THEME EXPLORATION

high school rebellion

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Grease
Grease
1978 · Randal Kleiser
Dazed and Confused
Dazed and Confused
1993 · Richard Linklater
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if….
1968 · Lindsay Anderson
School in the Crosshairs
School in the Crosshairs
1981 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Godless Girl
The Godless Girl
1928 · Cecil B. DeMille
Sexy Battle Girls
Sexy Battle Girls
1986 · Mototsugu Watanabe
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
Vormittagsspuk
Vormittagsspuk
1928 · Hans Richter
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Allen Hughes United States

His iconic 1980s films like The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off define the high school rebellion narrative through authentic teenage voices questioning authority and societal expectations.

 Joaquim Dos Santos United States

His films Elephant and Paranoid Park explore adolescent alienation and rebellion with poetic, introspective examinations of outsider youth culture and institutional disconnect.