Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "coming-of-age", "young-woman"

1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness

Votes: 1,450,926 | Gross: $322.74M

2. Prey (I) (2022)

R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Naru, a skilled warrior of the Comanche Nation, fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly-evolved Predators to land on Earth.

Director: Dan Trachtenberg | Stars: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stormee Kipp

Votes: 227,549

3. Blue Beetle (2023)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An alien scarab chooses Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the recent college graduate with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle.

Director: Angel Manuel Soto | Stars: Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, Becky G, Damián Alcázar

Votes: 95,108

4. Grown-ish (2018–2024)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama

A spinoff of ABC's "Black-ish," Zoey Johnson is off to college and must live outside the nest, dealing with drugs, sex, and relationships along the way.

Stars: Trevor Jackson, Yara Shahidi, Diggy Simmons, Francia Raisa

Votes: 6,647

5. St. Elmo's Fire (1985)

R | 110 min | Drama, Romance

A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez

Votes: 46,426 | Gross: $37.80M

6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen

Votes: 281,737 | Gross: $128.08M

7. Reality Bites (1994)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A documentary filmmaker and her fellow Generation X graduates face life after college, looking for work and love in Houston.

Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn

Votes: 53,666 | Gross: $20.98M

8. The Rhythm Section (2020)

R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

A woman seeks revenge against those who orchestrated a plane crash that killed her family.

Director: Reed Morano | Stars: Blake Lively, Richard Brake, Elly Curtis, David Duggan

Votes: 19,653 | Gross: $5.44M

9. Chantal (2007 Video)

R | 96 min | Drama

Chantal is a hot, naive and dangerously delusional young woman, wandering the boulevards of L.A. looking for her first big break. There she meets Tracy who warns of the harsh realities lurking beyond the glamorous facade of Hollywood.

Director: Tony Marsiglia | Stars: Erin Brown, Julian Wells, Andrea Davis, Darian Caine

Votes: 468

10. Beauty and the Beast (1978)

91 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

In this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.

Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Jana Brejchová

Votes: 1,817

11. At A Distance, Spring Is Green (2021– )

65 min | Drama, Romance

A coming of age campus story about youth in their 20s whose lives appear to be like the beauty of spring from afar but cold and harsh when viewed up close.

Stars: Park Ji-hoon, Kang Min-ah, Bae In-hyuk, Kwon Eun-bin

Votes: 1,177

12. The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)

R | 108 min | Drama

A young woman has an intense affair with a womanizing reindeer herdsman.

Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Maritta Viitamäki, Pauli Jauhojärvi, Aimo Saukko, Milja Hiltunen

Votes: 917

13. My Life So Far (1999)

PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his ... See full summary »

Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irène Jacob, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Votes: 3,153 | Gross: $0.62M

14. Alpine Fire (1985)

R | 119 min | Drama

Isolated in the Swiss Alps, a young woman who would have liked to become a teacher teaches her deaf brother arithmetic and writing. An incestuous relationship develops between them.

Director: Fredi M. Murer | Stars: Thomas Nock, Johanna Lier, Dorothea Moritz, Rolf Illig

Votes: 1,042

15. Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)

Unrated | 107 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A young boy journeys across the boundaries of reality to a secret, haunted place, half-a-century back in time, in this tale of enchantment, shadows and lost memories.

Director: Willard Carroll | Stars: Nigel Le Vaillant, Marlene Sidaway, Serena Gordon, Alfie Lawrence

Votes: 898

16. 6Degrees (2012–2015)

30 min | Drama

Six young people striving for answers as they move from youth to adulthood.

Stars: Ryan McParland, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Cillian O'Sullivan, Jayne Wisener

Votes: 122

17. Hipsters (2008)

Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Young people struggle to do things their way in the 1950s.

Director: Valeriy Todorovskiy | Stars: Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Evgenia Brik, Maksim Matveev

Votes: 5,311

18. The Nurse (2018– )

45 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

A wealthy and influential family hires Katya as a nurse for a dying father. Most unexpectedly, the young woman becomes his closest confidant and the only person in his life whom he can ... See full summary »

Stars: Natalia Balyasova, Lyubava Greshnova, Yury Belyayev, Mikhail Kukuyuk

Votes: 30

19. Twenty Your Life On (2020– )

50 min | Drama, Romance

A story about the worries of youth as they enter adulthood is told from the perspective of four girls who are about the graduate from college.

Stars: Xiaotong Guan, Guanjin Bu, Gengxi Li, Siyi Dong

Votes: 42

20. Girls Feels: Into the Blue (2022)

94 min | Drama

Dive into these exciting short films from France, Lithuania and the UK that explore the hopes, loves, aspirations and even the darker side of girls on the cusp of adulthood.

Directors: Célia Bchir, Gabriele Urbonaite, Alex Withers | Stars: Céline Berti, Violette Gitton, Louise Kim Salter, Maisie Barlow

21. Electric Shadows (2004)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama

For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in... See full summary »

Director: Jiang Xiao | Stars: Yu Xia, Haibin Li, Yijing Zhang, Zhongyang Qi

Votes: 1,071 | Gross: $0.01M

22. Les enfants du placard (1977)

105 min | Drama

Nicolas has an appointment with his sister Juliette. They are bound by a heavy secret of childhood: their mother committed suicide while their father had charged Nicolas to keep her. Since ... See full summary »

Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Brigitte Fossey, Lou Castel, Jean Sorel, Georges Marchal

Votes: 82

23. Girls Feels: Forces of Nature (2022)

91 min | Drama

The indomitable urge of the human spirit comes face to face with the societal pressures that keep young women's wants, bodies and desires under wraps in these short stories set amongst nature.

