Coming of age

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows coming of age

poster Sequoia
Sequoia
(3.1/5)
86mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man meets a 23-year-old cancer patient on the way to the park and disrupts her plan to commit suicide.
poster Lost Woods
Lost Woods
86mn - Horror, Action, Thriller
A story of what happens when a reluctant man is forced to face his fears, which begins as a fun camping trip and ends in a fight for survival in the remote forest of the pacific northwest.
poster Runt
Runt
(3.1/5)
95mn - Drama
Neglected and unsupervised, a group of high school seniors are pulled into a downward cycle of violence.
poster Denial
Denial
(2.6/5)
103mn - Drama
A young woman tries to leave her troubled past behind. She meets her old flame by accident and they fall in love again, but this obsessive relationship threatens to consume them.
poster Paper Year
Paper Year
(2.6/5)
89mn - Drama, Romance
Young newlyweds encounter a series of challenges during the first year of their marriage.
poster Reunion
Reunion
(2.9/5)
94mn - Drama
A bittersweet and heartfelt story about going back. In the twenty-four hours before their 20th high school reunion, five friends, a younger brother and a mysterious photojournalist are reunited by determi…
poster When Do We Eat?
When Do We Eat?
(2.9/5)
86mn - Comedy
An old school dad is as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic ecstasy in order "to give him a new perspective."
poster Dreams Don't Die
Dreams Don't Die
(3.3/5)
100mn - Drama, Thriller, Short
Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny ta…
poster You're Never Too Young
You're Never Too Young
(3.3/5)
102mn - Comedy
When an aspiring barber becomes inadvertently involved in the theft of a valuable diamond, necessity forces him to masquerade as a 12 year-old child - with humorous consequences.
poster Trapped in a Purple Haze
Trapped in a Purple Haze
(3.5/5)
95mn - Drama, Crime, Short
When a charismatic teenager falters under constant pressure from his parents and school, he makes a potentially deadly mistake.
poster The Meeksville Ghost
The Meeksville Ghost
(2.7/5)
95mn - Adventure, Fantasy
A cowboy ghost, one young man, a mother and son separated at his birth by a disapproving father, dream / time travel, a big fiery accident, a small town in need of saving by the power of love.
poster No Other Love
No Other Love
(3.6/5)
97mn - Drama, Short, Romance
A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own -- despite attempts by the girl's parents to separate them.
poster Lamb
Lamb
(3.2/5)
93mn - Drama
Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his…
poster The Party's Just Beginning
The Party's Just Beginning
(3.1/5)
91mn - Drama, Comedy
In a bleak Inverness midwinter, Luisaidh is careening off the rails after the suicide of her best friend. She medicates her misery with joyless sex, chips and a belief in the power of positive drinking. S…
poster AWOL
AWOL
(2.8/5)
82mn - Drama
A young woman in the Army must make tough decisions when her love for an older woman causes her to question just where she is going. Adapted from Deb Shoval's 2011 short film of the same name.
poster Children of the Bride
Children of the Bride
(3.1/5)
105mn - Drama, Short, Comedy
A middle-aged woman tries to get married to her younger finance but is hindered by her four grown children who come bearing grudges.
poster The One You're With
The One You're With
(2.8/5)
88mn - Comedy, Romance
A girl running from her past has a one-night stand with a guy who's stuck in his ways, only to wake up the next morning to discover they are forced to live together due to a nation-wide state of emergency.
poster Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth
(2.7/5)
95mn - Drama, Short
Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes into seclusion, becoming entangled with a much younge…
poster Love Lessons
Love Lessons
(3.0/5)
97mn - Drama, Short
An older couple are about to retire, when they find out that they're about to be parents all over again.
poster Rebirth
Rebirth
100mn - Horror
What begins as an annual visit to their family grave-site quickly becomes a night of sheer terror as two brothers are unexpectedly forced to fight back against a sudden onslaught of violent assailants.
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