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1. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 801,400 | Gross: $7.56M
2. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
R | 136 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
Votes: 881,570 | Gross: $6.21M
3. West Side Story (2021)
PG-13 | 156 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez
Votes: 95,603
4. 21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of an undercover police unit composed of young-looking officers specializing in youth crime.
Stars: Johnny Depp, Dustin Nguyen, Peter DeLuise, Holly Robinson Peete
Votes: 14,089
5. Candyman (1992)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons
Votes: 100,185 | Gross: $25.79M
6. Attack the Block (2011)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
Director: Joe Cornish | Stars: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones
Votes: 111,439 | Gross: $1.02M
7. Solarbabies (1986)
PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a post-apocalyptic future ruled by the military, a group of renegade teenage orphans find a legendary orb, Bohdai, that can supposedly bring the rain back to dried up Earth.
Director: Alan Johnson | Stars: Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Lukas Haas
Votes: 4,962 | Gross: $1.58M
8. Hue and Cry (1947)
82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Alastair Sim, Frederick Piper, Harry Fowler, Vida Hope
Votes: 1,787
9. The Damned (1962)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox
Votes: 4,017
10. New Police Story (2004)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A hero cop accidentally leads his team into a trap from which he is the only survivor. Drowning his guilt in booze, he is eventually assigned a new younger partner who turns out to have his own secrets.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Charlie Yeung, Daniel Wu
Votes: 29,003
11. Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a dystopian near future America, a young man infiltrates a powerful drug dealing rollerblading youth gang that runs his town in order to end their reign for good.
Director: Rick King | Stars: Corey Haim, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Collet, Julius Harris
Votes: 2,771
12. Germany Year Zero (1948)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama
A young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post-WWII Berlin.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger
Votes: 13,719
13. 100 Streets (2016)
TV-MA | 93 min | Crime, Drama
Three people, three extraordinary stories. All lived out within a hundred London streets.
Director: Jim O'Hanlon | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Idris Elba, Jo Martin, Charlie Creed-Miles
Votes: 4,484
14. Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama
Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets.
Director: Buddy Giovinazzo | Stars: Evan Ross, Stephanie Lugo, Maurice Blake, Omar Regan
Votes: 1,887
15. Eastern Boys (2013)
Unrated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A businessman makes a regular arrangement with a Ukrainian prostitute, despite the youngster's involvement in a controlling street gang.
Director: Robin Campillo | Stars: Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Daniil Vorobyov, Edéa Darcque
Votes: 3,844 | Gross: $0.02M
16. Murdered for Being Different (2017 TV Movie)
61 min | Crime, Drama
On August 11, 2007, twenty-year-old Sophie Lancaster was brutally attacked in a park by a gang of teenagers and died 13 days later in hospital. She and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were attacked because they were dressed as Goths.
Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: Chanel Cresswell, Nico Mirallegro, Abigail Lawrie, Sally Lindsay
Votes: 713
17. PTU (2003)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When an obnoxious detective loses his gun to four young thugs, it's up to the P.T.U. (Police Tactical Unit) and their iron-willed leader to recover the weapon and clean up the mess before daybreak.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Simon Yam, Suet Lam, Ruby Wong, Maggie Siu
Votes: 5,158
18. The Inheritors (1983)
TV-MA | 90 min | Drama
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 the son of a self-made industrialist ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Bannert | Stars: Nikolas Vogel, Roger Schauer, Wolfgang Gasser, Anneliese Stöckl-Eberhard
Votes: 278
19. The Crew (2008)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As a major heist approaches and with betrayal all around him, a respected crime boss has to summon all his street nous and killer instinct as he fights for survival.
Director: Adrian Vitoria | Stars: Scot Williams, Kenny Doughty, Cordelia Bugeja, Rosie Fellner
Votes: 2,815
20. The Veteran (2011)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A soldier returning from the war in Afghanistan uncovers a conspiracy involving the intelligence services and a gang of drug dealers.
