THEME EXPLORATION

school gangs

26 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Teenage Doll
Teenage Doll
1957 · Roger Corman
Sexy Battle Girls
Sexy Battle Girls
1986 · Mototsugu Watanabe
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
Grease
Grease
1978 · Randal Kleiser
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975 · Peter Weir
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
Enigma
Enigma
1986 · Jean Rouch
Happy Birthday to Me
Happy Birthday to Me
1981 · J. Lee Thompson
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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
Los olvidados
Los olvidados
1950 · Luis Buñuel
Marianne of My Youth
Marianne of My Youth
1955 · Julien Duvivier
Paradise
Paradise
1994 · Paolo Sorrentino
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
Aenigma
Aenigma
1987 · Lucio Fulci
Martial Club
Martial Club
1981 · Kar-leung Lau
Masked Avengers
Masked Avengers
1981 · Chang Cheh
Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine
2002 · Michael Moore
Just Friends
Just Friends
2005 · Roger Kumble
Agent Cody Banks
Agent Cody Banks
2003 · Harald Zwart
Fist of Fury
Fist of Fury
1972 · Lo Wei
Fist of Legend
Fist of Legend
1994 · Gordon Chan
Rumble in the Bronx
Rumble in the Bronx
1995 · Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Takashi Miike Japan

His films like 'Crows Zero' and 'Against All' depict stylized school gang culture with visceral action and complex hierarchies.

 John Lee Hancock South Korea

His film 'A Violent Prosecutor' and works examining Korean youth gangs capture the moral ambiguity and social hierarchy of school-based gang culture.