My Favorite Coming-of-Age Films & Series
My favorite coming-of-age films & TV series. Coming-of-age stories focus on the growth of a protagonist from childhood to adulthood, or "coming of age", and span a variety of media, including literature, theatre, film, and video games.
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- CreatorBrenda HamptonStarsStephen CollinsCatherine HicksJessica BielEric Camden, a minister, and his wife Annie deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging from toddlers to adults with families of their own.
- DirectorPaul WeitzStarsJason BiggsChris KleinThomas Ian NicholasFour teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.
- CreatorJim ByrnesAlbert S. RuddyStarsJames ArnessBruce BoxleitnerKathryn HolcombThe Macahans, a family from Virginia, headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West.
- CreatorRyan J. CondalGeorge R.R. MartinStarsMatt SmithEmma D'ArcyOlivia CookeAn internal succession war within House Targaryen at the height of its power, 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen.
- CreatorChuck LorreSteven MolaroStarsIain ArmitageZoe PerryLance BarberMeet a child genius named Sheldon Cooper (already seen as an adult in The Big Bang Theory (2007)) and his family. Some unique challenges face Sheldon, who is socially impaired.
- DirectorJon WattsStarsTom HollandSamuel L. JacksonJake GyllenhaalPeter Parker, the beloved superhero Spider-Man, faces four destructive elemental monsters while on holiday in Europe. Soon, he receives help from Mysterio, a fellow hero with mysterious origins.
- CreatorDJ NashStarsDavid GiuntoliRomany MalcoAllison MillerA group of friends becomes motivated to live fuller lives after the unexpected death of a close friend.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsJune AllysonPeter LawfordMargaret O'BrienThe four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
- DirectorNick CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsJames GarnerRachel McAdamsAn elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.
- CreatorPaul AbbottJohn WellsStarsEmmy RossumWilliam H. MacyEthan CutkoskyA scrappy, feisty, fiercely loyal Chicago family makes no apologies.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter CoyoteA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
- CreatorIrna PhillipsStarsElizabeth HubbardJon HensleyEllen DolanThe focus in on the upper class Hughes and Stewart families plus their tribulations in Midwest Oakdale. The Stewarts fade away eventually to be replaced by the rural Snyders and wealthy Lucinda Walsh with her many intrigues.
- CreatorTaylor SheridanStarsHarrison FordHelen MirrenBrandon SklenarThe Duttons face a new set of challenges in the early 20th century, including the rise of Western expansion, Prohibition, and the Great Depression.
- DirectorJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongDavid HandStarsHardie AlbrightStan AlexanderBobette AudreyThe story of a young deer growing up in the forest.
- StarsKevin CostnerBill PaxtonMatt BarrDramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the West Virginia/Kentucky border in the years after the Civil War.
- CreatorTaylor SheridanStarsTim McGrawSam ElliottFaith HillThe post-Civil war generation of the Dutton family travels to Texas, and joins a wagon train undertaking the arduous journey west to Oregon, before settling in Montana to establish what would eventually become the Yellowstone Ranch.
- CreatorIrna PhillipsTed CordayAllan ChaseStarsDeidre HallKristian AlfonsoDrake HogestynA chronicle of the lives, loves, trials and tribulations of the citizens of the fictional city of Salem.
- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan FrakesSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsMickey RooneyElizabeth TaylorDonald CrispA jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.
- CreatorJosh GriffithRobert Guza Jr.Charles Pratt Jr.StarsLesley-Anne DownSam BehrensSusan WardAfter discovering her fiancé Tim Truman kissing another woman, Meg Cummings leaves her home in Kansas on their wedding day to start a new life in Sunset Beach, California.
- CreatorCarolyn CullitonRichard CullitonWendy RicheStarsJulie PinsonJon LindstromLynn HerringResidents at the hospital, doctors, friends and their families are constantly threatened by Dr. Greg Cooper who may be the Homicide killer, avenging on all of them because he was dropped from the hospital's intern program.
- CreatorClifford CampionJohn William CorringtonJoyce Hooper CorringtonStarsKin ShrinerKevin SpirtasGina GallegoThe lives, and loves, of several families in a Virginia town.
- CreatorAgnes NixonDouglas MarlandStarsLisa PelusoLaura WrightLauren-Marie Taylor"Loving" takes place in the fictional town of Corinth, Pennsylvania and centers on the lives of the wealthy Alden family. Love, betrayal, and the struggle for power form the focus of this long-running drama.
- CreatorAgnes NixonJames H. BrownBarbara EsenstenStarsGeorge PalermoLaura WrightTed King"The City" picks up where "Loving" left off. After a rash of serial killings, several of Corinth, Pennsylvania's residents move to an apartment building in SoHo to start a brand-new life. While doing so, they encounter several difficult situations, including another psychopath killer, bombings, and organized crime.
- CreatorBridget DobsonJerome DobsonStarsA MartinezMarcy WalkerNancy Lee GrahnIn Santa Barbara, California, the fascinating lives of the wealthy Capwells revolve around the Lockridge, the rival family, and other more modest families such as the Andrades and the Perkins, whose fates know the same torments.