Here we've displayed a list of the best Troubled Youth films : The 400 Blows(1959), Shoeshine(1946), Captains Courageous(1937), No Easy Way(1996), Red River(1948), When I Grow Up(1951), Gun Crazy(1950), Boys Don't Cry(1999), The Corn Is Green(1945), We Need to Talk About Kevin(2011), Blackboard Jungle(1955), Over the Edge(1979) ... ...
8.1/10
Crime, Drama
France
1959
93 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Léaud Claire Maurier Albert Remy Guy Decomble Patrick Auffray Georges Flamant Yvonne Claudie Robert Beauvais
son mother father friend teacher bleak disheartening france paris apartment school childhood child custody troubled youth rebellion growing up underdog 1950s
A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
8.0/10
Drama
Italy
1946
93 Minutes
Rinaldo Smordoni Franco Interlenghi Annielo Mele Bruno Ortenzi Emilio Cigoli Pacifico Astrologo Maria Campi Enrico De Silva Antonio Lo Nigro Anna Pedoni
shoeshine boy orphan brother con artist police officer bleak emotional racetrack rome juvenile detention boat troubled youth corruption poverty freedom friendship underdog fall escape 1940s
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy, save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison where the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
8.0/10
Adventure
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas Charley Grapewin Mickey Rooney John Carradine Oscar O'Shea Jack LaRue Walter Kingsford Sam McDaniel
young boy father fisherman captain friend sailor heartwarming uplifting ship boarding school gloucester, mass. ocean liner troubled youth accident sailors father/son relationship growing up transformation 1890s
A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
7.9/10
Drama
USA
1996
107 Minutes
Alan Boyce Khandi Alexander Brandon Hammond Jermaine Montell Christina Pickles
pianist single mother teenager son doctor moving emotional tender los angeles hospital street aids unlikely friendship troubled youth dying young poverty discovery transformation 1990s
Matthew, a concert pianist played by Alan Boyce, has kept his HIV positive status secret and refuses help from family and doctors. On the night he loses his job playing mood music in a ... See full summary »
7.8/10
Western
USA
1948
133 Minutes
John Wayne Montgomery Clift Walter Brennan Joanne Dru Coleen Gray John Ireland Noah Beery Jr. Harry Carey Harry Carey Jr. Paul Fix Mickey Kuhn
rancher cowboy sidekick cook rousing spirited texas ranch abilene, kan. oklahoma daunting task travel cattle troubled youth rivalry quest adventure 1860s
Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
7.6/10
Drama
USA
1951
80 Minutes
teen boy grandfather father mother troubled youth emotional moving positive house attic coming of age diary family history maturing childhood teen angst discovery growing up transformation 1890s
"When I Grow Up" is an uncharacteristically modest film from producer Sam Spiegel (during his "S. P. Eagle" years). Bobby Driscoll plays a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at... See full summary »
7.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
87 Minutes
Peggy Cummins John Dall Berry Kroeger Morris Carnovsky Anabel Shaw Harry Lewis Nedrick Young Trevor Bardette
sharpshooter pacifist newlywed reporter sheriff sister cool thrilling emotional small town carnival car office building southern california doomed romance armed robbery troubled youth crime spree accidental murder on the run
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
7.5/10
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
USA
1999
119 Minutes
Hilary Swank Chloë Sevigny Peter Sarsgaard Brendan Sexton III Alison Folland Alicia Goranson Matt McGrath Rob Campbell Jeannetta Arnette
transsexual love interest friend criminal bleak emotional lincoln, neb. falls city, neb. bar apartment gender identity troubled youth violence growing up transformation forbidden love fall 1990s
A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1945
114 Minutes
Bette Davis John Dall Nigel Bruce Joan Lorring Rhys Williams Rosalind Ivan Mildred Dunnock
schoolteacher spinster student coal miner squire pregnant woman moving inspiring village school glansarno, wales education coal mining ambition troubled youth illegitimate child discovery quest sacrifice 1890s
A schoolteacher becomes the mentor of a talented young miner and seeks to get him into a university.
