Every Friday night in September 2023 the TCM Spotlight will be focused on Coming of Age movies. The movies range from classics made during the Golden Age of Hollywood to the 1990s. They cover the various travails of growing up.
The various movies are all grouped into themes. TCM Spotlight: Coming of Age kicks off on Friday, September 1 with movies devoted to Young Love, including A Little Romance (1979) and The World of Henry Orient (1964). The night continues with Young and Rebellious movies, with such films as Blackboard Jungle (1955) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955). Friday, September 8 begins with movies devoted to Growing Up in Poverty, featuring the classic Sounder (1972). Later Turner Classic Movies is showing films centred around the family, kicking off with Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).
Friday, September 15 begins with movies about friendship under the heading of Best Friends Forever. Cooley High (1975) and Diner (1982) are both being shown at this time. The night continues with films devoted to youths and their Four Legged Friends, including The Yearling (1946) and National Velvet (1944). Friday, September 22 is devoted to the Loss of Innocence, with such films as The Learning Tree (1969) and The Last Picture Show (1971). Afterwards are three movies Based on Dickens, David Copperfield (1935), Oliver Twist (1948), and Great Expectations (1946).
The last night of TCM Spotlight: Coming of Age, Friday, September 29, begins with films Remembering Childhood, including A Christmas Story (1983) and Summer of '42 (1971). The night ends with movies Based on Kipling.
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