Is The Wanderers violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 71% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Wanderers scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Wanderers easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Wanderers end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Wanderers sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Wanderers

Name: The Wanderers
Genre: Drama
Released: 1979
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Toni Kalem, Alan Rosenberg

It was The Wanderers against the world ... and the world never had a chance!

Directed by Philip Kaufman

Produced by Orion Pictures, Film Finance Group

1979117 min6.9 / 10

A vibrant, energetic coming-of-age portrait of 1960s Bronx gang life that balances youthful exuberance and camaraderie with the underlying violence and uncertainty of adolescence.

The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’

Clusters

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Genres

Drama

Keywords

New York City Adolescence Rock 'n' Roll Street Gang American Football Coming Of Age 1960s

Questions people ask

Is The Wanderers violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.
Is The Wanderers scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is The Wanderers easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.
Does The Wanderers end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Wanderers sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.