Tag Archives: coming of age

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

During a hot and hazy summertime in northern Ontario, 13-year-old Bea wants a best friend more than anything else, but when she meets boisterous ...

A bullied teen experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.

Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth’s ...

In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite ...

Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother ...

Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, ...

Yuna lives on a remote Ryukyu island in Japan dividing her time between studies and tending the home for her father, a stoic sugar cane farmer. ...

Over a series of video chats, a teenage outcast reaches out to his childhood friend, but finds that behind the veneer of popularity and a ...

When 12-year-old Ton transfers to an all-boys boarding school, he’s taunted by his peers and terrified by their tales about the ghosts that ...

A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International ...

As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after ...

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.

A bright, talented and lonely long-distance runner twists her ankle as she prepares for the Olympic Trials and must do something she’s ...

When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl’s corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.

A comedic thriller that re-imagines Mark Twain’s iconic literary characters of “Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” ...

1892, Saint Petersburg. Sasha, a young Russian aristocrat, has always been fascinated by her grandfather’s life as an adventurer. A ...

The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can’t bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things ...

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village’s theater and formed a deep friendship with the ...

Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to ...

When an ordinary housewife is convicted for seducing a minor, reckless love leads to obsession and creeping doubt. Mun-hee (Seo Jung), a married ...

Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class.

Rihito Sajo, an honor student with a perfect score on the entrance exam and Hikaru Kusakabe, in a band and popular among girls, would have never ...

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his ...

The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don’t understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret ...

A year has passed since Menma’s ghostly return to the Super Peace Busters. Although the time they spent together during that summer was ...

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one ...

The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.