The ultimate coming of age movie list
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last update 13.05.2012
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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 tribulation.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
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100 Days Before The Command
August Rush * A painted house * AI * Acla * A perfect world * Anton
A Swarm in May # A Letter of Fire # Agnes Browne # A Cool, Dry Place # Asylum # A dream in Hanoi
Alan & Naomi * A boy and his dog * Au Revoir Les Enfants * About a boy * Al otro lado
At’ ziji duchove! * Abel, Twoj Brat * Afraid of the dark * Abuse * A Dog of Flanders Aparajito
All things fair * Air Bud * A bronx tale * Abeltje * Across the sea of time *
Arturo’s Island * A child went fourth * Amities particulieres * Anoche Libero va bene * Anoche Sone Contigo
Agostino *A Little Comfort*All my loved ones*Alexander*Adventures de Pinocchio
Black Stallion Birth Billy Elliot Beshekmpir Blode Mutze
Boys of lost island Born Into Brothels Burning Secret Benny´s gym Bad Education Bridge to Terabithia
Ben 10 Beautiful thing Blauvogel Bench Warmers Burning Secret Beat the Drum
Barnens O Beethoven’s Nephew Bad Boy from Lebanon Body Without Soul
Castelo Ra-Tim-Bum Carol’s Journey Carlitos y el campo de los suenos Carrie’s War Captain Johnno
Ce que savait Maisie Crisscross Crazy Chop Shop Children on their Birthdays
Chronicle of A Boy C’est la vie C’est la tangente Central Station Carmen Babyface Careful, He Might Hear You
Captains Courageous Cafe com leite Captain Gallant C’Est Pas Moi, Je Le Jure ! Capitan January
Catch That Kid Canvas Cachorro CAMERON’S CLOSET Child I never was
Casey’s Shadow Children in The Crossfire
Chasing the Dragon Cloak & Dagger Cotolay Cilveka Berns
Captain Alatriste Cobrades Cider with Rosie Casper Ce que savait Maisie
CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE Chiquidracula Cheesecake (2008) Ciske de Rat Carmen Babyface
Camp Nowhere Clownhouse Children’s Story Cesta z Mesta Count Me Out
Class Trip Cartouches Gauloises Cinema Paradiso Chippendiddys Children of Heaven
Cirkus Ildebrand C’est pas ma faute Critter Gitters C’est pour la bonne cause! Caravaggio
Casanova — Childhood and Adolescence Cavka Carl Gustav Gjengen Clément Clay Farmers
Czarne Stopy , Children on Their Birthdays, Cinema Paradiso , Circle of Two, Carrie’s War
Dreszcze DO YOU REMEMBER DOLLY BELL Dorm De Kleine
Blonde Dood The Devil’s Backbone David Copperfield
Durango Kids De Fortabte sjaeles o Devil’s Playground De Brief voor de koning
Drengene fra Sankt Petri Dreaming about you Duma Don’t Torture A Duckling De Nieuwe Avonturen Van Dik Trom
Dog days of Summer Do You Know The Muffin Man De Witte Van Sichem December Boys Dear Frankie
Delivering Milo Den Magiska Bollen De 5 og Spionerne Da Lotte Blev Usynlig
Der Schatz Der Weissen Falken Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer
End of the spear El Nino Y El Muro Eternity and A Day Equus Escape from Sobibor Earthling
Everyone Loves Mel El Nino de Barro En Tu Ausencia Elaville Ja Kuolleille
El Color De Las Nubes El Ultimo Tren El Topo El caballo blanco – Joselito Empire of the Sun
Explorers Education of Little Tree Edges of the Lord Entrusted Elephant
Ek Chhotist Love Story Eclair au chocolat Edelweiss Pirates Eternal Summer Edward II
Experimentator ***Emmett*** Emil und die Detektive ***El nino de barro***El Maestro*** Eartling
Espérame mucho*Eres mi heroe * Emporte-Moi*Eralash *Eugene
Ekko , ELVIS! ELVIS! , Eros, O Deus do Amor , En Karlekshistoria , Elysium
Fatty Finnand * Firehouse Dog * Flight of the innocent *Forbidden games * Freeze Die
Frantsuz *** For a Lost Soldier **** Finding Neverland **** Freedom Is Paradise**** Fan chan (2003)
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| Goodnight Mister Tom | Godsend | Gabriel and me | Ginostra |
Get Your Stuff (2000)
Gutta Boys ***Gotcha*** Good boy****George Washington***Glen and Randa
Himalaya ***Héroes***Hereafter***Henry and Verlin ***Happy thank you more please***Hansel und Gretel
Home Alone
Hosszu vagta
Handel’s Last Chance
I Want To Be A Soldier, I Know My First Name is Steven , In Oranje , I am David , IF , Ikke Naken
Idi i smotri
Invasion, The [2007] (Jackson Bond)
I’ll Remember April
Il Ladro Di Bambini
Joe the king * Jet Boy *Je suis le seigneur du château * Jestem * Jacquot de Nantes
John John in the Sky * Journey to the Centre of the Earth * Jack the Bear *Jag Ar Din Krigare*Jammx Kids
Jaime * Jr. Detective Agency * Jake’s Closet * Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard * Jermal
Kes (Ken Loach)
Kolya
Ken Park Kids
Lord of the Flies Les Diables L´ENFANCE – NUE Local Boys Les Choristes
Love Actually Los Ninos Invisibles Le Dernier Des Fous Le Grand chemin Leolo
Le Clan L’argent de poche Libero La Mala educacion Little Criminals
Le Grand Chemin * Le.Chateau.De.Ma.mere * LA.GLOIRE.DE.MON.PERE * L’Annee de l’eveil * Let the right one in
Lokas *Les Textiles* Ласковый Май *Little Fugitive * Les Allumettes Suedoises
L.I.E. Lessons at the end of thespring * La Revolte des enfants * Looking For Miracles * *Lakki.
