Delinquent movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant delinquent movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, independent film, tense, suspenseful and suspense films and TV shows about / with delinquent, juvenile delinquent, violence, gang, juvenile delinquency, youth, teenager, friendship, life is a bitch and revenge plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as delinquent: Bad Boys: The Movie (2025), Hard Romanticker (2011), Wild Heroes (2015), Demekin (2017), Wild Knight: Battle Arc (2007), Gangster Kittens (2016), Gaki Rock (2014), Hermanos (2018), The Outsiders (2018), A Fugitive from the Past (1965).

List of delinquent movies

Bad Boys: The Movie (2025)
Country: Japan
Story: Tsukasa Kiriki, the only son of a wealthy family, runs away from home because he admires the legendary delinquent Murakoshi, who has helped him since he was a child. He runs away from home and volunteers to join the "BEAST", the strongest ...
Style: crime drama, noir, atmospheric
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, rivalry, gang, brotherhood, friendship, street fight, delinquent, loyalty, yakuza, machismo, urban, rebellion ...
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Hard Romanticker (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, semi autobiographical ...
Plot: violence, delinquent, identity, accused of murder, murder, accusation, framed for murder, bandit, criminal, competitor, hooliganism, assault ...
Place: japan
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 6.4
 19
Wild Heroes (2015)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Segawa Kiichi, a former delinquent, happens to encounter a lonely 10-year-old girl who looks like she is going to be killed by the Yakuza. He saves her by reflex and later realizes that she lost her memory. She doesn't know why the Yakuza are ...
Style: captivating, crime thriller, action drama, emotional, crime drama ...
Plot: yakuza, memory loss, protector, saving a life, escapades, memory, group of friends, heroes, friends, mafia, repressed memory, criminal ...
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 7.1
 77
Demekin (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: As a child, Masaki Sata was teased and bullied because of his appearance and called “Demekin” (popeyed goldfish). He decided to fight back and eventually became unbeatable in fights. His red hair also became a trademark. Masaki Sata and his ...
Style: humorous, tense, entertaining, funny, captivating ...
Plot: youth, motorcycle gang, bullying, guy, motorcyclist, bad guy, motorcycle chase, motorcycle racing, youth gang, young man, motorcycle race, tough guy ...
Time: 2010s
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Wild Knight: Battle Arc (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Story: Based on the comic by Satoshi Yoshida.
Style: rough, tense, stylized
Plot: streetwise, juvenile delinquent, delinquent, fight scenes, urban, youth culture, gang, friendship, loyalty, adaptation, rivalry, coming of age ...
Time: 2000s
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Gangster Kittens (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Story: An uncompromising portrait of the struggles of a resplendent teenager with an anarchic spirit, fighting to maintain her existence in the bleak urban landscape of London. Angel is a cool but troubled nymphet, disillusioned by the tedium and ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating, bleak ...
Plot: orgy, violence, corruption, social injustice, redemption, controversy, identity, teenage rebellion, coming of age, character study, self discovery, female protagonist ...
Place: london
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Gaki Rock (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Story: The film's story revolves around Asakusa-born-and-raised Gen, who helps out at his family's strip club. With his friends Makoto, Jimmy, and Mattsun, the four get into fights together, as well as help out with watching out for Gen's ...
Style: action drama
Plot: strip club, stripper, family business, friendship, youth, nightlife, urban, father son relationship, male bonding, infatuation, delinquent, gang ...
Place: tokyo
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 5.4
 34
Hermanos (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Twins separated at birth have taken very different paths: one is an exemplary Christian family man, the other is a delinquent. When they reunite by chance, a sudden circumstance will make the evil twin disguise himself as the good one.
Style: twisted, emotional, crime drama, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot: twins, mistaken identity, body swapping, impostor, deception, dual identity, family drama, delinquent, betrayal, masquerade, brotherhood, secrets ...
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 6.4
 178
The Outsiders (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Pei Yu Yen has her whole life ahead of her. Raised in a sheltered environment by her father who is a professor, she is prim and proper and typical good student. However, her life is akin to a canary bird in a cage until the day she met Yu Hao. He is ...
