1955
Rebel Without a Cause
A film about rebellious middle class teens who get involved in gangs to spite their parents and win the affection of girls.
1959
The 400 Blows
A 13 year old adventurous teenager embarks on a number of dangerous adventures.
1967
The Graduate
Benjamin returns to los Angeles after graduation and gets himself involved with his parents friend. His parents persuade him to take their friends daughter on a date and he finds himself falling in love with her.
1971
The Last Picture Show
A group of 1950's teenagers come of age in a bleak dying town.
1973
American Graffiti
Set in the 60's four teenagers plan to make their last night before college an eventful one.
1982
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Follows the story of four main protagonists who discover drinking, smoking and relationships.
1984
Sixteen Candles
A girls sixteenth birthday is forgotten whilst her parents focus on her sisters wedding. On top of this she deals with un wanted affection and unrequited affection.
1985
The Breakfast Club
1986
Stand By Me
A young teenager deals with his best friend leaving
1989
Dead Poets Society
Main character todd who is shy is sent to boarding school which his popular older brother attended. He meets a boy in his dorm and together they are told of the Dead Poets Society which they join, and they are changed forever
1991
Boyz N The Hood
A tale about teenage boys growing up in an LA neighbourhood and getting involved with gangs
1993
Dazed and confused
Based on a teenagers last day of school and how they spend their last night.
1994
Brooklyn
A ten year old girl with four older brothers has to deal with the tension between her mother and father. This film is based on how she copes with it.
1995
Clueless
Cher a high school student must deal with the worries of school. But her wit and intelligence helps her deal with some of these issues.
1997
Good Will Hunting
Ben a working class genius with little motivation is helped by a psychologist to achieve his full potential.
1998
Rushmore
Max attends one of the finest schools, however, he is threatened with expulsion. He gets involved with a first grade teacher which his friend then gets involved with too. This triggers a war between max and his friend.
1999
American Pie
A teen comedy following the lives of four male teenagers who vow to lose their virginity by prom night
2000
Almost Famous
sixteen year old rock fan William lands an assignment from rolling stone to accompany a band from Michigan. However, he gets more involved than he should.
2001
Ghost World
2002
Whale Rider
A girl raised by her grandmother, looks up to her grandfather but he is too busy mourning her dead brothers. She wants him to lead the tribe to better times but with him in mourning it doesn't seem he is up to the task.
2003
Thirteen
13 year old tracy becomes friends with a popular but troubled girl who introduces her to drugs, alcohol and boys
2004
Mean Girls
Cady moves over from Africa where she was home schooled to America where she has to attend high school. There she faces boys, parties, and "mean girls".
2005
The Squid and The Whale
Bernard claims to have been a great writer. When his wife discovers her own literary talent it breaks up the family dividing their two teenage sons.
2006
This is England
Shaun is a lonely teenager who's dad died in war. During the summer he joins a gang who allow him to release his pent up anger.
2007
Superbad
Two teenagers finish high school and drift apart after finding out they are now forced to go to different colleges
2000
The Wackness
A psychiatrist s sold pot by a boy in exchange for clinical treatment. However, when this boy starts dating his daughter he doesn't know what to do.
2009
An Education
In 1961 school girl Jenny cant wait to reach adulthood. When all her parents ever wanted for her is within reach Jenny is tempted by anther life that 30 year old David offers.
2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
With Charlie starting high school, he begins to make friends. When Charlie encounters the horror of his past his friends are there to help him through it.
2013
The Spectacular Now
A smooth talking bad boy falls for a straight arrowed good girl but finds adjusting to adult life a little harder than he envisioned.
2014
Boyhood
Filmed over 12 years we get to see Mason grow up facing family, relationship and teenage issues.
Learning Comment
From this I have learnt that almost all coming of age films base the narrative around school. This is likely because a lot of teenagers can then relate to the events occurring in the film because they have experienced them themselves. We can also see how after 1990 the production in coming of age films increases. This is because the genre becomes more recognised because the popularity of the films increase. It may also be because more YA books are written, as a lot of these movies are based on novels.
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