14-year-old Uwe lives in a suburban Hamburg housing estate. Besides trouble, the boy has not much to expect from his parents. To get his hands on some money, he prizes open vending machines, and to let out his frustration, he beats up "wogs". Among them is Dschingis, his nemesis. But one day, the rivals make peace. They become friends because they realize that they have the same problems and are driven by the same dreams and hopes.

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In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (Na...

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

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As every year, the Los Pinos school, a prestigious school of the confessional type, sends its studen...

A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at th...

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A group of young slackers spend most of their time hanging out in front of a Munich apartment buildi...

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A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death becom...

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

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The Hamburg friends Walter, Ricco and Floyd take each day as it comes between the estates of tower b...

A romantic and nocturnal encounter between Arthus, a "masculine" young man and Marin, a drag-queen. ...

When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long befor...

Seven young men who played soccer together since their early youth grow apart and are forced to thin...

Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a rel...

Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen a...