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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968 film)
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush is a 1968 British coming-of-age comedy directed by Clive Donner, adapted by Hunter Davies from his 1965 novel, starring Barry Evans as a Stevenage teenager trying to lose his virginity, with a Traffic and Spencer Davis Group soundtrack.
Human Traffic
Human Traffic (1999) is Justin Kerrigan's Cardiff-set British comedy-drama about five friends, including John Simm and Danny Dyer, escaping weekday jobs for a drug-fueled clubbing weekend; a Cool Cymru cult classic, 4K-restored in 2025.
I Vitelloni
I Vitelloni (1953) is Federico Fellini's second solo feature, a semiautobiographical comedy-drama about five idle young men in an Adriatic seaside town, with Alberto Sordi and Franco Fabrizi, music by Nino Rota, an Oscar screenplay nomination, and lasting influence on Mean Streets and American Graffiti.
In Our Time (光阴的故事)
In Our Time (光阴的故事, 1982) is a Taiwanese four-segment anthology film by Tao Te-chen, Edward Yang, Ko I-chen, and Chang Yi, produced by Central Motion Pictures and regarded as the starting point of the Taiwan New Cinema movement.
In the Heat of the Sun (阳光灿烂的日子)
In the Heat of the Sun (阳光灿烂的日子) is Jiang Wen's 1994 directorial debut, adapted from Wang Shuo's Wild Beasts, a coming-of-age film set in 1970s Beijing military compounds, starring Xia Yu, who won Venice's Volpi Cup, and a 1995 mainland box-office champion.
Inventing the Abbotts
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) is a coming-of-age drama directed by Pat O'Connor, adapted by Ken Hixon from Sue Miller's short story, about the Holt brothers and Abbott sisters in Haley, Illinois, 1957-60, released by 20th Century Fox.
Kes (film)
Kes (1969) is Ken Loach's British social-realist drama, adapted from Barry Hines's novel A Kestrel for a Knave, about Barnsley schoolboy Billy Casper (David Bradley) training a kestrel; 7th in the BFI's 1999 greatest British films poll.
Kids (film)
Kids is a 1995 American independent drama film directed by Larry Clark and written by Harmony Korine, which follows New York teenagers through a pseudo-documentary style.
La Boum
La Boum (1980) is a French comedy-drama by Claude Pinoteau starring Sophie Marceau as teenage Vic; France's biggest 1980 hit with 4,378,430 admissions, famous for Cosma's song Reality, followed by La Boum 2 (1982).
Little Vera (Маленькая Вера)
Little Vera (Маленькая Вера, Malenkaya Vera) is a 1988 Gorky Studio drama by Vasily Pichul and Maria Khmelik, the first Soviet film with erotic scenes, seen by about 56 million viewers and a defining perestroika film.
Made in Hong Kong (香港制造)
Made in Hong Kong (香港製造) is Fruit Chan's 1997 independent Hong Kong drama about marginalized youth at the handover, shot for HK$500,000 on leftover film stock, winner of Best Film and Best Director at the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Mes petites amoureuses
Mes petites amoureuses (My Little Loves) is Jean Eustache's 1974 semi-autobiographical French comedy-drama, his second feature, about 13-year-old Daniel leaving his grandmother for his mother in Narbonne; 123 min, with Martin Loeb, Ingrid Caven, and Néstor Almendros cinematography.
Mi Vida Loca
Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) is Allison Anders's 1993 drama about Latina gang members in Echo Park, Los Angeles, premiered at Cannes, released 1994 by Sony Pictures Classics, and noted as the first mainstream film centered on Chicanas.
Murmur of the Heart
Murmur of the Heart (Le Souffle au cœur), 1971 Louis Malle comedy-drama, semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film about 14-year-old Laurent Chevalier in Dijon, starring Lea Massari and Benoît Ferreux, with an accidental mother-son incest, Cannes and Oscar nominations.