Style: psychological, captivating, romantic, thrilling, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: high school life, couple relations, adolescence, opposites attract, fall in love, teenage life, in love, couples, coping, love interest, teenager, teenage protagonist ...
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A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 183 min.
Story: Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them shoots them; their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.
Plot: yakuza, police investigation, police officer, murder, robbery, delinquent, criminal, police, thief, prostitute, mistrust, shipwreck ...
Time: year 1965, 1940s
Place: japan
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 7.2
 10K
Yu Yu Hakusho (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A live-action remake of the popular series.
Style: shounen, detective
Plot: supernatural power, swearing, crush, juvenile delinquency, student, delinquent, good versus evil, teenage boy, youkai, battles, young girl, 14 year old boy ...
Place: japan
Is relevant?
 8.0
 224K
Akira (1988)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda are pulled into the post-apocalyptic underworld of Neo-Tokyo and forced to fight for their very survival. Kaneda is a bike gang leader, and Tetsuo is a member of a tough motorcycle crew who becomes involved in a ...
Style: anime, futuristic, surreal, adult animation, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, post apocalypse, motorcycle gang, motorcycle, teenager, protest, dystopia, body horror, psychic power, military, experiment, hallucination ...
Time: future, near future, distant future, 2010s, 80s ...
Place: japan, tokyo, east asia, asia
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Fighting Elegy (1966)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: High schooler Kiroku Nanbu yearns for the prim, Catholic Michiko, but her only desire is to reform Kiroku’s sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, Kiroku channels his unsatisfied lust into the only outlet available: savage, crazed violence.
Style: realistic, serious, witty, black and white
Plot: high school student, gang, satire, delinquent, adult humor, school, political satire, catholic, fight, teenager, training, sexual repression ...
Time: year 1966, 1930s, year 1936
Place: japan
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 6.8
 1K
Overdose (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bilbao. The commander of the Guardia Civil, Evaristo Torrecuadrada discovers that his son Paco of 17 years old is a heroin addict. His hope was to see him in the Military Academy. Paco, by differences with his father, runs away from home with a ...
Style: social, hood, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: gay interest, male nudity, coming of age, homosexual, friendship, male pubic hair, delinquent, drug overdose, father son relationship, bare chested male, overdose, juvenile delinquent ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: basque country, europe, spain
Is relevant?
 6.8
 43K
Romper Stomper (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman ...
Style: sexy, political, brutal, harsh, retro ...
Plot: skinhead, neo nazi, racism, gang, violent, brutality, sex scene, violence, immigrant, strangulation, vandalism, profanity ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania, melbourne, new zealand
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 7.0
 108K
The Outsiders (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Style: teen, homoerotic, melancholic, intense, hood ...
Audience: teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids, girls' night ...
Plot: coming of age, gang, teen angst, dysfunctional family, street gang, teenager, book, brother brother relationship, small town, friendship, juvenile delinquent, rebellious teenager ...
Time: 60s, year 1964, 1900s, 1950s, future ...
Place: oklahoma, oklahoma city, usa, north america
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 6.7
 108K
Eden Lake (2008)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. ...
Style: brutal, suspense, bad ending, scary, slasher ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids
Plot: survival, torture, camping, chase, forest, youth, fear, gory, revenge, teenager, maniac, danger ...
Time: year 2008, year 2000, 21st century
Place: united kingdom, england, britain
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So Evil, So Young (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A teenage girl is wrongfully accused of theft and is sent away to a harsh reform school.
Style: noir, grindhouse, serious, realistic
Plot: prison, juvenile delinquency, delinquent, juvenile delinquent, tough heroes, life is a bitch, fugitives, criminal heroes, confined, gays and lesbians, dishonesty, youth ...
Time: 60s
Place: ireland
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 7.6
 127K
West Side Story (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are ...
