The Best PG Coming Of Age Movies

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List of PG coming of age movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best PG coming of age movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest PG coming of age movie of all time is. This list of popular PG coming of age movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top PG coming of age movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great PG coming of age films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific PG coming of age film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.

Dead Poets Society and The Karate Kid are included in this list.

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Dead Poets Society
Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke
Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film written by Tom Schulman, directed by Peter... more
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Footloose
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kevin Bacon
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Sixteen Candles
John Cusack, Molly Ringwald
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The Karate Kid
Elisabeth Shue, Ralph Macchio
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American Graffiti
Harrison Ford, Ron Howard
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The Outsiders
Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage
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The Breakfast Club
Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald
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Back to the Future
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
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Stand and Deliver
Andy Garcia, Edward James Olmos
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Empire of the Sun
Christian Bale, Ben Stiller
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The Sound of Music
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
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Big Wednesday
Gary Busey, Jan-Michael Vincent
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A River Runs Through It
Brad Pitt, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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October Sky
Jake Gyllenhaal, Laura Dern
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My Girl 2
Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
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A Little Romance
Diane Lane, Laurence Olivier
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My Dog Skip
Diane Lane, Kevin Bacon
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The Baby-Sitters Club
Rachael Leigh Cook, Ellen Burstyn
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The Paper Chase
Lindsay Wagner, Edward Herrmann
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Blake Lively, America Ferrera
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The Secret Garden
Colin Firth, Derek Jacobi
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Holes
Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver
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Teen Wolf
Michael J. Fox, Doug Savant
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Secondhand Lions
Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment
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Gregory's Girl
Clare Grogan, John Gordon Sinclair
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