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Coming of age
Coming of age is a young person's transition from childhood to adulthood. The age at which this transition takes place varies in society, as does the nature of the transition. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual, as practiced by many societies. In the past, and in some...
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Ordinary People
Ordinary People is a 1980 American film drama that marked the directorial debut of Robert Redford. The story concerns the disintegration of an upper-middle class family in Lake Forest, Illinois, following the death of the older son in a boating...
Initial release date:
- 1980
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 124 min (74.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 6,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
Fucking Åmål
Show Me Love, originally titled Fucking Åmål, is a 1998 Swedish film directed by Lukas Moodysson. The film is centered around the lives of two seemingly disparate teenage girls who begin a tentative romantic relationship. The film first premiered...
Initial release date:
- Oct 23, 1998
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 89 min (53 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 9,000,000 (SEK)
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Heathers
Heathers is a 1989 black comedy film starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, and Shannen Doherty. The film portrays four girls in a trend-setting clique at a fictional high school in Ohio. The girls—three of whom are named Heather—rule the school...
Initial release date:
- Mar 31, 1989
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 102 min (61.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 2,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Léon
Léon (also known as The Professional and Léon: The Professional) is a French English-language 1994 thriller film written and directed by French director Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, and a young Natalie Portman in her feature film...
Initial release date:
- Nov 18, 1994
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 110 min (66 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
The Graduate
The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, based on the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The screenplay is by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry, who...
Initial release date:
- 1967
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 105 min (63 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 3,000,000 (US$)
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American teen film written and directed by John Hughes. The storyline follows five teenagers (each a member of a different high school clique) as they spend a Saturday in detention together and come to realize that they...
Initial release date:
- Feb 15, 1985
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 97 min (58 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 8,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film, directed by Robert Zemeckis, stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, and Gary Sinise. The story is of Forrest Gump, a simple man who...
Initial release date:
- 1994
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 142 min (85.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 55,000,000 (US$)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released simply as Star Wars, is a 1977 American space opera film, written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first of six films released in the Star Wars saga: two subsequent films complete the...
Initial release date:
- 1977
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 121 min (72.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 13,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 film starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a young man, coming of age, whose weekend activities are visits to a local Brooklyn discothèque and Karen Lynn Gorney as his dance partner and eventual girlfriend. While in...
Initial release date:
- 1977
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 118 min (70.8 hs )
Produced by:
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko is a 2001 American science fiction film written and directed by Richard Kelly. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell, and depicts the reality...
Initial release date:
- Jan 19, 2001
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 113 min (67.8 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 4,500,000 (US$)
American Graffiti
American Graffiti is a 1973 coming of age comedy-drama film co-written/directed by George Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips and Harrison Ford. Set in...
Initial release date:
- 1973
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 110 min (66 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 750,000 (US$)
Spirited Away
Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, lit. Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away) is a 2001 Japanese animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows a sullen ten-year-old girl who is...
Initial release date:
- 2001
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 125 min (75 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 1,900,000,000 (Yen ¥)
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show is a 1971 film drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry.
Set in a small town in west Texas during the year November 1951 - October 1952, it is about...
Initial release date:
- Oct 3, 1971
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 118 min (70.8 hs )
The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree is a 1969 drama film which tells the story of a young African American growing up in a rural setting in the early part of the 20th century, when racial discrimination was a social norm, legally sanctioned in parts of the United...
Initial release date:
- Aug 6, 1969
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 107 min (64.2 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Stand by Me
Stand by Me is a 1986 coming of age, adventure-drama film directed by Rob Reiner. The title comes from a song with the same title by Ben E. King (which plays during the closing credits), while the story itself is based on the novella The Body by...
Initial release date:
- 1986
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Rating:
Runtime:
- 90 min (54 hs )
Produced by:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. It stars Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones and Jennifer Grey. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 11, 1986.
The film...
Initial release date:
- 1986
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 102 min (61.2 hs )
Screenplay by:
The Lion King
The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Released to theaters on June 15, 1994 by Walt Disney Pictures, it is the 32nd film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The story, which was...
Initial release date:
- 1994
Rating:
Runtime:
- 89 min (53 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 79,300,000 (US$)
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid is a 1984 American drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by Robert Mark Kamen, starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elisabeth Shue. It is a martial arts film and an underdog story in the mold of a previous Avildsen...
