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Coming of Age

30 films to study. The case studies come first, richest first, then every other coming of age film in the archive, each with its own page.

30 films to study

Coming of Age films

Princess Mononoke — 1997 · 8.3 · 491k votes
Kiki's Delivery Service — 1989 · 7.8 · 192k votes
The Wind Rises — 2013 · 7.8 · 115k votes
Empire of the Sun — 1987 · 7.7 · 145k votes
The Fabelmans — 2022 · 7.5 · 137k votes
Licorice Pizza — 2022 · 7.1 · 164k votes
Water Lilies — 2007 · 6.7 · 16k votes
Moonlight — 2016 · 7.4 · 356k votes
Running on Empty — 1988 · 7.6 · 20k votes
The Virgin Suicides — 1999 · 7.2 · 189k votes
Barbie — 2023 · 6.8 · 706k votes
Girlhood — 2014 · 6.9 · 11k votes
The BFG — 2016 · 6.3 · 101k votes
You're a Big Boy Now — 1966 · 6.0 · 2k votes
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew — 2027
Pather Panchali — 1955 · 8.2 · 42k votes
Ivan's Childhood — 1962 · 8.0 · 44k votes
I Vitelloni — 1953 · 7.8 · 23k votes
Summer with Monika — 1953 · 7.5 · 18k votes
The Outsiders — 1983 · 7.0 · 111k votes
Stoker — 2013 · 6.7 · 122k votes
School Daze — 1988 · 6.1 · 9k votes
Cursed — 2005 · 5.1 · 38k votes
Red Hook Summer — 2012 · 5.3 · 2k votes
Apur Sansar — 1959 · 8.4 · 21k votes
Aparajito — 1956 · 8.2 · 20k votes
Ratcatcher — 1999 · 7.5 · 14k votes
Rumble Fish — 1983 · 7.1 · 42k votes
Spetters — 1980 · 6.7 · 6k votes
Jailbreakers — 1994 · 4.4 · 414 votes

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