Director: Matthew Hope | Stars: Toby Kebbell, Adi Bielski, Tony Curran, Ashley Thomas
Votes: 7,402
21. Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The emotional story of a lifelong friendship between a Boston rookie cop and a young street-wise delinquent.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 718
22. Crime in the Streets (1956)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Social worker tries to befriend local slum gang.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, Mark Rydell
Votes: 1,388
23. Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story (2002 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story is the true story of a teenage gang's attack on high school student Jonathan Wamback in Ontario, Canada. Following the attack, Jonathan falls into a coma.... See full summary »
Director: John L'Ecuyer | Stars: Tyler Hynes, Christopher Jacot, Marnie McPhail, Ron White
Votes: 357
24. The Children of Times Square (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama
An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Joanna Cassidy, David Ackroyd, Larry B. Scott
Votes: 426
25. Treed Murray (2001)
R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
An advertising executive, trapped in a tree by a gang of would-be muggers, manipulates them into fighting to save his life.
Director: William Phillips | Stars: David Hewlett, Aaron Ashmore, Clé Bennett, Kevin Duhaney
Votes: 1,593
26. Key Witness (1960)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Los Angeles, a brave witness to murder agrees to testify in court against the street gang leader who's desperate to silence him.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Pat Crowley, Dennis Hopper, Joby Baker
Votes: 367
27. Sunnyside (1979)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama
Nick Martin, a young street tough, has a change of heart and attempts to stop the gang violence in his neighborhood.
Director: Timothy Galfas | Stars: Joey Travolta, John Lansing, Stacey Pickren, Andrew Rubin
Votes: 92
28. Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle (2016)
Not Rated | 44 min | Short, Comedy
Alan leaves behind his comfortable existence and heads north to ask whether, in this once United Kingdom, a `schasm` has formed between north and south.
Directors: Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons | Stars: Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Ben Rufus Green, Jean Ellwood
Votes: 1,815
29. Lookin' Italian (1994)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A former mafia footsoldier tries for a quiet life working in a used book store but his life is up-ended by the arrival of his hot-headed nephew who is instantly drawn into the gangster lifestyle.
Director: Guy Magar | Stars: Jay Acovone, Matt LeBlanc, Stephanie Richards, Lou Rawls
Votes: 290
30. The Pusher (1960)
Not Rated | 81 min | Crime, Drama
A detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection between the junkie and his fiance, who is his boss' daughter.
Director: Gene Milford | Stars: Kathy Carlyle, Robert Lansing, Felice Orlandi, Douglas Rodgers
Votes: 158
31. The Ice Cream Wars (2022)
118 min | Documentary, Crime, History
In 1984 six Glasgow family members died in an arson attack. Their murders were followed by one of Scotland's longest trials and a 20-year fight for justice that gripped the nation.
Stars: Douglas Skelton, Marion Scott, Les Trueman, Nanette Pollock
Votes: 60
32. City Across the River (1949)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The macho head of an urban community center tries to reform juvenile delinquents.
Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Stephen McNally, Thelma Ritter, Luis Van Rooten, Jeff Corey
Votes: 463
33. Survival of Dana (1979 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime, Drama
High-school transfer student Dana moves from North Dakota to Los Angeles' suburban Valley district after her parents get divorced.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Melissa Sue Anderson, Robert Carradine, Marion Ross, Talia Balsam
Votes: 71
34. The Dangerous (1983)
91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Unable to cope with unemployment, a tiler arrives in Athens, only to face equally grave problems. The only way out for him and his friends is a lucrative heist; however, when freedom is at stake, what good is the promise of a treasure?
Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Panos Mihalopoulos, Stamatis Gardelis, Kaiti Finou, Sofia Aliberti
Votes: 205
35. Heroes of Dirt (2015)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A self-focused BMX dirt rider aspires to become the next stunt champion and is forced to mentor a troubled teen.
Director: Eric Bugbee | Stars: Joel Moody, William Martinez, Vivienne VanHorn, Bill Allen
Votes: 116
36. Harmony Lessons (2013)
120 min | Drama
Lonely Kazakh teenager Aslan is bullied at his new school. He prepares himself for a bloody revenge on the school bully Bolat.
