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Movies Like Young and Dangerous

If you liked Young and Dangerous (1957), a drama movie directed by William F. Claxton, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Belly

    Belly (1998)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking…

  2. 2The Outsiders

    The Outsiders (1983)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival…

  3. 3Bad Boys

    Bad Boys (1983)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile…

  4. 4The Public Enemy

    The Public Enemy (1931)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo…

  5. 5Dog Pound

    Dog Pound (2010)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.

  6. 6Kids

    Kids (1995)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.

  7. 7Siberian Education

    Siberian Education (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against…

  8. 8Hoodlum

    Hoodlum (1997)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and…

  9. 9The Substitute

    The Substitute (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…

  10. 10The Wanderers

    The Wanderers (1979)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The…

  11. 11The Valachi Papers

    The Valachi Papers (1972)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred…

  12. 12Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a…

  13. 13Mammal

    Mammal (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the…

  14. 14O.G.

    O.G. (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.

  15. 15Juice

    Juice (1992)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different…

  16. 16Charm City Kings

    Charm City Kings (2020)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama

    Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds…

  17. 17Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

  18. 18Ill Manors

    Ill Manors (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.

  19. 19The Good Neighbor

    The Good Neighbor (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and…

  20. 20The Bikeriders

    The Bikeriders (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his…

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