<p>3 idiots!!! Movie about college/Great movie!!!</p>
<p>Pizzagirl, of the ones that have been mentioned, the ones I know about that I would consider “coming of age” movies are the following:</p>
<p>Ferris Bueller
Breakfast Club
Sixteen Candles
Pretty in Pink
Almost Famous
October Sky
Risky Business
Stand by Me
American Graffiti
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Graduate
Animal House
Big
Rebel Without a Cause
Dirty Dancing</p>
<p>I would also add: Breaking Away, Footloose, Say Anything, Karate Kid.</p>
<p>^You can add Reality Bites to that list, which is the Coming of Age movie for Gen. X-ers</p>
<p>St. Elmo’s Fire is post college angst.
Four Weddings and a Funeral</p>
<p>All of the movies mentioned are good, but few high school age kids would watch any of them…they’re so past century!</p>
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<p>Some of the growing-up movies listed here are terrific, but they’re also dated. I noticed with my own kids that when they watched movies made (and set) in previous decades, they tended to focus on the differences in clothing/technology/lifestyle between the movie and their own lives, often to the exclusion of the rest of what was going on in the movie.</p>
<p>The Blind Side
Without Limits
The Sterile Cuckoo
Rudy
A Beautiful Mind</p>
<p>I’d add some of the old-school Sean Connery as James Bond movies. From Russia with Love is one of my favorites.</p>
<p>How to Steal a Million is also a fun, old-school film, starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O’Toole.</p>
<p>My 19-year-old daughter and all her friends watched most of the movies in post #122 including St. Elmo’s Fire and The Outsiders starting in 7th grade. With the kids around here, I noticed they loved the ‘80s movies.</p>
<p>You can throw in The Last American Virgin if you are interested in ‘coming of age movies.’ Loved the soundtrack. Interesting ending too.</p>
<p>These are great suggestions. S will be watching lots of movies this winter when he is co-oping and has no homework. :)</p>
<p>We just saw “Sneakers” Sat. night. Even though it was made in 1992, the technology still looks hi-tech (not lame), and with Robert Redford, Dan Ackroyd, Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, it’s a fun movie.</p>
<p>Edit: And Ben Kingsley!</p>
<p>Marian–isn’t it the truth? Besides the big 80s hair, I don’t notice the differences in clothing so much because I remember wearing all that stuff. And it was FASHIONABLE. But kids notice if something is only 5 years out of date, let along decades. Ouch. :D</p>
<p>Someone mentioned Shakespeare movies: this one came immediately to mind: Zeffirrilli’s Romeo and Juliet [Romeo</a> and Juliet (1968 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_(1968_film)]Romeo”>Romeo and Juliet (1968 film) - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>as did Ten Things I Hate About You (based on Taming of the Shrew)
[10</a> Things I Hate About You - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Things_I_Hate_About_You]10”>10 Things I Hate About You - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>I’m 18 and am interested in film and you still can’t get me to watch something like Casablanca. There’s a point where it’s just too old for me to watch it.</p>
<p>Most boys would not see these movies. They are girl’s movies. I know that it is no politically correct to say. We are equal sexes. Sorry, I strongly disagree with this one. I have raised a S. and a D. I have a GrandS. and a GrandD. (in HS). Frankly, neither of these 4 will watch any of the suggested movies. I can hear easily my GrandS’ comment about these movies being for girls, I have absolutely no doubt about it. Why - too old, outdated.
These are MY favoirte movies, I am very very close to retirement and I am female. My H. would not watch these with me, not for 5 min., he is falling asleep, just like I fall asleep after 2 min. of some action movie, yes, we are equal genders, I suppose…???</p>
<p>^I think some of the movies would appeal to boys:</p>
<p>October Sky, Stand by Me, Footloose, Breaking Away, Karate Kid…probably others also.</p>
<p>A smart guy knows that there are benefits to watching the occasional chick flick. ;)</p>
<p>Don’t worry CSHIS. I’m over 40 and I still haven’t watched Casablanca yet. It’s not that I don’t want to. It’s just that there are a number of current movies that I still have to watch. I’ve been saying the same thing for the past decades and I don’t know why it just keeps going down on my watch list.</p>
<p>“A smart guy knows that there are benefits to watching the occasional chick flick.”
- I do not know any smart guys then.</p>
<p>Kids today are more interested in watching viral videos than iconic movies. It’s a digital age today. Films?</p>
<p>My Cousin Vinny</p>