Director: Emir Baigazin | Stars: Timur Aidarbekov, Aslan Anarbayev, Mukhtar Andassov, Anelya Adilbekova
Votes: 1,016
37. The Sun's Burial (1960)
87 min | Crime, Drama
In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Kayoko Honoo, Kôji Nakahara, Masahiko Tsugawa, Fumio Watanabe
Votes: 1,005
38. Cowards (2008)
89 min | Drama
A young victim of bullying at school realizes that even the adult world is dominated by fear similar to his own. He pays a high price when he decides to fight back.
Directors: José Corbacho, Juan Cruz | Stars: Eduardo Garé, Eduardo Espinilla, Elvira Mínguez, Antonio de la Torre
Votes: 601
39. Beautiful Target (1995 Video)
88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A doctor/policewoman is stalked by a madman who rapes girls, photographs them and kills them in various ways.
Directors: Toshiharu Ikeda, Naosuke Kurosawa | Stars: Yôko Natsuki, Shiho, Michihiro Yamanishi, Taka Higuchi
Votes: 58
40. Machotaildrop (2009)
91 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Machotaildrop is a highly visual and fantastical journey about an amateur skateboarder, Walter Rhum, who realizes his dream of turning pro and riding for the world's greatest skateboard ... See full summary »
Director: Corey Adams | Stars: Anthony Amedori, James Faulkner, Rick McCrank, Lukács Bicskey
Votes: 182
41. The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
Passed | 86 min | Drama
Joe Jonathan tries to keep his business on the level after some shady dealings but will his cronies let him?
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: George Murphy, Anne Shirley, William Gargan, Richard Barthelmess
Votes: 212
42. Die rote Zora (2008)
99 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A female-led gang of orphaned teenagers fights corruption.
Director: Peter Kahane | Stars: Linn Reusse, Jakob Knoblauch, Nora Quest, David Berton
Votes: 308
43. Queen of Niendorf (2017)
67 min | Family
A declaration of love to childhood about a girl's struggle for her place in the boys world. Summer holidays have just begun in the small Brandenburg town of Niendorf but ten-year-old Lea is... See full summary »
Director: Joya Thome | Stars: Lisa Moell, Denny Sonnenschein, Salim Fazzani, Ivo T. Michligk
Votes: 148
44. Dino (1957)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A juvenile delinquent (Sal Mineo) on parole receives support from a social worker (Brian Keith) and a girl (Susan Kohner) from a slum.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Sal Mineo, Brian Keith, Susan Kohner, Frank Faylen
Votes: 200
45. Strangers in the House (1942)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole. Abandoned by his wife about 20 years ago, he has sunk into alcoholism. One day, the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the attic of his residence.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Raimu, Juliette Faber, Gabrielle Fontan, Héléna Manson
Votes: 465
46. The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu (1962)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Inspector Palmu investigates the death of an old astronomer, whose body is found on Helsinki's Observatory Hill, but the investigation is complicated by the media's spreading of false information concerning the case.
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Helge Herala
Votes: 1,294
47. Maldita ciudad (un drama cómico) (1954)
90 min | Drama
A humble provincial writer who wants to publish his first book offers it to a film producer who is looking for locations for a film at that time. The novelist's family then moves to the big... See full summary »
Director: Ismael Rodríguez | Stars: Fernando Soler, Anita Blanch, Carlos Orellana, Sara Guasch
Votes: 50
48. Downtime (1997)
90 min | Romance, Thriller
Chrissy contemplates suicide with her son. Rob, a former police psychologist, intervenes and asks her on a date. The two, along with Chrissy's son and elderly Pat, become trapped in an elevator after a drunken gang damages it.
Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Paul McGann, Susan Lynch, Tom Georgeson, David Roper
Votes: 264
49. Gangland (1998)
97 min | Action, Drama
A bunch of teenagers finds a bag of drugs and sells it back to the original gangster owners.
Directors: Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes | Stars: Ryan Eigenmann, Jason Salcedo, Junell Hernando, Justin Simoy
Votes: 52
50. Khamsa (2008)
110 min | Drama
A 13 year old Gypsy boy escapes from foster home to continue a life of mischief and delinquency during a french summer.
Director: Karim Dridi | Stars: Marc Cortes, Raymond Adam, Tony Fourmann, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 239