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List of juvenile delinquency movies

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 6.4
 350
Drop (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: "Drop" tells the story of a boy named Hiroshi Shinanogawa, who grew up in the 1980s. He became inspired by the Be-Bop High School manga and decided to become a delinquent. Hiroshi dropped out of a private middle school and transferred to a ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, rough, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, juvenile delinquency, buddies, youth, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, gang, delinquent, coming of age, high school, strong violent content, high school life ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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 6.2
 206
Hope Ranch (2002)
Genre: Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: J.T. Hope, a former police officer and marine, owner of a ranch called "Circle Hope Ranch" decides to start a program for troubled teens on his ranch to help rehabilitate them and help them get out of the life of crime, drugs and other bad ...
Style: serious, sentimental, uplifting, realistic
Plot: kids in trouble, rehabilitation, juvenile delinquency, teaching the ways of the world, going straight, hopes, redemption, society, youth, farm, horse, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
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Asphalt Playground (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Mitraillette is 12 years old and lives in Rose City, a housing estate he would not leave for anything. His whole world comprises his family, especially his 16 year-old cousin Isma, who has taken a fancy to Narcisse, the local crime boss. His older ...
Style: captivating, humorous, tense, light, bleak ...
Plot: urban ghetto life, juvenile delinquency, youth, teenage life, society, danger, family relations, hip hop, kids in trouble, gang, coming of age, urban ghetto ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: france
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The Knife That Killed Me (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A journey through the memories of teenager Paul Varderman as he reflects on the events leading to the fatal moment his life is cut short. Paul moves to a new school and becomes involved with 'The Freaks', a group on the periphery of school ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, captivating, bleak ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, gang, teenage life, youth, high school life, downfall, high school, kids in trouble, unfulfillment, social relations, bare chested male, barefoot male
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Mother, I Love You (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Raimonds, a 12 year old boy, falls into a world of petty crime while trying to stay out of trouble with his mother.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Audience: teens
Plot: kids in trouble, childhood, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, family relations, single parent, youth, parents and children, bittersweet, mother and son, boy, financial problem ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: latvia
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 6.0
 6K
Hellion (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: motocross, youth, brother brother relationship, juvenile delinquent, father son relationship, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, social worker, death of mother, family relations, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain, usa
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The Last Minute (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The clock is ticking towards The Last Minute, but no one knows it. No one except Billy Byrne - young, cool and talented, he's the Next Big Thing. At least that's what the London glitterazzi are saying, on the streets, in the clubs, in the ...
Style: serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: drug addict, rise and fall, juvenile delinquency, prodigy, hitman, life is a bitch, danger, obsession, friendship, celebrity culture, murder, addiction ...
Place: london, europe, england
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 4.1
 943
Vampire Clan (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Five friends welcome real life vampirism into their lives. They cut their own wrists and let their friends drink from them. Rod, the leader, and a very psychotic young guy, ends up killing Heathers parents and stealing their car to go on a crazy ...
Style: slasher, rough, suspenseful, serious, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, murder, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, investigation, uncover truth, gory, suburbs, vampire, goth, true crime, supernatural being ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 2000s
Place: florida, usa
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The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A troubled teen is given the chance to redeem his criminal debt to society
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, realistic
Audience: teen drama
Plot: youth, family relations, friendship, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, self discovery, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, misfit, life is a bitch, society, coming of age ...
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Heart of America (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Starring Jurgen Prochnow ('The Replacement Killers' 'Air Force One' and Patrick Muldoon 'Stigmata' 'Starship Troopers'), 'Heart of America' is a powerhouse of a contemporary drama and essential ...
Style: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: school shooting, high school, bullying, vengeance, juvenile delinquency, psychopath, teenage life, bully, life is a bitch, society, youth, social misfits ...
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 6.1
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Ethan Mao (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Kicked out of his house because he's gay, Ethan Mao returns home to steal and ends up holding his family hostage on a fateful Thanksgiving Day.
