Coming of age
by Sexy-scientist | created - 09 Aug 2015 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicMovies describing what late teen-young adult feel about life. About their problems when there are no problems at all.
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101. The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
Radha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice.
Director: Radha Blank | Stars: Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, Imani Lewis
Votes: 5,522
102. Moxie (I) (2021)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.
Director: Amy Poehler | Stars: Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Nico Hiraga
Votes: 28,744
103. Hala (2019)
R | 94 min | Drama
Muslim teenager Hala copes with the unraveling of her family as she comes into her own.
Director: Minhal Baig | Stars: Geraldine Viswanathan, Jack Kilmer, Gabriel Luna, Purbi Joshi
Votes: 3,023
104. Boy (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: James Rolleston, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore
Votes: 29,559 | Gross: $0.26M
105. Unpregnant (2020)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that will follow.
Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg | Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Barbie Ferreira, Giancarlo Esposito, Alex MacNicoll
Votes: 9,838
106. My First Mister (2001)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 17-year-old girl has a troubled relationship with a 49-year-old man.
Director: Christine Lahti | Stars: Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Rutanya Alda, Natasha Braisewell
Votes: 5,908 | Gross: $0.62M
107. The Time of Their Lives (2017)
TV-14 | 104 min | Comedy
A former Hollywood star enlists the help of a new friend in order to journey from London to France for her ex-lover's funeral, with the various mishaps en route making the trip unforgettable.
Director: Roger Goldby | Stars: Joan Collins, Pauline Collins, Franco Nero, Ronald Pickup
Votes: 1,224
108. Nappily Ever After (2018)
TV-MA | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Violet Jones tired of waiting for her longtime boyfriend to propose, breaks up with him. But old feelings, and heaps of jealousy, no doubt, arise when he promptly begins dating another woman.
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Ricky Whittle, Lyriq Bent, Lynn Whitfield
Votes: 9,849
109. Spinster (2019)
87 min | Comedy
After her partner breaks up with her on her 39th birthday, Gaby tackles her fears of loneliness as well as preconceptions of what it means for a woman to be single.
Director: Andrea Dorfman | Stars: Chelsea Peretti, Susan Kent, Nadia Tonen, Kate Lynch
Votes: 1,141
110. Humor Me (2017)
93 min | Comedy
With an interminable case of writer's block and a personal family crisis, playwright Nate is forced to move into his father's retirement community.
Director: Sam Hoffman | Stars: Joey Slotnick, Bernie McInerney, Elliott Gould, Tibor Feldman
Votes: 1,412 | Gross: $0.04M
111. She's in Portland (2020)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
Hoping to reconnect with his college buddy, a 30-something businessman drags him along on a road trip.
Director: Marc Carlini | Stars: Tommy Dewey, Ricco Ross, Minka Kelly, Vishesh Chachra
Votes: 650
112. Standing Up (II) (2013)
PG | 93 min | Drama
Two kids befriend each other after being left stripped nude in a lake as the victims of an immature summer camp prank. They run away from camp and for three days learn more about each other than they've ever known before.
Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Chandler Canterbury, Annalise Basso, Radha Mitchell, Val Kilmer
Votes: 3,321
113. Center Stage (2000)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A group of teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Amanda Schull, Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky, Christine Dunham
Votes: 22,803 | Gross: $17.17M
114. The Mad Ones (I) (2017)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A touching comedy about an unlikely friendship that grows between three twenty-something professionals searching for meaning in life and work in the digital age.
Director: Aniruddh Pandit | Stars: Anthony Gioe, Dana DeLorenzo, Lavrenti Lopes, Mike Steib
Votes: 108
115. Hesher (2010)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Director: Spencer Susser | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson
Votes: 54,113 | Gross: $0.38M
116. The Fallout (2021)
R | 96 min | Drama
High schooler Vada navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. Relationships with her family, friends and view of the world are forever altered.
Director: Megan Park | Stars: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp
Votes: 33,800
117. Daphne (2017)
TV-MA | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
The vibrant character portrait of a young woman on the threshold of a much-needed change.
Director: Peter Mackie Burns | Stars: Emily Beecham, Geraldine James, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Nathaniel Martello-White
Votes: 2,184
118. Solace (I) (2018)
81 min | Drama
Following the death of her father, a 17-year-old girl is sent to live with her estranged family and finds comfort in a questionable friendship with a self-destructive neighbor, leading both on a startling path to self discovery.
