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Rebel Without a Cause

1955 · 111 min

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 disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

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Appeals to viewers drawn to emotionally raw coming-of-age dramas about misunderstood teenagers, fractured families, and the longing to be seen.

Tone
melancholic, tense, sentimental
Payoff
catharsis, heartbreak
Pacing
steady
Intensity
moderate
Structure
linear
Themes
adolescent alienation, family conflict, belonging, rebellion, masculinity
Setting
mid-twentieth-century suburbia, affluent neighborhoods and dangerous outskirts

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