The ultimate coming of age movie list
Coming of age movies
last update 02.12.09
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““Indeed, the best coming-of-age movies are almost always fish-out-of-water films; the water is our youth, and coming of age is how we acclimate ourselves to it “
It is a movie where the central plot revolves around a person suddenly facing a life changing experience, trial or tribualtion.That person once was naive or childish or pre-pubescent is now suddenly older and wiser because of the experience. They see life and their place in the universe for the first time. The title list below have been updated alphabetically
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
and then you would love the new list / which is still in alpha state /

28 weeks later

15 Amore

100 Days Before The Command
A
A Dog of Flanders/ About a boy / A boy and his dog/Acla /August Rush
Al otro lado / Amities particulieres/ Aparajito / Au Revoir Les Enfants / Ali Zaoua
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Adventures de Pinocchio
A Bronx Tale

Air Bud (Kevin Zeagers)
Alexander
Angels in the Attic
Abeltje (Dutch)
Across the sea of time
( starring Martín Altomaro)

Alan & Naomi

Amor Estranho Amor

Afraid of the dark

Anton
A perfect world

Argent de poche, L’
AI


Abel, Twoj Brat
All my loved ones

Abused

Anoche Libero va bene

At’ ziji duchove!

A Little Comfort

À cause d’un garçon

( starring Paolo Colombo)
B
Bad.Education

Beat the Drum


BROTHER OF SLEEP



Beautiful.Thing

Ben 10
BOYS OF LOST ISLAND
Beautiful Thing
BREAKIN’ OUT
Bench Warmers

Bridge to Terabithia (Josh Hutcherson)

Burning Secret (Brennendes Geheimnis)
Beethoven’s Nephew
Born Into Brothels
Billy Elliot

BROWNING VERSION

Birth
Beshkempir
Butterfly
C

Camp Nowhere


Catch That Kid

Certi_Bambini (italian)

Chronicle of A Boy alone (1964)

Clown House

CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE

Colegas

Captains Courageous

CAMERON’S CLOSET




D

D.A.R.Y.L ( a very ’80s’ movie )
December Boys
David Copperfield (with a young Daniel Radcliffe)
De Witte Van Sichem (1980-Dutch)

December boys
Devil’s Playground


DO YOU REMEMBER DOLLY BELL



E



Edges of the Lord


Eban And Charley

Edge of Seventeen


Empire of the Sun

Explorers

Education of Little Tree

F
Fatty Finnand
Alexander
Firehouse Dog (Joe Hutchinson)
For a Lost Soldier (Voor Een Verloren Soldaat)
FLIGHT OF THE INNOCENT
FORBIDDEN GAMES
Farewell
Freeze Die
Freedom Is Paradise
Fresh Germany

G
Get Your Stuff (2000)


H
Home Alone
Hosszu vagta
Handel’s Last Chance
I
Idi i smotri

I know my Name is Steven
Invasion, The [2007] (Jackson Bond)

I’ll Remember April
Il Ladro Di Bambini
I am David

J

John John in the Sky
Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Je suis le seigneur du château
Jungle to Jungle

Jack the Bear Just a Dream
Jack the Bear


K
Kolya
Ken Park Kids
L

L.I.E.-Long Island Expressway
La Revolte des enfants(The Children’s Revolt)
LA.GLOIRE.DE.MON.PERE
L’argent de poche


Le.Chateau.De.Ma.mere
Leolo
Lemony Snicketts

Les Textiles

Les Allumettes Suedoises
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Les Choristes

Les Diables

Lord of the Flies

LOST PRINCE LOOK TO THE SKY
Le Grand chemin
La Halfaouine: Boy of the
Los Ninos Invisibles

Love Me If You Dare

La Mala educacion

Lessons at the end of thespring

Luminous Motion


M

Malena


Maximum Ride
Mayrig – Henri Verneuil History

My Name Is Ivan
Marvin and Tige
Más pena que Gloria


My Dog Skip
Ma vie en rose
MOON CHILD

My Life as a Dog
Martin’s Day
My Son (Mon Fils A Moi)
Me and You and Everyone We Know
My Father’s Glory
Mother of Mine



N

Nico And Dani


No place like home
O
Olivier, Olivier

Ole Dole Doff
P

Peter Pan
Popi Promises
Pietje Bell (Nederlands)


Pixote (1981)
Poche d’Argent


R

Rose´s Songs

Rails and Ties

Respiro

RAT-A-TAT
Radio Flayer


Return to Innocence
Rich

Road to Perdition

Ronja Rovardotter (Aka Ronia, The Robber’S Daughter – 1984)


Rosso come il cielo
S
Say Uncle

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Skellig
Skellig
Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Smiley


Summer of 42
Sommerstorm

Stand by me
Second Hand Lions
Small change

Storm boy
Simon Birch
Six
STOLEN SUMMER
STONE BOY
Separate Peace










Sweet Mud

Sling Blade
T

The Bad News Bears (Walter Mathau & Tatum O’Neal)

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The Browning Version [1994]

The Champ (Ricky Schroeder)

The Interrogation of Michael Crowe

The Children of Juang Chi

The City of Lost Children (French)

The Fire That Burns
The Keys To The House
The Genesis Children
The Thief
The Man Without a Face
The Never Ending Story The Number 23




The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (Christopher Eccleston)

The Squid And The Whale
Tom Browns schooldays

Tout Contre Leo (Close to Leo)

Les Coups Quatre Cents (To Live A Wild Life, The 400 Blows) (1959)

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things




The Emerald Forest

The Assault

The Fruit Machine
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
The Weather Man


The Boy with Green Hair
Time of the Gypsies

Tin Drum,The
Tender Cousins

Tom Brown’s School Days
Tom Sawyer
TU SOLO

The Eighth Color Of The Rainbow
True Love
The Wild Child
The Choristes, Les
The Robin Hood Gang
The Clownhouse

The way I spent the end of the world
The Sling
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The Rocking Horse Winner



U


V

Village of Dreams

Valahol Europaban

Vito and the Others

Viva Cuba
Veronico Cruz

Volando Voy

Venner for Livet
W
Whisper (Blake Woodruff)

When Father Was Away on Business
Wide Awake
Western Lights

Walkabout

War of the Buttons
Whole New Thing

WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?

When I Got Jesus With a Slingshot
Y

You Are Not Alone (Du Er Ikke Alene)
Z

Zmory

Zero de Conduite













































