History of coming of age films

  • Rock 'n' Roll High School

    Directors: Allan Arkush and Joe Dante
    93 minutes long (1 hour 33 minutes)
    Rock n Roll High School is a musical comedy film about a teenager (P.J. Soles) and a group of students who love rock music. When the head teacher of Vince Lombardi high school (Mary Wornorov) and a group of parents attempt to burn all of the students copies of the Ramones vinyl records they fight back. They attempt to take over the school with the help of the Ramones.
  • The Breakfast Club

    Director and Writer: John Hughes
    97 minutes long (1 hours 37 minutes)
    The Breakfast Club is one of the most famous American film about 5 high school student who all have to spend their Saturday stuck in detention for the day. The characters include the brain (Anthony Michael Hall), the princess (Molly Ringwald), the criminal (Judd Nelson), the athlete (Emilio Estevez) and the basket case (Ally Sheedy).
  • The Goonies

    Director: Richard Donner
    114 minutes (1 hour 54 minutes long)
    The Goonies is a action / adventure film about when two brothers who are about to lose their home, they must find a way to keep it. The Goonies is a film about a group of eccentric kids who go looking for a pirate’s ancient treasure.
  • Waynes World

    Director: Penelope Spheeris
    Producer: Lorne Michaels
    94 minutes long (1 hour 34 minutes)
    Wayne’s World is an American comedy film about two friends Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) who try to promote their public cable show. I liked it because it was funny and made me laugh a lot.
  • Juno

    Director: Jason Reitman
    96 minutes long (1 hour 36 minutes)
    Juno is a romantic comedy film about a young free minded girl called Juno (Ellen Page) who is faced with an unexpected pregnancy. Juno has to make the tough decision whether or not to keep her baby or to have an abortion.
  • Dude, where's my car?

    Director: Danny Leiner
    83 minutes long (1 hour 23 minutes)
    Dude, where’s my car? Is a film about two teenage boys (Aston Kutcher and Chester Greenburg) who are pot heads. They wake up after a night of partying and can’t remember where there car is parked. They spend the film trying to find the car, along the way they find out / remember weir things they did the night before for example get tattoos.
  • Freaky Friday

    Director: Mark Waters
    97 minutes long (1 hour 37 minutes)
    Freak Friday is comedy / family film about a worn out mother and her daughter (Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsey Lohan) who don’t get along. When they switch bodies, both the mother and the daughter are both forced to adapt to how the other person lives their life for one ‘freaky Friday’.
  • Mean Girls

    Director: Mark Waters
    97 minutes long (1 hour 37 minutes)
    Mean girls is a comedy film about a girl named Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan) who has just moved from Africa where she was homeschooled to an American high school. She makes the mistake of becoming friends with a group of A - list girls named Regina, Gretchen and Karen. (Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried). I enjoyed this film because it’s very funny and the narrative is similar to normal teenage life.
  • Superbad

    Director: Greg Mottola
    113 minutes (1 hour 59 minutes)
    Superbad is comedy film about two teenage boys (Michael Cera and Jonah Hill) who are good friends, they don’t do anything without each other. However, they have to deal with the fact they have to separate after they have a fight over bringing booze to a house party.
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

    Director: Edgar Wright
    112 minutes long (1 hour 53 minutes)
    Scott Pilgrim vs. is an action-comedy fantasy film about a bass guitarist named Scott (Michael Cera). Scott falls in love with a girl named Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who he meets at a party. However, to he must defeat Ramona’s seven evil exes in order to win her heart.
  • The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

    Director: Stephen Chbosky
    102 minutes long (1 hour and 45 minutes)
    Adapted from a book written by Stephen Chbosky
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a romantic film about a introvert named Charlie (Logan Lerman) who is starting freshman year. He makes friends with two seniors called Sam (Emma Watson) and Patrick (Ezra Miller) who help him get through college by showing him the real world.