what’s up girls and gays (and...others)! the lovely jenna and i decided to make a coming of age challenge because it’s a god tier genre and it deserves the most rights! here are the rules/guidelines:

ONE
there’s no time restraint/limit - start and finish whenever you please (it’s a pretty long list, so it might take a while). also, the challenge may be completed in any order!

TWO
the idea is that you make a list with films that you haven’t seen for all of the tasks, unless it’s impossible to do so. some of the tasks have links to lists that might be of use when looking for films.

THREE
please tag your reviews/lists with ‘growing pains challenge’ or ‘gpc’ so that everyone can find them! checking out other people’s reviews and lists can be a great place to find new mutuals!

FOUR
please comment a link to your list once you start the challenge, and come back to comment once you’ve finished! that way it’s easier for me to update the participants list.

FIVE
since this is a coming of age challenge, it is only right that we include and represent everyone in our tasks. if this bothers you, then this is not the challenge for you, and we ask to keep all sexism/homophobia/racism/transphobia etc. out of the comments.

and last but not least, SIX
have fun and enjoy yourself! we’re really happy with the way that this list worked out, and we hope that you are too! comment if you have any questions!

now, without further ado, here are the tasks:
(suffice to say all of the films should be coming of age films, regardless of whether it is specified in the task)

watch a film that is:
1. a non-english language coming of age film released this century
2. directed by a woman
3. directed by a person of colour
4. about a group of women
5. about a person of colour
6. is from the country you're from
7. about an lgbt protagonist that isn’t love simon or call me by your name
8. a book adaptation (examples here)
9. released in the year that you were born
10. about female sexuality (some examples here)
11. an animated coming of age film
12. a film you think will make you cry
13. released before the 80s
14. a film with a male protagonist
15. about bullying 
16. a film that discusses mental health 
17. a film that doesn’t feature a romance
18. a film that discusses drug abuse
19. a film that doesn’t have a happy ending
20. a classic coming of age you feel slightly guilty you haven't seen yet
21. academy award nominated coming of age film in any of the big categories
22. a period piece 
23. watch a coming of age film with a crime subgenre 
24. about male friendship
25. a film with a horror subgenre
26. a film that revolves around a parent/child relationship
27. about sibling relationships
28. a film that deals with sickness
29. a film that fits into the romcom category
30. a superhero/superpower coming of age film 
31. a film features a positive lesbian relationship
32. a film where the protagonist is over 21 years old
33. a film with absent parent tropes
34. about teen pregnancy 
35. about politics/with political undertones
36. a film that’s your guilty pleasure/will end up being your guilty pleasure 
37. a coming of age film you’ve avoided watching
38. a dystopian coming of age film
39. a film about a teenage band
40. a film where the main has a close bond with a pet
41. a film where sports/dance plays a big part
42. a film about famous/up and coming teen stars
43. watch moonlight or die (alternatively, an lgbt film with a main character who is a person of colour)
44. a gay coded coming of age
45. a film where the average rating is under 3 stars
46. a film where the average rating is over 4 stars
47. a film with under 5k views
48. a foreign language romance
49. a film with religious connections
50. a coming of age film based on real events
51. a film you think will warm your heart
52. a film about graduating or moving to college
53. a film about summer vacations or the holiday in general 
54. a film with a transgender protagonist 
55. a french film about women
56. a film that discusses domestic violence (or, alternatively, family drama)
57. a film starring one of aliyah’s favourite actors: heath ledger, natalie portman, joseph gordon-levitt and brad pitt
58. a film starring one of jenna’s favourite actors: river pheonix, robert pattinson, emma stone, timothée chalamet, and winona ryder
59. a film that focuses on more than one story
60. a coming of age that focuses on a kid, aka a protagonist who is 12 or younger
61. a stoner film that revolves around teenagers
62. a film that discusses racism
63. a film that discusses homophobia/conversion therapy
64. a movie musical 
65. a film about male/female best friendship

participants (ongoing challenges): 
aliyah (me), jenna, jackrobinson13, sparkyfox, jaime 🏳️‍🌈✨, 🌺emma🌺, alex todd, rai, miranda todd, 🌻lindsay🌻, grayson, liv, libby caldwell, gayartkid, childish gambina, kyle armstrong, olivey, evan depasquale, austin, angel goldstein, olivia, francesca 🧸💗, mimi, unpunk 🍭, bru, dyl, heather power 🌷, zoë 💖💙💜, screen_palette, tim curry, evan kraft, jumpacat, kayley 💌, chaosofgoodbye, louwhos, tessa, sebastián gonzález, ricebells, joanna, jennabird, 🌼 abril 🌼, camilla, jazz, maca79, bee, 💫artemis, lunasscully, ashleigh!, gabby ✨, emily, matthewpchen, h 👻, agustin, abby 🤠, anton 🌈🍤, sam, meera, abs 🧚‍♀️, cecelia 🦋, wirt, alannaa, rolf, thea, ⚡️bellamy⚡️, arianne❄️⛄️, samson

completed challenges:


rewatches: 0/65
progress: 13/65

top 5:
1. stand by me
2. atonement
3. the tree of life
4. little miss sunshine
5. 20th century women