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Coming-of-Age Drama movies

Growing-up drama about identity, belonging, first independence, and life choices that can’t be undone.

Hatching

1. Hatching

Horror Fantasy Drama Supernatural Horror Coming-of-Age Drama
6.2
20221h 27min

Overview

12 year old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family. One night, Tinja finds a strange egg. What hatches is beyond belief.

Themes

Deception within family, Parental perfectionism, Family image pressure, Jealousy in competition, Coming of age scrutiny, Transformation as identity

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The Tender Bar

2. The Tender Bar

Drama Coming-of-Age Drama
6.7
20211h 44min

Overview

JR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father — JR begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams, with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar.

Themes

Pursuit of writing and education, Father absence mentorship, Barroom surrogate family, Working-class aspiration vs opportunity, Adolescence romance and disappointment

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Amazon Prime Video
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The Novice

3. The Novice

Drama Coming-of-Age Drama
6.5
20211h 37min

Overview

A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.

Themes

Isolation and belonging, Obsession with performance, Team dynamics and pressure, Scholarship driven competition, Health risk from training, Coaching pressure and control

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Amazon Video
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Licorice Pizza

4. Licorice Pizza

Drama Comedy Romance Coming-of-Age Drama Romantic Comedy
7.1
20212h 13min

Overview

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

Themes

Coming of age pressures, Age gap romance, Entrepreneurial ambition and relationships, Political engagement and mentorship, Economic upheaval, Fame and audience expectations

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Hand of God

5. The Hand of God

Drama Coming-of-Age Drama
7.3
20212h 10min

Overview

In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from a freak accident by football legend Diego Maradona.

Themes

Coming of age, Survivor's guilt, Semi autobiographical perspective, Football fan culture, Poverty and family relationships, 1980s city life

Available on

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7 Prisoners

6. 7 Prisoners

Drama Crime Organized Crime Coming-of-Age Drama
7.1
20211h 33min

Overview

An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.

Themes

Labor exploitation, Poverty pressure, Moral dilemma, Systemic coercion, Survival versus integrity, Trafficking realism

Available on

Netflix
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Pleasure

7. Pleasure

Drama Coming-of-Age Drama
6.3
20211h 48min

Overview

19 year old Linnéa leaves her small town in Sweden and heads for Los Angeles with the aim of becoming the world's next big porn star, but the road to her goal turns out to be bumpier than she imagined.

Themes

Workplace power dynamics, Consent under pressure, Fame through risk, Solidarity among aspiring workers, Gatekeeping and exploitation, Agency vs coercion

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Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Dear Evan Hansen

8. Dear Evan Hansen

Drama Coming-of-Age Drama
6.1
20212h 17min

Overview

Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.

Themes

Grief processing, Mental health stigma, Peer pressure, Romance amid deception, Online rumor spread, Family dynamics strain

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Many Saints of Newark

9. The Many Saints of Newark

Crime Drama Organized Crime Coming-of-Age Drama
6.3
20212h

Overview

Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, whose influence over his nephew will help shape the impressionable teenager into the all-powerful mob boss, Tony Soprano.

Themes

Power dynamics in crime, Family loyalty vs independence, Ethnic identity pressure, Mob loyalties under strain, Intergenerational ambition, Street violence normalization

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The Innocents

10. The Innocents

Horror Drama Fantasy Supernatural Horror Coming-of-Age Drama
7.0
20211h 57min

Overview

Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen.

Themes

Mind control and manipulation, Abuse of hidden powers, Group dynamics under telepathy, Nonverbal autism and communication, Parental absence and control, Fear of child murder

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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