Coming-of-Age Dramas

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The best coming-of-age dramas about that fragile passage from childhood to adulthood. The thrill of first love, the ache of first loss, the longing to belong and the pain of finding yourself — the threshold moments everyone lives through once. These films recall the marks we carry as we grow and the summers that made us who we are. Whatever age you watch them, you will meet the young person still inside you.

Standouts from This Collection

Your Name. (2016)
Your Name.
Young Hearts (2024)
Young Hearts (2024) is a romance drama, directed by Anthony Schatteman.
City of God (2002)
City of God (2002) is a crime drama, directed by Fernando Meirelles.
A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016) is a animation drama, directed by Naoko Yamada.
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Cinema Paradiso (1988) is a romance drama, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
The Lion King (1994)
The Lion King (1994) is a animation drama, directed by Roger Allers.

Routes Through This List

Shorter picks (≤100 min) Young Hearts (2024) The Lion King (1994) Given (2020) The 400 Blows (1959) Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018)

Based on true stories City of God (2002) Dead Poets Society (1989) A Brighter Summer Day (1991) Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018) Freedom Writers (2007)

Classics (pre-1990) Cinema Paradiso (1988) Dead Poets Society (1989) The 400 Blows (1959) Amarcord (1973) Aparajito (1956)

All Films

Your Name.

Your Name.

Young Hearts

Young Hearts

City of God

City of God

A Silent Voice: The Movie

A Silent Voice: The Movie

Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso

The Lion King

The Lion King

Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

A Brighter Summer Day

A Brighter Summer Day

Five Feet Apart

Five Feet Apart

Mommy

Mommy

20th Century Girl

20th Century Girl

Given

Given

Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

Love, Simon

Love, Simon

The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

3 Idiots

3 Idiots

Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

My First Summer

My First Summer

Little Women

Little Women

Persepolis

Persepolis

CODA

CODA

Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers

Amarcord

Amarcord

The Boy and the Beast

The Boy and the Beast

Monster

Monster

Bad Genius

Bad Genius

The Way He Looks

The Way He Looks

Where Hands Touch

Where Hands Touch

Aparajito

Aparajito

Cool Kids Don't Cry

Cool Kids Don't Cry

Your Name Engraved Herein

Your Name Engraved Herein

Luca

Luca

Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stand by Me

Stand by Me

A Walk to Remember

A Walk to Remember

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Close

Close

Words on Bathroom Walls

Words on Bathroom Walls

The First Slam Dunk

The First Slam Dunk

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

Chicuarotes

Chicuarotes

White Bird

White Bird

In the Heat of the Sun

In the Heat of the Sun

100 METERS

100 METERS

The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom

Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans

Aftersun

Aftersun

Mysterious Skin

Mysterious Skin

Boys

Boys

Cousins

Cousins

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

I Don't Want to Go Back Alone

I Don't Want to Go Back Alone

Sky of Love

Sky of Love

The Unbreakable Boy

The Unbreakable Boy

10 Things I Hate About You

10 Things I Hate About You

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