Top 10 Coming-of-Age Movies in 2027

Richard Linklater filmed Boyhood from 2002 to 2014 with the same cast, so its star grows up on screen. It holds a Metascore of 100 from 50 critic reviews and a 97% Tomatometer. Patricia Arquette won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and it won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama. It runs 165 minutes.

Barry Jenkins’s 2016 film follows one man through childhood, adolescence and early adulthood in Miami. It holds a Metascore of 99 and a 98% Tomatometer from 402 reviews, and won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali) and Best Adapted Screenplay. It runs 111 minutes.

Charlotte Wells’s 2022 debut follows a young girl on holiday with her father at a Turkish resort. It holds a Metascore of 95 and a 96% Tomatometer. Wells won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut, and Paul Mescal earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. It runs 101 minutes.

Greta Gerwig’s 2017 film follows a Sacramento high school senior and her mother. It holds a Metascore of 93 and a 99% Tomatometer from 399 reviews. It won the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan, and earned five Oscar nominations. It runs 94 minutes.

Cameron Crowe’s 2000 film follows a teenage writer touring with a rock band for Rolling Stone, based on his own youth. It holds a Metascore of 90 and a 91% Tomatometer. Crowe won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. It runs 122 minutes.

Bo Burnham’s 2018 debut follows a shy girl through her last week of eighth grade and her life online. It holds a Metascore of 85 and a 99% Tomatometer from 322 reviews. Burnham won the Directors Guild award for Outstanding First-Time Feature and the Writers Guild award for Best Original Screenplay. It runs 94 minutes.

Richard Linklater’s 1993 comedy follows a group of Texas teenagers on the last day of school. It holds a Metascore of 82 and a 94% Tomatometer. It won no major awards, but Entertainment Weekly ranked it third on its list of the 50 Best High School Movies. It runs 102 minutes.

Rob Reiner’s 1986 film, based on a Stephen King novella, follows four boys on a walk to find a missing boy’s body. It holds a Metascore of 76 and an 89% Tomatometer. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. It runs 89 minutes.

Stephen Chbosky adapted his own novel in this 2012 film about a freshman finding friends in high school. It holds a Metascore of 67 and an 85% Tomatometer, and won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. It runs 103 minutes.

John Hughes’s 1985 film puts five students from different cliques in one Saturday detention. It holds a Metascore of 66 and an 87% Tomatometer. The Library of Congress added it to the National Film Registry in 2016. It runs 97 minutes.