The film adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s eponymous graphic novel, Persepolis, follows Satrapi’s younger years: growing up in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq War, living through the country’s Islamic revolution, going to study in Europe, before returning as an entirely different person to her mother country that’s also changed. Satrapi accurately portrays the plight of young girls struggling to find their place in society, the enduring influence of family, and the complex identity crises often faced by the Iranian diaspora.

Directed by Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird follows protagonist Christine, or as she calls herself Lady Bird, in her senior year at high school. The film’s painfully accurate portrayal of mother-daughter-relationships and the stress of asserting individuality as a teenager has earned it a place amongst the very best of the genre.

Booksmart loosely follows the archetypal coming-of-age plotline wherein high school students decide to let loose and make up for lost time before they head to university. The movie’s protagonists – overachievers and best friends Amy and Molly – reach the end of school realising they’d sacrificed most of their social lives to achieve success. In a bid to convince their classmates that they are capable of being wild, they set off to reinvent themselves at the last big house party before graduation.