Style: serious, psychological, disturbing, rough, realistic ...
Plot: gay, friendship, thanksgiving, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, lgbt, family problems, society, drug dealing, rehabilitation, youth, survival ...
Place: los angeles, boston
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 6.9
 3K
Skirt Day (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A troubled and emotionally fragile woman finds herself at the center of a firestorm, in this gut-wrenching psychological drama.
Style: psychological, thought provoking, disturbing, rough, sincere ...
Plot: female teacher, teachers and students, juvenile delinquency, hardcase students, mentally unstable, youth, high school, life is a bitch, society, breaking point, police, teacher ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france
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 4.8
 77
Flick (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Jack Flinter is skating on thin ice. Known to his friends as "Flick", he is drifting through life, dealing a bit of hash, drinking and screwing around. His girlfriend Alice has had enough. His friend and business partner Des is strung out, ...
Style: disturbing, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: drug dealing, going straight, juvenile delinquency, drug abuse, addiction, police corruption, life is a bitch, society, organized crime, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gangster, friends ...
Time: 90s
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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The Graffiti Artist (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Adrift in the lush, nocturnal urban landscape of THE GRAFFITI ARTIST, Nick (Ruben Bansie-Snellman) is a post-modern urban hero asserting his anarchistic agenda on the endless maze of virgin exterior walls that comprise downtown Seattle and Portland. ...
Style: sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot: gay teenager, gay, street kid, graffiti, youth, teenage life, social differences, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, friendship, drug abuse, rebelliousness ...
Place: oregon, seattle, usa, portland oregon, washington state
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 6.6
 321
Fratricide (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two young Kurdish refugees, recently arrived in Germany struggle to make their way through the harshness of the occidental city. Their encounter with a gang of Turks will rapidly led them into an inevitable tragical spiral filled with death and ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, bleak, disturbing
Plot: kurd, politics, racism, immigrant, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, orphan, friendship, social decay, injustice, vengeance, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe, kurdistan
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Cromartie High School (2003)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min.
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Story: Folks, meet Takashi Kamiyama. Enrolled at Cromartie High, where everybody is a delinquent, Kamiyama is apparently the only non-delinquent in the school. Logically, therefore, he must be the toughest in his class—by the rather twisted logic that ...
Style: anime, humorous, not serious, surreal, sitcom ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, delinquent, gang, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, youth, buddies, rivalry, adolescence vs adulthood, satire, parallel world, criminal ...
Place: japan
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 7.2
 612
Abandoned (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this happens, the man in charge decides what's best for Áron without consulting the young boy's ...
Style: uplifting, serious, touching, sincere, art house ...
Plot: corporal punishment, orphan, coming of age, children, male bonding, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, human spirit, friendship, teenage life, boarding school life ...
Time: 60s, year 1960
Place: europe, hungary
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 6.8
 294
The Doe Boy (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
Style: psychological, serious, touching, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, native american, society, youth, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, parents and children, homecoming, american indian, indigenous people ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: oklahoma, usa
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 5.4
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Teenage Angst (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 64 min.
Story: At an elite private Border School four students form a clique to sneak out of school after hours to meet, drink and play. By trying to escape the golden cage which their wealthy parents have stuck them in, they search for the Extreme. In the course ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: bullying, boarding school, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, kids in trouble, youth, teen drug use, society, gay, physical abuse, immorality, cruelty ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.3
 694
Prison Song (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholarship is taken away, Elijah ends up in a fight that result in the death of another boy. Now, ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, rough, hood ...
Plot: prison, injustice, hip hop, juvenile delinquency, musician's life, criminal heroes, redemption, prison life, life is a bitch, society, youth, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
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 5.2
 208
Stryker (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The film follows a 14-year-old arsonist in Winnipeg who becomes involved in a turf war between the Indian Posse and the Asian Bomb Squad (a now defunct Filipino gang). He is known only as Stryker, a slang term for a prospective gang member.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense, independent film ...
