Coming-of-Age Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 94 films about coming of age, spanning 1939–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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3 Idiots
Urban · Mountaindir. Rajkumar Hirani - 1991
A Brighter Summer Day
Urbandir. Edward Yang - 1993
A Bronx Tale
Urbandir. Robert De Niro - 1983
A Christmas Story
Suburbandir. Bob Clark - 2000
Almost Famous
Urbandir. Cameron Crowe - 2016
American Honey
Rural · Suburbandir. Andrea Arnold - 2011
Attack the Block
Urbandir. Joe Cornish - 2015
Beasts of No Nation
Rural · Wildernessdir. Cary Joji Fukunaga - 1988
Big
Urban · Suburbandir. Penny Marshall - 2000
Billy Elliot
Urbandir. Stephen Daldry - 2014
Boyhood
Suburban · Urbandir. Richard Linklater - 1991
Boyz n the Hood
Urbandir. John Singleton - 1979
Breaking Away
Ruraldir. Peter Yates - 2005
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Urbandir. Jean-Marc Vallée - 2017
Call Me by Your Name
Ruraldir. Luca Guadagnino - 1976
Carrie
Suburbandir. Brian De Palma - 2012
Chronicle
Urban · Suburbandir. Josh Trank - 1988
Cinema Paradiso
Rural · Urbandir. Giuseppe Tornatore - 2002
City of God
Urbandir. Fernando Meirelles - 2021
CODA
Coastal Seadir. Sian Heder - 2009
Coraline
Ruraldir. Henry Selick - 1993
Dazed and Confused
Suburbandir. Richard Linklater - 1989
Dead Poets Society
Ruraldir. Peter Weir - 1982
Diner
Urbandir. Barry Levinson - 2009
Dogtooth
Ruraldir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 1978
Drunken Master
Urbandir. Yuen Woo-ping - 1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Urban · Suburbandir. John Hughes - 1988
Hairspray
Urbandir. John Waters - 1971
Harold and Maude
Suburbandir. Hal Ashby - 1989
Heathers
Suburbandir. Michael Lehmann - 2016
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Taika Waititi - 2015
Inside Out
Urbandir. Pete Docter - 2019
Jojo Rabbit
Urbandir. Taika Waititi - 2007
Juno
Suburbandir. Jason Reitman - 1989
Kiki's Delivery Service
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2017
Lady Bird
Suburbandir. Greta Gerwig - 1949
Late Spring
Urbandir. Yasujirō Ozu - 2008
Let the Right One In
Suburbandir. Tomas Alfredson - 2021
Licorice Pizza
Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2006
Little Miss Sunshine
Suburban · Desertdir. Jonathan Dayton - 2019
Little Women
Rural · Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 2006
Marie Antoinette
Urbandir. Sofia Coppola - 1993
Menace II Society
Urbandir. Albert Hughes - 2023
Monster
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda - 2006
Monster House
Suburbandir. Gil Kenan - 2016
Moonlight
Urbandir. Barry Jenkins - 2012
Moonrise Kingdom
Island · Wildernessdir. Wes Anderson - 2013
Mud
Rural · Islanddir. Jeff Nichols - 1988
My Neighbor Totoro
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2005
Mysterious Skin
Rural · Urbandir. Gregg Araki - 2004
Napoleon Dynamite
Ruraldir. Jared Hess - 2004
Nobody Knows
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda - 1999
October Sky
Rural · Undergrounddir. Joe Johnston - 2006
Pan's Labyrinth
Rural · Undergrounddir. Guillermo del Toro - 2007
Persepolis
Urbandir. Vincent Paronnaud - 1980
Pixote
Urbandir. Héctor Babenco - 2023
Poor Things
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2022
Prey
Wildernessdir. Dan Trachtenberg - 1999
Ratcatcher
Urbandir. Lynne Ramsay - 1998
Rushmore
Urbandir. Wes Anderson - 2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Urbandir. Edgar Wright - 1998
SLC Punk
Urbandir. James Merendino - 2011
Snowtown
Suburban · Ruraldir. Justin Kurzel - 2002
Spider-Man
Urbandir. Sam Raimi - 2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Urbandir. Bob Persichetti - 2001
Spirited Away
Urbandir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2013
Spring Breakers
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Harmony Korine - 1986
Stand by Me
Ruraldir. Rob Reiner - 1977
Star Wars
Off World · Desertdir. George Lucas - 1959
The 400 Blows
Urban · Coastal Seadir. François Truffaut - 2023
The Boy and the Heron
Rural · Undergrounddir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1985
The Breakfast Club
Suburbandir. John Hughes - 2022
The Fabelmans
Suburban · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2017
The Florida Project
Suburbandir. Sean Baker - 1981
The Fox and the Hound
Rural · Wildernessdir. Richard Rich - 1985
The Goonies
Coastal Sea · Underground · Suburbandir. Richard Donner - 1967
The Graduate
Suburbandir. Mike Nichols - 2018
The Hate U Give
Urban · Suburbandir. George Tillman Jr. - 1984
The Karate Kid
Suburbandir. John G. Avildsen - 1971
The Last Picture Show
Ruraldir. Peter Bogdanovich - 1994
The Lion King
Wilderness · Desertdir. Roger Allers - 1987
The Lost Boys
Coastal Seadir. Joel Schumacher - 2004
The Motorcycle Diaries
Mountain · Desert · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 2000
The Virgin Suicides
Suburbandir. Sofia Coppola - 1939
The Wizard of Oz
Ruraldir. Victor Fleming - 1959
The World of Apu
Urban · Ruraldir. Satyajit Ray - 2007
This Is England
Suburban · Coastal Seadir. Shane Meadows - 2012
Wadjda
Urbandir. Haifaa al-Mansour - 1971
Walkabout
Desert · Wilderness · Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg - 2003
Whale Rider
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Niki Caro - 1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1995
Whisper of the Heart
Urban · Suburbandir. Yoshifumi Kondo - 2018
Wildlife
Suburbandir. Paul Dano - 2001
Y Tu Mamá También
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfonso Cuarón
Frequently asked
How many movies are about coming of age?
Kinora's catalogue lists 94 films about coming of age, spanning 1939–2023.
What are some movies about coming of age?
Films about coming of age in our catalogue include 3 Idiots (2009), A Brighter Summer Day (1991), A Bronx Tale (1993), A Christmas Story (1983), and Almost Famous (2000).
What is the oldest movie about coming of age?
The Wizard of Oz (1939) is the earliest film about coming of age in our catalogue; the most recent is The Boy and the Heron (2023).