Troubled youth movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant troubled youth movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, psychological, emotional, captivating, disturbing and serious films and TV shows about / with troubled youth, coming of age, teenager, youth, school, friendship, bullying, female nudity, male nudity and adolescence plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Russia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as troubled youth: Difficult teens (2019), Runaways (2003), Boy A (2007), School (2010), PG 16... (2010), 2:37 (2006), Fallen Heroes (2007), Thirteen (2003), My Brother Tom (2001), Kids (1995).
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Popular footballer Anton Kovalev, after serving two years in prison for drunken debauchery in a cafe, is released. The misconduct cut off the successful career of Kovalev, who was previously the captain of the Russian national team. The reputation ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, teen comedy
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
troubled youth, teenager, coming of age, school, football team, changing lives, athlete and trainer, adolescence, football player, soccer coach, teacher, teenage life ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Steve Moore is sixteen and lives with his younger sister, mother Cheryl and her boyfriend John, in a modest house in Bakersfield, California. An abusive and often intoxicated man, John rules the household, and though his attacks on Steve result in ...
Style:
realistic, serious, independent film, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
troubled youth, juvenile delinquency, on the run, downfall, teenage life, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, youth, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
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40K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.
Style:
psychological, touching, suspense, heartbreaking, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
redemption, juvenile delinquency, childhood, haunted by the past, going straight, bullying, melancholy, released from prison, teen angst, rehabilitation, violent, starting over ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, britain, united kingdom, england, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
9 "A" was an exemplary class, while their class teacher was Nosov Anatoly Germanovich - a strong and experienced teacher, recognized in 2009 as the Teacher of the Year. After his sudden illness, 9 "A" is left without a strong ...
Style:
depressing, light, talky, brutal, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
troubled youth, school, puberty, teenage life, defloration, suicidal tendency, teenager, brutality, social misfits, blackmail, love and romance, subculture ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Kir, Leya, Dasha and Max are student. Almost every experience is for a first time to them - first love, first disappointment, first betrayal...
Style:
depressing, social, emotional, suspenseful, sexploitation film
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
first sexual experience, infidelity, jealousy, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, painting, troubled youth, youth, sexual relations, sex scene, drinking alcohol, sensuality ...
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8K
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A contemporary, ensemble drama telling the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today's youth are faced with. The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37 a ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, serious, sincere, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, brother sister incest, incest, rape, youth, teenage life, suicide, homosexual, high school life, teenage love, incest rape, social relations ...
Place:
south australia, adelaide south australia, australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Fallen Heroes is a 2007 Italian crime-drama film directed by Paolo Franchi. It entered the competition at the 64th Venice International Film Festival. Wikipedia
Style:
neo noir
Plot:
troubled youth, nudity, female nudity, masturbation, male nudity, brother sister relationship, sex scene, harassment, husband wife relationship, male full rear nudity, car accident, rain ...
Place:
geneva switzerland
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107K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, sincere, emotional, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, friendship, drug addiction, addiction, peer pressure, teenage protagonist, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, teenage girl, teenager, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, y2k, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She is abused by Jack, who is both her neighbour and school teacher, and Tom is sexually abused by his father. Together they bond in the woods, creating a ...
Style:
psychological, rough, sincere, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
woods, male nudity, friendship, teenage boy, rebellion, life is a bitch, social misfits, rebelliousness, youth, friends, escape from reality, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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91K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A controversial portrayal of teens in New York City which exposes a deeply disturbing world of sex and substance abuse. The film focuses on a sexually reckless, freckle-faced boy named Telly, whose goal is to have sex with as many different girls as ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, controversial, bleak, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, aids, innocence lost, youth, drug abuse, virginity, underage sex, teenage boy, street kid, puberty, sex, teenager ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, seattle, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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13K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine, Netherlands
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Deaf mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for deaf-and-dumb. In this new place, he needs to find his way through the hierarchy of the school’s network dealing with crimes and prostitution, the Tribe. By taking part of several ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, surreal, art house, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
deaf, sign language, boarding school, deaf mute, sex scene, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, unwanted pregnancy, bullying, male nudity, troubled youth, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ukraine, kiev ukraine
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when she meets a boy on the Internet and falls in love with him, her world changes as she is gradually ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot:
islam, jihad, religion, teenager, teenage girl, conspiracy theory, propaganda, indoctrination, airport, brainwashing, terrorist, little sister ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by ...
Style:
rough, bleak, hood, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
gang, violence, ghetto, favela, coming of age, storytelling, gang war, gangster, society, juvenile delinquency, organized crime, journalism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, future ...
