Coming of Age
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The Fabelmans (2022)
Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen. Critics Consensus: Part memoir, part ode to the power of the movies, The Fabelmans finds Steven Spielberg digging at the family roots that...
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The Graduate (1967)
Directed by Mike Nichols, starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross. Critics Consensus: The music, the performances, the precision in capturing the post-college malaise -- The Graduate's coming-of-age story...
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Finding Forrester (2000)
Directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham. Critics Consensus: Despite the predictability of its plot and its similarity to Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester has an honest, solid...
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Good Will Hunting (1997)
Directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck. Critics Consensus: It follows a predictable narrative arc, but Good Will Hunting adds enough quirks to the journey -- and is loaded with...
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The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Directed by David Frankel, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt. Critics Consensus: A rare film that surpasses the quality of its source novel, this Devil is a witty expose of New York's fashion scene,...
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Billy Elliot (2000)
Directed by Stephen Daldry, starring Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters. Critics Consensus: Billy Elliot is a charming movie that can evoke both laughter and tears.
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War Horse (2011)
Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson. Critics Consensus: Technically superb, proudly sentimental, and unabashedly old-fashioned, War Horse is an emotional drama that tugs the...
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About Time (2013)
Directed by Richard Curtis, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy. Critics Consensus: Beautifully filmed and unabashedly sincere, About Time finds director Richard Curtis at his most sentimental.
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Dead Poets Society (1989)
Directed by Peter Weir, starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke. Critics Consensus: Affecting performances from the young cast and a genuinely inspirational turn from Robin Williams grant Peter Weir's...
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American Beauty (1999)
Directed by Sam Mendes, starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch. Critics Consensus: Flawlessly cast and brimming with dark, acid wit, American Beauty is a smart, provocative high point of late '90s...
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The Tree of Life (2011)
Directed by Terrence Malick, starring Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken. Critics Consensus: Terrence Malick's singularly deliberate style may prove unrewarding for some, but for patient viewers, Tree of Life is...
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Back to the Future (1985)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover. Critics Consensus: Inventive, funny, and breathlessly constructed, Back to the Future is a rousing time-travel adventure with an...
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Almost Famous (2000)
Directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson. Critics Consensus: Almost Famous, with its great ensemble performances and story, is a well-crafted, warm-hearted movie that successfully...