The Best Coming of Age Movies and TV Shows on HBO MAX
Finding a good Coming of Age movie and TV show to watch can be hard, so we've ranked the best ones and included where to watch them. Check out our list of the best Coming of Age movies and TV shows of all time streaming on HBO MAX.

1. Euphoria
What it's about: A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
Where to Watch: 9 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX & HBO). 8 episodes (89%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (Google Play, Vudu & YouTube).

2. Steven Universe
What it's about: A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers.
Where to Watch: 154 episodes (88%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX, Hulu & TVision). 83 episodes (47%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

3. We Are Who We Are
What it's about: Two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy explore friendship, first love, identity, and all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager.
Where to Watch: 8 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX & HBO). 8 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $2.99 on 1 service (Vudu).

4. Home Movies
What it's about: TV series about the life of Brendon Small, an eight-year-old visionary who, using his friends Jason and Melissa as actors, have managed to direct over a thousand homemade films. His parents are divorced, but it doesn't feel strange since so many other kids' parents are divorced. His friend Jason actually feels upset because his parents are still together. At school, he is taught soccer by his coach John McGuirk, or as he calls him, "that weird Irish guy".
Where to Watch: 5 episodes (9%) are available to watch free online (Adult Swim). 53 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX, Hoopla & TVision). 5 episodes (9%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Adult Swim). 52 episodes (98%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (Google Play, Prime Video & 2 others).

5. David Makes Man
What it's about: A 14-year-old prodigy's mother relies on him to find a way out of poverty, but he is haunted by the death of his friend; he must choose between the streets that raised him or the higher education that may offer him a way out.
Where to Watch: 10 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX). 10 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (Google Play, Vudu & YouTube).

6. An Education
What it's about: Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX & Sundance Now) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

7. Unpregnant
What it's about: A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX).

8. Girl in Progress
What it's about: As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she's reading for school.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX & HBO) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

9. Transhood
What it's about: Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 – as they redefine “coming of age.” These kids and their families show us the intimate realities of how gender is re-shaping the family next door in a unique and unprecedented chronicle of growing up transgender in the heartland.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX & HBO).

10. Rebel Without a Cause
What it's about: After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX) & rent or buy from $3.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

11. Amarcord
What it's about: In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX, The Criterion Channel & Kanopy) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

12. Real Women Have Curves
What it's about: Freshly graduated from high school, Ana receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. Her very traditional, old-world parents feel that now is the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX & HBO) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 6 services (iTunes, Google Play & 4 others).

13. A Taste of Honey
What it's about: A working class girl struggles to create a life for herself with her gay co-worker after becoming pregnant from a one-night stand with a black sailor.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX, The Criterion Channel & Kanopy) & rent or buy from $2.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

14. Loser Leaves Town
What it's about: Jose, an eleven-year-old luchador, retreats into a fantasy world until it is infiltrated by a tough 12-year-old girl. He uses his vivid imagination to make it through the toughest weekend of his life.
Where to Watch: Available to stream on a popular subscription service (HBO MAX & HBO).