Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "violent-youth"

1. The Karate Kid (2010)

PG | 140 min | Action, Drama, Family

Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master.

Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Taraji P. Henson, Wenwen Han

Votes: 206,445 | Gross: $176.59M

2. Never Back Down (2008)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Drama, Sport

A frustrated and conflicted teenager arrives at a new high school to discover an underground fight club, and meets a classmate who begins to coerce him into fighting.

Director: Jeff Wadlow | Stars: Sean Faris, Djimon Hounsou, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet

Votes: 106,628 | Gross: $24.85M

3. Attack the Block (2011)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.

Director: Joe Cornish | Stars: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones

Votes: 111,576 | Gross: $1.02M

4. London Boulevard (2010)

R | 103 min | Crime, Drama

An ex-con with a reputation tries to go straight by working as a handy man for a reclusive actress but this is unfortunately not the wish of London's underground crime lord.

Director: William Monahan | Stars: Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, Ray Winstone, David Thewlis

Votes: 50,409 | Gross: $0.01M

5. Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A group of over-achieving East Asian American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extracurricular criminal activities.

Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Parry Shen, Jason Tobin, Sung Kang, Shirley Anderson

Votes: 10,479 | Gross: $3.80M

6. The Education of Charlie Banks (2007)

R | 100 min | Drama

College student Charlie Banks has to face old problems when the bully he had an unpleasant encounter with back in high school shows up on his campus.

Director: Fred Durst | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette

Votes: 5,277 | Gross: $0.01M

7. Boy A (2007)

R | 106 min | Drama

The story of a young Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a violent crime he committed as a child.

Director: John Crowley | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Shaun Evans, Siobhan Finneran

Votes: 38,886 | Gross: $0.11M

8. Cherry Tree Lane (2010)

TV-MA | 77 min | Horror, Thriller

A couple is terrorized by a gang who is hunting their son.

Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: Rachael Blake, Tom Butcher, Jumayn Hunter, Ashley Chin

Votes: 2,882

9. F (2010)

R | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A group of teachers must defend themselves from a gang of murderous youths when their school comes under siege after hours.

Director: Johannes Roberts | Stars: David Schofield, Eliza Bennett, Ruth Gemmell, Finlay Robertson

Votes: 4,217

10. 14+ (2015)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance

A teenage boy feels infatuation for the first time.

Director: Andrey Zaytsev | Stars: Gleb Kalyuzhnyy, Ulyana Vaskovich, Olga Ozollapinya, Dmitry Barinov

Votes: 2,163

11. Una vita violenta (1962)

106 min | Drama

Tommaso Puzzilli is a boy who grew up in the suburb of Pietralata outside Rome. Not having a job, Tommaso and his friends are committing crimes to make money.

Directors: Paolo Heusch, Brunello Rondi | Stars: Franco Citti, Serena Vergano, Alfredo Leggi, Angelo Maria Santiamantini

Votes: 251

12. The Watchman (2016 TV Movie)

48 min | Crime, Thriller

CCTV operator Carl becomes frustrated when the police refuse to tackle a gang of drug dealers. He takes the law into his own hands with devastating repercussions.

Director: David Nath | Stars: Sian Breckin, Hannah Chalmers, Roman Clark, Mark Christopher Collins

Votes: 446

13. Tokyo Rampage (1998)

98 min | Crime

A young man gets off the train in the morning and wanders the business districts aimlessly. He runs across some yakuza gangsters, whom he despises, and goes on a killing spree, but soon becomes involved with a subordinate gang.

Director: Toshiaki Toyoda | Stars: Chihara Junia, Onimaru, Akaji Maro, Rin Ozawa

Votes: 1,140

14. The Big Night (1959)

95 min | Crime, Drama

In Rome, small-time thieves Scinttilone and Ruggeretto steal four rifles and catch prostitutes Anna and Supplizia on the street to mislead the police. They seek the jobber Mosciarella, but ... See full summary »

Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Rosanna Schiaffino, Elsa Martinelli, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Claude Brialy

Votes: 724

15. A Mother (2015)

100 min | Drama, Mystery

Marie lives with her son, Guillaume, a deficient teenager, according to psychologists.The boy, expelled from high school, cannot find a steady job. Marie's relationship with her son has reached a dead end.

Director: Christine Carrière | Stars: Mathilde Seigner, Kacey Mottet Klein, Pierfrancesco Favino, Salomé Dewaels

Votes: 82

16. Taiyô no kizu (2006)

117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Katayama (Aikawa Sho) is on the way home to his wife and little daughter when he stumbles on a gang of punks beating up an innocent man. Katamaya decides to help the stranger and ... See full summary »

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Aiko Satô, Ken'ichi Endô, Sei Hiraizumi

Votes: 594

17. The Forest (2018)

97 min | Drama

Sixteen-year old Danila lives with oppressive mother Galina and brutal father Pasha in a small village lost in the middle of a boundless forest. Cut off from society he has a problem ... See full summary »

Director: Roman Zhigalov | Stars: Oleg Shibayev, Natalya Rychkova, Oleg Feoktistov, Mariya Avramkova

Votes: 247

18. Wesh, Wesh, What's Happening? (2001)

83 min | Crime, Drama

Kamel, a young man from the french ghetto, near Paris, is coming back to France. He was arrested for dealing drugs, he spent five years in jail and was banned from France for two years. He ... See full summary »

Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Stars: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Ahmed Hammoudi, Brahim Ameur-Zaïmeche, Farida Mouffok

Votes: 359

19. Fury (I) (2009)

24 min | Short, Drama

A short film about two high school boys who encounter a freakish car accident that changes them. The film focuses on the struggle of adolescence and the loss of innocence.

Director: Van Alan | Stars: Scott Lilly, Timothy Brick, Kile Atwater, Bobby Haworth

Votes: 11

20. Lie to Me (2009–2011)
Episode: Exposed (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After Dr. Foster's boyfriend is kidnapped, Dr. Lightman discovers that he is an undercover DEA agent who may have killed the father of his kidnapper in the line of duty.

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund

Votes: 670

21. Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode: Patrick MacKay: The Devil's Disciple (2013)

45 min | Documentary, Crime

The case of British serial killer Patrick David Mackay, who is suspected to have murdered up to thirteen people in the mid 1970s.

Director: Greg Goff | Stars: Christopher Slade, Robin Clark, Ellen Clent, Roland Hayes

Votes: 20

22. Killer Psychopaths (2015– )
Episode: The Devil's Disciple (2015)

Documentary, Crime

The case of British serial killer Patrick David Mackay who is suspected to have murdered up to 13 people in the 1970s.

Director: Nick Aarons | Stars: David Wilson, Jack Farrar, Margot Richardson, Ellie Dickens