Place:
latin america, rio de janeiro, south america, brazil, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After the death of her mother, 17-year-old Prudence finds herself living alone in her Paris apartment. Then she meets Maryline, a rebel of her own age, who introduces her to the thrills of motorcycle racing on the biker circuit at Rungis. ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, teenage life, youth, teenage love, family problems, teenage girl, troubled youth, drug abuse, woman, death in the family, car race, motorcycle race ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Tatsuya Fujiwara plays a talented detective who trades hardened criminals for troubled teenagers. Placed in an unruly public junior high school, he gets to work contending with the many problems it faces and uncovers some more serious ones. While ...
Style:
crime drama, dramatic, captivating, harsh, social ...
Plot:
campus, middle school, troubled teen, troubled youth, junior high school, school, investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, japanese schoolgirl, school teacher, high school life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides ...
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
childhood trauma, violence, vigilante, vengeance, vigilantism, policewoman, dead mother, pimp, criminal, murder, haunted by the past, lone wolves ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Sue works in a library. Daniel eats crisps and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's new wife in Florida. But when they cancel his trip at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sincere, light, talky ...
Plot:
troubled youth, teenager, parents and children, understanding, family problems, grownups, generation gap, youth, librarian, heavy metal, pet dog, divorced parents ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Samantha Crawford is living a storybook life: she’s happily married, she lives on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories she’s told and illustrated since childhood have become published books. When her husband Billy is killed ...
Style:
captivating, touching, serious, realistic, christian film ...
Plot:
christian, love affair, hopes, love and romance, couples, faith, male female relationship, tragic event, friend, uncover truth, childhood friend, old friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Taiwan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
loner, grief, antisocial behavior, depression, trauma, arson, life is a bitch, family problems, rebelliousness, youth, family drama, dealing with death ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
"Tanpopo Farm," a facility overlooking the ocean, offers rehabilitation for troubled youth—those from reform schools, bullied individuals, and those dealing with addictions. Kitayama Shuji, who runs the farm, faces rejection from the ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental
Plot:
troubled youth, rehabilitation, friendship, resilience, family conflict, second chance, coming of age, bullying, empathy, hopes, healing, redemption ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A school takes on a troublesome boy from juvenile hall, in order to try to help him settle back in to normal life. But everything seems to be mounted against him, including a drunken mother.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
troubled youth, family drama, rehabilitation, juvenile delinquency, second chance, underdog, redemption, teacher student relationship, character study, social realism, parents, mentor ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
Atypical and highly unconventional high school teacher Hugo Ibarra tries to solve the problems of his most conflictive ESO students through alternative educational practices.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teacher, teacher student relationship, coming of age, high school, education, youth, social problems, high school life, troubled youth, society, school, lifestyle ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Story about Park Gun, who starts attending a high school full of troublemakers and former dropouts. ~~ Based on a webtoon of the same name.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
school, female bully, student, teenager, troubled youth, high school life, school bully, rebellious youth, schoolboy, social problems, relationships, teen romance ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A Chinese problem child from the US is sent to live with his uncle in China. He immediately runs into difficult situations there, such as a rabbit thief, the secret crush of his uncle, and some classmates who aren't exactly welcoming to him. ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, semi serious, action comedy, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
martial arts, troubled youth, martial arts training, slice of life, uncle nephew relationship, child, master warrior, kung fu classic, kung fu master, fight scenes, fish out of water, culture clash ...
Place:
china, usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Violent youth gangs and a police force way out of its depth. When a police operation goes awry and two policemen die, the powder keg threatens to ignite as the SWAT team knows only one goal: revenge - irrespective of the law.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir
Plot:
revenge, rebellious youth, troubled youth, youth gang, murderer, criminal gang, fight, bandit, fighting crime, law enforcement, outlaw gang, murder ...
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110K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style:
psychological, depressing, bleak, thought provoking, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, high school life, teen angst, human relationship, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, heroin, drug addiction, insanity, drug, junkie, loneliness, mental illness, depression, dream, subculture ...
Time:
year 2000, future, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
britain, america, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
This movie talks about the genius high school student Jang-ho who dreams of becoming the next Pavarotti although he is part of a gang and Sang-jin, currently a countryside art school music teacher but once a highlighted vocal singer.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, inspirational, dramatic ...
Plot:
aspiration, musician, singer, redemption, troubled youth, desire for fame, gangster, music, lifestyle change, direction and purpose, changing lives, musician's life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
east asia
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126
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Follows Cato, a hip-hop artist who just when his career is about to take off, gets into trouble with the law and a violet organized network of Argentine soccer hooligans.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, dark ...
Plot:
hip hop, gang, youth, aspiring singer, artist, troubled youth, juvenile delinquency, rebellious youth, musician, criminal, social problems, hooliganism ...
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. Current and former Class 3D students collide in this ...
Style:
anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny
Plot:
teacher, school, spoiled brat, school teacher, teachers and students, troubled youth, troubled teen, rebellious youth, coping, training, youth culture, female teacher ...
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