Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 21:26     Subject: Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
Indian Summer
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 12:10     Subject: Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (it's told from a boy's POV but it's really about a girl)
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 12:10     Subject: Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Wild hearts can't be broken
Turning red
The fox and the child
Felicity (American girl movie)
Kitt kitteredge (American girl movie), especially if you love Harriet the spy
Babysitters Club Netflix series, not sure if the Babysitters Club movie is any good
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 11:44     Subject: Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
Summer Eleven
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 00:44     Subject: Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
Flipped
Anonymous
Post 03/12/2023 00:16     Subject: Re:Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
Anonymous wrote:October Sky


+1

Ever After
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 22:55     Subject: Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
Anonymous wrote:Plan a fun day around seeing "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" when it comes out next month!


Was thinking of this movie, too.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 22:53     Subject: Re:Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
Anonymous wrote:The Man in the Moon (Reese Witherspoon's film debut)


Loved that one. Very sad.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 22:05     Subject: Re:Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
October Sky
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 21:27     Subject: Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
Plan a fun day around seeing "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" when it comes out next month!
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 21:16     Subject: Re:Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
Love Simon
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 08:00     Subject: Re:Coming of age movies in the same vein as My Girl and Now and Then?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Man in the Moon (Reese Witherspoon's film debut)


Amazing movie. This is your answer OP.


Came here to post this. LOVED this movie as a tween (also loved Stand By Me, fwiw).


Would also add A League of Their Own and The Sandlot