{"id":13102,"date":"2008-09-17T12:57:43","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T12:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=658"},"modified":"2021-07-30T21:08:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T21:08:54","slug":"coming-of-age-films-power-of-idealism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/coming-of-age-films-power-of-idealism\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming of Age Films and Power of Idealism"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"400blows

They offer a broad diverse but incredibly consistent view of the struggles, values at stake and conflicts involved in growing-up and defining one’s self as an individual.\u00a0 Get out your Netfilx list!\u00a0 Drop me a line if I’ve missed one of your favorites.<\/p>\n

▪\u00a0 The 400 Blows
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8 Mile
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Almost Famous
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Amarcord
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 American Graffiti
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Angus
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Au revoir, les enfants
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Basketball Diaries
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bend It Like Beckham
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boyz n the Hood
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Breakfast Club
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Breaking Away
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Chosen
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinema Paradiso
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dead Poets Society
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dear Frankie
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Diner
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dirty Dancing
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Donnie Darko
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Driving Lessons
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 East of Eden
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Educating Rita
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Endless Love
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Footloose
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Giant
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Girl, Interrupted
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Graduate
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Juno
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Karate Kid
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Labyrinth
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Last Picture Show
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Lion King
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Little Romance
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Little Women (1949 film)
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Lost Boys
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Love & Basketball
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My Brilliant Career
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My Girl
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Old Yeller (1957 film)
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Outsiders
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pretty in Pink
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Real Women Have Curves
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reality Bites
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rebel Without a Cause
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A River Runs Through It
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Say Anything…
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sixteen Candles
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sounder
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Splendor in the Grass
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St. Elmo’s Fire
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stand by Me
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Summer of ’42
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Walk to Remember
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whale Rider
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Wild Ones
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 White Oleander
\n▪\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Y tu mam\u00e1 tambi\u00e9n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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