Top 20 Greatest Coming of Age Movies

Stand by me is the best. I just felt sad about the ending. But it's beautifully crafted ❤️

American Graffiti, The Last Picture Show, Rumble Fish, Tex, Ordinary People, Racing With The Moon, Almost Famous, Rushmore and The Man in The Moon are great too, american cinema side. I also suggest three little/great european movies, Le premier jour du reste de ta vie (France, 2008), Living is Easy with Eyes Closed (Spain, 2013) and Backbeat (UK, 1994), wich is not just a coming of age movie, i'ts the Beatles coming of age movie (and the best Beatle-related movie to this day)...Honorable mention to City of God (Cidade de Deus, 2002), a great coming of age crime movie from Brasil.

Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold is one of the best coming of age films of all time and no one thinks about it ever.

KIDS should have been on this list 😔

Would Cruel Intentions be considered a coming of Age movie?

#20: Booksmart (2019)
#19: The Way, Way Back (2013)
#18: Easy A (2010)
#17: Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
#16: Juno (2007)
#15: Dead Poets Society (1989)
#14: Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
#13: Love, Simon (2018)
#12: Moonlight (2016)
#11: Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
#10: The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
#9: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
#8: Superbad (2007)
#7: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
#6: Boyhood (2014)
#5: Lady Bird (2017)
#4: The 400 Blows (1959)
#3: Dazed and Confused (1993)
#2: Stand by Me (1986)
#1: The Breakfast Club (1985)

One of my favorite coming-of-age movies is "Foxes" with Jodie Foster & Cherie Curie. The girls in the movie were just about the same age I was when it came out so I relate to it so much.

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Is that James Dean?

Love dead poets society has a very touching melody backtone to it with sadness too have seen some of these films not the thongs one

Dead Poets Society should be among the top 5. Astounding movie.

I was the 1kth like

Aquamarine??

Another good one was "Circle of Friends".

"STAND BY ME" ❤️❤️❤️

Stand By Me is amazing, I remember watching at 8 years old and still holds a place with me.

I don’t know if Ferris Bueller Day Off counts as coming of age movie, but it’s my favorite teenage movie ever.

Very very great epic list I like it a lot very very great job mis mojo one of my absolute favorite list ever and a lot of great movies on this great list 😊❤

Easy A.........filmed in the hell that was my highschool. Loved the movie, hated highschool 😢

When your 2 all time fav movies are #1 & #2 on the list

Some suggestions: "American Graffiti" the template for "Happy Days"; "Now and Then" is a perfect "the summer of best friends" movie; "The Summer of '42" is a sweet awkward boy story; but "The Last Picture Show" is an iconic coming of age film because it depicts the concept dramatically, comically, and socially both as the main characters grow up and as the adults have grown up in the same small town... McMurtry adapted from his finest storytelling... KDM

Is it bad that #1 is the ONLY one on this list I've ever seen?

Ferris Buelleur's Day off should have been on this list along with The Sandlot.

Breaking Away?

pretty in pink footloose mean girls the little rascals

Ezra Miller’s a heavy hitter alright

I'm disappointed that Call Me By Your Name wasn't on the list 😢

Where’s Now and Then?

You forgot ferris bueler's day off and mean girls. Two coming of age classics

You forgot "Now & Then" and "The Sandlot"

Coming of age=white suburban apparently. They did throw in one token though. That was nice.

Missing: My Girl and All or Nothing would be in my top 5.

Love Simon is my favourite movie on this list. Nick Robinson is my favourite actor

No 3 Idiots?

No love for “Real Women Have Curves”? It was “Lady Bird” BEFORE “Lady Bird”.

Where is Cinema Paradiso?!

Stand by me.................

Now and Then is also a coming of age movie

Anytime I hear "Don't You Forget About Me" it throws me back to 9th Grade seeing The Breakfast Club in Westwood, CA.

The two best coming of age movies that you missed are Empire of the Sun and This Boy's Life. Both incredible movies.

can't believe "Now and Then" didn't at least get an honorable mention

Now and Then should be on this list

I mean there are so many..and everyone has a personal connection to them. This is a hard list to create.

The Breakfast Club is overrated. There, I said it.

Dead Poets Society,is one of my all time favorites,it will make you cry.

Stand By Me is my favorite Stephen King movie. Gordie’s older brother Dennis really loved him, but when Dennis died, it was like he was invisible to his parents and they barely even noticed him when Dennis was alive. What do you think if Gordie said this to them if he got them to listen to him? He says to them “I’m sorry if I’m such a burden to you. I’m sorry if I don’t feel like your son. Maybe it’s time I don’t live here anymore. You can keep all of Dennis’ things for all I care. He’s the son you actually wanted”. Gordies mom could say “Gordie, that’s not fair”. Gordie can reply back harshly “What’s not fair is that I lost the one person in my family that actually cared about me”. Remember when Gordie had a dream that during Dennis’ funeral that his dad said it should have been Gordie that died? What if Gordie said that to his mom and dad?

Stand by Me is one of the best Stephen King stories. It takes it's simple premise, and uses it to explore some very deep themes. You really just have to see it, as words can't possibly do it justice.

If you are giving recognition of old black and white movies such as The 400 Blows, than surely you could've included The Last Picture Show onto this list as well.

These teen movies are incredible!

Juno was a brilliant film.