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COMING-OF-AGE MOVIES THAT DON'T SUCK
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That title is an understatement, and I used it because this genre is overdone, over-sentimentalized, and over-imitated. But I am putting a stop to all that here.
Also , a good number of these are about girls. It’s just tough if you allow that to stop you from watching them.


Creator: snazzydetritus
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Movie: The World of Henry Orient ( 1964 )
A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.
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Movie: Gretchen ( 2005 )
Gretchen has bigger problems than abysmal fashion sense: She's 17, painfully awkward and stuck in the most unforgiving place on earth - high school. When her obsession with school bad boy Ricky gets out of hand, her mother sends her to an emotional treatment center to recover. She has to travel elsewhere, however, to truly begin to understand why she fixates on the wr...Read all
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Movie: Bruno ( 2000 )
Bruno is a unique young boy genius, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
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Movie: Lloyd ( 2001 )
A boy learns that confidence and self-esteem are the greatest gifts.
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Movie: Lawn Dogs ( 1998 )
When Devon, a 10-year-old girl, forges a friendship with Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, things suddenly get very complicated and private.
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Movie: Welcome to the Dollhouse ( 1996 )
An awkward seventh-grader struggles to cope with inattentive parents, snobbish class-mates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister and her own insecurities in suburban New Jersey.
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Movie: That Night ( 1993 )
Long Island, NY, summer 1961: Preteen Alice follows, from across the street, the glamorous love life of Sheryl, 17, with bowling alley Rick. A friendship develops as Alice helps Sheryl see Rick.
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Movie: Melody ( 1971 )
Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married as soon as possible.
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Movie: Square Dance ( 1987 )
A 13-year-old girl exchanges a pleasant life in the countryside for a troubled life in the city.
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Movie: Corpo Celeste ( 2011 )
Set deep in the south of Italy, Corpo Celeste is the story of 13 year old Marta who is struggling to resettle after ten years growing up in Switzerland. Bright-eyed and restless, she observes the sights, sounds and smells of the city but feels very much an outsider. Marta is about to undergo the rite of confirmation. In the convention of the Catholic Church she takes catechism but confronts the morality of the local Catholic community. A series of subtle moments trace her journey as she connects and conflicts with her mother, sister and the Sunday school teacher Santa. From experiencing her period to making a bold decision to cut her hair, Marta begins to shape her own life for the first time since moving back to Italy. Corpo Celeste heralds the arrival of a young and distinctive voice. Alice Rohrwacher's writing and directing debut is a sensitive unveiling of the moral and religious layers that can smother adolescence.
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Movie: The Challengers ( 1990 )
After her father dies and she moves to a new town, Mackie wants to join a certain gang/band. But they've got this boys-only rule. So Mackie comes up with an audacious plan... only it begins to backfire.
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Movie: Frybread Face and Me ( 2023 )
Two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's ranch in Arizona while learning more about their family's past and themselves.
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Movie: Peppermint Soda ( 1977 )
A year in the life of two adolescent sisters at an all-girls school in France as they experience a rapid-fire onslaught of 'firsts' during a time of political protest and social change.
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Movie: Anita & Me ( 2002 )
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who have come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family. Anita is 14, blonde and beautiful, exactly what Meena thinks she wants to be. She becomes part ...Read all
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Movie: The Diary of a Teenage Girl ( 2015 )
A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.
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Movie: Dear Lemon Lima ( 2009 )
After being dumped by Philip, her one true love, the infatuated Nessa enrolls at his private school in the hopes of winning him back.
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Movie: Moonrise Kingdom ( 2012 )
A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them.
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Movie: The To Do List ( 2013 )
Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
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Movie: To the Stars ( 2020 )
Under small town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer's daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.
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Movie: Jellyfish ( 2019 )
A young carer discovers an unlikely talent for stand-up comedy.
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Movie: Funny Pages ( 2022 )
A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.
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Movie: Zazie in the Metro ( 1961 )
With her mother away for the weekend, a brash and precocious ten-year-old country girl sets out to explore Paris during a Métro strike under her uncle's not-so-watchful eye. But can a little girl cause so much chaos in the city centre?
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Movie: L'effrontée ( 1985 )
Charlotte (Gainsbourg) is being raised without a mother. She is only 13 but ready to be an adult. She meets an older boy and begins a relationship while teaching a young friend about life and learning the ropes herself.
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Movie: The Little Thief ( 1988 )
In a small town in post-World-War-II France, an unhappy sixteen-year-old (Janine Castang) tries to escape her dreary situation by any means at her disposal. Three successive friends (Michel Davenne, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette Dargelos, a photographer and fellow prisoner) help her learn from her mistakes.
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Movie: Stealing Beauty ( 1996 )
After her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.
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Movie: L.I.E. ( 2002 )
A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.
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Movie: I Like Movies ( 2023 )
Lawrence Kweller, a socially inept 17-year old cinephile, gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
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Movie: Before I Change My Mind ( 2024 )
1987: While the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.
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Movie: Mid90s ( 2018 )
Follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 1990s-era Los Angeles who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop.
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Movie: Boyhood ( 2014 )
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
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Movie: Lilya 4-Ever ( 2002 )
Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.
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Movie: Eighth Grade ( 2018 )
An introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.
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Movie: Winter's Bone ( 2010 )
An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
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Movie: The Way Way Back ( 2013 )
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
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Movie: Ping Pong Summer ( 2014 )
A family vacation during the summer of 1985 changes everything for a teenage boy obsessed with ping pong.
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Movie: 20th Century Women ( 2017 )
The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.
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Movie: Hunt for the Wilderpeople ( 2016 )
Reclusive country folk Bella and Hector become foster parents to Ricky, a problem child from the city. After some adjustment, things go reasonably well. However, Bella's death means that Hector must now look after Ricky himself, and they haven't been getting along. Moreover, her death causes Child Services to decide to send Ricky back to the orphanage. Ricky refuses to go back and runs away, ultimately sparking a national manhunt for him and Hector.
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Movie: Little Birds ( 2016 )
Lily and Alison face a life-changing event after they leave their Salton Sea home and follow the boys they meet back to Los Angeles.
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Movie: Breathe ( 2014 )
Charlie is an average French suburban teenager, but when she becomes fast friends with Sarah, the rebellious new girl at school, she discovers there's nothing average about how she feels.
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Movie: Palo Alto ( 2014 )
Shy, sensitive April is the class virgin, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach Mr. B and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy. Emily, meanwhile, offers sexual favors to every boy to cross her path - including both Teddy and his best friend Fred, a life wire without filters or boundaries. As one high school party bleeds into the next - and April and Teddy struggle to admit their mutual affection - Fred's escalating recklessness starts to spiral into chaos.
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Movie: Gabrielle ( 2013 )
Gabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin, at the recreation centre where they are choir members, they have been inseparable. However, because they are "different," their loved ones are fearful of their relationship. As the choir prepares for an important mus...Read all