Vennerne Miklo, Paco og Cruz vokser op i 70'ernes East Los Angeles. Da de tre kommer i klammeri med de lokale bander for det vidtrækkende og meget forskellige konsekvenser for resten af deres liv.
De kalder det en skole. Men Brandel High school er den værste sump. Endestationen for elever,der er smidt ud af alle andre skoler. De sejeste af elevene har dannet en mafia, der holder skolen i et jerngreb. Kriminaliteten florerer åbentlyst. Lærerne har ansat en privat vagtmand til personlig beskyttelse. Det er ikke buksevand og flyvende æggemadder, den nye rektor - Rick Latimer - skal hamle op med.
I sydstatsbyen Sparta er en rig industrimand blevet myrdet. Allerede samme aften finder politiet en mistænkt på stationen. Han er fremmed, han er sort, han er den perfekte mistænkte, men desværre er han også storbystrømer med speciale i drab. Noget uvilligt begynder han at hjælpe den lokale politichef, men det er yderst farligt at have den forkerte hudfarve i Sparta.
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
Den førhen højt respekterede politibetjent Wing er nu fordrukken og skyldbetynget efter at have set hele sit politi-team blive brutalt myrdet. En bande af unge computerhackere uden hæmninger og moralske skrupler er ansvarlige for nedslagtningen, og de er dermed Wings dødsfjender. Sammen med en ung politielev planlægger han at infiltrere fjenden og hævne sig.
An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.
The school year is over and for a diverse group of carefree kids, soccer is king! These kids believe that they are the local gold team and there is nothing they like more than improving their game. "If you want to be cool, you should be wild." However, the relentless rain turns their field into a swamp, so they have to take an unexpected break. And when the sun finally comes, a gang of older, bigger and dumber boys has just taken over the field. They won't give it back unless they lose a match against the kids.
Island of La Réunion, in the beginning of the 20th century. Five teenagers commit a savage crime. As punishment, a Dutch captain takes them to a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers.
In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and into doing something they can believe in: Boxing. Darcy opens a boxing club, aiming to bring the rival gangs together.
An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.
Teenage gang member Cal, hides his sexuality from his fellow gang members despite their often violent dislike of anyone that isn't the same as them, be they unsuspecting shoppers, foreign students, gays, etc. When his world collides with Olivier, a student he rescues from a pointless beating, he encounters a lifestyle that presents as many new experiences as it does obstacles.
As a mysterious planetary alignment sets the sky on fire, two brothers are reunited with a childhood friend.
A teenage boy, raised by a mother who considers herself psychic, takes a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits. As the group’s troubles escalate toward life-threatening situations, an inner voice awakens in the boy and, with the help of his mother and his new friend, he manages to find his own path.
A neo-Nazi organization is recruiting in the 1980s, and two youths of high-school age join for similar reasons, despite class differences. Thomas is the son of a self-made industrialist father and a scolding social-climbing mother. He attends private school and has a brother who's an accomplished musician, but neither can satisfy mom's constant demands for school and social success. She belittles them, and there's incessant bickering at their table. Charly, a dropout, is the son of an abusive, alcoholic laborer. In the youth group, each finds order, respect, camaraderie, and adults who seem to value them. Where do domestic abuse and sanctioned political violence end?
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