My Brilliant Career (1979 film)
My Brilliant Career (1979) is Gillian Armstrong's debut feature, adapted from Miles Franklin's 1901 novel, starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill; a Cannes-competition Australian New Wave feminist classic, BAFTA and Oscar-nominated, restored by the NFSA in 2018.
Now and Then (film)
Now and Then is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy-drama directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, in which four childhood friends reunite as adults and recall the summer of 1970.
Nowhere (1997 film)
Nowhere (1997) is Gregg Araki's black comedy-drama, the final film of his Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, starring James Duval, Rachel True, and Nathan Bexton as LA teens on the day the world ends; restored in 4K in 2023.
Pelle the Conqueror
Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle Erobreren), Bille August's 1987 Danish-Swedish drama adapted from Martin Andersen Nexø's novel, stars Max von Sydow and Pelle Hvenegaard as emigrants on Bornholm; it won the 1988 Palme d'Or and the 1989 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Pump Up the Volume (film)
Pump Up the Volume is a 1990 American coming-of-age drama written and directed by Allan Moyle, starring Christian Slater as a shy Arizona teenager who runs a pirate radio station from his parents' basement.
Ratcatcher (1999 film)
Ratcatcher is Lynne Ramsay's 1999 debut feature, a UK-French drama set in 1970s Glasgow during a dustbinmen's strike, following 12-year-old James Gillespie, haunted by a friend's canal drowning, premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard.
Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) is a Warner Bros drama directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean as Jim Stark with Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo; a juvenile-delinquency melodrama blaming parental failure, released weeks after Dean's death.
Rushmore (film)
Rushmore is a 1998 American coming-of-age comedy directed by Wes Anderson and co-written with Owen Wilson, starring Jason Schwartzman in his film debut and Bill Murray.
Sacrifice of Youth (青春祭)
Sacrifice of Youth (青春祭, Sacrificed Youth) is a 1985 Chinese drama directed by Zhang Nuanxin, adapted from Zhang Manling's novella There Is a Beautiful Place, about a Han sent-down youth awakening among the Dai in Yunnan; not the 2015 TV series.
Shoeshine
Shoeshine (Sciuscià) is Vittorio De Sica's 1946 Italian neorealist film about two Roman shoeshine boys, Pasquale and Giuseppe, whose friendship is destroyed after a juvenile prison term; it won an honorary Academy Award in 1948.
Slums of Beverly Hills
Slums of Beverly Hills is a 1998 American comedy-drama, Tamara Jenkins's first feature, starring Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, and Marisa Tomei as a family chasing a Beverly Hills address.
Small Faces (1996 film)
Small Faces (1996) is a British coming-of-age drama directed by Gillies MacKinnon, set in 1968 Glasgow, about the Maclean brothers and gang violence; it won the 1996 Rotterdam Tiger Award.
Smoke Signals (film)
Smoke Signals (1998) is a comedy-drama directed by Chris Eyre and written by Sherman Alexie, the first wide-release feature written, directed, co-produced, and acted by Native Americans, about a road trip to retrieve a father's ashes; it won Sundance awards and joined the National Film Registry in 2018.
Smooth Talk
Smooth Talk is Joyce Chopra's 1985 independent drama, also known as an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates's 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?', starring Laura Dern and Treat Williams; it won the 1986 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and received a 4K restoration in 2020.
St. Elmo's Fire (film)
St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 Joel Schumacher ensemble drama, also called a Brat Pack film, about seven Georgetown graduates; released June 28, 1985 by Columbia, it grossed $37.8 million on a $10 million budget with a David Foster and John Parr soundtrack.
Stand by Me (film)
Stand by Me (1986), Rob Reiner's coming-of-age drama adapted from Stephen King's novella The Body, follows four Oregon boys seeking a missing boy's corpse; rescued by Norman Lear, it earned over $52 million and an Oscar screenplay nomination.