youth gang movies

Bound by Honor (1993)
8.101 / 10

Crime, Action, Drama, Thriller

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It...

Once Were Warriors (1994)
7.388 / 10

Drama

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together...

New Police Story (2004)
7.137 / 10

Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama

Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help...

The Principal (1987)
6.5 / 10

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama

Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the...

A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
8.3 / 10

Crime, Drama, Romance

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

In the Heat of the Night (1967)
7.627 / 10

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny...

Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
7.577 / 10

Drama

The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding....

The Damned (1962)
6.2 / 10

Horror, Science Fiction

An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on...

The Wild Soccer Bunch (2003)
6.4 / 10

Comedy, Family

The school year is over and for a diverse group of carefree kids, soccer is king! These kids believe that they are the local gold team and there is...

The Wild Boys (2017)
6.6 / 10

Drama, Adventure, Fantasy

Island of La Réunion, in the beginning of the 20th century. Five teenagers commit a savage crime. As punishment, a Dutch captain takes them to a...

City of Men (2007)
7.096 / 10

Drama

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship,...

The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
7.3 / 10

Drama

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland...

TwentyFourSeven (1997)
6.2 / 10

Drama

In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man...

Beautiful Beings (2022)
7.3 / 10

Drama

A teenage boy, raised by a mother who considers herself psychic, takes a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits. As the group’s troubles...

Tough Enough (2006)
6.8 / 10

Drama, Thriller

From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of...

Shank (2009)
6 / 10

Drama, Action

Teenage gang member Cal, hides his sexuality from his fellow gang members despite their often violent dislike of anyone that isn't the same as them,...

The Mayor of Hell (1933)
7.1 / 10

Crime, Drama

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed...

The Inheritors (1983)
6.2 / 10

Drama, Action, War

A neo-Nazi organization is recruiting in the 1980s, and two youths of high-school age join for similar reasons, despite class differences. Thomas is...

Paradise Mall (1999)
6.1 / 10

Action, Drama

Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009)
6 / 10

Drama

Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".