THEME EXPLORATION

childhood vs adulthood

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Young Thugs: Nostalgia
Young Thugs: Nostalgia
1998 · Takashi Miike
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hayao Miyazaki Japan

His films like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle depict characters navigating the loss of innocence and the burden of growing up through fantastical coming-of-age journeys.

 Richard Linklater United States

His Before trilogy and Boyhood intimately chronicle how relationships, perspective, and identity transform across different life stages from youth to adulthood.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His meditative films like A Time to Live and a Time to Die and Café Lumière explore memory, nostalgia, and the melancholic passage from childhood innocence to adult responsibility.