Initial release date:
- Jun 22, 1984
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 127 min (76.2 hs )
Screenplay by:
When Father Was Away on Business
When Father Was Away on Business (Serbo-Croat: Otac na službenom putu, Отац на службеном путу) is a 1985 Yugoslavian film by Serbian director Emir Kusturica. The screenplay was written by the Bosnian dramatist Abdulah Sidran. Its subtitle is A...
Initial release date:
- 1985
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 136 min (81.6 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Breaking Away
Breaking Away is a 1979 coming of age film that tells the story of four teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana who have graduated from high school and are not sure what they want to do with their lives, other than hang out and go swimming in an abandoned...
Initial release date:
- 1979
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
Screenplay by:
Stand and Deliver
Stand and Deliver is a 1988 film dramatizing the work of Jaime Escalante, a dedicated high school mathematics teacher portrayed by Edward James Olmos.
Based on a true story, this low budget movie opens with the background of East L.A in 1982. In an...
Initial release date:
- Mar 11, 1988
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 102 min (61.2 hs )
Produced by:
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society is a 1989 film starring Robin Williams and directed by Peter Weir. Set in 1959 at a conservative and aristocratic boys prep school, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students to change their lives of...
Initial release date:
- Jun 9, 1989
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 128 min (76.8 hs )
Screenplay by:
Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written (with help from Van Sant) by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who both star in the film.
The film tells the story of Will Hunting, a prodigy hoodlum from South Boston...
Initial release date:
- Dec 5, 1997
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 126 min (75.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 10,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
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SpaceCamp
SpaceCamp is a 1986 movie based on a book by Patrick Bailey and Larry B. Williams and inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. The film stars Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Joaquin Phoenix and Tate Donovan. Its screenplay was written by...
Initial release date:
- 1986
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 107 min (64.2 hs )
Produced by:
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The first installment in the Spider-Man series, the film, directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Koepp, stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst,...
Initial release date:
- May 3, 2002
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 121 min (72.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 139,000,000 (US$)
A Goofy Movie
A Goofy Movie is an animated film, produced by DisneyToon Studios and released in theaters during Spring of 1995 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film features characters from The Disney Afternoon television series Goof Troop.
The film's plot revolves...
Initial release date:
- Apr 7, 1995
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 78 min (47 hs )
An Extremely Goofy Movie
An Extremely Goofy Movie is a 2000 direct-to-video animated film made by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Douglas McCarthy, it is the sequel to A Goofy Movie, featuring the return of characters from the television series Goof Troop. The story...
Initial release date:
- Feb 29, 2000
Rating:
Runtime:
- 76 min (46 hs )
Boyz N the Hood
Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American hood film written and directed by John Singleton. Starring Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Angela Bassett, Regina King and Laurence Fishburne, the film depicts life in poor South Central ...
Initial release date:
- 1991
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Rating:
Runtime:
- 102 min (61.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 6,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
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Baby Boy
In 1991, 23-year-old director John Singleton guided viewers
through South Central Los Angeles, taking for the first time an unflinching
look at the devastating impact of violence on the black family. Boyz N the Hood ’s realistic portrayal
of the...
Initial release date:
- Jun 27, 2001
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Runtime:
- 129 min (77.4 hs )
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Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 drama film directed by Peter Jackson and written with his partner Fran Walsh. It is based on the notorious 1954 Parker-Hulme murder, committed by two teenage girls in Christchurch, New Zealand. The film stars Melanie...
Initial release date:
- 1994
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 108 min (64.8 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 5,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
Love and Kisses
Love and Kisses is a 1965 American comedy film starring Ricky Nelson as a young man who tries to grow up and emancipate himself from his middle-class parents by getting married. Based on a stage play by Anita Rowe Block, the film, which is mainly a...
Initial release date:
- 1965
Runtime:
- 87 min (52 hs )
Beautiful Thing
Beautiful Thing is a play written and first performed in 1993 by Jonathan Harvey. A screen adaptation of the play was released in 1996 by Channel 4 Films, with a revised screenplay also by Harvey. Initially, the film was only intended for television...
