THEME EXPLORATION

coming of age

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Propeller One-Way Night Coach

Propeller One-Way Night Coach
2026 · John Travolta

Marie of the Port

Marie of the Port
1950 · Marcel Carné

Breezy
1973 · Clint Eastwood

I Could Never Be Your Woman

I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007 · Amy Heckerling

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
1973 · Alan J. Pakula

Love Lesson
2013 · Ko Kyeong-Ah

Flowers of Shanghai

Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien

Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson

Blue Is the Warmest Color

Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche

Great Expectations

Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1951 · Douglas Sirk

A Brighter Summer Day

A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Chava Cartas Mexico

Intimate exploration of Mexican identity through personal memory and childhood perspective.

Danila Kozlovsky USSR [now Russia]

Explores personal growth and resilience within distinctly Russian social contexts.

David Trueba Spain

Intimate character studies that blend literary sensibility with observational humor about Spanish life.