Coming of Age Movies

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Bend it Like Beckham (2002)

Better Luck Tomorrow (2003)

Blackbird (2014)

Boyz in the Hood

Brother to Brother

Catfish in Blackbean Sauce

Children of the Arctic

Cooley High

Cornbread, Earl and Me

City of God

City of Men

Dance Me Outside

Don’t Let Me Drown

Finding Forrester

First Match

Four Sheets to the Wind

The Getdown

Guide to recognizing your saints

Hangin’ with the Homeboys

The Inkwell

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

Lackawanna Blues

The Lesser Blessed

Love and Basketball

Love, Concord

Minding the Gap

Mosquita y Mari

Passing Strange (2008 )

Quinceañera

Raising Victor Vargas

Real Women Have Curves

Roll Bounce

Saving Face

Skate Kitchen

Slumdog Millionaire (2008 )

Smoke Signals

Strawberry Fields

Take the Lead

This Christmas

Times and Winds

Towelhead (2008 )

Up Heartbreak Hill

Y Tu Mamá Tamién

Viva

Award winning independent adolescent and coming of age films

ALA 2009 list of Fabulous Films for Young Adults: Coming of Age Around the World

Coming of age movies featured at 2008 Tribeca Film Festival

3 Responses “Coming of Age Movies” →

aerycha

3 March 2007 Saturday

THAT MOVIE CROOKLYN IS THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE SEEN.

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aerycha

3 March 2007 Saturday

ACTUALLY ALL OF THOSE MOVIES LISTED ARE TITE.

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sidney rand

26 November 2007 Monday

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