Veronika Bondarenko
If you're looking for a movie that will have you plunging right into the life and troubles of a young main character, a coming of age movie is for you. Here are some of the coming of age films from the last thirty years.
Storyline: An awkward teenager decides to live on the wild side by taking a day off school.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara
Storyline: After starting her sophomore year at a new school, Cady Heron begins a secret plan to win over the love of Aaron Samuels, the boyfriend of the most popular girl in school.
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey.
Storyline: While stuck in Saturday detention, five teenagers from opposing cliques discover that they are not nearly as different as they first thought.
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall
Storyline: Young English teacher John Keating tries to instil a love of life and poetry in a group of prep school students.
Starring: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke
Storyline: A shy and intelligent freshman named Charlie begins a new life in a Pittsburgh high school.
Starring: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd
Storyline: Shy student Olive Penderghast gets wrapped up in her high school's rumor mill after one of her own secrets gets out.
Starring: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley
Storyline: A group of graduating high school students have several misadventures on their last day of school in 1976.
Starring: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Milla Jovovich
Storyline: A psychologist helps a disadvantaged young man find himself and unleash his hidden talents for mathematics.
Starring: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Storyline: Young high school student William Miller gets the opportunity to write a story about an up and coming rock band for the Rolling Stone.
Starring: Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson
Storyline: The sons of a wealthy businessman and his servant are growing up in Afghanistan before being separated by the war.
Starring: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni
