THEME EXPLORATION

wayward youth

29 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
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
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
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 · Rob Marshall
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures
2002 · Jia Zhangke
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
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
Disco
Disco
1977 · Phillip Noyce
Kamikazi, agapi mou
Kamikazi, agapi mou
1983 · Yannis Dalianidis
Kino-Pravda No. 10
Kino-Pravda No. 10
1922 · Dziga Vertov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His semi-autobiographical films like 'The 400 Blows' and 'Jules and Jim' are foundational explorations of adolescent rebellion, alienation, and the struggle between freedom and conformity.

 Joaquim Dos Santos USA

Films like 'My Own Private Idaho' and 'Elephant' depict marginalized youth navigating identity, addiction, and violence with unflinching empathy and stylistic innovation.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His poetic films such as 'A Time to Live and a Time to Die' and 'Boyhood' capture the melancholy and moral confusion of young people caught between tradition and modernity.