Here we've displayed a list of the best Youth films : Song of the Sea(2014), Stand by Me(1986), Rhythm Is It!(2004), Masculine-Feminine(1966), The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945), Easy Riders, Raging Bulls(2003), The Imposter(2012), Babylon(1980), The Railway Children(1970), Four Lions(2009), Honey Boy(2019), Mad Hot Ballroom(2005) ... ...
Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Ireland|Denmark|Belgium|Luxembourg|France|Japan|USA
2014
94 Minutes
Lucy O'Connell
sister selkie boy heartwarming home lighthouse youth journey fairies love
Ben, a young Irish boy, and his little sister Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1986
89 Minutes
Wil Wheaton River Phoenix Corey Feldman Jerry O'Connell Kiefer Sutherland Casey Siemaszko John Cusack Gary Riley
boy brother writer father friend bully brooding endearing oregon woods swamp junkyard youth expedition family dysfunction male bonding coming of age growing up discovery rivalry
After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
Documentary, Music
Germany
2004
100 Minutes
Simon Rattle Royston Maldoom Berliner Philharmoniker
dancer choreographer major inspiring fascinating ballet berlin classical music youth dance transformation 20th century
RHYTHM IS IT! records the first big educational project of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle. The orchestra ventured out of the ivory tower of high culture into ... See full summary »
Romance
France|Sweden
1966
103 Minutes
Chantal Goya Jean-Pierre Léaud Marlène Jobert Michel Debord Catherine-Isabelle Duport Evabritt Strandberg
aspiring writer singer roommate researcher beauty queen cool hedonistic offbeat creative france paris youth society idealism affair materialism pop music discovery growing up 1960s
A romance between young Parisians, shown through a series of vignettes.
Horror
USA
1945
110 Minutes
George Sanders Hurd Hatfield Angela Lansbury Donna Reed Lowell Gilmore Peter Lawford Richard Fraser Lydia Bilbrook Morton Lowry Douglas Walton Mary Forbes
wealthy man painter lord enemy lover creepy disturbing sad london tavern parlor theater street attic youth beauty blackmail morality vanity suicide
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Documentary
UK|Canada
2003
119 Minutes
filmmaker film critic film studio executive film editor actor actress confident cool fascinating engaging hollywood, calif. studio new york city film set hollywood cinema history counterculture youth influence changing times
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
Documentary
UK|USA
2012
95 Minutes
Adam O'Brian Anna Ruben Cathy Dresbach Alan Teichman Ivan Villanueva Maria Jesus Hoyos Anton Marti Amparo Fontanet Ken Appledorn
con artist family son suspenseful texas spain youth grief filmmaker mystery
A documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years.
Drama
UK|Italy
1980
95 Minutes
Brinsley Forde Karl Howman Trevor Laird Brian Bovell Victor Romero Archie Pool Mel Smith Beverly Michaels Maggie Steed Bill Moody Stefan Kalipha
dj mc friend girlfriend neighbor cool disheartening emotional engaging gritty melancholy moving offbeat profound raw spirited uneasy london united kingdom black culture
The movie centres around Brindsley Forde's character Blue. He fronts a reggae sound system based in West London. The film captures the trials and tribulations of young black youths in troubled London in the early eighties.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1970
102 Minutes
Dinah Sheridan Bernard Cribbins Jenny Agutter William Mervyn Iain Cuthbertson Gary Warren Sally Thomsett
government official wife son daughter sister gentleman endearing winsome tender positive yorkshire, england family home train station false accusations class distinctions youth railroad imagination triumph over adversity rescue
After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.
Comedy, Drama
UK|France
2009
102 Minutes
Riz Ahmed Arsher Ali Nigel Lindsay Kayvan Novak Adeel Akhtar Benedict Cumberbatch Julia Davis Alex MacQueen Craig Parkinson Preeya Kalidas
terrorist friend muslim suicide bomber outlandish engaging amusing sheffield, england pakistan london terrorism youth friendship accidental death disguise ineptitude escape transformation underdog sacrifice
Four incompetent British terrorists set out to train for and commit an act of terror.
Drama
USA
2019
93 Minutes
Shia LaBeouf Lucas Hedges Noah Jupe Byron Bowers Laura San Giacomo FKA Twigs Natasha Lyonne Maika Monroe Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Martin Starr
child actor father therapist family confident dark emotional engaging gritty intense melancholy moving powerful profound raw uneasy united states hollywood dysfunctional family dysfunctional relationship
A young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.
Documentary
USA
2005
115 Minutes
student dancer teacher judge emcee charming heartwarming inspiring new york city school dance floor dance studio ballroom dancing class distinctions education coming of age youth teamwork growing up rise
The students of several New York City elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a city wide dance competition.
Romance, Drama
Germany|Ireland
2011
96 Minutes
Andy Serkis Thomas Brodie-Sangster Aisling Loftus Michael McElhatton Sharon Horgan Jessica Schwarz Jane Brennan Emma Eliza Regan Ronan Raftery
boy patient emotional fantasy world youth drawing cartoons growing up
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Musical, Romance, Gay & Lesbian
France
2007
95 Minutes
Louis Garrel Ludivine Sagnier Chiara Mastroianni Clotilde Hesme Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Brigitte Roüan Alice Butaud Jean-Marie Winling Yannick Renier Annabelle Hettmann Sylvain Tempier
young man young woman sister musician woman singer creative tender passionate sad paris love triangle bisexuality death music youth memory love transformation temptation
Ismael and Julie enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1982
110 Minutes
Steve Guttenberg Mickey Rourke Kevin Bacon Tim Daly Ellen Barkin Paul Reiser Kathryn Dowling Michael Tucker Jessica James Colette Blonigan Kelle Kipp
college graduate groom music lover womanizer emotional amusing diner baltimore maturing marriage love friendship youth transformation discovery 1950s
A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.
