Lady Bird

2017-09-08

coming of age, best friend, loss of job, high school student, catholic school, first love, sacramento, woman director, mother daughter relationship, college applications

I'll Never Forget My High School Friends

2020-05-21

college, high school, coming of age, found footage

Girl Flu.

2016-06-06

menstruation, coming of age, los angeles, california, woman director, mother daughter relationship

The World of Us

2016-06-16

friendship, elementary school, children, coming of age, relationship, woman director

Dude

2018-04-20

female friendship, high school, high school friends, woman director

Daria in 'Is It College Yet?'

2002-01-21

college, graduation, high school, misanthrophy, school, high school graduation, woman director, series finale, college applications

The Edge of Seventeen

2016-11-18

sibling relationship, portland, oregon, friendship, high school, loneliness, teen angst, coming of age, teenage girl, best friend, dating, teenager, woman director

Always Kabhi Kabhi

2011-06-17

high school, police corruption, high school student, stage mother

Booksmart

2019-05-24

high school, coming of age, high school student, woman director, lbgt

Luv Ka The End

2011-05-06

friendship, love, revenge, coming of age, relationship

Applicant

Another Child

2019-04-11

baby, daughter, love affair, family, high school student, bad father, mother daughter relationship

And the Boys Go

2018-01-01

high school, growing up, coming of age, dramedy

In Hopes Of

2019-01-15

coming of age

Best Friends – The Movie

2015-06-18

friendship, high school, student, high school friends, teacher student relationship

Odd Birds

1987-09-10

high school, independent film, coming of age, asian woman, woman director

The Adventures of Food Boy

2008-01-01

high school, superhero, food, super power, high school student, food fight, college applications

Fame in California

2012-02-01

california, dream, american dream, ambition, inspiration, high school, celebrity, fame, coming of age, los angeles, california, high school friends, movie star, americana, sacramento, big dreams, acting, dreamland, high school girl

Yes, God, Yes

2020-07-24

high school, coming of age, teenage girl, catholic, masturbation, sexual awakening, woman director

The Language of Love

2013-10-12

sexual identity, sexuality, exam, school friend, male friendship, language, friendship, monologue, foreign language, love, friends, teenage crush, school, student, best friend, teenager, east asian lead, high school friends, teenage boy, high school student, teenage sexuality, sexual orientation, woman director, exams

Girl in Progress

2012-05-11

latinx lead, coming of age, teenage girl, teenager, single mother, woman director, mother daughter relationship

The Love Club

2011-04-12

high school, coming of age, teenage girl, teen movie, teenager, relationship, high school friends, group of girls

Ang High School at si Olive

2016-05-23

high school, coming of age, lgbt

The Son

2012-04-17

high school, bullying, gay bashing, mother son relationship, short, gay

The Mighty Macs

2009-10-21

philadelphia, pennsylvania, 1970s, sports, basketball, coach, catholic, mother superior, catholic school, convent school, college sports, student athlete

LOL

2012-02-10

coming of age, teen movie, based on movie, working mom, woman director, mother daughter relationship

Hollidaysburg

2014-09-19

woman director

Pin Cushion

2018-01-26

bullying, coming of age, fantasy sequence, first love, hunchback, dream world, woman director, mother daughter relationship, unfit mother

So This Is College

1929-11-08

love triangle, romantic rivalry, best friend, college student, usc, college roommate, college american football, manipulative woman, romantic rival, college athlete

Dad's Lunch Box

2017-06-10

daily life, high school, based on a true story, food, coming of age, school, father daughter relationship, lunch

Seven Days War

2019-12-13

illegal immigration, teamwork, remake, coming of age, high school friends, anime, mining company, japanese high school, father daughter relationship

Neethaane En Ponvasantham

2012-12-14

high school, love, school, teenage love

Legion of Doom

2018-04-09

college, coming of age, drug trip, break-up, post college, film school, acid trip

Sura

2020-06-15

Storytelling

2001-11-08

new jersey, exploitation, college, high school, celebrity, dysfunctional family, interracial relationship, independent film, teacher student relationship

Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt)

2020-07-31

coming out, self-discovery, family secrets, prom, coming of age, aunt niece relationship, teenager, detention, lgbt, lgbt teen, woman director, motivational video, mother daughter relationship, high school crush, civil rights movement

The Nightman

1992-02-08

erotic movie, mother daughter relationship

Persecution

2016-04-28

Secrets of a Mother and Daughter

1983-10-04

love triangle, parent child relationship, woman director

Biondina

2011-02-03

woman director

Senior Year

2010-12-18

coming of age, high school reunion

Zaklina

2012-04-03

coming of age, teacher student relationship, female teacher

How to Deal

2003-07-18

parent child relationship, high school, teenage girl, best friend, teenager, divorce, teenage love, divorced parents, woman director, teenage romance, based on young adult novel

Love Like Poison

2010-04-08

sexuality, parent child relationship, faith, coming of age, first love, woman director

12 Days of Christmas

2020-09-01

holiday, college, pregnancy, high school, party, coming of age, christmas

Games

2011-07-14

adolescence, texas, high school, coming of age, teen movie, teenager, high school student, waco texas

Moonlit Winter

2019-11-14

mother, winter, love letter, forbidden love, photography, first love, lgbt, buried memories, divorced parents, mother daughter relationship, hokkaido, japan, senior high school students, otaru, japan

Heatwave

coming of age, mother son relationship

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

1949-04-15

back to school, college student

Say You Will

2017-09-14

high school, suicide of father, relationship, graduate, sick mother

Eternal Summer

2006-10-13

love triangle, sexuality, school friend, male friendship, friendship, loneliness, unrequited love, coming of age, school, lgbt, gay

愛しの女教師

2001-09-29

Wanna See My Beautiful Navel?

1978-10-09

school trip, coming of age, first love

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

2012-09-20

based on novel or book, trauma, school friend, friendship, high school, freshman, coming of age, school, teenage boy, high school student, first love, aunt nephew relationship, lgbt, mental health, lgbt teen, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, anxiety, 1990s, emotional, based on young adult novel

So You've Grown Attached

2014-04-26

imaginary friend, coming of age, woman director

Permanent Record

1988-04-22

suicide, loss of loved one, oregon, usa, music, high school, grief, woman director

Forever Young

2015-07-10

college student

This Is the Year

2020-08-28

road trip, coming of age

Dope

2015-06-19

california, hip-hop, harvard university, geek, coming of age, los angeles, california, teenager, drugs, high school student

Thunderbolt In Mine Eye

2020-01-24

new love, high school, love, romantic comedy, romance, coming of age, teenager

American Pie

1999-07-09

graduation, innocence, coming of age, loss of virginity, teenager, high school student, pie, teen comedy, teenage sexuality, exchange student, sex comedy, voyeurism, virginity, laxative, prom night

The Forest for the Trees

2004-09-16

mockery, failure, idealist, teacher, student, betrayal by friend, woman director

Wild Cherry

2009-02-07

secret, cheerleader, revenge, jock, loss of virginity, dating, high school friends, masturbation, boyfriend, sex comedy, woman director, female sexuality, virginity, senior high school students, high school football

Dressing Up

2013-05-11

The Lather Effect

2006-06-26

independent film, woman director

Me and My Dick

2009-11-12

...ing

2003-11-28

high school student, woman director

Little Bitches

2018-01-23

beer, high school, school party, marijuana, best friend, crazy, high school friends, good cop bad cop

The Souvenir

2019-05-17

england, drug addiction, filmmaker, filmmaking, woman director, 1980s, film school, mother daughter relationship, toxic relationship

Cocoon

2020-08-13

berlin, germany, coming of age, teenager, first love, lgbt, woman director, heatwave, alcoholic mother, summertime, sister sister relationship

Story of a Bad Boy

1999-01-01

high school, in the closet, school play, teacher student relationship, teacher student sex, drama club

Step

2017-07-28

dance, baltimore, high school, female protagonist, high school student, woman director, black girl

Bird

2017-09-09

pet, family relationships, woman director, short

She Remembers, He Forgets

2015-11-05

midlife crisis, flashback, coming of age, high school friends, high school reunion, school life

School Life

2019-08-28

adolescence, high school, school, suburb, teacher student relationship, parisian surburb

Quaranteen

2021-01-09

covid-19, short

Sorority Girl

1957-10-01

jealousy, roommate, college, dormitory, boarding school, bullying, sociopath, revenge, sorority, bully, teenage girl, cruelty, humiliation, college student, college roommate, mother daughter relationship

Molly Maxwell

2013-01-06

private school, photography, music, high school, friends, teacher, teacher student relationship, woman director, hippy, music industry

Travelling

2015-09-15

neighbor, coming of age, teenage girl, woman director, mother daughter relationship, short

All You've Got

2006-05-20

competition, fire, volleyball, mtv, sports, high school, high school sports, woman director

Just Friends

2005-11-23

holiday, success, change, falling in love, hometown, arrogance, weight loss, christmas

IMELDA 3 : SIMONE

2020-10-31

singer, old lady, catholic church, old friend, grandmother

Kung-Fu Master!

1988-03-09

video game, romance, older woman younger man relationship, divorced mother, woman director, mother daughter relationship

Sachein

2005-04-14

young love, college love

La caza de brujas

1967-01-01

male friendship, law and ethics, franco regime (francoism), student movie, coming of age, sexual repression, catholic school, short, political persecution

Jack of the Red Hearts

2016-02-26

autism, con artist, woman director, mother son relationship, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship

Love all ages…

2011-09-30

Sex is No Laughing Matter

2008-01-19

based on novel or book, infidelity, artist, university, teacher student relationship, older woman younger man relationship, woman director, college student

Beyond Dreams

2017-03-17

coming of age, woman director

Peony Birds

1990-04-01

Daughter of Mine

2018-02-22

secret, step mother, conflict, biological mother, woman director, child, mother daughter relationship