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The Breakfast Club
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. This film teaches teens that they shoukd forget stereotypes and they may be able to find good friends in the most unexpected places. -
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Buellers day off is a very important coming of age film, throguthout this film ferris bueller uses his time he earned off of school to do many things that he was unable to do till now. Ferris buellers then gain the sympathy of the whooe school and they a
start a campaign called 'Save Ferris' this then starts to get out of hand when ferris' sister calls into question the crediability of his illness as she believes that he is just a truant, this film teaches teens to enjoy teen life fully. -
Mystic Pizza
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic. This story teaches teens aabout how friendship can make coming of age muvh easier and can actually be enjoyed, even with all the diversions that appear along the way. -
Boyz N The Hood
Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence and future prospects. This film follows a boy transitions between boyhood and manhood, this film teaches teens about the the dangers and diversions that can interrupt this journey. -
The Sandlot
A new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his team. Together, they get themselves into many adventures involving rival teams, lifeguards, and a vicious dog.
This film is very comedic and teacher teens to enjoy life to the fullest, whatever the situation may be. -
This Boy’s Life
The story about the relationship between a rebellious 50s teenager and his abusive father, based on the memoirs of writer and literature professor Tobias Wolff.This film is at points very morbid and teaches a more blunt lesson about childhhod and the trasition into adulthood. -
The Fire That Burns
Two boys in their early teens in a strictly-run pre-WWII Catholic School form a firm friendship which is troubled by an abbot who is obsessed with the younger of the students. This film is an 'okay' story and brings to light the more 'blunt' realitys of friendship. -
The Thief
A woman meets a man who isn't the right man for her - but she hasn't realised it yet. This story teaches teens the unmissable perils involved in becoming an adult, thie brings to light some of the much more morbid happenings when transitioning into adulthood. -
Girl, Interrupted
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s. This film dicusses the blunt horrible parts of growing up that people dont generally see in the stereotypical coming of ave movies. -
Almost Famous
A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies it on their concert tour. This story teaches teens that life as a teen can be fun if you just make an attempt to make it how you want it. -
Jet Boy
A drug dealer finds an unlikely traveling companion in an runaway kid trying to dodge social services. This story is very good an teaches teens that freinds dont always have to have major similarities with you. -
Real Women Have Curves
Coming of Age story of a first generation Latina Ana García (America Ferrera) who struggles to balance her family's culture where she is expected to work in her sister's dress warehouse. This film teaches teens the perils but also the enjoymetn gained from adulthood and the transition from fromer to latter. -
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.This film teaches teens that however far away from your friends you are they will always be with you mentally. -
Submarine
Submarine is a dryly funny story about a 15-year old kid named Oliver who wants to lose his virginity, and also break up his mother and a resurfaced ex-boyfriend. Yasmin Paige shines as the object of his affection, a mysterious, strong young girl who has her own desires and wants to live out er life to the fullest. It’s subtle, quirky and teahces teen that life can be enoyed if you find the right person to enjoy it with. -
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The perks of being a wallflower is a modern day coming of age film, created in 2012 this film follows charlie, a sensitive introvert who struggles to just get through high school. This coming of age film is very serious and uses many techniques such as reflection and relation to make you fellcharlie's pain, this coming of age films teaches you to enjoy the evrryday films and to not get to caught up in school. I belive this film fully presents life as an introvert perfectly. -
The Spectacular Now
This coming of age film presents the life of Sutter Keely, a life-of-the-party high schooler with a drinking problem. This story follows him as he procees with his romance with Cassidy, this story tells us how cassidy is unable to cope with his alcoholism and lack of ambition, she then decides to dump him, the rest of the story shows his battle with himself as he tries to conquer his alcoholism. This story shows teens that life is not always magnificent and sometimes has its downs.
