| The Tribe (2014) | 7.0 | |
| The Class (2007) | 7.9 | |
| Gridiron Gang (2006) | 6.9 | |
| King's Faith (2013) | 6.4 | |
| Boyz n the Hood (1991) | 7.8 |
Juvenile delinquency movies and TV shows – page 5
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man sells drugs to rich kids, but finding love gives him reason to leave the gritty life. However, the gritty life has trouble letting go.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
going straight, juvenile delinquency, materialism, destiny, society, drug abuse, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, drug dealing, fight scenes, urban ghetto, transplant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california, chicago
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tragic tale of an Asian youth's gang life in South East Los Angeles, set during the mid 80's to the early 90s.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, crime drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, best friend, youth, rivalry, urban ghetto life, tough heroes, criminal heroes, prison, murder, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
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371
Genre: 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, realistic, rough, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, juvenile delinquency, buddies, rivalry, youth, uninhibited rivalry, coming of age, gang, japanese high school, high school, strong violent content, friends ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After John’s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets—one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve—both in the film ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto life, haunted by the past, adolescence vs adulthood, society, coming of age, teaching the ways of the world, ghetto, gangster, violent content, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Christina is living in a suburb to Copenhagen. With her class mates Cecilie, Trine and Pernille she slacks her school work, living mostly for the weekends of gate crashing, getting drunk, experimenting with drugs and scoring guys. But her world is ...
Style:
rough, serious, bleak, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
revenge, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, teenage life, friendship, high school life, bullying, youth, social misfits, drug abuse, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, denmark
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a brutal carjacking yields a videocamera, a teenage boy decides to document his life and the lives of his fellow gangbangers.
Style:
rough, serious, hood, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
gang, found footage, ghetto, urban, tough heroes, social decay, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, society, criminal heroes, going straight ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jonah Brand (John Patrick Amedori) isn't necessarily the type of guy who would interest ultra-hot Sara Weller (Lizzy Caplan). But when she and her friends find out he works at a pharmacy, they charm him into their circle and gain his trust with ...
Style:
emotional, serious, independent film, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
love triangle, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, teenage love, life is a bitch, family relations, kids in trouble, teenage life, drug abuse, youth, drug dealing, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
678
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Weapons presents a series of brutal, seemingly random youth-related killings over the course of a weekend in a typical small town in America, and tragically reveals how they are all interrelated.
Style:
rough, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, hood ...
Plot:
vengeance, juvenile delinquency, working class, criminal heroes, youth, society, life is a bitch, homecoming, small town, teenage pregnancy, murder, ghetto ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980s, “Monga” centers on five boys (Mosquito, Monk, Dragon, White Monkey and A-Lan) who join the "Gang of Princes" who are tired of being pushed around. As the "Gang of Princes" rise in stature, they come into ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
friendship, juvenile delinquency, friends, society, urban ghetto life, teenage life, power relations, youth, organized crime, heroic bloodshed, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In 1976, a Mi'gMaq teenager plots revenge against the sadistic Indian agent who imprisoned her in a residential school where rape and abuse are common.
Style:
serious, psychological, atmospheric, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
native american, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, revenge, indigenous people, society, rivalry, youth, vengeance, life is a bitch, drug dealing, racism ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, canada
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two wealthy young brothers living on a plush estate give refuge to a petty criminal who is on the run from the police. Neither the boys' parents or their staff know about the fugitive's presence, which leads them open to exploitation. Sure ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
blackmail, social differences, friendship, juvenile delinquency, family relations, youth, society, class differences, dysfunctional family, murder, brother brother relationship, betrayal ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
holland, europe, netherlands
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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:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kids in trouble, childhood, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, family relations, single parent, youth, parents and children, bittersweet, boy, teenage boy, teenager ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
latvia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Maria is a girl in her early teens whose family lives in an upscale gated suburb. Maria's parents are going out of town for a week, and rather than leave her with relatives or hire a babysitter, Maria is put in charge of looking after her ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, erotic, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
youth, social decay, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, social differences, family relations, family problems, mischievous children, society, social misfits, innocence lost, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
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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, suspense, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
drug addict, juvenile delinquency, rise and fall, prodigy, hitman, danger, life is a bitch, obsession, friendship, celebrity culture, murder, addiction ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A day in Athens, Arizona, as teens and twenty-somethings navigate life without a compass. Jimmy has gambling debts and sees a chance to steal and sell a dead-man's stash of drugs. The corpse's cousin smells a rat. Jessica, who is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, independent film, crying ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, eviction, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, drug dealing, vengeance ...
