Displaced Youth

By: Crap Monster

Cinematic works dealing with the trials and tribulations of youth due to dynamic cultural, social, or economic changes. Characteristic primarily of (but not specific to) postwar-era films of the United States, Japan, & China. Themes include generational gaps, loss of father/mother figures, and shifts in social perception.

Suggestions for additions always welcome.

• 01
  Rebel Without a Cause
  Nicholas Ray
• 02
  The Blue Kite
  Tian Zhuangzhuang
• 03
  Splendor in the Grass
  Elia Kazan
• 04
  All About Lily Chou-Chou
  Shunji Iwai
• 05
  Elephant
  Gus Van Sant
• 06
  Tarnation
  Jonathan Caouette
• 07
  East of Eden
  Elia Kazan
• 08
  Kids Return
  Takeshi Kitano
• 09
  Nobody Knows
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 10
  Y tu mamá también
  Alfonso Cuarón
• 11
  No Regrets for Our Youth
  Akira Kurosawa
• 12
  Grave of the Fireflies
  Isao Takahata
• 13
  Lilya 4-ever
  Lukas Moodysson
• 14
  City of God
  Fernando Meirelles
• 15
  Let the Right One In
  Tomas Alfredson