HughesStarsEmilio EstevezJudd NelsonMolly Ringwald
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

    12. Beasts of the Southern Wild

    20121h 33mPG-1386Metascore
    7.2 (86K)
    Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
    DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsQuvenzhané WallisDwight HenryLevy Easterly
  • Fabio Audi and Ghilherme Lobo in The Way He Looks (2014)

    13. The Way He Looks

    20141h 36mNot Rated71Metascore
    7.9 (29K)
    Leonardo is a blind teenager searching for independence. His everyday life, the relationship with his best friend Giovana, and the way he sees the world change completely with the arrival of Gabriel.
    DirectorDaniel RibeiroStarsGhilherme LoboFabio AudiTess Amorim
  • Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos in Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)

    14. Blue Is the Warmest Colour

    20133hNC-1790Metascore
    7.7 (169K)
    Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
    DirectorAbdellatif KechicheStarsLéa SeydouxAdèle ExarchopoulosSalim Kechiouche
  • Inhabitants of Belo Vale Boa Morte and Cidade de Congonhas and Paige Ellens in City of God (2002)

    15. City of God

    20022h 10mR79Metascore
    8.6 (837K)
    In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
    DirectorsFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus Nachtergaele
  • Kirsten Dunst in The Virgin Suicides (1999)

    16. The Virgin Suicides

    19991h 37mR77Metascore
    7.2 (179K)
    A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
    DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsKirsten DunstJosh HartnettJames Woods
  • Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry (1999)

    17. Boys Don't Cry

    19991h 58mR86Metascore
    7.5 (106K)
    A young transgender man named Brandon navigates love, life, and trying to pass as a boy in rural Nebraska.
    DirectorKimberly PeirceStarsHilary SwankChloë SevignyPeter Sarsgaard
  • I Killed My Mother (2009)

    18. I Killed My Mother

    20091h 36mNot Rated77Metascore
    7.4 (32K)
    A semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.
    DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalXavier DolanFrançois Arnaud
  • Craig Roberts in Submarine (2010)

    19. Submarine

    20101h 37mR76Metascore
    7.3 (99K)
    15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.
    DirectorRichard AyoadeStarsCraig RobertsSally HawkinsPaddy Considine
  • Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Anton Yelchin, Kat Dennings, and Tyler Hilton in Charlie Bartlett (2007)

    20. Charlie Bartlett

    20071h 37mR54Metascore
    6.9 (68K)
    A rich kid becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school.
    DirectorJon PollStarsAnton YelchinRobert Downey Jr.Hope Davis
  • Tom Hanks in Big (1988)

    21. Big

    19881h 44mPG73Metascore
    7.3 (250K)
    After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.
    DirectorPenny MarshallStarsTom HanksElizabeth PerkinsRobert Loggia
  • Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted (1999)

    22. Girl, Interrupted

    19992h 7mR51Metascore
    7.3 (224K)
    Directionless teenager Susanna is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.
    DirectorJames MangoldStarsWinona RyderAngelina JolieClea DuVall
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)

    23. Into the Wild

    20072h 28mR73Metascore
    8.0 (679K)
    After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
    DirectorSean PennStarsEmile HirschVince VaughnCatherine Keener
  • Milla Jovovich, Rory Cochrane, Sasha Jenson, and Jason London in Dazed and Confused (1993)

    24. Dazed and Confused

    19931h 43mR82Metascore
    7.6 (209K)
    The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.
    DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsJason LondonWiley WigginsMatthew McConaughey
  • Fernando Ramallo and Jordi Vilches in Nico and Dani (2000)

    25. Nico and Dani

    20001h 31mUnrated59Metascore
    6.7 (6.4K)
    A Spanish coming of age story focusing on the antics of two 17 year olds, who have a posh beach house almost all to themselves one summer. This is also a summer of sexual awakenings.
    DirectorCesc GayStarsFernando RamalloJordi VilchesMarieta Orozco

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