THEME EXPLORATION

juvenile delinquency

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Mademoiselle
Mademoiselle
1966 · Tony Richardson
Dead End
Dead End
1937 · William Wyler
Brothers
Brothers
1912 · D.W. Griffith
Los olvidados
Los olvidados
1950 · Luis Buñuel
Knock on Any Door
Knock on Any Door
1949 · Nicholas Ray
La notte brava (les Garcons/On Any Street/Bad Girls Don’t Cry
La notte brava (les Garcons/On Any Street/Bad Girls Don’t Cry
1959 · Mauro Bolognini
No Trees in the Street
No Trees in the Street
1959 · J. Lee Thompson
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Scum
Scum
1979 · Alan Clarke
The Other Side of the Tracks
The Other Side of the Tracks
1997 · Bertrand Tavernier
The Young Savages
The Young Savages
1961 · John Frankenheimer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films such as 'Kes' and 'Sweet Sixteen' depict the systemic causes and human costs of juvenile delinquency in working-class Britain.

 François Truffaut France

His seminal film 'The 400 Blows' remains one of cinema's most empathetic and influential explorations of childhood alienation and juvenile delinquency.