List of coming-of-age stories


Coming-of-age stories focus on the growth of a protagonist from childhood to adulthood, although "coming of age" is a genre for a variety of media, including literature, theatre, film, television and video games.

In theatre

West Side Story Oliver! Miss Saigon Once on This Island Billy Elliot the Musical Spring Awakening Hadestown 4000 Miles Choir Boy Dear Evan Hansen Everybody's Talking About Jamie Mean Girls The Prom & Juliet Almost Famous The Outsiders How to Dance in Ohio

In manga and anime

A large portion of the manga industry is dedicated to teenagers, such as Weekly Shōnen Jump and Weekly Shōnen Magazine and, therefore, a majority of said manga contains some aspects of the protagonist's growth. Coming-of-age stories are called Shujinkō-Seichōkei, meaning "protagonist's growth type".

Manga

Dragon Ball Initial D Hunter × Hunter Beck Naruto Honey and Clover Fullmetal Alchemist Natsume's Book of Friends Vinland Saga Solanin Goodnight Punpun O Maidens in Your Savage Season Strobe Edge March Comes In like a Lion The Flowers of Evil Ao Haru Ride Silver Spoon (manga) Assassination Classroom Haikyu!! Mob Psycho 100 A Silent Voice My Hero Academia Love Me, Love Me Not Komi Can't Communicate Blue Period

Anime

Neon Genesis Evangelion The End of Evangelion Kiki's Delivery Service FLCL Spirited Away Eureka Seven The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 5 Centimeters per Second Gurren Lagann Anohana From Up on Poppy Hill Little Witch Academia Kill la Kill Suzume

In film

In film, coming-of-age is a genre of teen films. Films in this subgenre include:
Films featuring protagonists in particular age groups, such as pre-teens, are:Melody Pretty Baby E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial My Girl The Sandlot Léon: The Professional Crooklyn Now and Then The White Balloon Matilda Ponette Pan's Labyrinth Beasts of the Southern Wild Mud The Florida Project Jojo Rabbit C'mon C'mon Armageddon Time The Fabelmans 28 Years Later
or post-high school and college students, in films such as:Love Story Young People Carrie Animal House Porky's With Honors Kicking and Screaming Good Will Hunting Can't Hardly Wait American Pie Ghost World Legally Blonde
or people aged around 20 years old who do not go to college, such as:Brooklyn Sweet 20
or in the case of unique coming-of-age stories centered on post-college aged individuals, such as:All Quiet on the Western Front It's a Wonderful Life The Seven Year Itch The Graduate Charly Taxi Driver An Officer and a Gentleman St. Elmo's Fire What's Eating Gilbert Grape Forrest Gump Never Been Kissed Old School The 40-Year-Old Virgin Frances Ha Wild The Worst Person in the World All Quiet on the Western Front The End We Start From

In television

Coming-of-age television series include:

In video games

A Plague Tale: Innocence Beyond: Two Souls Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Celeste Child of Light Dragon Quest XI EarthBound Firewatch God of War Hades Horizon Zero Dawn Kingdom Hearts The Last of Us The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Life Is Strange Lil Gator Game Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales