THEME EXPLORATION

high school students in peril

19 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Sexy Battle Girls
Sexy Battle Girls
1986 · Mototsugu Watanabe
Where the Breakers Roar
Where the Breakers Roar
1908 · D.W. Griffith
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
Grease
Grease
1978 · Randal Kleiser
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975 · Peter Weir
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
E la Nave va
E la Nave va
1983 · Federico Fellini
Enigma
Enigma
1986 · Jean Rouch
Happy Birthday to Me
Happy Birthday to Me
1981 · J. Lee Thompson
if….
if….
1968 · Lindsay Anderson
I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat
1975 · Kon Ichikawa
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
2022 · Lee Chang-dong
Kes
Kes
1969 · Ken Loach
Marianne of My Youth
Marianne of My Youth
1955 · Julien Duvivier
The Getting of Wisdom
The Getting of Wisdom
1977 · Bruce Beresford
Where is the Friend’s House?/Where is the Friend’s Home?
Where is the Friend’s House?/Where is the Friend’s Home?
1987 · Abbas Kiarostami
Martial Club
Martial Club
1981 · Kar-leung Lau
Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine
2002 · Michael Moore
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joaquim Dos Santos USA

His films like 'Elephant' and 'Paranoid Park' unflinchingly explore the psychological darkness and vulnerability of high school students facing trauma and isolation.

 Alan Clarke USA

His controversial films like 'Kids' and 'Bully' depict the raw, unflinching realities of adolescent transgression, violence, and peril in contemporary America.