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The Outsiders
1983
***½
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Diane Lane, Leif Garrett

The turf war between two rival gangs, the Greasers and the Socs, in a small American town in the 1960s ends in tragedy, and two teenage boys go on the run. Francis Ford Coppola's moving coming-of-age drama is based on S.E. Hinton's 1967 novel, which explores friendship and the complexities of adolescence. Coppola followed the film with another Hinton adaptation, Rumble Fish. The cast includes a remarkable collection of (future) stars.