Best Coming-of-Age Movies from VHS Era
A hand-picked selection of the greatest coming-of-age films of the VHS era — chosen for standout pacing, personality, and pure rewatch value.
A Brighter Summer Day
1991
Yi Yi
2000
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995
Cinema Paradiso
1988
Hoop Dreams
1994
Anne of Green Gables
1985
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
Boyz n the Hood
1991
Dead Poets Society
1989
Au Revoir les Enfants
1987
Good Will Hunting
1997
Style Wars
1984
Europa Europa
1990
Pelle the Conqueror
1987
A Christmas Story
1983
Before Sunrise
1995
Pixote
1980
Cosy Dens
1999
Children of Heaven
1997
The Postman
1994
Where Is The Friend's House?
1987
A Bronx Tale
1993
Stand by Me
1986
Love Letter
1995
In the Heat of the Sun
1994
The Color Purple
1985
The Breakfast Club
1985
The Rose Seller
1998
Landscape in the Mist
1988
The South
1983
October Sky
1999
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
Time of the Gypsies
1988
The Last Emperor
1987
Billy Elliot
2000
Gigantic
1999
Stand and Deliver
1988
Dust in the Wind
1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
I'm Starting from Three
1981
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
1980
Almost Famous
2000
Kikujiro
1999
The Road Home
1999
The Crazy Stranger
1997
The White Balloon
1995
The Sandlot
1993
Jacquot
1991
Mary Forever
1989
Empire of the Sun
1987
Streetwise
1984
Running on Empty
1988
28 Up
1984
Not One Less
1999
Butterfly
1999
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1998
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
1998
Rushmore
1998
The Secret Garden
1993
A Place in the World
1992
A Scene at the Sea
1991
The Man in the Moon
1991
My Father's Glory
1990
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
1985
Shine
1996
Only Yesterday
1991
The Elementary School
1991
The Grand Highway
1987
April Story
1998
Beautiful Thing
1996
Dazed and Confused
1993
An Autumn's Tale
1987
Dirty Dancing
1987
Yellow Earth
1984
The Pokrovsky Gates
1983
Hair
1979
Pleasantville
1998
The Long Day Closes
1992
La Bamba
1987
Pellet
2000
Ovosodo
1997
Bastard Out of Carolina
1996
La Promesse
1996
My Mother's Castle
1990
Big
1988
Salaam Bombay!
1988
Mask
1985
My Life as a Dog
1985
The Karate Kid
1984
On Golden Pond
1981
Over the Edge
1979
High Fidelity
2000
The Virgin Suicides
2000
Ratcatcher
1999
Show Me Love
1998
The Island on Bird Street
1997
Midaq Alley
1995
Welcome to the Dollhouse
1995
Wild Reeds
1994
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993
This Boy's Life
1993
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
1992
Léolo
1992
The Boys from Fengkuei
1983
Breaking Away
1979
Tess
1979
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
Pump Up the Volume
1990
The Scent of Green Papaya
1993
A River Runs Through It
1992
Scent of a Woman
1992
Say Anything...
1989
Radiofreccia
1998
Bad Boy Bubby
1993
An Angel at My Table
1990
A Room with a View
1985
Desert Hearts
1985
A Room for Romeo Brass
1999
Rumble Fish
1983
The Tin Drum
1979
The Watermelon Woman
1997
Swingers
1996
That Thing You Do!
1996
Dogfight
1991
Hope and Glory
1987
Diner
1982
Made in Britain
1982
The Man from Snowy River
1982
Out of the Blue
1981
Bye Bye Brazil
1980
Beyond Silence
1996
Remember the Titans
2000
King of the Hill
1993
Human Traffic
1999
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999
Kundun
1997
The Ice Storm
1997
Romeo + Juliet
1996
Rangeela
1995
Crooklyn
1994
Muriel's Wedding
1994
Flirting
1991
Metropolitan
1990
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
Gregory's Girl
1981
Sonnenallee
1999
Smoke Signals
1998
A Summer's Tale
1996
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
Girlfriends
1978
Love & Basketball
2000
George Washington
2000
Strictly Ballroom
1992
Working Girl
1988
Barefoot Gen 2
1986
Better Off Dead...
