For this reason, and as a mom to a soon-to-be-middle-schooler, I reached out to parents of kids in sixth through eighth grade, and put together this list of the best movies for middle schoolers ...

These coming-of-age movies blend the comedic, youthful awkwardness and the perilous teenage need for acceptance seen in Netflix's Adolescence.

The movie, directed by Karyn Kusama ... “We always knew that what we wanted her to look like was a real middle-aged woman with a past that she wears on her face,” Kusama told the magazine.