Coming of age

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows coming of age

poster The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
16mn - Comedy
George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the college football team. At a reception given in his honor by L…
poster Can You Feel Me Dancing?
Can You Feel Me Dancing?
(3.3/5)
100mn - Short, Drama
Based on a true story. Karin is a young blind girl who's been encouraged by her overprotective parents to encounter life boldly. Karin meets a handsome young man named Richie, who falls in love with her.…
poster 2012 Doomsday
2012 Doomsday
85mn - Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Four strangers converge on an ancient Mayan temple as December 21, 2012 arrives, facing the convergence of ancient prophecy and modern science in humanity's potential final hours.
poster Dinty
Dinty
72mn - Adventure, Comedy
Dinty is a newsboy whose fight to care for his ailing mother leads him into conflicts with the other boys on the street and then with drug smugglers in Chinatown.
poster Joan the Woman
Joan the Woman
(3.2/5)
138mn - History, Drama, Adventure
A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.
poster Summoners
Summoners
89mn - Horror, Drama
Jessica Whitman isn’t a witch. Not anymore, at least. She left it behind when she left her hometown almost ten years ago. But when a childhood friend needs her help performing a dark spell, she’ll find he…
poster His New Mamma
His New Mamma
(2.9/5)
15mn - Comedy
The aging father of a farm lad thinks the boy is after dad's fiancée, so he banishes the lad. The young man heads to California where he drives a cab. Through a fare, he meets a lovely lassie. His work ta…
poster Fluttering Hearts
Fluttering Hearts
23mn - Comedy
Defying her father's wishes, a young woman runs off to a sale at store. She's pursued by a policeman, but wins him over with the help of a friendly millionaire. In the mean time, her father tries to retri…
poster The Pride of Palomar
The Pride of Palomar
(2.9/5)
84mn - Drama
A soldier inaccurately reported as dead returns home to his Spanish family’s estate in California, only to find his father deceased and his ancestral land in the hands of strangers.
poster Escape 2120
Escape 2120
107mn - Sci-Fi
A detached orphan teen escapes to the future in suspended animation, but when he arrives at a natural utopia, he must evade a lynch mob convinced that he's the prophesied Devil's Child.
poster Night of the Serpent
Night of the Serpent
(3.2/5)
108mn - Western
A corrupt sheriff conspires with townsmen to murder a young orphan for his inheritance, but their chosen assassin—a haunted gunslinger drowning his guilt in alcohol—unexpectedly becomes the boy's protecto…
poster Spring: Episode 1 - The Awakening of the Source / The Awakening of Nests
Spring: Episode 1 - The Awakening of the Source / The Awakening of Nests
(2.8/5)
7mn - Fantasy
Nymphs and cupids dance in celebration of the arrival of Spring.
poster The Waif and the Wizard
The Waif and the Wizard
2mn - Drama, Fantasy
The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's another early example of a two-shot film along the lines …
poster The Broken Ones
The Broken Ones
(3.6/5)
82mn - Drama
Based on a true story of one woman’s struggle with the loss of her father on 9/11, this film delves into the struggles of two strangers who meet and help each other overcome personal fears.
poster Wait Till Helen Comes
Wait Till Helen Comes
87mn - Thriller, Fantasy
A 14-year-old girl with psychic abilities discovers her troubled stepsister's dangerous friendship with a vengeful ghost haunting their converted church home.
poster College Chums
College Chums
(2.8/5)
11mn - Comedy
While in a park, a young woman sees her fiancé being quite affectionate with another woman. When she calls him on the telephone to demand an explanation, he tells her that it was his sister. She is not sa…
poster Hunting Souls
Hunting Souls
93mn - Horror
Hunting Souls is the story of an American couple who are dealing with the hardships of caring for their sick child. They discover that they are being hunted by a demon.
poster Little Angel
Little Angel
(3.4/5)
49mn -
Engelein is a comedy of deliberately mistaken identity. If Jesta, a 17-year-old, can play the part of a 12-year-old, her family will gain a large inheritance from a rich uncle from Chicago. Her unruly “p…
poster Mad at the Moon
Mad at the Moon
98mn - Horror, Romance, Western
A young woman on the frontier marries a meek farmer who has an annoying habit of going through a rather drastic change every full moon.
poster Peter Pan
Peter Pan
(3.6/5)
101mn - Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.
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