Similar Films

We decided to make a coming of age drama because all the members of our group were fans of that genre, and members of the target audience that they typically aim for (16-24 year old females) which would allow us to understand our target audience really well.

Other Genres we considered were:

• Musical
• Silent film
• Bollywood
• Drama
• Rom com
• Chick flick

COMING OF AGE DRAMAS:

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFR4SgfqAFc&safe=active
• The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
• The Hannah Montana Movie
• How To Be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQBPAmnAlOk&safe=active
• Neds
• An Education
• High School Musical 3
• The Breakfast Club (1986) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI9Duq7-fZo&safe=active
• 17 again
• Juno
• Youth In Revolt
• The Harry Potter Series
• Roman Holiday
• Fame
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Ruby Sparks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4RJYlSgDKM
• Stand By Me (1986)
• Adventureland
• The Social Network
• Remember Me
• Ella Enchanted
• This is England
• Son of Rambow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnVt0tqT7YQ&safe=active
• Almost Famous
• Little Birds
• Slumdog Millionaire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIzbwV7on6Q&safe=active
• The Goonies (1985)
• Post Grad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFR4SgfqAFc&safe=active
• Easy A
• Grease
• Say Anything (1989)
• Dead Poet's Society http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQwVQzs9pHk&safe=active
• Big
• Crossroads
• Footloose
• Albatross http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ewwME9Zf8&safe=active
• Donnie Darko
• Better Off Dead (1985)
• Fish Tank
• Bend It Like Beckham http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsmbObwStSQ&safe=active
• Amelie
• Submarine
• The Sure Thing (1985)
• The Art Of Getting By
• Little Miss Sunshine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWyH_twcMl0
• Heathers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2OPV6iuk2o&safe=active
• Weird Science (1985)
• Starter for 10
• Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbHQMUPwkKk&safe=active
• Broken
• Class (1983)
• Billy Elliot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoiVEyCosEE&safe=active

Lots of other different genre films include element of coming of age as it adds drama and conflict. For example, many fantasy films feature a young protagonist who must become a leader aka come of age. This can be seen in films like Star Wars: A New Hope, Eragon and The Hunger Games.

More research : http://www.top10films.co.uk/archives/208

Films Whose Target Market is 16-24 women:

• Wild Child http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYXF6JESPc
• Mean Girls
• Clueless
• John Tucker Must Die
• Easy A
• Starter For 10
• Chalet Girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Ocy8J0RYM
• She's All That
• Hairspray
• 10 Things I Hate About You
• Twilight
• Pretty In Pink http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-X5ixDLuhM
• Sixteen Candles
• A Walk To Remember
• Chasing Liberty
• The Last Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bmuzr8K5ak
• The Hunger Games
• Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
• The Notebook
• 17 again
• The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKcIG8D8FOY
• Beastly
• Juno
• Grease
• Mirror, Mirror
• Valentine's Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypsuAsVwzqU
• Election
• Footloose
• I Love You, Beth Cooper
• Monte Carlo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQeW5qmvkvI
• Step Up
• Dirty Dancing
• Dear John http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0fq5dd0C60
• A Cinderella Story
• She's The Man
• What A Girl Wants
• Bend It Like Beckham

Most films now have some appeal to girls, and although most films directly appealing to this age group are rom-coms, there is starting to be a shift towards female action heroes, such as Katniss in The Hunger Games, Bella in Twilight, and Cassandra Clare in Mortal Instruments.

Other British Independent Films:

• Faintheart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRUGb7eRBHY&safe=active
• Love Actually
• Kick-Ass
• Angus Things and Perfect Snogging
• Pride and Prejudice
• The Boat That Rocked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnQc3lO4JDs&safe=active
• Never Let Me Go
• We Need To Talk About Kevin
• Kill List
• Sense and Sensibility
• Fright Night
• St Trinians http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW1xuCXABVc
• Albatross
• Withnail & I
• In The Loop
• An Education http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRbp-dd1QvM
• Trance
• Atonement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWPZDi723Eo
• Bright Star http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCMazBZ3bcM&safe=active
• Coriolanus
• Anna Karenina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPGLRO3fZnQ
• Attack The Block
• Hunger
• Gregory's Girl
• Trainspotters
• Nowhere boy
• Run Fatboy Run
• Brighton Rock
• Monsters
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aco15ScXCwA&safe=active
• Shame
• Attack The Block
• Stormbreaker
• Now Is Good
• Made In Dagenham
• Four Lions
• Neds
• Tamara Drewe
• Tyrannosaur http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxj1kdqe6g&safe=active
• Fish Tank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7BFZqQ4ruA&safe=active

More Research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Independent_Film_Award