Maybe there's an arbitrary marker that made you feel like you had grown up, from milestones like graduating from school or landing a first job to emotional experiences like falling in love or experiencing grief. But in reality, we're always coming of age. That's perhaps why coming-of-age movies are so resonant, regardless of the age they focus on.
The coming-of-age film is a classic Hollywood narrative, which finds a character of any age, although more often than not in their young adulthood, as they step into their own. Whether they're comedies, dramas, or somewhere in between, they tend to tug on the heartstrings and feature trials and tribulations that you can relate to in some form. We rounded up a handful of the best films from the genre, ranging from inspirational LGBTQ+ films to '80s classics, and some that we even consider the best movies of all time.
