Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause (1955) is the Nicholas Ray drama to watch online for one reason above all: James Dean. He plays Jim Stark, a teenager whose family keeps dragging him to new towns. New school, fresh start, same ending — a fight, a police station, a father who won't stand up for anything.

At his latest school Jim falls for Judy (Natalie Wood) and befriends Plato (Sal Mineo), a lonely kid nobody bothers with. Trouble is, Judy belongs to local bully Buzz, who dares the new boy into a chickie run — two stolen cars racing toward a cliff edge. One long, reckless night forces three kids to grow up faster than their clueless parents ever did.

The film opened a month after Dean died in a car crash, and it turned him into the face of restless 1950s youth. The red jacket, the slouch, the stare — half of all movie teenagers since trace back to this. A young Dennis Hopper shows up too. Stream Rebel Without a Cause (1955) online on iFILM.