Transgression/ Rule-Breaking/Crime

• Wild Boys of the Road
• Rebel Without a Cause
• High School Confidential
• Blue Denim
• Cooley High
• Over the Edge
• The Breakfast Club
• Reckless
• Risky Business
• Hairspray
• Where the Day Takes You
• Bully

The "Rebel"

• Rebel Without a Cause
• The Blob
• Wild in the Streets
• Over the Edge
• The Breakfast Club
• Reckless
• Where the Day Takes You?

Teenagers vs. Society

• Wild Boys of the Road
• Rebel Without a Cause
• The Blob
• Blue Denim
• Wild in the Streets
• Cooley High
• Over the Edge
• Reckless
• The Breakfast Club
• Hairspray
• Where the Day Takes You

High School Society and Cliques

• High School Confidential
• The Breakfast Club

Standards of Beauty

• Where the Boys Are
• Hairspray

Sex/Sexuality

• Margie
• Rebel Without a Cause
• High School Confidential
• Blue Denim
• Where the Boys Are
• Cooley High
• Halloween
• The Breakfast Club
• Reckless
• Risky Business
• Where the Day Takes You
• Cruel Intentions
• Bully

Rape

• Wild Boys of the Road
• High School Confidential
• Where the Boys Are
• Bully

Nostalgia

• Margie
• Cooley High
• Hairspray

Mobility/Freedom/Lack Thereof

• Wild Boys of the Road
• Reckless
• Where the Day Takes You

Exploiting the Teenage Audience

• High School Confidential
• The Blob
• Wild in the Streets
• Cooley High
• The Breakfast Club
• Risky Business
• Reckless
• Cruel Intentions
• Scream

Apathy

• Cruel Intentions
• Bully

Lack of Parents or Authority/ Inadequate Parents or Authority

• Wild Boys of the Road
• Margie
• Rebel Without a Cause
• High School Confidential
• The Blob
• Blue Denim
• Cooley High
• Over the Edge
• The Breakfast Club
• Reckless
• Risky Business
• Where the Day Takes You
• Cruel Intentions
• Scream
• Bully

Money and Class

• Wild Boys of the Road
• Blue Denim
• Cooley High
• The Breakfast Club
• Reckless
• Risky Business
• Hairspray
• Where the Day Takes You
• Cruel Intentions

Music

• Margie
• High School Confidential
• Where the Boys Are
• Wild in the Streets
• Cooley High
• Hairspray
• Where the Day Takes You

Drugs

• High School Confidential
• Wild in the Streets
• Over the Edge
• The Breakfast Club
• Where the Day Takes You
• Cruel Intentions