Juvenile delinquent movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant juvenile delinquent movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, touching, disturbing, suspenseful and rough films and TV shows about / with juvenile delinquent, teenager, youth, juvenile delinquency, violence, teenage boy, coming of age, friendship, fight and family relations plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
juvenile delinquent
TOP 10 movies tagged as juvenile delinquent: Standing Tall (2015), Starred Up (2013), 10 1/2 (2010), L.I.E. (2001), Deathrow (2000), Mommy (2014), The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008), Crows Zero (2007), Punish Me (2006), Hot Rods to Hell (1966).
Best films
List of juvenile delinquent movies
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, touching
Audience:
teens
Plot:
juvenile delinquent, social worker, juvenile delinquency, judge, teen angst, teenage boy, nervousness, imprisonment, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, strong female character, compassion, anger ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already ...
Style:
psychological, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, juvenile delinquent, prison life, violence, male nudity, attempted murder, prison escape, character study, manipulation, confined, teenage life ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
britain, england
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702
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
boy, kids in trouble, child abuse, juvenile delinquent, social worker, life is a bitch, isolation, youth, redemption, coming of age, police, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
quebec, canada
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10K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this biting and disturbing coming-of-age tale from writer-director Michael Cuesta, life is bittersweet along the L.I.E., also known as the Long Island Expressway, as suburban teen Howie Blitzer learns all too clearly. In the space of a week, he ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, controversial, sexy, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, male prostitution, coming of age, sexual abuse, pedophile, older man younger man relationship, pedophilia, mentor, youth, suburbs, rent boy, juvenile delinquent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
long island, new york, new jersey, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A neglected and unloved orphan raised by poor relatives in the slums of Manila is wrongfully convicted of murder that resulted from a heist he was compelled to join. Unable to prove his innocence and his minor age, he is thrown into the cruel, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
jail, juvenile delinquent, prisoner, murder, lawyer, death sentence, teenage boy, suspense, prison life, death row, prison, male nudity ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
Style:
melancholic, touching, depressing, emotional, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
oedipus complex, dysfunctional family, mother son relationship, mentally unstable, juvenile delinquent, incest overtones, single mother, violence, teenager, stuttering, youth, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2015, near future, 2010s, year 2010, year 1982 ...
Place:
canada, quebec, montreal
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Haunted by his traumatic past and cautious about the prospects of an uncertain future, a fourteen year old boy named Juhani winds up in an isolated boys' home known as The Island. Juhani (Niilo Syvaoja) has been shuttled between foster homes ...
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, realistic
Plot:
teenager, isolation, friendship, island, juvenile prison, juvenile detention, youth, school, juvenile delinquent, bully, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself to do it as he reminds him of his youth.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, captivating, semi serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gang, gangsters, rivalry, gang war, teenage life, youth, high school, teenage gang, street fight, yakuza, friendship, high school life ...
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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571
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Deals with the obsessive relationship between a confused teenager and an elder woman. Elsa Seifert successfully works as probation officer, but the relationship to her longtime companion is in trouble since their common daughter moved out. Then she ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sexy, sexual, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
dominant woman, sex game, mature woman, fetishism, obsession, destructive relationship, teenage boy, juvenile delinquent, pedophile, society, juvenile delinquency, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, sao paulo brazil, hamburg germany
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
While on a business trip, Tom Phillips is in a car accident caused by a reckless driver. Tom survives the accident with a severe chronic back injury which results in him not being able to continue with his current business. The Phillips' buy a ...
Style:
serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquent, desert, christmas, car, motel, rock music, speed, beach, surfing, on the road, teenager, drag racing ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
california
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
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:
intense, melancholic, sentimental, stylized, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gang, teenager, juvenile delinquent, street gang, friendship, dysfunctional family, runaway, rivalry, brother brother relationship, small town, class differences ...
Time:
60s, future, 80s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
oklahoma, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two teenage boys cycle 160 km on stolen bikes pursued by police to find a missing bale of cocaine worth 7 million euro. Set around the real event of Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure in 2007 of 440 million euro.
Style:
light, absurd, humorous, tense, road movie ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, friendship, cocaine, juvenile delinquent, police, road trip, irish, drugs, drunkenness, escapades, coming of age, humour ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007
Place:
ireland
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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
Plot:
youth, motocross, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, juvenile delinquent, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, dysfunctional family, death of mother, social worker, family problems, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
Style:
funny, touching, feel good, humorous, scenic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
coming of age, nature, hunting, juvenile delinquent, boy, wilderness, childhood, adoption, forest, dog, sarcasm, countryside ...
