Filmmakers of all genres have long since struggled to keep up with the constant changes of the political, social and economical hierarchy without overstepping untimely boundaries. The close-minded opposition to the exploration taboo subject matter left the industry in a pool of sexual, racial, religious, behavioural and gendered stereotypes, specifically within the coming of age category. Society however, has considerably changed over the past century, thus some of these limitations have began to disappear. In comparison to early cinema, the genre tropes surrounding the coming of age classification have been influenced and modernized by societal growth and change. Consequently, audiences now seek semi-realistic sensationalism, which pushes