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young man moves to a new town after experiencing a tragedy and becomes involved with a gang of Satan-worshipping teens who believe they have supernatural powers. But by the time he realises he’s in too deep, it may be too late to escape.
Style:
gothic, serious, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
gang, occult, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, social decay, youth, society, violence spree, friendship, teenage life, parents and children, heavy metal ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Dickens' classic story. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist escapes to the unpredictable freedom of Cape Town, where he falls in with Fagin's ...
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, street kid, juvenile delinquency, young heroes, gang, dishonesty, society, orphan, life is a bitch, danger, rich and poor, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cape town south africa, south africa, africa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
At age 13, a street kid known as "El Polaquito" makes his living mostly by singing tangos (originally sung by his namesake, the singer "El Polaco") on Buenos Aires commuter trains. He falls in love with a 16 year old prostitute, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, bleak
Plot:
youth, forbidden love, street kid, prostitute, train, love affair, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, orphan, fall in love, rebelliousness, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tano is 16-years-old and is already sitting in jail. In 48 hours he’s a free man and off to the wedding of his brother. In the two days he recounts his neighborhood in a section of Sevilla.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
wedding, juvenile delinquent, friendship, self discovery, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, rebellious youth, buddies, youth, society, family relations, kids in trouble ...
Place:
europe, spain
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, atmospheric, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, brother brother relationship, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, misfit, criminal heroes, youth, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, society ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
finland, europe
Is relevant?
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, emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
youth, family relations, teenage life, friendship, juvenile delinquency, self discovery, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, coming of age, elderly, life is a bitch, misfit ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
Style:
hood, rough, realistic, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, vengeance, society, drug addict, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, criminal's revenge, youth, life is a bitch, ghetto, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, britain, europe
Is relevant?
654
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:
psychological, serious, rough, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, thanksgiving, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, lgbt, family problems, survival, youth, rehabilitation, drug dealing, society ...
Place:
boston, los angeles
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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:
thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, rough, sincere ...
Plot:
female teacher, hostage, teachers and students, juvenile delinquency, hardcase students, youth, mentally unstable, high school, life is a bitch, society, breaking point, police ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum,but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister is a ...
Style:
hood, realistic, bleak, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
chess, childhood trauma, coming of age, drug dealing, drug lord, african american, ghetto, father son relationship, drug, hip hop, urban ghetto, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey, africa
Is relevant?
636
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Authentic and committed, moving and stormy drama of street kids from Mexico City. Wonderful adaptation of successful play about street kids who have more trouble with corrupt cops, than with dirty and heavy work.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, gang, juvenile delinquency, social decay, drug dealing, life is a bitch, youth, society, police corruption, urban ghetto life, social misfits, down on your luck ...
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Izzy, the youngest son of a troubled New York family, takes a shine to breaking into people's apartments as a way to get attention.
Style:
realistic, emotional, sincere, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
youth, dysfunctional family, young heroes, life is a bitch, unlikely criminals, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, estrangement, family problems, parents and children, heist, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
210
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, youth, life is a bitch, danger, rivalry, society, coming of age, urban ghetto life, nudity, immigrant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
winnipeg, canada
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power struggle between the 'tough' new inmate and the ...
Style:
tense, serious, controversial, independent film, grindhouse ...
Plot:
boy, rebellion, corruption, rape, criminal, prison, humiliation, youth, prison life, juvenile delinquent, racism, revenge ...
Time:
year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, mob boss, drug lord, camorra, gang, social decay, society, gang war, life is a bitch, italian mafia, gangster, strong violent content ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, europe, napoli italy, new mexico
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