Directors: Floor Houwink ten Cate, Corentin Lemetayer Le Brize, Mael Le Mée, Thomas Vernay | Stars: Charline Antunes, Fiorella Campanella, Alice Mazodier, Megan Northam

24. Truth or Dare (2007)

6 min | Short, Comedy

A coming of age film about two best friends, Melborne and Wichalski, who spy on a girl at the beach as she sunbathes topless.

Director: Vee Vitanza | Stars: Brennan Bailey, Mathew Vigil, Emily J. Miller

Votes: 52

25. Girls Feels: Skin Deep (2022)

108 min | Drama

Whether it's a once in a lifetime television audition or a gruelling boxing competition, for these young women the chance to shine is sometimes worth the risk.

Directors: Lise Akoka, Josza Anjembe, Amel Guellaty, Sarah Veltmeyer, Marit Weerheijm | Stars: Angélique Gernez, Sarra Hannachi, Nola Kemper, Mathilde La Musse

26. Grenzverkehr (2005)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

When three teenage boys from Bavaria try to lose their innocence in the neighboring Czech Republic, they get themselves and a young pregnant Ukrainian immigrant into trouble with local pimps.

Director: Stefan Betz | Stars: Andreas Buntscheck, Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow, Joseph M'Barek, Henriette Richter-Röhl

Votes: 332

27. Punatukka (1969)

80 min | Drama

A young factory girl goes on a cabin trip with her friends.

Director: Maunu Kurkvaara | Stars: Tarja Markus, Veikko Honkanen, Sinikka Hannula, Ismo Kallio

Votes: 53

28. Hell Is a Place Called Hollywood (1950)

21 min | Short, Drama

A beauty queen called Sheila Anderson wins a part in a Hollywood motion picture. The film turns out to be a cheap nudie film, she is then shunned by the theatrical community and ends up ... See full summary »

Star: Sheila Anderson

Votes: 42

29. Se tavallinen tarina (1972 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama

Eeli has come from the countryside to Tampere to work in a cotton factory. Her life goes downhill, she becomes pregnant, is abandoned by her boyfriend, has an abortion, and eventually ends up in a mental hospital.

Director: Veikko Kerttula | Stars: Riitta Räty, Ahti Kuoppala, Helinä Viitanen, Matti Viironen

Votes: 6

30. Memories of Youth (2023)

3 min | Short, Drama

A portrait of human connection and love told through the eyes of 19-year-old Willow.

Director: Nathan Flores | Star: Kristian Cahatol

31. Ale (2020)

71 min | Documentary, Sport

19-year-old Alessandra is a wrestling student. As a newbie, her goal is to develop a so-called "gimmick" for herself. A ring character of her own, which should become very similar to her ... See full summary »

Director: O'Neil Bürgi | Stars: Alessandra Goh Bollier, Josephine Bakeup, Thomas Heri, Chris Chavis

32. Housewarming (II) (2015)

26 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Lila, Boris, Simon and Chiara live like all the young French people of their generation. Between lack of perspective and space, they seek to make a living with the small pieces they find.

Director: Marc di Domenico | Stars: Pascal Crescente, Benjamin Gaitet, Caro Dujardin, Chloe Pangrazzi

33. Poetry in Motion

Short, Comedy, Romance | Filming

A young boy helps an older man score the woman of his dreams.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher

34. Maata meren alla (2009)

86 min | Comedy, Drama

Ida, adopted from Africa to Finland as a child, is now an unemployed seamstress approaching her 30s who still lives with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and ... See full summary »

Director: Lenka Hellstedt | Stars: Amira Khalifa, Marja Packalén, Matti Ristinen, Leena Uotila

Votes: 193

35. ROG - Run on Gasoline

Action | Announced

Two stubborn and very different young women try to flee from their powerful parents through Europe by car, becoming independent, all the while trying to not kill each other in the process

36. Schwarz Weiss Bunt (2020)

85 min | Drama

Schwarz Weiss Bunt is a coming-of-age story about Matilda - a young woman on the edge of her young days, fearing to experience the loss of her youthfulness. Midst her search for the big ... See full summary »

Director: David Moser | Stars: Clara Diemling, Elisabeth Kanettis, Sebastian Klemm-Lorenz, Sophie Wegleitner

Votes: 37

37. Baby Love (1986 TV Movie)

64 min | Drama

Mr X is a rock singer Titi and Mari are in love with. Keeping up with the idol doesn't always work out exactly as planned by the girls.

Director: Kari Paljakka | Stars: Baba Lybeck, Jane Sarlund, Matti Inkinen, Timo Mäkinen

Votes: 13

38. Damnesia (2014)

102 min | Drama

A girl's life flashes before her eyes after a severe asthma attack.

Director: Scout Tafoya | Stars: Theodora Blasko, Cooper McKim, Nick Smerkanich, Ashley Tryba

39. Lotat (1995)

50 min | Documentary, History, War

Lotat is a Finnish Documentary about the Lotta Svärd, a Finnish voluntary auxiliary paramilitary organization for women.

Director: Taru Mäkelä | Stars: Martta Arffman, Aini Kaprio, Åke Lindman, Aino Meriläinen

Votes: 14