Growing Up Movies

A young adult recounts childhood memories involving his 6th grade teacher and the lessons she taught, particularly her unconventional assignment: to...

Follow the disappearance of the final Little Egg of the season in strange circumstances, leading Oona and her friends to embark on a race against...

Before heading off to college, a teenager and her two friends try to seduce a married man.

Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations...

As the primary caretaker to her mother with Alzheimer’s, Astrid grapples with guilt over their turbulent past and struggles to find direction...

Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her...

Childhood pals Dog and Mirales live in a little village in the south of France and spend their days just hanging out. To kill time, Mirales has got...

Four young people searching for their place in life and in society. Over ten years, the director observes how the protagonists, between success and...

Two desperate eighth graders at an elite NYC prep school recruit a crew of misfits to shut down their school, one day at a time, to avoid finals...

Baby Bagnell is fourteen years old. She has two dead parents and one adult boyfriend. A 1980s coming-of-age story about death, dysfunction, and...

Friendly Pumpkin is trying to make friends with the forest dwellers. A story about stereotypes and the importance of friendliness.

The story of Peter Pan, the mischievous little boy who ran away to Neverland.

Mila and María are two teenagers who get to know each other through video correspondences they send to each other. One day, they arrange to...

Inspired by the tale of Telemachus in Homer’s Odyssey, young Adam’s mother is persecuted by the state police because his father fought in...

A 14-year-old tries to express himself by wearing a purple cape to school for a day.

Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their...

Sweet, chubby, theatrical Billy was never cut out to be a farmer or a rugby player, but as the only son of a ‘good kiwi bloke’ he’s...

In their final year at Muncie's Southside High School, a group of seniors hurtles toward maturity with a combination of joy, despair, and an...

A story of two people in search of a new life, who leave their birthplaces - traveling to a whole different world trying to find a place where they...

This short film tells the story of a childhood, of a friendship and of growing up. A young man returns to the village where he grew up and discovers...