7.5/10
Drama
UK|USA
2011
111 Minutes
Tilda Swinton John C. Reilly Ezra Miller Jasper Newell Rocky Duer Ashley Gerasimovich Siobhan Fallon Hogan Alex Manette
writer husband son sociopath daughter solemn intricate powerful prison family home high school supermarket suburbia killing spree mother/son relationship troubled youth parenthood wretched excess fall 2000s
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1955
101 Minutes
Glenn Ford Vic Morrow Anne Francis Louis Calhern Margaret Hayes John Hoyt Richard Kiley Emile Meyer Warner Anderson Basil Ruysdael Sidney Poitier
teacher student principal wife gritty fiery new york city boys school troubled youth inner-city life teaching race relations generational divide rock 'n' roll underdog quest rivalry 1950s
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1979
95 Minutes
Michael Kramer Pamela Ludwig Matt Dillon Vincent Spano Tom Fergus Andy Romano Ellen Geer Lane Smith Harry Northrup
teen boy teen girl sheriff car dealer wife teacher shocking intense suburbia colorado school recreation center troubled youth juvenile crime vandalism first love police brutality growing up revenge 1970s
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.
7.4/10
Drama
Romania
2013
112 Minutes
Luminita Gheorghiu Bogdan Dumitrache Ilinca Goia Florin Zamfirescu Vlad Ivanov Mimi Branescu Natasa Raab Isfan Alexandru
overbearing parent troubled youth gripping romania obsession mother/son relationship wretched excess growing up 2010s
After the terrible news of a fatal car accident involving her son, a desperate mother will do anything in her power to set her child free.
7.3/10
Drama
France
1959
112 Minutes
Gérard Blain Jean-Claude Brialy Claude Cerval Geneviève Cluny Guy Decomble Corrado Guarducci Michèle Méritz Juliette Mayniel Stéphane Audran Paul Bisciglia Jeanne Perez
college student ladies' man cousin pretty woman friend gripping bleak cool paris party apartment love triangle city life disillusionment troubled youth family rivalry fall sacrifice 1950s
A pair of cousins share a flat, but animosity begins to build between the two when a woman gets involved.
7.3/10
Drama
UK|USA
1964
106 Minutes
Deborah Kerr Hayley Mills John Mills Edith Evans Felix Aylmer Elizabeth Sellars Lally Bowers Tonie MacMillan
wealthy woman ex-convict governess granddaughter butler judge disturbing emotional engaging family home england secret past troubled youth gardening gossip second chance discovery rivalry transformation 1960s
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed and spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice, as an example of love, and grows into a better person.
7.3/10
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1976
102 Minutes
Walter Matthau Tatum O'Neal Vic Morrow Joyce Van Patten Ben Piazza Jackie Earle Haley Alfred W. Lutter Brandon Cruz Shari Summers Joe Brooks Maurice Marks
coach baseball player son father adversary manager cheeky outlandish heartwarming san fernando valley baseball field california baseball alcoholism father/son relationship children vs. adults troubled youth sportsmanship underdog rivalry
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
7.3/10
Musical, Drama
UK
1979
115 Minutes
Phil Daniels Mark Wingett Philip Davis Leslie Ash Garry Cooper Sting
young man gang member pretty woman friend gang leader brooding engaging london brighton, england street troubled youth disillusionment rebellion working class gangs rock 'n' roll underdog discovery 1960s
Jimmy loathes his job and parents. He seeks solace with his mod clique, scooter riding and drugs, only to be disappointed.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1938
96 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Mickey Rooney Henry Hull Leslie Fenton Addison Richards Edward Norris Gene Reynolds Minor Watson Jonathan Hale Bobs Watson Martin Spellman
priest juvenile delinquent criminal police officer endearing inspiring boys town, neb. police station prison street crime troubled youth faith growing up transformation 1930s
When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.
7.3/10
Crime, Drama
France|USA
1992
135 Minutes
Kyle MacLachlan Sheryl Lee Moira Kelly David Bowie Chris Isaak Harry Dean Stanton Dana Ashbrook Kiefer Sutherland Peggy Lipton James Marshall Grace Zabriskie
fbi agent teen girl rebel drug dealer father partner dreamy shocking chilling powerful small town government building high school bar washington state dreamworld murder investigation dreams disappearance troubled youth
Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.
7.3/10
Drama
Germany|USA
1999
127 Minutes
Winona Ryder Angelina Jolie Clea DuVall Brittany Murphy Elisabeth Moss Jared Leto Jeffrey Tambor Vanessa Redgrave Whoopi Goldberg Mary Kay Place Jillian Armenante
young woman psychologist friend rival parent troubled youth brooding dark raw engaging tense bleak mental institution tunnel home mental breakdown mental illness medicine psychosis suicide
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s.
