Boys Fighting/Wrestling or in Battle Quests
Despite the rise and proliferation of boy fighting films and series, like Cobra Kai, few films exist where, if even if just for a couple seconds, that feature boys engaged in combat or fighting for survival.
This list was used to help me write my book, Extreme Madness, and inspired by a subject I started writing about when I myself was a kid. Often when I started backyard wrestling in 1997 I looked to the Internet to see if anyone else had done it first. At that time the Internet was difficult to find any such evidence. Now thanks to the Internet and rise in popular culture such evidence exists.
Note: As it relates to franchise films like Twilight, Hunger Games, or Karate Kid, I will only list the first of the franchise. This does not include spinoffs or sequels to other mediums such as Cobra Kai >> Karate Kid.
This list was used to help me write my book, Extreme Madness, and inspired by a subject I started writing about when I myself was a kid. Often when I started backyard wrestling in 1997 I looked to the Internet to see if anyone else had done it first. At that time the Internet was difficult to find any such evidence. Now thanks to the Internet and rise in popular culture such evidence exists.
Note: As it relates to franchise films like Twilight, Hunger Games, or Karate Kid, I will only list the first of the franchise. This does not include spinoffs or sequels to other mediums such as Cobra Kai >> Karate Kid.
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- DirectorSteve BarronStarsJudith HoagElias KoteasJosh PaisFour teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.
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- DirectorZack SnyderStarsGerard ButlerLena HeadeyDavid WenhamIn the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsRalph MacchioPat MoritaElisabeth ShueRecently relocated from NJ to LA, Daniel becomes the target of a gang of Cobra Kai dojo students. When Mr. Miyagi saves him with expert Karate skills, Daniel convinces him to teach him to defend himself, and put his bullies in their place.
- DirectorGary RossStarsJennifer LawrenceJosh HutchersonLiam HemsworthKatniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô YamamotoIn the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
- CreatorsJosh HealdJon HurwitzHayden SchlossbergStarsRalph MacchioWilliam ZabkaCourtney HenggelerDecades after their 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament bout, a middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence find themselves martial-arts rivals again.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKate CapshawKe Huy QuanIn 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsColin FarrellAnthony HopkinsRosario DawsonAlexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.
- DirectorAaron NorrisStarsChuck NorrisBeau BridgesJonathan BrandisA bullied teen who fantasizes about being Chuck Norris' sidekick trains in martial arts to fulfill his dreams.
- DirectorJon TurteltaubStarsVictor WongMichael TreanorMax Elliott SladeEach year, three brothers visit their grandfather for the summer. He is highly skilled in ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques.
- DirectorHarry HookStarsBalthazar GettyChris FurrhDanuel PipolyStranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.
- DirectorShawn CrossenStarsMichael AckermannJason ClausonShawn CrossenNWF KIDS PRO WRESTLING - THE UNTOLD STORY is an in-depth look at the history of a league that actually existed during the 1980's. Learn how a very talented and ambitious 14-year-old kid did the impossible task of running his very own professional wrestling league during a time when doing such a thing was simply unheard of. Predating the emergence of "backyard wrestling", NWF Kids Pro Wrestling was a much different venture. These young kids not only got inside the ring and wrestled, but they actually produced their own cable TV shows, promoted their own "live" spectator events, and ran the league from behind the scenes. Now twenty years later, the kids who were the creative force behind the NWF have all come back together to share their amazing story. Witness the amazing footage from the leagues extensive video history, along with great stories and recollections from past NWF superstars. From the birth of it's creation in 1984 on bed mattresses, to the successful cable TV show and live events, to a final act of sheer betrayal.
- Boy Fight: Kid Kombat contains some of the craziest and zaniest comedic showcase of underground kid fights! It proudly boasts predating similar films like Battle Royale and The Hunger Games. The kids portray savage animals, stone cold killers, phantoms, superheroes, and more as these boys fight no holds barred using many hardcore weapons within a basement, trampoline, and even a steel cage! It leaves you wondering - where are the parents as their extreme wrestling and fight club contains high-flying dangers off couches, bone-crushing body slams and absolute shock madness we grew to love and hate in the 1990s! See two 14 year old boys battle for your entertainment in this stunning spectacular of staged warfare! This revolution & portrayal to the destruction of youth must be televised! At a time when most kids this age were out partying with their friends and getting heavy into drugs & alcohol, two young adolescents decided they would rather die than comply and made a two-person wrestling video series called TVSK. The boys of TVSK went on to produce a total of 7 videos, with only one lost, within a two-year time span in 1997-1999 with each boy depicting at least 10 different varied character personas. Told in the form of a mockumentary, this feature film chronicles the coming of age of these creative spoiled brats. The innocence of youth is corrupted and ultimately destroyed throughout their two year reign. It showcases an excellent reflection to the youth of the '1990s... And how kids didn't have to use drugs to have fun. Bear witness some of their most memorable events as they share these precious memories of youthful yet lawful deviance, straying away not from society's law and order but rather its disorder and acceptance of youth at the time. This video ultimately served as true events that inspired a short film that sold a single $3,000 DVD. Relax - It's all fun fakeness! It is recommended for ages 13+. It contains profanity & choreographed violence - all involving teenagers. Viewer discretion advised.
- DirectorMik CribbenStarsMichael RobertsonRich HamiltonRobin LillyA mentally-disturbed teenager kidnaps and brainwashes children into cannibalistic psychopaths - but not when the adults intervene.
- DirectorNarciso Ibáñez SerradorStarsLewis FianderPrunella RansomeAntonio IranzoA couple of English tourists arrive on an island where all the children have gone crazy and are murdering the adults.
- DirectorFelix ThompsonStarsCharlie PlummerCory NicholsChristian MadsenAn underprivileged teenager bonds with his young cousin while facing off against a vicious bully.
- DirectorJoseph RubenStarsMacaulay CulkinElijah WoodWendy CrewsonA young boy stays with his aunt and uncle and becomes friends with his cousin, a boy of the same age who shows increasing signs of violent and psychopathic behavior.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsC. Thomas HowellMatt DillonRalph MacchioIn a small Oklahoma town in 1964, the rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, heats up when one gang member accidentally kills a member of the other.
- DirectorFritz KierschStarsPeter HortonLinda HamiltonR.G. ArmstrongA young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.
- DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsBill SkarsgårdJaeden MartellFinn WolfhardIn the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsPeter BillingsleyMelinda DillonDarren McGavinIn the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
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