31 Hilarious, Heartbreaking, and Inspiring Coming-of-Age Films From the 2010s

Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) is trying to balance her life in a Black lower-class neighborhood with her experience at a wealthy, predominately white prep school. The possibility of reconciliation seems to disintegrate after she witnesses her childhood best friend Khalil (Algee Smith) get shot and killed by a police officer. After the killing, Starr must take a stand for social justice, despite what it does to her image at school.