7.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1998
117 Minutes
Charles S. Dutton Courtney B. Vance Kadeem Hardison Lonette McKee Garland Whitt Karen Glave Jeff Clarke Nancy Herard Jim Jones Alex Karzis Dan Lett
lawyer teenager police chief uncle nephew gripping somber tense bronx, n.y. courtroom race relations troubled youth murder case family forced confession underdog quest 1990s
In 1957, black lawyer John Williams has to defend his nephew Charlie, who is accused of strangling a white boy to death. John doesn't believe Charlie did it, and although Charlie confesses,... See full summary »
7.3/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1993
115 Minutes
Robert De Niro Ellen Barkin Leonardo DiCaprio Jonah Blechman Eliza Dushku Chris Cooper Carla Gugino Zachary Ansley
young boy stepfather mother friend recruiter emotional disturbing touching tense seattle wilderness school diner household domestic violence family dysfunction troubled youth unhappy marriage peer pressure alcoholism
The story about the relationship between a rebellious 1950s teenager and his abusive stepfather, based on the memoirs of writer and literature Professor Tobias Wolff.
7.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
2003
81 Minutes
Alex Frost Eric Deulen John Robinson Elias McConnell Jordan Taylor Carrie Finklea Nicole George Brittany Mountain Alicia Miles Kristen Hicks Bennie Dixon
student murderer father son disturbing brutal high school suburbia school shootings father/son relationship troubled youth wretched excess revenge discovery 2000s
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
7.2/10
Comedy
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Cary Grant Betsy Drake Lurene Tuttle Randy Stuart John Ridgely Irving Bacon Mary Treen Iris Mann George Winslow Clifford Tatum Jr.
orphan boy girl disabled person husband wife emotional endearing amusing heartwarming new jersey household town orphanage family adoption troubled youth depression marriage disability
New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose adopt several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into serious trouble.
7.2/10
Crime, Drama
UK|France
1991
119 Minutes
Christopher Eccleston Paul Reynolds Tom Courtenay Tom Bell Eileen Atkins Clare Holman Mark McGann Michael Gough Michael Elphick Murray Melvin Ronald Fraser
teen boy friend father mother sister police officer bleak disturbing england family home court prison suburbia murder case troubled youth trial injustice rebellion quest fall
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster movies. Chris and Derek's ... See full summary »
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1986
117 Minutes
William Hurt Marlee Matlin Piper Laurie Philip Bosco Alison Gompf John F. Cleary John Basinger Philip Holmes
deaf person teacher mother student emotional intense school apartment family home new england love mother/child relationship deafness troubled youth love transformation 1980s
A new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1983
94 Minutes
Matt Dillon Mickey Rourke Diane Lane Dennis Hopper Diana Scarwid Vincent Spano Nicolas Cage Chris Penn Laurence Fishburne William Smith Michael Higgins
tough guy girlfriend brother father friend police officer bleak tender gritty emotional new york state bar pool hall small town adolescence violence family small-town life alcoholism troubled youth
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
98 Minutes
Chris Makepeace Adam Baldwin Martin Mull Matt Dillon Paul Quandt Joan Cusack Dean R. Miller Tim Reyna Richard Bradley Denise Baske Hank Salas
rich kid bully bodyguard friend father grandmother amusing brooding gutsy chicago school bullying teen angst unlikely friendship fighting troubled youth coming of age underdog transformation growing up
When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.
7.1/10
Romance, Drama
UK
2006
95 Minutes
Peter O'Toole Leslie Phillips Jodie Whittaker Richard Griffiths Vanessa Redgrave Julian Rhind-Tutt Cathryn Bradshaw Kate Lock Corin Redgrave Liam McKenna Meg Wynn Owen
actor friend great-niece wife witty endearing london apartment museum seaside friendship troubled youth cancer death may-december romance art love pursuit 2000s
Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.
7.1/10
Drama
USA|France
1983
91 Minutes
Matt Dillon C. Thomas Howell Ralph Macchio Patrick Swayze Rob Lowe Emilio Estevez Tom Cruise Glenn Withrow Diane Lane Leif Garrett Darren Dalton
gang member brother friend rival teen girl intense spirited oklahoma small town church troubled youth gangs friendship loyalty coming of age class conflict growing up underdog 1960s
The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.
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