THEME EXPLORATION

suburban youth

28 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La Haine
La Haine
1995 · Mathieu Kassovitz
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
The Little Chaos
The Little Chaos
1966 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
1988 · Christian Petzold
The Incredibles
The Incredibles
2004 · Brad Bird
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
25 Watts
25 Watts
2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever
1977 · John Badham
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Tony Richardson
I'm Still Breathing
I'm Still Breathing
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures
2002 · Jia Zhangke
Boys Go to Jupiter
Boys Go to Jupiter
2026 · Julian Glander
All Greens
All Greens
2026 · Takashi Koyama
Athiradi
Athiradi
2026 · Arun Anirudhan
The Long Walk
The Long Walk
2025 · Francis Lawrence
Bariera
Bariera
1966 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Fruit Punch
Fruit Punch
1991 · Clara Law
I Vinti
I Vinti
1953 · Michelangelo Antonioni
La notte brava (les Garcons/On Any Street/Bad Girls Don’t Cry
La notte brava (les Garcons/On Any Street/Bad Girls Don’t Cry
1959 · Mauro Bolognini
Late Chrysanthemums
Late Chrysanthemums
1954 · Mikio Naruse
Puberty Blues
Puberty Blues
1981 · Bruce Beresford
Sista paret ut
Sista paret ut
1956 · Ingmar Bergman
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Baz Luhrmann
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Allen Hughes USA

Defined suburban American youth culture through iconic films like 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' that authentically captured teenage angst and social hierarchies.

 Sofia Coppola USA

Explores ennui and alienation of privileged suburban youth in 'The Virgin Suicides' and 'Lost in Translation' with dreamlike, melancholic aesthetics.

 Joaquim Dos Santos USA

Examines suburban youth disconnection, alienation, and tragedy in films like 'Elephant' and 'My Own Private Idaho' with poetic yet unflinching realism.