Life is a long quiet river * Love Me If You Dare * Luminous Motion * La Copa de los Suenos * La Halfaouine
Le Petit Nicolas * La lengua de las mariposas *Love Child * Last stand * Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Little Manhattan — Les Aiguilles Rouges — La Cité des Enfants Perdus — Little Man Tate — Little Man Tate — La Vie devant soi
Mysterious Skin My Life As A Dog Mickybo and Me Monsieur Ibrahim Malena
MOON CHILD Machuca Montreal Main Ma vie en rose My Dog Skip
Maximum Ride Motorama Mother of Mine Martian Child MeanCreek My Father’s Glory
Marvin and Tige Mirakel Mon Fils My friend Joe My name is Ivan
Monsieur Ibrahim Max und Moritz Reloaded Más pena que Gloria Me and You and Everyone We Know Mandraora
My magic ***Mutum***Maharac ****Mentito portera ***Magna Aura
Mirage ***Most ***Matching Jack***Moritz***Magic Rock
Nachttocht * Nico And Dani * Nobody Knows *No place like home * Nanhe Jaisalmer
Nimmermeer *Nicholas and Alexandra * Nightmare Room * Nobody’s Daughter * Northfork
Ole Dole Doff
Oliver Twist (2005)
Olivier, Olivier
Pour Elle***Pulse***Possessed***Pargon Gola ***Put the camera on me *** Private Lessons
Pelle the Conqueror *** Passage to Zarahamelia *** Pinocchio ***Pedrl oder Pica ***Perfect game ***Pinocchio
Play * Postales de Leningrado* Poslednja trka * Prijela K Nam Pout *Promis… juré!
Peter Pan
Popi Promises
Pietje Bell (Nederlands)
Poche d’Argent
Rose´s Songs * Reflecting Skin * Robby * Respiro * Return to Innocence
Rails and Ties* Road to Perdition *Ready ? OK * Rosso come il cielo * Radio flyer
Sin Destino Someone like Hodder SkyKids Sztuczki Sacred Silence Savrseni krug
Skipped Parts Storm Boy Summer of 42 Svolochi Sling Blade Song for a raggy boy
Secretos del corazon Son of Rambow Second Best Skellig Sweet Mud Son of the shark
Second Hand Child * Second Hand Lions * Swim Zack Swim * Skyrunners
Super 8 — Shoeshine — Simon Birch — Stand by me — Say Uncle
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Smiley
Sommerstorm
Stand by me
Small change
Six
STOLEN SUMMER
STONE BOY
Separate Peace
Sommerjubel.(1986)
Tom Browns schooldays This is England The Keys To The House The good son The Greenhouse effect The Boys of St. Vincent
The Boy with Green Hair The Thief The Bad News Bears The Annunciation Taming Andrew Temporada de Patos
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things The Cure The last days of April Twelve and Holding Toto The Hero
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The Tit and the moon The flavor of the corn Les Coups Quatre Cents The Spanish Gardener The Greenhouse effect The Champ
The Interrogation of Michael Crowe Taming Andrew The Boys of St. Vincent The Browning Version The Mighty The Invincible
The Choristes, Les The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys The wild child The Robin Hood Gang The Eighth Color Of The Rainbow The Invincible
Torzok**** The way I spent the end of the world *****The ratcather* *****The Boy Who Cried Bitch
Thicker Than Water*****Teenage Paparazzo ****The Olsen Gang****The Maldonado Miracle****The Gate
The kite runner
The Stone Boy * That’s What I Am * The Story of Net *The Genesis Children* The man without a face
The City of Lost Children (French)
The Fire That Burns
The Never Ending Story
The Number 23
The return
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (Christopher Eccleston)
The Squid And The Whale
The Emerald Fo rest
The Assault
The Fruit Machine
The Weather Man
Time of the Gypsies
Tin Drum,The
Tender Cousins
Tom Sawyer
TU SOLO
The Valley Between
True Love
The Sling
Village of Dreams * Vito and the Others * Viva Cuba * Vipere Au Poing * Venner for Livet
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| Wild Tigers I Have Known | Walkabout | Where Eskimos Live | Warden of the Dead |
Whisper (Blake Woodruff)
When Father Was Away on Business
Wide Awake
Western Lights
War of the Buttons
Whole New Thing
WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?
When I Got Jesus With a Slingshot
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You Are Not Alone (Du Er Ikke Alene)
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