Coming of Age on Film
By: Acerk21
“Coming of Age” is a film genre which focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood. Personal growth and change is an important characteristic of this genre, and themes of developing sexual identity, personal philosophy, and political opinions are often featured.
Below is a list of films that I believe best capture that sometimes wonderful, sometimes painful stage of life:
(In no particular order)
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01Shunji Iwai
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02Elia Kazan
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03Elia Kazan
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04Hirokazu Kore-eda
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05Shunji Iwai
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06François Truffaut
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07Lou Ye
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08Mamoru Hosoda
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09Isao Takahata
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10Hayao Miyazaki
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11Hayao Miyazaki
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12Giuseppe Tornatore
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13Louis Malle
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14Ermanno Olmi
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15Jae-eun Jeong
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16Edward Yang
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17Shunji Iwai
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18François Truffaut
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19Lasse Hallström
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20Nobuhiro Yamashita
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21Takeshi Kitano
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22Takeshi Kitano
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23Tsai Ming-liang
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24Masahiro Takada
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25Stephane Gauger
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26Éric Rohmer
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27Tetsuya Nakashima
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28Miloš Forman
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29Agnieszka Holland
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30Peter Yates
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31Jean Renoir
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32Ingmar Bergman
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33Louis Malle
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34Víctor Erice
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35Clarence Brown
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36Roy Rowland
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37George Stevens
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38William Wyler
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39Robert Mulligan
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40Nicholas Ray
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41Lasse Hallström
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42Niki Caro
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43Lucile Hadzihalilovic
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44Gabriele Salvatores
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45Rob Reiner
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46Noah Baumbach
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47Richard Fleischer
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48Chris Weitz
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49Kingsley Ogoro
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50Víctor González
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51Spike Jonze
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52Shona Auerbach
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53Léa Pool
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54Alfonso Cuarón
