Best Youth Gangs
Fruit Chan’s *Made in Hong Kong* offers a raw and unflinching portrayal of life within Hong Kong’s prison system. Released in 1997, this indie film explores themes of youth alienation and social injustice through the experiences of inmates. Produced by Andy Lau, it gained critical acclaim including...
Youth of the Beast is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki for the Nikkatsu studio and starring Jo Shishido. Shishido plays a former police officer who enters Tokyo's criminal underworld and sets rival organizations against each other while investigating deaths connected to his past...
In Japan, the country that inspired the slogan "Born to be Mild," the blood of young men still runs hot. In the old days they'd go off into the country and hack each other up with swords, but these days, what with school, that isn't very practical. So some of them do something very un-Japanese. They...
"Young and Dangerous" is a 1996 Hong Kong crime film directed by Andrew Lau, based on the comic book series "Teddy Boy." It serves as the foundational entry in a long-running media franchise following the fictional life of Chan Ho-nam and his friends as they rise through the ranks of the Hung Hing t...
Piranhas is a 2019 Italian crime drama directed by Claudio Giovannesi and adapted from Roberto Saviano's novel La paranza dei bambini. Set in Naples, it follows adolescent boys who pursue status, money, and control within the city's organized-crime environment, gradually becoming armed participants...
Blue Story is a 2019 British crime drama written and directed by Andrew Onwubere, known as Rapman. The film originated as a three-part YouTube series and depicts the friendship between two young men from rival South London postcodes whose relationship is torn apart by gang violence. It was produced...
Young and Dangerous 2 is a 1996 Hong Kong triad film directed by Andrew Lau and the first sequel in the Young and Dangerous series. The story follows Chicken Chiu during his exile in Taiwan before returning to Hong Kong after the death of his boss. It then turns to the Hung Hing Society’s relationsh...
Kidulthood is a 2006 British teen crime drama directed by Menhaj Huda and written by Noel Clarke. Set in West London, it follows a group of teenagers during roughly a day of disrupted school and street life after a classmate’s suicide. The film addresses bullying, drugs, violence, sexual relationshi...
Young and Dangerous 3 is a 1996 Hong Kong gangster film directed by Andrew Lau and the third main entry in the Young and Dangerous series. It continues the triad-centered story around the Hung Hing and Tung Sing factions, with Roy Cheung's character Crow serving as a notable opposing figure. The fil...
Young and Dangerous 4 is a 1997 Hong Kong gangster film directed by Andrew Lau and the fourth main installment in the Young and Dangerous series. The story centers on a leadership election connected with the Tuen Mun branch of the Hung Hing triad. It continues the series' focus on Chan Ho-nam, Chick...
Born to Be King is a 2000 Hong Kong crime film directed by Andrew Lau and the sixth and final entry in the Young and Dangerous film series. Ekin Cheng reprises his role as Chicken, a triad figure whose affairs in Taiwan draw him into a conflict involving Hong Kong gang politics and the Japanese yaku...
