Funny coming-of-age stories about growing up, first experiences, and finding yourself.
Coming Of Age Comedy Movies — 50 entries in the movies category, sortable by Title, Year, Director. Every row is ranked by community votes, giving you a crowd-sourced perspective you won't find on Wikipedia or IMDb.
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Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.
3 Idiots
2009
Rajkumar Hirani
8
Drama, Comedy
India
171
Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life mise...
Amarcord
1973
Federico Fellini
7.9
Comedy, Drama
Italy
123
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his...
Luca
2021
Enrico Casarosa
7.8
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Drama
United States of America
95
Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
The Breakfast Club
1985
John Hughes
7.7
Comedy, Drama
United States of America
98
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a...
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
Wes Anderson
7.7
Comedy, Drama, Romance
United States of America
94
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and t...
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016
Taika Waititi
7.7
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
New Zealand
101
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
10 Things I Hate About You
1999
Gil Junger
7.6
Comedy, Romance, Drama
United States of America
97
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the ...
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
John Hughes
7.6
Comedy
United States of America
103
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
Billy Elliot
2000
Stephen Daldry
7.6
Drama, Comedy, Music
France
111
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles ...
The Graduate
1967
Mike Nichols
7.6
Drama, Romance, Comedy
United States of America
106
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Harold and Maude
1971
Hal Ashby
7.6
Comedy, Drama, Romance
United States of America
92
A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plott...
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
7.5
Drama, Comedy
United States of America
105
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a...
mid90s
2018
Jonah Hill
7.5
Drama, Comedy
United States of America
86
In 1990s Los Angeles, a 13-year-old spends his summer navigating between a troubled home life and a crew of new friends he meets at a skate shop.
Rushmore
1998
Wes Anderson
7.4
Comedy, Drama
United States of America
93
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicat...
Submarine
2011
Richard Ayoade
7.4
Drama, Comedy, Romance
United Kingdom
98
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.
Lady Bird
2017
Greta Gerwig
7.3
Drama, Comedy
United States of America
94
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
Superbad
2007
Greg Mottola
7.3
Comedy
United States of America
113
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
Turning Red
2022
Domee Shi
7.3
Animation, Family, Comedy, Fantasy
United States of America
100
Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.
Clueless
1995
Amy Heckerling
7.3
Comedy, Romance
United States of America
97
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai b...
Dazed and Confused
1993
Richard Linklater
7.3
Comedy, Drama
United States of America
102
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drug...
Pleasantville
1998
Gary Ross
7.3
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
United States of America
124
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routin...
Mean Girls
2004
Mark Waters
7.2
Drama, Comedy
United States of America
97
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
The Edge of Seventeen
2016
Kelly Fremon Craig
7.2
Comedy, Drama
United States of America
105
Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.
Big
1988
Penny Marshall
7.2
Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
United States of America
104
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including ...
Eighth Grade
2018
Bo Burnham
7.2
Comedy, Drama
United States of America
94
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Juno
2007
Jason Reitman
7.1
Comedy, Drama, Romance
United States of America
96
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
The Half of It
2020
Alice Wu
7.1
Comedy, Romance, Drama
United States of America
104
Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.
Dope
2015
Rick Famuyiwa
7.1
Crime, Drama, Comedy
United States of America
103
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately bein...
Booksmart
2019
Olivia Wilde
7
Comedy
United States of America
102
Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.
Licorice Pizza
2021
Paul Thomas Anderson
7
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Canada
133
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010
Anna Boden
7
Comedy, Drama
United States of America
102
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
A Goofy Movie
1995
Kevin Lima
7
Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Animation, Family
Australia
78
Goofy’s teenage son Max is desperate to impress his crush and fit in at school. After well-meaning but ignorant Goofy suddenly whisks him away on a cross-country road trip—messing up Max’s first date plans in the process—Goofy’s old-school parenting and Max’s desire for independence lead to a vac...
American Graffiti
1973
George Lucas
7
Comedy, Drama
United States of America
112
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
The Kings of Summer
2013
Jordan Vogt-Roberts
7
Comedy, Drama
United States of America
95
Three restless teenagers run away to the woods for the summer, determined to escape their parents and live by their own rules. In a hidden clearing, they build a makeshift house and attempt to create an independent life, testing their friendship, freedom, and the challenges of living off the land.
The Bélier Family
2014
Eric Lartigau
6.9
Comedy, Music, Drama
France
105
The whole Bélier family is deaf, except for sixteen year old Paula who is the important translator in her parents' day to day life especially when it comes to matters concerning the family farm. When her music teacher discovers she has a fantastic singing voice and she gets an opportunity to ente...
The Squid and the Whale
2005
Noah Baumbach
6.9
Comedy, Drama
United States of America
81
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Easy A
2010
Will Gluck
6.8
Comedy
United States of America
93
Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teach...
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
Amy Heckerling
6.8
Comedy, Romance
United States of America
90
Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for love, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone. Jeff Spicoli, a ...
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