Street punk movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant street punk movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out cult film, realistic, retro, weird, nostalgic and entertaining films and TV shows about / with street punk, teenager, mentor, dialogue, runaway, storytelling, catastrophe, chase, youth and redemption plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in USA, Canada, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as street punk: West Side Story (1961), Grease (1978), Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979), The Warriors (1979), Fame (1980), Death Wish II (1982), Grease 2 (1982), The Outsiders (1983), Rumble Fish (1983), Suburbia (1983).
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List of street punk movies

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:
stylized, sexy, breathtaking, dramatic, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
forbidden love, gang, rivalry, tragic love, interracial relations, dancing, shakespeare, racism, music, young love, love story, gang war ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1930s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city
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284K

Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, humorous, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
high school, opposites attract, teenage love, coming of age, makeover, dancing, first love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, teenager, cheerleader, love story ...
Time:
year 1959, 50s, 80s, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
california, australia, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
Style:
funny, psychotronic, humorous, sexy, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock and roll, high school, music, teenager, rock, school, punk, youth, dancing, musician, cult, rebellion ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
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105K

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' ...
Style:
neo noir, stylized, futuristic, intense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gang, survival, street gang, chase, gang war, gangsters, gang member, violence, murder, cult, subway, assassination ...
Time:
future, 70s, 80s, near future, year 1979
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, new jersey, los angeles, bronx new york city ...
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23K

Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts
Style:
inspirational, realistic, sincere, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
music, high school, dancing, teenager, teacher, gay, life philosophy, high school life, dysfunctional family, unlikely friendships, audition, graduation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Style:
neo noir, erotic, unusual plot structure, feel good, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, vigilante, rape and revenge, gang, one man army, female nudity, prostitute, street gang, interracial rape, violence, vigilantism, revenge ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa
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37K

Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, humorous, feel good, campy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot:
dancing, high school, cheerleading, teenager, motorcycle, cheerleader, music, teen romance, teenage girl, love, biker, camp ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 20th century, 50s, year 1961
Place:
los angeles
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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: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, gang, street gang, gangsters, brother brother relationship, teenager, biker, character study, juvenile delinquency, life philosophy, family relations, melancholy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
oklahoma, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart.
Style:
psychotronic, political, indie film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, punk, punk rock, subculture, skinhead, coming of age, friendship, dysfunctional family, drugs, friendship between men, runaway, graffiti ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, southern california
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84K

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock.
Style:
feel good, serious, captivating, intense, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
dancing, high school, teenager, youth, music, love and romance, small town, rebellion, rebelliousness, dancer's life, church, teenage rebellion ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, utah
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39K

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
Style:
surreal, enigmatic, funny, psychotronic, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien, punk, surrealism, cult, absurdism, punk rocker, car, radioactivity, car chase, mentor, distopia, business ...
Time:
80s, future, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, surreal, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rescue, kidnapping, singer, abduction, motorcycle, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, mercenary, rock and roll, gang, guilty pleasure, music, fan ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Style:
talky, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, youth, teenage angst, adolescence, high school life, adolescence vs adulthood, teachers and students, introspection, loneliness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Paul Kersey returns to New York to visit his friend Charley, who lives in one of the worst parts of New York City. But when Paul arrives at Charley's apartment, he finds Charley dying after a vicious beating by a gang led by Manny Fraker, and ...
Style:
neo noir, satirical, intense, perverse, campy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, vigilante, gang, vigilantism, revenge, gangsters, rape victim, gang rape, sniper, justice, brutality, nude ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, los angeles, london, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage seeking their favorite food: brains!
Style:
scary, splatter, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, monster, undead, punk, cannibalism, female nudity, crematorium, supernatural, paramedic, zombie attack, transformation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
usa, san diego california, kentucky
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A delinquent teenager's only link to society is the attachment he feels towards an older brother-figure. When the older boy starts spending time with a new girlfriend, the teenager begins to feel even more alienated, and gets involved with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, retro
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, punk rock, punk, juvenile delinquent, street punk, alienation, family relations, youth, coming of age, friendship, friends, partners ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.
Style:
melancholic, campy, unusual plot structure, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
gang, teenager, survival, gangsters, wilderness, revenge, transformation, greed, life & death, street punk, nude, disaster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida, new jersey, usa, everglades, miami
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Genre: Action, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, road movie, dark ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ghost, righting the wronged, reincarnation, car, chase, car chase, gang, supernatural power, supernatural ability, afterlife, killer car, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
arizona, usa
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148K

Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires ...
Style:
scary, entertaining, stylized, gothic horror, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, small town, supernatural, motorcycle, transformation, fear, gang, goth, teenage boy, amusement park, single mother, coming of age ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Aliens, who look like clowns, arrive on Earth to capture and harvest people in order to use them as sustenance.
Style:
scary, parody, humorous, campy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
clown, alien, monster, alien invasion, killer clown, cult, evil clown, ufo, evil alien, survival, heroic mission, save the world ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Aliens land in the mythical town of "Speelburgh, U.S.A" searching for the source of rock & roll. What they find is a gang of teenagers, led by Dee Dee (the inimitable Pia Zadora) and Frankie, along with Frankie's posse/rock ...
Style:
absurd, parody, urban fantasy
Plot:
alien, female singer, rock and roll, street punk, chainsaw, sword and sorcery, battle of the bands, rock band, pop music, escaped mental patient, extraterrestrial, sexual desire ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pair of failing high school students -- Bill S. Preston, Esquire and Ted "Theodore" Logan -- are visited by a time traveler from the future who takes them on an adventure through time to gather up actual historical figures to help them ...
Style:
funny, feel good, light, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, date night
Plot:
time travel, time machine, teenager, high school, changing the past or future, sent to the past, time, rock and roll, travel, medieval, classmate classmate relationship, slacker ...
Time:
80s, middle ages, future, 20th century, year 1988 ...
Place:
ancient greece, california, athens greece, washington d.c., usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her mother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, light, campy, parody ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
rock and roll, forbidden love, gang, youth, music, rivalry, teenage love, teenager, juvenile delinquent, fall in love, juvenile delinquency, teenage life ...
Time:
50s, 80s, year 1954, 20th century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill ...
Style:
funny, light, humorous, buddy movie, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, date night
Plot:
time travel, time machine, afterlife, robot, time, death, sent to the past, god, grim reaper, musician, travel, utopia ...
Time:
future, 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In what appears to be a cross between Critters and The Towering Inferno, the residents of a shoddy L.A. apartment block are chased up to the roof by hoards of the eponymous hairy horrors.
Style:
sweet, scary, splatter, slasher, campy ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
monster, alien, creature, halloween, creature feature, alien invasion, little creatures, exploitation, disaster, alien creature, farce, demon ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Unlike most gangs, the ButterCream gang does good deeds. Their leader, Pete, has to go live with his aunt in Chicago. But things don't go well in Chicago and Pete is changed when he returns. Soon Pete is hanging around with the wrong crowd. But ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
street punk, religious, friendship, gang, teenage life, small town, city life, small town life, family relations, friends, buddies, youth ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
utah, chicago illinois
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Toughs are troubling Sandy and her new aerobics studio; with the help of new employee Sam (a karate expert), she shows them who is boss.
Plot:
street punk, karate, rape and revenge, vigilantism, punched in the groin, female fight, girl fight, gym, gang rape, fitness, rape, martial arts ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Vampire hunter Edgar Frog is destitute and nearly friendless, when the beautiful vampire-romance novelist Gwen Lieber offers him a small fortune to go on the vampire hunt of a lifetime and save her brother from an army of newborn vampires who use a ...
Style:
surprise ending, scary, suspenseful, exciting, serious
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, rave, missing person, supernatural, nude, good versus evil, island, captive, brother brother relationship, rescue mission, reluctant partners, amateur detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., california, usa
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11K

Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
CBGB looks at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal (Alan Rickman) in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, melancholic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, rock music, punk rock, music, music band, rock band, musician's life, artists and showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, clubbing, music history ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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