Best Coming-of-Age  Movies of the 1980s

1 The Breakfast Club

2 Stand By Me

3 Dead Poets Society

4 Big

5 Ferris Bueller's Day Off

6 Sixteen Candles

7 The Karate Kid

8 Fast Times at Ridgemont High

9 The Outsiders

10 Back to the Future

The Contenders

11 Grave of the Fireflies

12 Empire of the Sun

13 Lucas

14 Heathers

15 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

16 The Goonies

17 A Nightmare on Elm Street

18 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

19 Say Anything