Whether it be a family movie night, or choosing a movie to watch on a holiday or occasion,
choosing a movie that you can watch with your children can be a pretty
difficult task. When there are soo many options nowadays to choose from, coming
of age genre movies are the perfect choice to go for.
A coming-of-age movie is a film that follows a protagonist as they transition
from childhood to adulthood. This genre of storytelling is popular for
literature and movies in Hollywood and often features stories between childhood
and adulthood, such as first romantic relationships, graduating from middle
school or high school, and moving away from home.
Coming of age movies can help bridge the gap between a child and a parent sometimes.
Movies of this genre helps bringing parents and children together, kids always
don’t understand that their parents have probably gone through many of the same
kings of emotions and situations. Movies can help make a way of communicating a
little better to find. Parenting is a hard job. Being a kid isn’t easy either
sometimes. This is one of the reason to watch the movies suggested below.
So here are the top 10 coming of age movies you can find on Netflix to watch with your children.
10. Moxie
At number 10, comes the movie Moxie, a film released in 2021, with an imdb rating of 6.7,
and can be categorised as an underrated movie. Inspired by a confident new
friend and her mother's rebellious past, a shy teenager publishes an anonymous
zine calling out sexism at her school.
9. Five Feet Apart
At number 9, comes the story of a seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the
hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries
and self-control -- all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an
impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant
flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance
between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw
the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.
8. Udaan
At number 8, there is the Bollywood film Udaan. Following his expulsion from boarding
school, Rohan (Rajat Barmecha) returns home to his strict and uncompromising
father (Ronit Roy) and Arjun (Aayan Boradia), a 6-year-old half brother nobody
bothered to tell him about. While his father demands he take engineering
classes, Rohan just wants to be a writer. In between classes and late-night
drinking bouts at the bar, Rohan begins to bond with Arjun, with whom he learns
he has more in common than he initially thought.
7. Lakshya
At number 7, comes one of the most popular movies of its time. Karan leeches off of his
father's business and lives a lazy lifestyle. However, upon watching an action
movie, he and some friends decide to enlist in the army, only to decide halfway
through the course that it is too much for them. This decision costs Karan the
respect of his family and lover, so he resolves to return to the army and prove
his resilience.
6. Kai po che!
At number 6, starring sushant singh Rajput and rajkumar rao’s kai po che. Three friends
start an academy to train aspiring cricketers. But before they realise their
goals, they experience an earthquake, an unstable political situation and
communal riots.
5. Rang de basanti
At number 5, comes the star studded movie. After a group of friends graduate from Delhi
University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker
(Alice Patten) casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under
British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a
friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired
by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively
decide to avenge the killing.
4. The fundamentals of caring
At number 4, a writer (Paul Rudd) retires after a personal tragedy and becomes a disabled
teen's caregiver. When the two embark on an impromptu road trip, their ability
to cope is tested as they start to understand the importance of hope and
friendship. This movie also stars Selena Gomez.
3. The perks of being a wallflower
Socially awkward teen Charlie (Logan Lerman) is a wallflower, always watching life from
the sidelines, until two charismatic students become his mentors. Free-spirited
Sam (Emma Watson) and her stepbrother Patrick (Ezra Miller) help Charlie
discover the joys of friendship, first love, music and more, while a teacher
sparks Charlie's dreams of becoming a writer. However, as his new friends
prepare to leave for college, Charlie's inner sadness threatens to shatter his
newfound confidence.
2. The edge of seventeen
Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior
Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star
older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista (Haley
Lu Richardson). All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until an
unexpected friendship with a thoughtful teen (Hayden Szeto) gives her a glimmer
of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.
1. Wake up sid
Sid Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor) is a young man living in Mumbai who benefits from the
indulgence of his parents. After graduating from university, he makes a stab at
working in his father's business, but lasts only a week. He then meets Aisha
(Konkona Sen Sharma), an aspiring writer from Calcutta. Sid helps her get
settled in the city and then wants to take things further -- but Aisha isn't
interested because of Sid's slacker personality. Will her rejection serve as a
wake-up call for Sid?
