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The Best R-Rated Coming Of Age Movies
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Here is a list of R-rated coming of age movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-rated coming of age movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest R-rated coming of age movie of all time is. This list of popular R-rated 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 R-rated 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 R-rated coming of age films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-rated coming of age film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.
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- 1Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Rob Reiner
After learning that a stranger has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie Lachance (Wil Wheaton), Vern Tessio (Jerry ...more 
2Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson- Released: 1985
- Directed by: John Hughes
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal (Paul Gleason). The disparate group includes rebel John (Judd Nelson), princess ...more![Fast Times at Ridgemont High]()
3Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold- Released: 1982
- Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is a pretty, but inexperienced, teen interested in dating. Given advice by her uninhibited friend, Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates), Stacy gets trapped in a love ...more![Porky's]()
4Dan Monahan, Chuck Mitchell, Alex Karras- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Bob Clark
High school friends Pee Wee (Dan Monahan), Tommy (Wyatt Knight), Billy (Mark Herrier) and Mickey (Roger Wilson) want to lose their virginity. But when they're kicked out of a strip club after the ...more![American History X]()
5Ed Norton, Edward Furlong, Fairuza Balk- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Tony Kaye
Living a life marked by violence and racism, neo-Nazi Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) finally goes to prison after killing two black youths who tried to steal his car. Upon his release, Derek vows to ...more![A Bronx Tale]()
6Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Robert De Niro
As he grows into a teenager on the streets of the Bronx in the socially turbulent 1960s, Calogero (Lillo Brancato) gets taken under the wing of neighborhood mobster Sonny (Chazz Palminteri). Sonny ...more![Almost Famous]()
7Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Set in 1973, it chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old William, an unabashed music fan who is inspired by the seminal bands of the time. When his love of music lands him ...more- 8Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck
- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Will Hunting (Matt Damon) has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau ...more ![Thirteen]()
9Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Honor student Tracy Freeland (Evan Rachel Wood) has a troubling home life, but she is close to her mother, Melanie (Holly Hunter). While trying to conceal her inner turmoil by excelling academically, ...more- 10Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Teenage brothers Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) move with their mother (Dianne Wiest) to a small town in northern California. While the younger Sam meets a pair of kindred spirits in ...more ![The Virgin Suicides]()
11James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Sofia Coppola
In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood ...more![Boyz n the Hood]()
12Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding- Released: 1991
- Directed by: John Singleton
Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is sent to live with his father, Furious Styles (Larry Fishburne), in tough South Central Los Angeles. Although his hard-nosed father instills proper values and respect in him, ...more![Girl, Interrupted]()
13Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea Duvall- Released: 1999
- Directed by: James Mangold
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, "Girl, Interrupted" is the searing true story of Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder), a young woman who finds herself at a renowned mental institution for ...more![Saturday Night Fever]()
14John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller- Released: 1977
- Directed by: John Badham
Tony Manero (John Travolta) doesn't have much going for him during the weekdays. He still lives at home and works as a paint store clerk in his Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood. But he lives for the ...more![Heavenly Creatures]()
15Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Peter Jackson
Wealthy and precocious teenager Juliet (Kate Winslet) transfers from England to Christchurch, New Zealand, with her family, and forms a bond with the quiet, brooding Pauline (Melanie Lynskey) through ...more- 16Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern
- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Seven-year-old cousins Emmeline (Elva Josephson) and Richard (Glenn Kohan) survive a shipwreck and find themselves marooned on a beautiful island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Under the tutelage of ...more ![Ghost World]()
17Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Terry Zwigoff
The story of neo-cool Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) who, faced with graduation from high school, take a hard look at the world they wryly observe and decide what they really ...more![The Basketball Diaries]()
18Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruno Kirby, Lorraine Bracco- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Scott Kalvert
Jim Carroll (Leonardo DiCaprio) is consumed by his life as a high school basketball star. Pressured by a wicked coach (Bruno Kirby) and a concerned mother (Lorraine Bracco), Jim develops an appetite ...more![Y Tu Mamá También]()
19Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Maribel Verdú- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Y Tu Mamá También is a 2002 Mexican drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and co-written by Cuarón and his brother Carlos. The film tells a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys who take a road ...more![Sleepers]()
20Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Barry Levinson
Four teenage friends from Hell's Kitchen end up being sent to reform school after almost killing a man. There they are brutalized by the guards. John (Ron Eldard) and Tommy (Billy Crudup) grow up to ...more![Wonder Boys]()
21Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his award winning "Great American Novel" 7 years ago. This weekend proves even ...more![The Last Picture Show]()
22Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd- Released: 1971
- Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (Jeff Bridges), live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating local beauty, Jacy (Cybill Shepherd), while Sonny is ...more![Diner]()
23Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon- Released: 1982
- Directed by: Barry Levinson
Billy (Timothy Daly) returns home to Baltimore to serve as the best man at his upcoming wedding of his childhood buddy Eddie (Steve Guttenberg). In the meantime, he and Eddie get together with their ...more![Adventureland]()
24Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Greg Mottola
It's the summer of 1987, and recent college grad James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) can't wait to begin his long-anticipated dream trip to Europe. Unfortunately, James' plans come to a screeching halt ...more![Billy Elliot]()
25Julie Walters, Jamie Bell, Jamie Draven- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Stephen Daldry
The life of 11-year-old Billy Elliot, a coal miner's son in Northern England, is forever changed one day when he stumbles upon a ballet class during his weekly boxing lesson. Before long, he finds ...more
