In the 1998 film "The Christmas Path," actor and filmmaker Shia Saide LaBeouf made his cinematic debut as a youngster. Shia made his directorial debut as a teenager in 2004 with the short film "Let's Love Hate," following his success in the Disney Channel...
Coming-of-age is perhaps the most alluring subgenre in film because it is so relatable to the stage of life that we millennials, and particularly the kids of the 1990s, are in Netflix.
Stories of children growing into teenagers or teenagers growing into adults, who essentially...