1985
East Is East
1999
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
1994
Rebels of the Neon God
1994
Rudy
1993
River's Edge
1986
An Impudent Girl
1985
Another Country
1984
Christiane F.
1981
City Slickers
1991
Eve's Bayou
1997
Girlfight
2000
The Mighty
1998
The Cure
1995
The Most Charming and Attractive
1985
Head On
1998
Pauline at the Beach
1983
The Wanderers
1979
Rambling Rose
1991
My Brilliant Career
1979
Lucky and Zorba
1998
Kids Return
1996
Educating Rita
1983
The Wood
1999
The Sum of Us
1994
Boys on the Outside
1990
A Little Romance
1979
Girl, Interrupted
1999
The Green Ray
1986
I Are You, You Am Me
1982
The World According to Garp
1982
Malena
2000
The Basketball Diaries
1995
Little Man Tate
1991
My Girl
1991
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1991
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
1981
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
You Are Not Alone
1978
Daria in 'Is It Fall Yet?'
2000
Crossroads
1986
Angela's Ashes
1999
My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument
1996
All Things Fair
1995
The Outsiders
1983
Ciao, Professore!
1992
Finding Forrester
2000
The Cider House Rules
1999
SLC Punk
1998
Lawn Dogs
1997
The Aviator's Wife
1981
The Fox and the Hound
1981
Slums of Beverly Hills
1998
The Little Thief
1988
Good Old Daze
1995
A Summer Tale
2000
The Color of Friendship
2000
Get Real
1998
War of the Buttons
1994
The Lover
1992
Bad Boys
1983
Quadrophenia
1979
Pretty Baby
1978
Mohabbatein
2000
Now and Then
1995
Heart and Souls
1993
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987
Lady Jane
1986
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
Beat Street
1984
Big Wednesday
1978
The Horse Whisperer
1998
Kids
1995
Backbeat
1994
The Unbelievable Truth
1990
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
2000
Liberty Heights
1999
Box of Moonlight
1996
Newsies
1992
À Nos Amours
1983
Valley Girl
1983
Sixteen Candles
1984
Mermaids
1990
My Dog Skip
2000
The Life of Jesus
1997
Stealing Beauty
1996
Pretty in Pink
1986
Fandango
1985
Footloose
1984
Suburbia
1984
C'est La Vie
1990
Beautiful Girls
1996
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
Ecce Bombo
1978
The Nutty Boy
1995
Totally F***ed Up
1994
Lucas
1986
Love and Lies
1983
Steam: The Turkish Bath
1997
The Man Without a Face
1993
The Mighty Ducks
1992
Edge of Seventeen
1998
Career Girls
1997
The Spitfire Grill
1996
Party Girl
1995
Little Giants
1994
School Ties
1992
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
1990
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
1990
Kung-Fu Master!
1988
Wish You Were Here
1987
Brighton Beach Memoirs
1986
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Come Undone
2000
Strike!
1998
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
1995
Singles
1992
Vision Quest
1985
Honkytonk Man
1982
Fame
1980
Doc Hollywood
1991
Permanent Record
1988
SubUrbia
1997
Gas Food Lodging
1992
Biloxi Blues
1988
Mystic Pizza
1988
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982
My Bodyguard
1980
Circle of Friends
1995
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
1987
101 Reykjavik
2000
The Last Days of Disco
1998
Shag
1989
Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day
1988
Racing with the Moon
1984
Tex
1982
Never Been Kissed
1999
Love & Pop
1998
Anywhere but Here
1999
Above the Rim
1994
Where the Day Takes You
1992
About Last Night...
