THEME EXPLORATION

childhood gangs

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Teenage Doll
Teenage Doll
1957 · Roger Corman
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His semi-autobiographical film 'The 400 Blows' intimately portrays the rebellious bonds and misadventures of childhood friends navigating adolescence and social constraints.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'Nobody Knows' and 'Shoplifters' explore the complex dynamics of children forming protective group bonds when abandoned or marginalized by society.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His gritty social realist works such as 'Kes' and 'This is England' authentically capture working-class childhood gangs and their struggles against systemic inequality.