The Best Coming-of-Age Movies of All Time

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986    John Hughes    Rated PG13

Comedy    Coming-of-Age    Teen Movie

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The 400 Blows

1959    François Truffaut    Not Rated

Childhood Drama    Coming-of-Age    Drama

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The Bicycle Thief

1948    Vittorio De Sica    Not Rated

Coming-of-Age    Crime    Crime Drama

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The Professional

1994    Luc Besson    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Buddy Film

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Stand by Me

1986    Rob Reiner    Rated R

Coming-of-Age    Drama

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The Graduate

1967    Mike Nichols    Rated PG

Comedy Drama    Comedy of Manners    Coming-of-Age

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The Breakfast Club

1985    John Hughes    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Ensemble Film

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Good Will Hunting

1997    Gus Van Sant    Rated R

Coming-of-Age    Drama    Psychological Drama

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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971    Mel Stuart    Rated G

Adventure    Coming-of-Age    Family

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American Beauty

1999    Sam Mendes    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Drama

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City of God

2002    Fernando Meirelles    Rated R

Coming-of-Age    Crime    Crime Drama

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Harold and Maude

1971    Hal Ashby    Rated PG

Black Comedy    Comedy    Coming-of-Age

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Mean Streets

1973    Martin Scorsese    Rated R

Coming-of-Age    Crime    Crime Drama

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Rebel Without a Cause

1955    Nicholas Ray    Rated PG13

Coming-of-Age    Drama    Family Drama

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The Last Picture Show

1971    Peter Bogdanovich    Rated R

Americana    Coming-of-Age    Drama

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

1985    Hayao Miyazaki    Rated PG

Animation    Anime    Based-on-Comics

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Donnie Darko

2001    Richard Kelly    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Drama

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Dead Poets Society

1989    Peter Weir    Rated PG

Coming-of-Age    Drama    Ensemble Film

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Almost Famous

2000    Cameron Crowe    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Coming-of-Age    Drama

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Cinema Paradiso

1988    Giuseppe Tornatore    Rated PG

Coming-of-Age    Drama    Foreign Language Film

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