About love, friends, and freedom: 7 memorable movies about growing up

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"Stand by Me"

Criminal, drama | 4.33 out of 5 on MyShows | 1986

A soulful and nostalgic movie based on Stephen King's "The Body". The movie is set in the hot summer of 1959 in Castle Rock, Oregon. 12-year-old Gordie and three of his friends learn about the reward, which is promised to the one who finds the body of a missing boy who disappeared a few days ago. The boys head into the woods to search and along the way learn a lot about friendship and themselves.

"'I never had the kind of friends I had when I was 12 years old.'" The ending of the movie brought me to tears. It's always like that. Unfortunately friends are lost after middle school. Everyone gets new ones, but not everyone remembers the old ones, with whom they always spent time, got into different situations, which are remembered to this day with a sad smile on their face. And only with time you realize that something time was the best in your life. A time that can't be taken back", — SoOGooD.

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"mid90s"

Drama, comedy | 4.1 out of 5 on MyShows | 2018

13-year-old Stevie lives in Los Angeles with his mother Dabney and older brother Ian. He doesn't like it at home: his relationship with his family leaves a lot to be desired, and he doesn't get much notice at school. But Stevie's life changes when he starts hanging out with a group of local skateboarders.

Jonah Hill's directorial debut is about his childhood in Los Angeles in the 90s and the first trials of growing up. Critics rather liked the film: despite some rough edges, "mid90s" is a beautiful, funny, and cozy movie that is not a shame to spend an evening on.

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"Lady Bird"

Drama, comedy | 3.71 out of 5 on MyShows | 2017

Greta Gerwig's ("Barbie", "Little Women") directorial debut tells the story of Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson, a Catholic high school student who wants to leave Sacramento and go to college as far away from home as possible. She dreams of adventure and new experiences, but it costs money, which her not-so-wealthy family has absolutely none.

"One of my all-time favorite movies, I can rewatch it 15 times a year and not get tired of it", — adeline666.

"The movie is good, kind and vital", — iolaus.

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"The 400 Blows" / Les Quatre Cents Coups

Drama | 4.07 out of 5 on MyShows | 1959

Fourteen-year-old Antoine Doinel has a complicated life: he's constantly being picked on by his teachers, and at home he has aloof, quarrelsome parents and a small couch tucked away in the kitchen. Antoine begins to skip school more and more often, and when his parents find out about it — runs away from home.

"The 400 Blows" — the debut of François Truffaut and one of the defining films of the French New Wave. The picture won numerous awards, including the Cannes Film Festival's Best Director prize, and still regularly appears on lists of the best films in cinema history.

"My all-time favorite movie! For all time", — ruzannazrbn.

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"Sasha's Country"

Drama | 3.65 out of 5 on MyShows | 2022

17-year-old Sasha is a withdrawn introvert who is afraid of relationships and doesn't know what he wants to do in the future. Sasha is convinced that his father, who abandoned his son as a child, is to blame for his indecisiveness. But when Sasha meets an unusual girl Zhenya, and his father unexpectedly returns to his life, the young man has no choice but to grow up.

Yuliya Trofimova's movie starring Mark Eydelshteyn and Maria Matsel. The film premiered at the International Berlin Film Festival, where it was part of the Generation program dedicated to children and youth.

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"The Sandlot"

Comedy | 5 out of 5 on MyShows | 1993

In the summer of 1962, Scotty Smalls moves into a new neighborhood with his mother and stepfather. He has no friends at all, until one day he meets Benny Rodriguez, the best baseball player in town. He takes Scotty under his wing, and soon he becomes part of the company of Benny's friends, together with whom he constantly gets into various troubles.

"A touching story about little kids who become friends and play baseball. I really enjoyed it and the voiceover narration is just magical. At the end, honestly, there was such a lump in my throat, I almost wept. Surprised by the movie. The movie is about true friendship, kindness, about the relationship between the guys, that grain of effulgence, which is lacking now young people", — fb1313417.

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"The Way, Way Back"

Comedy, drama | 4 out of 5 on MyShows | 2013

14-year-old Duncan is spending the summer in a town by the sea with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend Trent, and his 17-year-old daughter Steph. To avoid sitting on the beach with them all day, Duncan sets out to explore the town and meets Owen, an employee at the local water park. Although Duncan usually has a hard time making friends, he quickly gets along with Owen and takes a job at the water park, not realizing that this job will change not only his vacations, but his whole life.

A warm and sentimental comedy starring Liam James, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, and Toni Collette. Directed and written by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash — screenwriters of the movie "The Descendants", for work on which they received an Oscar. But fans of TV series Rash is known in another role: he played Dean Craig Pelton in "Community".

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