Plot: gang, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, rivalry, life is a bitch, danger, youth, coming of age, society, urban ghetto life, nudity, innocence lost ...
Time: 21st century
Place: winnipeg, canada
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Nothing in Return (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: One summer, Dario flees the hellish environment of his home. Luismi, unconditional friend, a poor devil with pretensions of winning, and Antonia, an old woman who collects abandoned his motorcar furniture, become his new family. Three generations ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: shoplifting, friendship, juvenile delinquency, divorced parents, friendship between boys, coming of age, teenage life, voyeurism, adolescence, youth, teenage boy, police chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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The Street King (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In life, there's silver, and there's lead, says Rikki Ortega, as he moves to be king of the street in "Ánglio," L.A.'s east side. Older brothers and a brother-in-law are in his way. While they think they are driving out the ...
Style: rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: gang, rivalry, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, police detective, destiny, law enforcement, siblings relations, blind ambition, life is a bitch, urban ghetto, shakespeare ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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May Allah Bless France! (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: French rapper, author, and spoken word artist Abd Al Malik makes his directorial debut with this adaptation of his 2004 autobiography, chronicling his upbringing in the crime- and drug-ridden streets of Strasbourg and his life-changing encounters ...
Style: captivating, inspirational, psychological, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot: rising to stardom, urban ghetto life, juvenile delinquency, follow your dream, religions or cults, hip hop, redemption, coming of age, ambition, life is a bitch, islam, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 80s
Place: france
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 5.6
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Saving God (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's old church and congregation. The neighborhood though is full of drugs and gangs. Those who are able are leaving for more prosperous areas and ...
Style: christian film, realistic, serious, tense, touching ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: church, mother daughter relationship, christian, religious conversion, parole, juvenile delinquency, clergy, drug abuse, addiction, drug dealing, hopes, life is a bitch ...
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 5.4
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Rolling (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A med student, a teenage runaway, a lawyer, a drag queen, a high school basketball player, a drug dealer, and a teacher all cross paths in the Ecstasy-riddled L.A. underground party scene. Rolling is a turbulent journey that takes a tough yet ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, psychedelic, independent film ...
Plot: drug abuse, clubbing, rave, lifestyle, drug overdose, juvenile delinquency, society, youth, social misfits, drug dealing, addiction, nightlife ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
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Hunter Will Get You (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: L'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L'epervier, a serial-killer who employs young boys to help him robbing banks before killing them.
Style: exciting, rough, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, heist, juvenile delinquency, working undercover, tough heroes, police detective, law enforcement, reluctant partners, unlikely criminals, master criminal, spy, bank robbery ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: france, europe, rotterdam netherlands, paris france
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Shot in the Heart (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: AND YOU'RE TO BLAME! Honey, you give love a bad name. (The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his own family.)
Style: disturbing, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: murder, death row, tragic hero, prison, courtroom drama, dysfunctional family, prison life, mormon, parents and children, society, juvenile delinquency, redemption ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, utah
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 7.8
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Poetry (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, France
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Grandmother Mi Ja works part-time as a caretaker, and struggles to raise a teen grandson by herself. Despite her tough situation, she speaks softly, dresses fashionably, and approaches the world with child-like curiosity. Enrolling in a poetry ...
Style: touching, sincere, emotional, realistic, lyrical ...
Plot: loneliness, bullying, self discovery, teenage rape, suicide, existentialism, teenager, introspection, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, grandparent and grandchild ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: korea, japan, south korea, asia
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 5.5
 226
Soi Cowboy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: This film concerns a Scandinavian gentleman who works in film, perhaps as a sort of financier/director/producer. He lives in Thailand with his Thai girlfriend, and most of the film is an exploration of that relationship. We also see her brother, and ...
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, experimental ...
Plot: starting over, gangster, prostitute, murder, lifestyle, couples, youth, unlikely couple, juvenile delinquency, couple relations, hopes, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand, asia, bangkok thailand
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