Drugs, fights, and rebels. 7 movies about troubled teens

7. "Kids"

• 1995
• USA
• Drama
• Director: Larry Clark
• Starring: Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny, Sajan Bhagat, Billy Valdes
• IMDb Rating: 7.0

A day in the life of teenagers from the backstreets of Manhattan. It already contains all the negative things that so attract young unformed minds at that age: sex, drugs, alcohol, foul language, and violence.

"Kids" — the debut movie Larry Clark. Viewing of the picture is not recommended for persons under 17 years of age.

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6. "American Honey" 

• 2016
• UK, USA
• Drama, melodrama
• Director: Andrea Arnold
• Starring: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, McCaul Lombardi, Ariel Holmes, Crystal Ice
• IMDb Rating: 7.0

Star (Sasha Lane) has never traveled outside of her Oklahoma town and with her parents alive but dysfunctional has become the head of a dysfunctional family. She has to take care of a little brother and sister, to tolerate the harassment of her father and absenteeism rough mother. But youth takes its toll: Star runs away from home, is drawn into a whirlwind of crazy parties, illegal adventures, teenage passions, and triumphant freedom.

"American Honey" won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA for Best British Film.

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5. "Elephant"

• 2003
• USA
• Drama, thriller, crime
• Director: Gus Van Sant
• Starring: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Elias McConnell, Jordan Taylor
• IMDb Rating: 7.1

A suburb of Portland, Oregon, USA. An ordinary school day, high school students are busy doing their own things: some are having breakfast, some are playing soccer, some are just going to class. No one suspects that tragedy is about to strike their school.

"Elephant" is the second movie of Gus Van Sant's trilogy about loneliness. The first — "Gerry" (2002), the third — "Last Days" (2005). The picture is dedicated to the mass murder that occurred in the American school Columbine in April 1999.

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4. "After Lucía" / Después de Lucía

• 2012
• Mexico, France
• Drama
• Director: Michel Franco
• Starring: Tessa Ía González Norvind, Hernán Mendoza, Gonzalo Vega Sisto, Tamara Yazbek Bernal, Francisco Rueda
• IMDb Rating: 7.1

15-year-old Alejandra (Tessa Ía González Norvind) moves with her father Roberto (Hernán Mendoza) to greater Mexico City, where she goes to a new school. While the man copes with depression after the death of his beloved wife, the daughter makes a long and painful journey into the world of teenagers, full of cruelty, injustice, cowardice, and complexes.

The picture "After Lucía" earned the recognition of Cannes film critics, receiving an honorary award Un Certain Regard.

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3. "We Need to Talk About Kevin"

• 2010
• UK, USA
• Thriller, drama, detective
• Director: Lynne Ramsay
• Starring: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Rocky Duer
• IMDb Rating: 7.4

Eva (Tilda Swinton) used to be a successful writer, but after the birth of her son Kevin (Ezra Miller), she devoted herself to raising him. Over time, motherhood has become an agony — and Eva doesn't realize what she's done wrong. Her husband Franklin (John C. Reilly) doesn't see the problem and walks away from talking about his son every time. One day, Kevin does something terrible — and going to prison doesn't mean remorse at all.

Tilda Swinton was nominated for Best Actress at the BAFTA and Golden Globe Awards for her role in the movie.

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2. "And Your Mother Too" / Y tu mamá también

• 2001
• Mexico
• Drama
• Director: Alfonso Cuarón
• Starring: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Nathan Grinberg
• IMDb Rating: 7.7

Two buddies, Julio (Gael García Bernal) and Tenoch (Diego Luna), after seeing their girlfriends off on vacation in Italy, start making plans for their own vacation. At a wedding ceremony they meet Luisa (Maribel Verdú), Tenoch's cousin's wife, and tell her about the 'Heaven's Mouth' beach they plan to visit. The girl decides to keep them company.

"And Your Mother Too" was nominated for a BAFTA and an Oscar in the Best Original Screenplay category.

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1. "The Breakfast Club"

• 1985
• USA
• Drama, comedy
• Director: John Hughes
• Starring: Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, Paul Gleason
• IMDb Rating: 7.7

Early Saturday morning, when most Illinois children and teenagers are relaxing after the school week, five high school seniors gather at an empty school. They are forced to pay for a day off for discipline and other misbehavior. Assistant Principal Richard Vernon (Paul Gleason) seating the dejected students in the library. For nine whole hours, without moving from their seats, they must write an essay on "who you think you are".

"The Breakfast Club" had a tremendous impact on youth cinema, the film became the subject of numerous social and cultural studies, triggered a boom of teen tragicomedies of the late 80s and 90s and forever entered the history of world cinema.

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