I’ve been watching my fair share of these recently and know there are so many good ones, I need a little memory jog. Now, I don’t know exact definition, but hopefully people get it.

For me, I love:

Sixteen Candles
The Breakfast Club
Stand By Me
Boyz n the Hood
Brooklyn


hoping to remind me of some great ones.

One of the very best is Fresh (1994). Sad to say the movie got one mediocre Blu-ray release by Echo Bridge which has been out of print for years and years. It's a Miramax film and lost in the Weinstein vortex.

Sticking with the 80s teen comedy/drama genre:

Vision Quest
Valley Girl
Heaven Help Us
My Tutor
Meatballs
Gregory's Girl
Three O'Clock High


1960s & 70s European & World Cinema:

Deep End
Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
Valerie & Her Week Of Wonders
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Walkabout

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Dazed and Confused

Almost Famous
Breaking Away
Boyhood
Stand By Me
An Education
The Fabelmans

Fast Times gets a hearty second from me. I'll fling you a Footloose for good measure

Wyrm
Ghost World
Back to the Future

Flirting by John Duigan. For crying out loud, give me an HD version.

And, yeah, Fast Times and Boyhood, too.

Oh, and I'm embarrassed that I almost forgot Summer of '42.

And now that I see Dan's post, before mine, I'd add Ghost World as well.

I was going to mention this one but didn't think anyone would know it. I had such a crush on Jennifer O'Neill. She's still alive at 72.

In addition to some mentioned
Lady Bird
Perks of Being a Wallflower

Maybe an odd choice but I’ll add:

It: Chapter 1

What No American Pie?

My favorites would be
Hope And Glory
Au revoir les enfants
My Life As A Dog
About A Boy

Boyhood

The Outsiders

Going more for drama then comedy.

Cider House Rules
Bicentennial Man - more of a guilty pleasure. And I guess not coming of age in the traditional sense. But still a story about growing up and the changes of life.

American Graffiti
Stand By Me
Sixteen Candles
The Last Picture Show
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Summer of '42

My personal favorite Big Wednesday

The only things I can think of offhand are every version of LITTLE WOMEN (1933, 1949, 1994, 2019) and a 2016 indie set in contemporary Brooklyn called LITTLE MEN, directed by Ira Sachs.



+ A ton of anime, but I'll single out a 1993 Studio Ghibli film I originally knew as I CAN HEAR THE OCEAN, but released in the U.S. as OCEAN WAVES.

Fresh is so great. Sam L. Great story and the kid was so good. I don’t even like Chess, but the real life chess he played was so just masterfully done.

Can’t Buy Me Love

Watching it right now…Angus. Great soundtrack too. 👍🏻

This is my favorite genre. Here's a few of mine:
The Way Way Back
The Last American Virgin
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Angus
American Graffiti
Dazed and Confused
The Breakfast Club
The Last Picture Show
Finding Forrester
Almost Famous
Lady Bird

Ginger Snaps!

with the exception of Lady Bird. Wasn’t fond of.