Both films refuse to moralize. Both are beautiful and repulsive. And both end with a sense that the children have crossed a line from which there is no return. Spring Breakers is Maladolescenza for the ADHD generation.

These selections explore the transition from childhood through surrealism or stylized storytelling, focusing on the loss of innocence and the discovery of identity.

For viewers looking for contemporary equivalents, modern filmmakers continue to explore the darker, unfiltered realities of youth without the safety net of adult intervention. The Tribe (2014)

Directed by Louis Malle, Pretty Baby is perhaps the most prominent mainstream film that deals with the themes of youth, innocence, and sexual awakening in an early 20th-century context.

: A French film about two schoolgirls who rebel against their religious upbringing by dedicating themselves to Satan and engaging in transgressive behavior. Beau-père (1981)