

Rebel Without a Cause
The bad boy from a good family.
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $4.5M
- Language
- English
- individual
- underground world
- street gang
- unsociability
- car race
- parent child relationship
- authority
- rebel
- coming of age
- based on short story
- teen rebel
- teenager
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremierePG-13New York City, New York26 Oct 1955
- TheatricalPG-1327 Oct 1955
- Theatrical (limited)Limited rerelease1 Dec 2005
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13Fathom Events 2 day re-release23 Sept 2018
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG20 Jan 1956
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD3 Jul 2000
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical25 Oct 1956
CanadaCA
- Theatrical24 Nov 1955
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical29 Mar 1956
AustriaAT
- Theatrical1 Aug 1956
- TheatricalRe-release3 Feb 2006
BelgiumBE
- TheatricalAL21 Dec 1956
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1425 Dec 1955
- Theatrical (limited)14CineSesc ("2x Nicholas Ray")8 Dec 2025
ChinaCN
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival16 Apr 2014
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1512 May 1958
- Theatrical15Re-release24 Jul 1967
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1226 Oct 1956
- TheatricalK-16Re-release16 Oct 1981
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Rebel Without a Cause was released on 27 October 1955.
Audience reviews
2- F9/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
3/14/2024
**An iconic, culturally significant film that helped immortalize James Dean.** This is one of those classic films when the theme is teenage rebellion and generational clash. It is undoubtedly good, with a good story and good actors – it is the film that marked James Dean's short career – and continues to be a regular presence in classics cycles and specialty TV channels. The film explores quite well the difficu…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/20/2026
"Jim" (James Dean) is a kid with a troubled past whose parents have relocated to give him a bit of a fresh start at his new school. Pretty swiftly, though, he falls in with the wrong crowd - the sort that have flick-knife fights - and it looks like we are in for a repeat performance. Luckily for him, he has also two more benign influences on his new life. One is "Judy" (Natalie Wood) who comes from a decent home and …
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