Style: romantic, stylized, tear jerker, neo noir, aesthetic ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: forbidden love, rivalry, tragic love, dance, street gang, gang, broadway, interracial relations, shakespeare, racism, dancing, love story ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1961, 50s, 1930s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city
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The Young Savages (1961)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
Style: social, serious, realistic, cynical, tense ...
Plot: street gang, gang, racism, murder trial, juvenile delinquent, juvenile delinquency, class differences, courtroom, lawyer, murder, brutality, district attorney ...
Time: year 1961, 50s, 20th century, 60s
Place: new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, new york state
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 7.6
 5K
The Incident (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two young hoodlums (including a young Martin Sheen) terrorize the passengers of a late night New York City subway train.
Style: neo noir, suspense, crime drama, brutal, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: subway, soldier, psychopath, train, sexual harassment, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, harassment, african american, bully, cowardice, courage, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time: 60s, year 1967
Place: new york, bronx new york city, usa
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Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A police captain (Aldo Ray) is caught between businesses operating on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip who don't like the punks hanging out, and his belief in allowing the kids their rights. But when his daughter (Mimsy Farmer) gets involved with ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: hippie, lsd, counterculture, summer of love, delinquent, juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquent, gang rape, riot, marijuana, bad trip, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Just for the Hell of It (1968)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A teenage gang led by the vicious Dexter; his girlfriend Mitzi; and friends Denny and Lummonx; create havoic in a small Florida town by harrassing various people, vandalizing property, well... just for the hell of it. When a former gang member, ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, psychotronic
Plot: juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquent, beach, vandalism, gang, delinquent, freak, youth, police, exploitation, blood, murder ...
Place: florida
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 5.3
 231
Maryjane (1968)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A teacher trying to break up a local drug ring is framed and arrested for possession of marijuana.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, psychotronic
Plot: marijuana, drug, hippie, juvenile delinquent, delinquent, juvenile delinquency, stoner, high school, school, friendship, frame up, drug dealing ...
Time: 1930s
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The Young Runaways (1968)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn't as idyllic as they imagined.
Style: psychedelic
Plot: runaway, exploitation, father daughter relationship, car accident, blonde, cheating girlfriend, cheating on boyfriend, gas station, motorcycle, teenager, prostitution, pimp ...
Is relevant?
 6.0
 481
Halls of Anger (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transfered there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.
Style: black and white, independent film, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot: cheerleader, blaxploitation, black, juvenile delinquency, delinquent, racial issues, juvenile delinquent, high school, life is a bitch, hardcase students, society, youth ...
Time: 60s, 70s
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The Cross and the Switchblade (1970)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A film adaptation of a book written in 1963. It tells the true story of Wilkerson's first five years in New York City, where he ministered to disillusioned youth, encouraging them to turn away from the drugs and gang violence they were involved ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot: faith, christian, biopic, missionary, christianity, juvenile delinquency, fish out of water, religion, christian faith, delinquent, blaxploitation, juvenile delinquent ...
Time: 60s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
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Her Last Chance (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Drug adict teen gets out of rehab only to be accused of her boyfriend's death.
Plot: accident, death, delinquent, jealousy, teenager, drug addict, drug addiction, party, drug, confession, drinking alcohol, lsd ...
Is relevant?
 5.3
 490
The Defilers (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: Two young thugs kidnap a young girl and keep her in the basement of an old warehouse where they forcibly make her their sex slave.
Style: grindhouse, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, weird
Plot: sex slave, rape, locked in a basement, sexploitation, male bonding, female nudity, basement, sex, beach, female captive, kidnapped woman, pervert ...
Is relevant?
 6.2
 1K
BUCCHIGIRI?! (2024)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Arajin Tomoshibi’s reunion with his old pal Matakara Asamine takes an unexpected turn when they stumble into a brawl with the toughest guys in town. And just when you thought things couldn’t get weirder, a colossal genie decides to drop in. ...
Style: anime, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, hilarious ...
Audience: teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: school, fight, magic, teenager, magical creature, delinquent, high school, high school life, spirit, irreverent, contract, childhood friend ...
Place: okinawa japan
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