Director: Tchaiko Omawale | Stars: Hope Olaidé Wilson, Chelsea Tavares, Lynn Whitfield, Luke Rampersad
Votes: 164
119. Olympia (I) (2018)
TV-14 | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A struggling Chicago artist finds herself at a crossroads in life, overwhelmed by changes and needing to make a critical decision in her relationship.
Director: Gregory Dixon | Stars: McKenzie Chinn, Charles Andrew Gardner, Ericka Ratcliff, LaNisa Renee Frederick
Votes: 113
120. Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (2015)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama
Preacher's kid Henry Gamble is turning 17 today. Bring your swimsuit.
Director: Stephen Cone | Stars: Cole Doman, Joe Keery, Elizabeth Laidlaw, Pat Healy
Votes: 3,378
121. Ride the Eagle (2021)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Leif is left with a conditional inheritance when his estranged mother Honey dies. Before he can move into her picturesque Yosemite cabin, he has to complete her elaborate, and sometimes dubious, to-do list.
Director: Trent O'Donnell | Stars: Jake Johnson, Susan Sarandon, D'Arcy Carden, J.K. Simmons
Votes: 4,050
122. Eat Wheaties! (2020)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A man who leads a dull life accidentally stalks an old college classmate, actress Elizabeth Banks, on social media. He rediscovers more of himself and the true meaning of friendship in his attempts to prove he knows her.
Director: Scott Abramovitch | Stars: Tony Hale, Elisha Cuthbert, Danielle Brooks, David Walton
Votes: 1,161
123. You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
Director: Nicole Holofcener | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, David Cross, Tobias Menzies, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Votes: 12,396
124. Sharp Stick (2022)
R | 92 min | Comedy
Sarah Jo is a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister. She just longs to be seen. When she begins an affair with her older employer, she is thrust into an education on sexuality, loss and power.
Director: Lena Dunham | Stars: Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Luka Sabbat, Scott Speedman
Votes: 2,098
125. I Like Movies (2022)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Chandler Levack | Stars: Isaiah Lehtinen, Percy Hynes White, Anand Rajaram, Eden Cupid
Votes: 2,471
126. Flora and Son (2023)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A single mom at war with her son is trying to find a hobby for him. One day, she rescues a guitar from a dumpster.
Director: John Carney | Stars: Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Orén Kinlan, Marcella Plunkett
Votes: 12,716
127. Tandem Hearts (2012)
TV-14 | 101 min | Drama
Moving to Portland, Oregon and finding work in food service is easy for Paul and Ramona. A struggling musician without bandmates, Paul becomes introverted and moody. Ramona's friend from ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Garcia | Stars: Quinn Allan, Stephanie Blair, Cooper Bombadil, Nick Ferrucci
Votes: 211
128. Shortcomings (2023)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows a trio of young, Bay Area urbanites--Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi and Alice Kim--as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships while traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.
Director: Randall Park | Stars: Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Tavi Gevinson
Votes: 3,344
129. The Virgin Suicides (1999)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner
Votes: 169,358 | Gross: $4.86M
130. Paper Spiders (2020)
TV-MA | 109 min | Drama
A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.
Director: Inon Shampanier | Stars: Peyton List, Lili Taylor, Max Casella, David Rasche
Votes: 1,864
131. We Grown Now (2023)
PG | 93 min | Drama
Two young boys, best friends Malik and Eric, discover the joys and hardships of growing up in the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago.
Director: Minhal Baig | Stars: Tyla Abercrumbie, Echaka Agba, Madisyn Barnes, Matthew Campbell
Votes: 224
132. Earth Mama (2023)
R | 101 min | Drama
An intimate coming of age story of a pregnant single mother who embraces her Bay Area community as she determines the fate of her family.
Director: Savanah Leaf | Stars: Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Keta Price, Doechii
Votes: 958
133. Suncoast (2024)
R | 109 min | Drama
While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up a friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Director: Laura Chinn | Stars: Nico Parker, Laura Linney, Woody Harrelson, Daniella Taylor
Votes: 5,148
134. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Samuel Roukin, Elliot Cowan
Votes: 41,067 | Gross: $3.49M
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