Initial release date:
- 1995
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Produced by:
Big
Big is a 1988 American comedy-drama film about a boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical fortune-telling machine, and is then aged to adulthood overnight. It stars Tom Hanks. The film was written by Gary Ross, with Justin Schindler, and Anne...
Initial release date:
- 1988
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 104 min (62.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 18,000,000 (US$)
Friday
Friday is a 1995 dramatic comedy-buddy film directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tommy Lister, Jr. and John Witherspoon, the film revolves around 16 hours in the lives of Craig Jones (Ice Cube) and Smokey ...
Initial release date:
- Apr 26, 1995
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 91 min (55 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 3,500,000 (US$)
Old Enough
This article is about the film. For the single by Nickelback, see Old Enough (Nickelback song). For the single by The Raconteurs, see Old Enough (Raconteurs song)
Old Enough is a 1984 teen-oriented movie. It stars Sarah Boyd, Rainbow Harvest, Danny...
Initial release date:
- Aug 24, 1984
Runtime:
- 91 min (55 hs )
American History X
American History X is a 1998 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye. The film tells the story of two brothers, Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) and Daniel "Danny" Vinyard (Edward Furlong) of Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California. Both are...
Initial release date:
- Oct 30, 1998
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 119 min (71.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 10,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
8 Mile
8 Mile is a 2002 American hip-hop drama biographical film, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, and Mekhi Phifer.
The film is a semi-autobiographical account of Eminem's early years in relative poverty...
Initial release date:
- Nov 8, 2002
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 110 min (66 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 41,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
Whale Rider
Whale Rider is a 2002 drama film directed by Niki Caro, based on the novel of the same name by Witi Ihimaera. The world première was on September 9, 2002, at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The movie's plot follows the story of Paikea...
Initial release date:
- Jan 30, 2003
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 101 min (60.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 6,000,000 (New Zealand dollar)
Labyrinth
Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy film, directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and designed by Brian Froud. Henson collaborated on the screenwriting with children's author Dennis Lee and Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones. The leads are David...
Initial release date:
- Jun 27, 1986
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 102 min (61.2 hs )
To Sir, with Love
To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film starring Sidney Poitier that deals with social and racial issues in an inner city school. James Clavell both directed and wrote the film's screenplay, based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the...
Initial release date:
- Jun 14, 1967
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 105 min (63 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 640,000 (US$)
Produced by:
SLC Punk!
SLC Punk! is a 1998 American independent comedy-drama film written and directed by James Merendino. The film is about the young punk rock fan Steven "Stevo" Levy, a college graduate living in Salt Lake City. The character is portrayed as an...
Initial release date:
- Sep 24, 1998
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 97 min (58 hs )
Screenplay by:
Little Darlings
Little Darlings is a 1980 teen film starring Tatum O'Neal, Kristy McNichol, Matt Dillon and Armand Assante, directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. The screenplay is written by Kimi Peck and Dalene Young. The original music score is composed by Charles Fox....
Initial release date:
- Mar 21, 1980
Directed by:
Y tu mamá también
Y tu mamá también (English: "And your mother, too") is a 2001 Mexican drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and written by Carlos Cuarón. The film is a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys taking a road trip with a woman in her late twenties....
Initial release date:
- 2001
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 105 min (63 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 5,000,000 (US$)
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows (French: Les Quatre Cents Coups) is a 1959 French film directed by François Truffaut. One of the defining films of the French New Wave, it displays many of the characteristic traits of the movement. The story revolves around Antoine...
Initial release date:
- 1959
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 99 min (59 hs )
Produced by:
Splendor in the Grass
Splendor in the Grass, an American movie from 1961, tells a story of sexual repression, love, and heartbreak. Written by William Inge, who appears briefly as a Protestant clergyman, the film was directed by Elia Kazan.
The film is based on people...
Initial release date:
- 1961
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 124 min (74.4 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Mallrats
Mallrats is a 1995 film written and directed by Kevin Smith. It is the second to be set in Smith's "View Askewniverse" series of interlocking films set mostly in New Jersey, although the movie was filmed in Eden Prairie Center, which is located in...
