TheSkyKid.Com : First-love in the Coming-of-age Cinema
by theskykidcom | created - 14 Sep 2012 | updated - 14 Jun 2016 | Public"Coming-of-Age films touch a special part in the hearts of everyone. When you watch a first love relationship in a movie, you are transported back to your own experiences..."
You can find an article devoted to the phenomena at : http://www.theskykid.com/movies/first-love-in-coming-of-age-movies/
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1. Little Manhattan (2005)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl find love in New York City.
Director: Mark Levin | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Charlotte Ray Rosenberg, Bradley Whitford, Cynthia Nixon
Votes: 24,781 | Gross: $0.38M
2. The World of Ludovic (1993 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama
Ludovic, a young boy neglected by his artsy parents, falls in love with Sophie, the daughter of a piano teacher. They meet in secret places in the city. Not long after Sophie's father finds... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Pierre De Decker | Stars: Mathias Coppens, Bella van Meel, Didier Bezace, Annick Christiaens
Votes: 204
3. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray
Votes: 366,573 | Gross: $45.51M
4. This Special Friendship (1964)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Romance
A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin, François Leccia, Dominique Maurin
Votes: 3,035
5. My Girl (1991)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis
Votes: 88,779 | Gross: $59.85M
6. My Girl 2 (1994)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Vada Sultenfuss must go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil to do some research on her mother's life, but finds much more.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky, Austin O'Brien
Votes: 20,906 | Gross: $17.36M
7. Let the Right One In (2008)
R | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl
Votes: 226,639 | Gross: $2.12M
8. You Are Not Alone (1978)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Two precocious boys explore their sexuality at boarding school.
Directors: Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen | Stars: Anders Agensø, Peter Bjerg, Ove Sprogøe, Elin Reimer
Votes: 4,201
Lasse Nielsen, who directed the film back in 1978, agreed to give an exclusive interview for theskykid.com and its readers.
“You Are Not Alone” – an interview with Lasse Nielsen
9. Totally True Love (2011)
83 min | Family, Mystery
A 10-year-old Norwegian girl falls in love for the first time. Her friends confront their own feelings as they witness her no-holds-barred battle with a rival student for the affections of a boy who moves into town.
Director: Anne Sewitsky | Stars: Maria Annette Tanderø Berglyd, Otto Garli, Aurora Bach Rodal, Vilde Fredriksen Verlo
Votes: 934
10. Quand j'avais 5 ans je m'ai tué (1994)
100 min | Drama
This film is about Gils, a young boy (about ten) in a juvenile mental hospital in 1950's France. Flashbacks recount his conflicts with authority and his strong relationship with Jessica, a ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Claude Sussfeld | Stars: Hippolyte Girardot, Patrick Bouchitey, Salomé Lelouch, Dimitri Rougeul
Votes: 145
11. Flipped (I) (2010)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two eighth-graders start to have feelings for each other despite being total opposites.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards
Votes: 97,369 | Gross: $1.75M
12. A West Texas Children's Story (2007)
86 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the 1960s, a magical tale of two 12-year-olds embarking on an adventure to find new, cool parents and escape their neglected, overly adult existence.
Director: Brad Isaacs | Stars: Cayden Boyd, Lara Flynn Boyle, Matthew Modine, Noah Grabowski
Votes: 1,880
13. Kisses (2008)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.
Director: Lance Daly | Stars: Kelly O'Neill, Shane Curry, Paul Roe, Roy Dempsey
Votes: 1,960 | Gross: $0.08M
14. Love & Dance (2006)
95 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Chen, a young kid, is battling a cultural conflict between his Russian born mother and Israeli father. She is cultured and used to the finer things in life, including theater and fine ... See full summary »
Director: Eitan Anner | Stars: Evgenia Dodina, Avi Kushnir, Oksana Korostyshevskaya, Kirill Safonov
Votes: 297
15. The Leaving of Liverpool (1993 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, History
Two English children are uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment of Australia in the years following World War Two.
Director: Michael Jenkins | Stars: Kevin Knapman, Christine Tremarco, Frances Barber, John Hargreaves
Votes: 281
16. My Friend Joe (1996)
101 min | Drama, Family
During the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Bould | Stars: Schuyler Fisk, John Cleere, Stephen McHattie, Stanley Townsend
Votes: 305
17. The Nature of Nicholas (2002)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
After discovering that he is attracted to a classmate, an adolescent boy begins seeing and experiencing strange things.
Director: Jeff Erbach | Stars: Jeff Sutton, David Turnbull, Ardith Boxall, Tom McCamus
Votes: 549
18. Melody (1971)
G | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married as soon as possible.
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Mark Lester, Tracy Hyde, Jack Wild, Colin Barrie
Votes: 3,167
19. My 13 (2008)
11 min | Short, Drama
Jonathan is in love with Julie, the most beautiful girl of his school... However, Julie doesn't even know him. He becomes friend with Charles, Julie's brother. One day, he sneaks in Julie's... See full summary »
Director: Rudi Rosenberg | Stars: Jérémie Quaegebeur, Audrey Cayo, Alexis Maçon-Dauxerre, Mathilde Blache
Votes: 119
20. Crossing the Lighthouse (1999 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Crossing The Lighthouse is a story about the encounter of two ten-year old children (Jim Redler and Katty Loisel) who share a similar past. Two orphans who have taken refuge in lies to ... See full summary »
Director: Thierry Redler | Stars: Jim Redler, Katty Loisel, Corinne Touzet, Thierry Redler
Votes: 112
21. Standing Up (II) (2013)
PG | 93 min | Drama
Two kids befriend each other after being left stripped nude in a lake as the victims of an immature summer camp prank. They run away from camp and for three days learn more about each other than they've ever known before.
Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Chandler Canterbury, Annalise Basso, Radha Mitchell, Val Kilmer
Votes: 3,321
22. Holger & Vilde (2010)
27 min | Short
Holger & Vilde are fiends from school. Their summer plans separate them and they make new friends. Can their friendship survive the summer, and the influx of new friends?
Director: Erik Green Petersson | Stars: Marcus Karlsson, Sara Svedberg, Ebba Hultkvist Stragne, Sanna Krepper
Votes: 43
23. The Crush (I) (2010)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
An 8 year old schoolboy is so besotted with his teacher that he challenges her boyfriend to a duel...to the death.
Director: Michael Creagh | Stars: Olga Wehrly, Rory Keenan, Oran Creagh, Charlie Bonner
Votes: 1,745
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