Comedy
Czechoslovakia
1968
75 Minutes
Rudolf Hrusínský Mila Myslikova
retiree major priest wife circus performer assistant amusing heartwarming resort czechoslovakia middle age retirement memory youth traveling performers vacation discovery 1900s
Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1994
112 Minutes
Alfre Woodard Delroy Lindo David Patrick Kelly Zelda Harris Carlton Williams Sharif Rashed Tse-Mach Washington Christopher Knowings Jose Zuniga Isaiah Washington Ivelka Reyes
young girl brother teacher father mother musician emotional moving brooklyn, n.y. apartment american south country house coming of age family youth growing up love transformation 1970s
Spike Lee's vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school teacher, her stubborn jazz musician husband and their five kids living in Brooklyn in 1973.
War, Drama
Hungary|Germany|Austria|France
2013
110 Minutes
László Gyémánt András Gyémánt Piroska Molnár Ulrich Thomsen Ulrich Matthes Sabin Tambrea Gyöngyvér Bognár Orsolya Tóth
nazi grandmother child twin tense frightening hungary nazi germany country house darkness risk youth good vs. evil horrors of war oppression 1940s
Twin siblings enduring the harshness of WWII in a village on the Hungarian border hedge their survival on studying and learning from the evil surrounding them.
Comedy
USA
1952
97 Minutes
Cary Grant Ginger Rogers Marilyn Monroe Charles Coburn Hugh Marlowe Henri Letondal Robert Cornthwaite Larry Keating Douglas Spencer Esther Dale Joseph Mell
chemist secretary businessman chimpanzee wife wild amusing madcap playful laboratory car skating rink office youth science medical experiments confusion immortality transformation temptation
A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.
Documentary
USA
2008
105 Minutes
director gang member emotional fascinating disheartening street los angeles violence gangs youth racism transformation discovery
With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.
Comedy
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Will Brittain Zoey Deutch Ryan Guzman Tyler Hoechlin Blake Jenner J. Quinton Johnson Glen Powell Wyatt Russell Austin Amelio Temple Baker Tanner Kalina
student baseball player romantic interest roommate teammate baseball coach lighthearted playful hilarious positive amusing quirky texas campus party house parking lot baseball field friendship youth
In 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1993
95 Minutes
Bette Midler Sarah Jessica Parker Kathy Najimy Omri Katz Thora Birch Vinessa Shaw Sean Murray Larry Bagby III Tobias Jelinek Stephanie Faracy Charles Rocket
witch boy sister girlfriend cat hilarious frenetic quirky cottage salem, mass. family home woods graveyard dance hall youth superstition halloween witchcraft curse quest
A curious youngster moves to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.
Crime, Drama
Germany|USA
2006
118 Minutes
Bruce Willis Emile Hirsch Justin Timberlake Ben Foster Shawn Hatosy Chris Marquette Anton Yelchin Harry Dean Stanton Dominique Swain Vincent Kartheiser Sharon Stone
drug dealer brother drug addict friend best friend disturbing engaging shocking california drug addiction unusual friendship youth fraternity kidnapping escape discovery 2000s
Johnny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach, then assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder. They develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control.
Documentary
South Africa|Germany
2014
85 Minutes
nelson mandela interviewee fascinating inspiring interview legacy myth youth transformation
Khalo Matabane asks global thinkers, Apartheid-victims and Mandela's entourage to classify Nelson Mandela's achievements, thereby providing a multifaceted approach to his myth.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
France
2008
128 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Romain Duris Fabrice Luchini Albert Dupontel François Cluzet Karin Viard Gilles Lellouche Mélanie Laurent Zinedine Soualem
dancer sick person mother social worker professor student charming amusing tender paris africa bakery apartment office market romance work vs. family youth depression struggle
A ex-dancer has a heart problem and even with a transplant, he may still only have a few months to live. Time's spent looking at people/life in Paris from his balcony. His single mom sister moves in with her 3 kids to look after him.
Documentary
UK
2008
100 Minutes
spirit performers teenager engaging festival music competition contest children youth rivalry 20th century
A documentary about the junior version of the annual Eurovision song festival.
Comedy
UK
1979
92 Minutes
Robert Buchanan John Hughes William Greenlees Douglas Sannachan Allan Love Danny Benson Eddie Burt Tom Mannion Gordon John Sinclair
teen boy guard driver doctor depressed person friend hilarious dark quirky glasgow, scotland train station park heist unemployment friendship youth poverty depression adventure quest
Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
France|Luxembourg|UK
2006
105 Minutes
scientist police officer sister mobster brother eerie bleak suspenseful prison paris kidnapping virus cure corporate greed immortality youth pursuit rescue mystery 2050s
In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Casting a shadow over everything is the city's largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export, youth and beauty. In this world of stark contrasts and rigid laws, the populace is kept in line and accounted for.
Drama
UK|Germany|Ireland
1996
101 Minutes
Schuyler Fisk John Cleere Stephen McHattie Joel Grey Stanley Townsend Pauline McLynn Eoin Hughes Stuart Dannell Foran Mark Hannigan Katie Carroll Katy Davis
boy american girl emotional well circus youth friendship courage growing up
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 »
Musical
USA
1938
70 Minutes
Shirley Temple Joan Davis Charles Farrell Amanda Duff Bill Robinson Bert Lahr Franklin Pangborn Cora Witherspoon Claude Gillingwater Bennie Bartlett Hal K. Dawson
young girl tycoon father chauffeur janitor airy charming positive melodramatic hotel basement great depression youth optimism dance father/daughter relationship underdog rise 1930s
Shirley helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with bill "Bojangles" robinson. Based on paul gerard smith's book, "Lucky penny".