Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

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7.7	Rating (878 ratings)
7.6	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Nicholas Ray

Starring (View all)

James Dean
Jim Stark

Natalie Wood
Judy

Sal Mineo
Plato Crawford

Jim Backus
Frank Stark

Ann Doran
Carol Stark

Corey Allen
Buzz Gunderson

William Hopper
Judy's Father

Rochelle Hudson
Judy's Mother

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Stewart Stern
(screen play)

Irving Shulman
(adaptation)

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James Dean's most famous film!

15 years ago at Jan 25 4:36

SJMJ91

This is an absolutely brilliant film that is a classic even more in the modern days where people would mostly watch it for James Dean. It is a really fun story that is a classic film for everybody. It is quite funny in a dark way, filled with drama, beautiful romance and even thrilling suspense in some scenes. To me, it feels like a teen film because the story is about a badass teenager. Rebel Wit... read more

A classic

13 years, 10 months ago at Mar 7 11:43

johanlefourbe

To be honest, I thought it was rather difficult to judge this movie because there is James Dean in it and, in my opinion, everyone tend to overly praise his movies. I mean, by now, I have seen all 3 movies starring James Dean (see also ‘Giant’ and ‘East of Eden’) but, to be honest, I think it is really weird that the guy became such a legend just after showing up in 3 movies. Anyway, aft... read more

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5 years, 9 months ago at Apr 25 9:50

gypsyflair

Brilliant cast of well-known Hollywood icons in hard-hitting treatment of story that focuses on the hopelessness exhibited by many middle-class teenagers who were too young to recall the pains of WWII, but saw daily reminders of the threat of "the bomb", as well as inequities around them.

James Dean stands out as the troubled kid whose parents keep "moving" to escape their community's... read more

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Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere; that's why his family has had to move before. Here he hopes to find the love he doesn't get from his middle-class family. Though he finds some of this in his relation with Judy, and a form of it in both Plato's adulation and Ray's real concern for him, Jim must still prove himself to his peers in switchblade knife fights and "chickie" games in which cars race toward a seaside cliff.

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