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
Released: 1989
Directed by: Peter Weir
Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film written by Tom Schulman, directed by Peter... more on Wikipedia
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Footloose
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kevin Bacon
Released: 1984
Directed by: Herbert Ross
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Sixteen Candles
John Cusack, Molly Ringwald
Released: 1984
Directed by: John Hughes
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The Karate Kid
Elisabeth Shue, Ralph Macchio
Released: 1984
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
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American Graffiti
Harrison Ford, Ron Howard
Released: 1973
Directed by: George Lucas
American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming of age comedy-drama film directed and co-written... more on Wikipedia
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The Outsiders
Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage
Released: 1983
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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The Breakfast Club
Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald
Released: 1985
Directed by: John Hughes
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Back to the Future
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
Released: 1985
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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Stand and Deliver
Andy Garcia, Edward James Olmos
Released: 1988
Directed by: Ramón Menéndez
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Empire of the Sun
Christian Bale, Ben Stiller
Released: 1987
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
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The Sound of Music
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
Released: 1965
Directed by: Robert Wise
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Big Wednesday
Gary Busey, Jan-Michael Vincent
Released: 1978
Directed by: John Milius
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A River Runs Through It
Brad Pitt, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Released: 1992
Directed by: Robert Redford
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October Sky
Jake Gyllenhaal, Laura Dern
Released: 1999
Directed by: Joe Johnston
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My Girl 2
Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
Released: 1994
Directed by: Howard Zieff
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A Little Romance
Diane Lane, Laurence Olivier
Released: 1979
Directed by: George Roy Hill
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My Dog Skip
Diane Lane, Kevin Bacon
Released: 2000
Directed by: Jay Russell
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The Baby-Sitters Club
Rachael Leigh Cook, Ellen Burstyn
Released: 1995
Directed by: Melanie Mayron
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The Paper Chase
Lindsay Wagner, Edward Herrmann
Released: 1973
Directed by: James Bridges
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Blake Lively, America Ferrera
Released: 2005
Directed by: Ken Kwapis
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The Secret Garden
Colin Firth, Derek Jacobi
Released: 1987
Directed by: Alan Grint
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Holes
Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver
Released: 2003
Directed by: Andrew Davis
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Teen Wolf
Michael J. Fox, Doug Savant
Released: 1985
Directed by: Rod Daniel
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Secondhand Lions
Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment
Released: 2003
Directed by: Tim McCanlies
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Gregory's Girl
Clare Grogan, John Gordon Sinclair
Released: 1981
Directed by: Bill Forsyth
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