Initial release date:
- Oct 20, 1995
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 94 min (56 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 6,100,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
Amarcord
Amarcord is a 1973 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini, a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale that combines poignancy with bawdy comedy. It tells the story of a wild cast of characters inhabiting the fictional Borgo based on Fellini...
Initial release date:
- 1973
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 127 min (76.2 hs )
Produced by:
Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 Dramedy film starring Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley first released in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha. Its title comes from the football player David Beckham and his skill at scoring...
Initial release date:
- Apr 12, 2002
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 112 min (67.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 3,500,159 (UK £)
Produced by:
Ghost World
Ghost World is a 2001 film directed by Terry Zwigoff, based on the graphic novel of the same name and screenplay by Daniel Clowes. The story focuses on the life of two teenage friends, Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), who are...
Initial release date:
- Jun 16, 2001
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 111 min (66.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 7,000,000 (US$)
Red Dawn
Red Dawn is a 1984 American war film directed and co-written by John Milius and written by Kevin Reynolds. The film is set in an alternate timeline during the mid-1980s, and deals with an invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union and its...
Initial release date:
- Aug 10, 1984
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 114 min (68.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 4,200,000 (US$)
Dilwale Dulhaniy Le Jayenge
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Hindi: दिलवाले दुल्हनिया ले जाएँगे; English: The Big Hearted Will Take the Bride), also known as DDLJ, is an Indian film. It premiered on 19 October 1995 and was released nationwide on 20 October 1995. Dilwale Dulhania...
Initial release date:
- 1995
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 189 min (113 hs )
Produced by:
Blue Crush
Blue Crush is a 2002 surfer film directed by John Stockwell and based on the Outside magazine article "Surfer Girls of Maui" by Susan Orlean. Starring Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake, and Mika Boorem, it tells the story of three...
Initial release date:
- Aug 18, 2002
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 110 min (66 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 30,000,000 (US$)
House Party
House Party is a 1990 comedy film released by New Line Cinema. It stars Kid and Play of the popular hip hop duo Kid n' Play, and also stars Paul Anthony, Bow-Legged Lou, and B-Fine from Full Force, and Robin Harris (who died of a heart attack nine...
Initial release date:
- Mar 9, 1990
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
Screenplay by:
Tadpole
Tadpole is a 2002 comedy film, directed by Gary Winick. It stars Sigourney Weaver, Bebe Neuwirth, Aaron Stanford, John Ritter, Robert Iler, and Kate Mara.
Oscar Grubman, the fifteen year-old prodigal son of Columbia University history professor and...
Initial release date:
- Aug 2, 2002
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 78 min (47 hs )
Road to Perdition
Road to Perdition is a 2002 period drama directed by Sam Mendes. The screenplay was adapted by David Self, from the graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins. The film stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Tyler Hoechlin and Daniel Craig...
Initial release date:
- Jul 12, 2002
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 117 min (70.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 80,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
Suspiria
Suspiria is a 1977 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento, and co-written by Argento and actress Daria Nicolodi, with whom Argento was romantically involved at the time. Nicolodi claims the plot was inspired by an experience of her...
Initial release date:
- 1977
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 98 min (59 hs )
Produced by:
Reality Bites
Reality Bites is a 1994 film written by Helen Childress and featuring the directorial debut of Ben Stiller. It stars Stiller, Winona Ryder, and Ethan Hawke, with major supporting roles played by Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. The film was shot on...
Initial release date:
- Feb 18, 1994
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 99 min (59 hs )
Screenplay by:
Brother Bear
Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the 44th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics. In the film, an Inuit boy pursues a bear in revenge for a...
Initial release date:
- Nov 1, 2003
Rating:
Runtime:
- 85 min (51 hs )
Produced by:
Class
Class is a 1983 American movie that was directed by Lewis John Carlino, the writer/director of the 1979 film The Great Santini. It features the film debuts of actors Andrew McCarthy, John Cusack, Virginia Madsen, Lolita Davidovich, and Alan Ruck....
Initial release date:
- 1983
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 98 min (59 hs )
Produced by:
Spetters
Spetters, a Dutch film released in 1980 directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Spetters led to many protests across the board about the caricatural manner in which Verhoeven portrayed gays, Christians, the police, and the press. Although Verhoeven made one...
Initial release date:
- 1980
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 120 min (72 hs )