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A tough gang of teenage girls are looking for love and fighting for turf on the mean streets of the city! Bad girls to the core, these impossibly outrageous high school hoodlums go where they want ... and create mayhem wherever they go!
Style:
sexy, campy, slasher, psychological, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
exploitation, gang, girl gang, gangsters, juvenile delinquent, high school, women in prison, lesbianism, unwanted pregnancy, teenager, women, bullying ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, atmospheric, psychedelic, cerebral ...
Plot:
gang, insanity, rape, violent, surrealism, psychology, drugs, distopia, violence, psychopath, brutality, murder ...
Time:
future, year 1995, 20th century, 90s, 70s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, united kingdom
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and murdered her best friend.
Style:
sexy, slasher, psychotronic, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, revenge, violence against women, violence, gang, murder, cheerleader, juvenile delinquent, female vigilante, vigilantism, exploitation ...
Time:
80s, 50s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Eddie, a fourteen-year-old juvenile delinquent of sorts, collides with a car during a petty theft and dies in the hospital. Due to some confusion in heaven, however, he is given three days to clean up his life with the help of a beginner angel - and ...
Style:
touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
juvenile delinquent, teen rebel, youth, miraculous event, angel, teenage boy, teenager, hospital, near death experience, shoplifting, doctor, basketball ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
boy, gang, juvenile delinquency, friendship between boys, bullying, kids in trouble, coming of age, mind game, society, rivalry, youth, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial ...
Style:
serious, thought provoking, disturbing, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
reformatory, youth, transvestism, prison, juvenile delinquent, reform, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, school, prison life, teachers and students, transsexual ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy, sicily, europe, palermo italy
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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:
tense, cynical, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
street gang, racism, gang, juvenile delinquent, murder trial, courtroom, lawyer, serial killer, murder, district attorney, class differences, power relations ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, new york state, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Style:
disturbing, rough, sad, retro
Plot:
fbi, informant, suspense, drug traffic, father son relationship, gangsters, juvenile delinquent, drugs, buddies, culture clash, teenager, gang ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, year 1985, year 1987, year 1986 ...
Place:
las vegas, michigan, ohio, detroit
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Falling Like This showcases compelling performances by two young actors, Brian Vaughan and Megan Wilson. Writer/Director Dani Minnick has crafted a compassionate examination of the ragged edge of suburban life as characterized by Boyd, a charming, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage love, juvenile delinquent, unlikely couple, teenage life, couples, youth, on the run, juvenile delinquency, love and romance, young lovers, love affair, fall in love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, disturbing, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
prison, suspense, gang, teenager, juvenile delinquency, youth, prison escape, violence, gangsters, rivalry, confined, society ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, california, chicago illinois, new jersey
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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, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
wedding, juvenile delinquent, friendship, juvenile delinquency, self discovery, teenage life, rebellious youth, buddies, society, youth, kids in trouble, family relations ...
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Nandha (Tamil: நந்தா) is a 2001 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Bala, starring Suriya and Laila in the leading roles, while Rajkiran, Saravanan and Rajshree play other supporting roles. The film also marked the debut of ...
Style:
serious, touching, captivating
Plot:
tragedy, ex convict, juvenile delinquent, patricide, deaf mute, murder, mother son relationship, suspense, boy, death of protagonist, poisoning, refugee ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and ...
Style:
enigmatic, suspenseful, disturbing, humorous, tense ...
Plot:
japanese schoolgirl, violence, baseball, juvenile delinquent, 17 year old, death of father, baseball team, japanese woman, mysterious death, teen violence, fireball, accidental killing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Fourteen year old breakdancer and mischievous delinquent, Jonah Takalua, returns from Tonga to start a new life at Holy Cross High School.
Dominating the playground with his gang Fobba-licious, amusing himself with endless filfthy jokes and a ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, sitcom, parody
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
high school, rebelliousness, juvenile delinquent, teenage life, teachers and students, society, popularity, youth, mischievous children, self involved, satire, gay slur ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
How one bad decision can change where your life goes.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
redemption, life turned upside down, juvenile delinquent, haunted by the past, hopes, unlikely criminals, twists and turns, life, teenager, reenactment, bug
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries ...
Style:
depressing, realistic, touching, emotional, sad ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, child abuse, single parent, abusive stepfather, domestic violence, childhood, husband wife relationship, teenager, dysfunctional family, friendship, writers ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1957
Place:
seattle, washington state, salt lake city utah, washington d.c., california ...
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