1986
Gladiator
1992
Taps
1981
Nico and Dani
2000
All Over Me
1997
Yes Boss
1997
Harriet the Spy
1996
Iris Blond
1996
The Brothers McMullen
1995
The Flamingo Kid
1984
Pardes
1997
But Forever in My Mind
1999
Swing Kids
1993
For a Lost Soldier
1992
The Power of One
1992
Prancer
1989
Foxes
1980
Private Benjamin
1980
Great Expectations
1998
School Daze
1988
Ice Castles
1978
Perceval
1978
Shiloh
1996
Angus
1995
Digging to China
1997
Ocean Waves
1994
Alice
1990
Time for Loving
1983
The Truth About Jane
2000
Where the Heart Is
2000
Pure Country
1992
Inventing the Abbotts
1997
In Country
1989
White Squall
1996
Paradise
1991
Dangerous Minds
1995
Powder
1995
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
Center Stage
2000
My Date with the President's Daughter
1998
Poetic Justice
1993
Youngblood
1986
Simon Birch
1998
With Honors
1994
Gummo
1997
Iron Will
1994
Cadence
1990
Beaches
1988
Mischief
1985
Breakin'
1984
Outside Providence
1999
Love Field
1992
The Thirteenth Year
1999
Tutti giù per terra
1997
Empire Records
1995
Reality Bites
1994
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
1986
The Heavenly Kid
1985
The Legend of Billie Jean
1985
Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo
1996
All the Right Moves
1983
Drive Me Crazy
1999
Wish Upon a Star
1996
For Keeps
1988
The Secret of My Success
1987
Just One of the Guys
1985
Flashdance
1983
Little Darlings
1980
Lemon Popsicle
1978
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
The Party 2
1982
An Extremely Goofy Movie
2000
Rip Girls
2000
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000
Higher Learning
1995
Jack the Bear
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
That Night
1992
Clara's Heart
1988
Fire with Fire
1986
Heaven Help Us
1985
Pinot simple flic
1984
Spetters
1980
Coyote Ugly
2000
Crazy
2000
Brink!
1998
Up Close & Personal
1996
The Graduates
1995
The Thing Called Love
1993
Stealing Home
1988
Project X
1987
Thrashin'
1986
Varsity Blues
1999
Oliver Twist
1997
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995
Kicking and Screaming
1995
Sabrina
1995
The Tit & the Moon
1994
The Wild Life
1984
Billy Madison
1995
D2: The Mighty Ducks
1994
Woman on Top
2000
Wild America
1997
Lassie
1994
Renaissance Man
1994
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985
Hot Bubblegum
1981
Foxfire
1996
Better Than Chocolate
1999
Crazy in Alabama
1999
Most Promising Young Actress
2000
Skipped Parts
2000
Airborne
1993
No More School
2000
Johnny Tsunami
1999
Lick the Star
1998
The Student
1988
Permanent Vacation
1981
200 Cigarettes
1999
Little Big League
1994
Devil in the Flesh
1986
Year of the Jellyfish
1984
Patch Adams
1998
Abbas in Flower
1982
Gross Anatomy
1989
Threesome
1994
My Father the Hero
1991
Air Bud
1997
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
Paprika
1991
Some Girls
1988
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
Corvette Summer
1978
Tom and Huck
1995
Class Act
1992
Teen Witch
1989
Mad Love
1995
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
1996
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
1988
Don't Tell Her It's Me
1990
Bright Lights, Big City
1988
Quints
2000
To Sir, with Love II
1996
Milk Money
1994
The Ages of Lulu
1990
Fifteen and Pregnant
1998
Jack
1996
The Razor's Edge
1984
The Big Green
1995
1969
1988
The Blue Lagoon
1980
Free Willy 3: The Rescue
1997
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
Cocktail
1988
Race the Sun
1996
My Girl 2
1994
The Wizard
1989
Class
1983
D3: The Mighty Ducks
1996
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
1986
Tuff Turf
1985
Dream a Little Dream
1989
Making of a Male Model
1983
All the Pretty Horses
2000
Two Bits
1995
Monkey Trouble
1994
Ladybugs
1992
Susie Q
1996
Wide Awake
1998
Flipper
1996
Absolute Beginners
1986
No Small Affair
1984
Summer Lovers
1982
My Father the Hero
1994
Salsa
1988
Calendar Girl
1993
She's Out of Control
1989
Snow Day
2000
The Pallbearer
1996
Star
1993
Boys and Girls
2000
Here on Earth
2000
The Jazz Singer
1980
54
1998
Candy Candy: The Movie
1992
Down to You
2000
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
Losin' It
1983
Paradise
1982
Tender Cousins
1980
Love Strange Love
1982
Endless Love
1981
The Next Karate Kid
1994
Satisfaction
1988
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994