Coming-of-age films

[doczein]

i got a thing for coming-of-age films. i.e. the motel, better luck tomorrow, machuca, y tu mama tambien, dead poet society, etc. anybody know of any other good ones?

[flux]

the 400 blows

[outty]

better luck tomorrow is great.. i hate to say it but alpha dog wasn't that bad after i watched it... pay no attention to the soundtrack, horrible.

[chantheman]

stand by me

[sybaritical]

Rumblefish.

Ghost world.

Kids.

Empire of the sun.

The last picture show.

American Graffiti.

Garden state.

Running on empty.

The ice storm.

The virgin suicides.

somersault.

Dazed and Confused.

My summer of love.

The breakfast club.

Ferris bueller's day off.

[noahbody510]

reality bites

[insidertrading]

the dangerous lives of alter boys

[keagan]

Lukas Moodysson, primarly;

Fucking Åmål

Lilya 4-ever

A hole in my heart...

Of course Harmony Kline;

Kids, Gummo

[Crillz]

Lukas Moodysson, primarly;

Fucking Åmål

Lilya 4-ever

A hole in my heart...

Of course Harmony Korine;

Kids, Gummo

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[deedotceedot]

Harold and Maude.

[sybaritical]

^ damn if that isn't that isn't a weird ass movie.

[doczein]

has anyone seen the history boys? i just watched it and it was all just too convoluted or just too awkward. also, half the time i really couldn't understand what they were talking about. must have been the accents.

[airfrogusmc]

the 400 blows

Great film^^^^

The Summer of 42

[Tyro1]

sandlot kids?

[jeepster]

white oleander (more or less if you're a chick), same goes for Thirteen

Menace II Society

Less than Zero

[youth_culture]

Donnie Darko, Brick, The Virgin Suicides, Running With Scissors, etc.

[soepom's sl*t]

Coming soon: December Boys

[Oldboy]

Dazed and Confused

Cinema Paradiso

Boyz N Da Hood

[Comma H]

Malena.

Watch it and dont just fast forward to the "good" bits.

[broneck]

i dont think half of the movies mentioned here are actually coming of age films at all

[keagan]

probably....

Honestly, I dont really know what a coming of age film is?... puberty?

I know that David Gordon Green is known for "cumin of age" films, but I've only seen his washington-something, whatever movie, and it was boring.

[Roflcopterpwnsyou]

The Goonies?

[Buzz]

Billy Elliot

[bosshog]

My favorite of all time and the best sunglasses ever, Risky Business

[broneck]

I think John Hughes films kindof typefy coming of age films...like to me, the Breakfast Club is kind of the archetypal CoA film.

[AstroWolf]

i dont think half of the movies mentioned here are actually coming of age films at all

I never saw that one, wired title.

[youth_culture]

Just watched Alpha Dog.

Really good shit; J.T. is absolutely amazing in it.

I think this was the perfect time in my life for me to watch it, too.

[Egbert- Joe]

I'm very surprised that no one has mentioned "The Graduate".

Also consider watching:

Almost Famous

Trainspotting

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Good Will Hunting

Kicking and Screaming (the one directed by Noah Bambauch)

[keagan]

okay, trainspotting is definitely not a coming of age film.

[seraphim]

Thirteen

The Virgin Suicides

Dazed and Confused

Rules of Attraction

probably in that order, as you get older

edit: gingersnaps, for girls, in an odd metaphorical horror kind of way..