#recommendations (coming of age)

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eternal matrix
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hey does anyone know any films similar to perks of being a wallflower or a silent voice? basically a coming of age film that handles both mental health of teens and has a touch of romance

drowsy panther
# eternal matrix hey does anyone know any films similar to perks of being a wallflower or a silen...

https://letterboxd.com/film/my-own-private-idaho/

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventuall...

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https://letterboxd.com/film/boy-2010/

Boy (2010)

Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.

crude stone
# eternal matrix hey does anyone know any films similar to perks of being a wallflower or a silen...

https://letterboxd.com/film/david-and-lisa-1962/

David and Lisa (1962)

Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people, but David remains withdrawn from the other patients and his psychiatrist. Over time, however, David grows interested in 15-year-o...

hallow root
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https://letterboxd.com/film/snack-shack/

Snack Shack (2024)

Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, and friendship, at risk.

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