*As Shadow And Act points out, “the coming of age genre in filmmaking is one of the most celebrated, and can be one of the most isolating in terms of representation.” The history of cinema doesn’t ...

Coming-of-age is a timeless subgenre of cinema that stays ever popular because of the simultaneously comforting and confrontational nature of storytelling that it's associated with. A good ...

Coming-of-age films remind us that growth rarely happens all at once. They capture the quiet shifts and emotional turning points that define adolescence and young adulthood, often through honest ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." We love coming-of-age movies for a lot of reasons. They can break your heart, bring back memories both ...

Urška Djukić's directorial debut which follows a 16-year-old in an all-girls choir features tremendous visual imagery and ...

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Will you agree that Stand By Me is the ultimate coming-of-age film, or will you decide it’s more barf-o-rama than bildungsroman? The only way to find out is to stream it on Netflix. By the time it’s ...

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Admittedly, I was extremely late to watching Rob Reiner’s 1986 film Stand by Me. I only got around to seeing it last month, but I haven’t been able to shake it since. The premise, on paper, is simple: ...