Growing Up Movies

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...

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

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

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

This short movie takes us through beautiful landscapes and oppressive spaces. A dream sequence that leads to liberation, on the border between...

After getting suspended from school and fighting with her mom, 14-year-old 'Bucket' finds herself confronted with the harsh reality of trying to grow...

Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his...

A Charles Bukowski poem is put to animation. Four kids who are friends are drawn to a strange house that their parents tell them to avoid. One day...

Femi is a British boy of Nigerian heritage who, after being fostered in rural Lincolnshire, moves to inner-city London to live with his birth mother....

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...

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...

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 filmmaker sits down with her father through a simple dinner, revealing her heart out on a platter and the quiet tensions they don’t know how...

In the remote village of El Echo that exists outside of time, the children care for the sheep and their elders. While the frost and drought punish...

Carl, an old mushroom person, was heading home when he saw a newly born mushroom named Belle. Although Carl didn't want anything to do with her, he...

A student who is bullied repeatedly develops a deep bond with the leader of a youth gang. As they grow closer, he understands the true meaning of...

With the coming of summer, three high school buddies--Kenny Leeds, Mike Decker, and Tommy Kingsley--anticipate their initiation into the pleasures of...

Short biographical documentary about comedian Michael Palin and his early interest in acting and comedy. Includes his education at the Shrewsbury...