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1. Pyramid Game (2024– )
Action
Each person is graded through a popular vote against the backdrop of a girl's high school and if they receive an F grade, they become legitimate victims of school violence.
Stars: Kim Ji-yeon, Jang Da-ah, Kang Na-eon, Shin Seul-ki
Votes: 789
2. Class of 1984 (1982)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with a delinquent punk posse who run the institute with an iron fist.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 13,269
3. Polytechnique (2009)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, History
A dramatization of the 1989 Montréal Massacre, during which several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse, Martin Watier
Votes: 19,051
4. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, Salvador Allende
Votes: 148,800 | Gross: $21.58M
5. Extracurricular (2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama
A model high school student who's steeped in a world of serious crime finds his double life upended when a classmate takes an interest in his secret.
Stars: Kim Dong-Hee, Park Ju-hyun, Jung Da-bin, Nam Yoon-Su
Votes: 9,416
6. More American Graffiti (1979)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Told in four different New Year's Eves in the mid 1960s, John, Terry, Debbie, Steve and Laurie deal with adulthood, the Vietnam war, peace rallies, and relationships.
Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat
Votes: 5,078 | Gross: $15.01M
7. From Within (2008)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A small Maryland town is gripped by a curse which causes residents to take their own life one after another.
Director: Phedon Papamichael | Stars: Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Blatz, Laura Allen
Votes: 7,993 | Gross: $0.07M
8. Dark Matter (I) (2007)
R | 88 min | Drama
Based on actual events, a Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics.
Director: Shi-Zheng Chen | Stars: Ye Liu, Aidan Quinn, Meryl Streep, Peng Chi
Votes: 3,659 | Gross: $0.03M
9. Blue Spring (2001)
83 min | Drama
A group of a run-down Tokyo high school students face the struggles of growing up, growing apart from their friends and worrying about their future, while living in a highly violent environment.
Director: Toshiaki Toyoda | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Hirofumi Arai, Sôsuke Takaoka, Yûsuke Ôshiba
Votes: 4,393
10. The Class (2007)
99 min | Drama
An average Estonian high-schooler decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.
Director: Ilmar Raag | Stars: Vallo Kirs, Pärt Uusberg, Lauri Pedaja, Paula Solvak
Votes: 15,869
11. Råzone (2006)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Christina is living in a suburb to Copenhagen. With her class mates Cecilie, Trine and Pernille, a tight-knit gang of girlfriends, she slacks her schoolwork, living mostly for the weekends ... See full summary »
Director: Christian E. Christiansen | Stars: Laura Christensen, Stephanie Leon, Julie R. Ølgaard, Sara Møller Olsen
Votes: 1,307
12. Mad World (2010)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
Will is a misfit who can't catch a break: he's terrorized by his psychotic father at home and taunted by his peers at school. His only solace comes from three classmates who face similar ... See full summary »
Director: Cory Cataldo | Stars: Gary Cairns, Dylan Booth, Matthew Thompson, James Lee Martinec
Votes: 365
13. Assassin(s) (1997)
128 min | Crime, Drama
Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Michel Serrault, Mathieu Kassovitz, Mehdi Benoufa, Robert Gendreu
Votes: 2,228
14. A Mother's Love (2019–2021)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A mother leaves her small hometown in the countryside for Rio de Janeiro to search for a son that was stolen from her.
Stars: Adriana Esteves, Humberto Carrão, Regina Casé, Taís Araújo
Votes: 303
15. State's Evidence (2004)
R | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
Six high school teenagers decide to commit suicide together, but their plans soon go awry when one of them has something darker in mind as well.
Director: Benjamin Louis | Stars: Douglas Smith, Kris Lemche, Drew Tyler Bell, Alexa PenaVega
Votes: 761
16. 1-Ichi (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
How Ichi becomes the Killer. The movie is a pre-quel to Takashi Miike's Koroshiya 1 (Ichi - The Killer).
Director: Masato Tanno | Stars: Nao Ômori, Teah, Chihara Junia, Chisato Amate
Votes: 807
17. Hold Me Tight (2010)
80 min | Drama
What should be just another school day for teenagers Sara, Mikkel, Louise and Hassan turns out forever scarred. One-by-one seemingly minor events snowball things completely out of control, and leaves everyone involved marked for life.
Director: Kaspar Munk | Stars: Julie Brochorst Andersen, Frederik Christian Johansen, Sofia Cukic, Hicham Najid
Votes: 581
18. Everybody Dies But Me (2008)
80 min | Drama
Life is never easy, especially when you're fourteen. But some teenagers have to deal not only with their inner feelings and complexes and youthful maximalism, but also with the cruel surrounding reality.
Director: Valeriya Gay Germanika | Stars: Polina Filonenko, Agniya Kuznetsova, Olga Shuvalova, Yuliya Aleksandrova
Votes: 2,559
19. Going Postal (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
A look at the modern phenomenon of school and work shootings. It looks at the cases of Michael Carneal (1997), Joseph Wesbecker (1989), Charles Andrew Williams (2001, Neal Higdon (2008, and... See full summary »
Director: Paul Tickell | Stars: Michael Carneal, Neal Higdon, Stephen Kazmierczak, Joseph Wesbecker
Votes: 39
20. Facez of Death 2000 (1996 Video)
Unrated | 74 min | Documentary, Horror
Many ways of dying.
Director: Lorenzo Munoz Jr. | Stars: Dave Stone, Dan Stafford, Karen Campbell, Randy Merriman
Votes: 96
21. White Rage (2015)
73 min | Documentary, Biography
This is the story of Lauri, and through him the story of other victims of both school bullying and a separate childhood trauma: victims full of white rage, which might lead to school shootings and other extreme acts of violence.
Director: Arto Halonen | Stars: Lauri, Miro Mäkelä, Linus Tuomenvirta, Jouko Hokkanen
Votes: 314
22. Out in the Silence (2009)
Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary, Comedy, Family
The announcement of filmmaker Joe Wilson's wedding to another man ignites a firestorm of controversy in his small hometown and a plea for help from the mother of a gay teen being tormented at school.
Directors: Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson | Stars: C.J. Bills, Diane Granley, Linda Henderson, Roxanne Hitchcock
Votes: 545
23. Gorno: An American Tragedy (2004)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama, Horror
Violence and murder as seen through the eyes of a young man enfuse this story that parallels the tragedy of Columbine.
Directors: Oliver Assiran, Les Norris | Stars: Lucas Corcoran, Billy Marshall, John Foster, George Howard Adams
Votes: 64
24. Hidden Rage (2010 Video)
90 min | Drama
Joshua, a freshman, goes to school everyday, because he has to. Everyday he gets picked on, beat up, and bullied. His teachers aren't aware, security can only react to what they see and his... See full summary »
Directors: Norton Rodriguez, Roberto Escobar | Stars: Aaron Goldenberg, Roberto Escobar, Eric Nelson, Kelly Williams
Votes: 49
25. Ketchup Kid (2013)
20 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
11-year-old Paul lives in his own world and is an outsider in school. When one day he meets a desperate boy named Aleksandar, he realizes that it's easier to walk ones life's path with a friend rather than alone.
Director: Patrick Vollrath | Stars: Finn Bachmann, Matthias Hecht, Max Schachermayer, Skye MacDonald
Votes: 36
26. Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal (2010)
73 min | Documentary
"Murder by Proxy" is a feature-length documentary that examines the growing phenomenon of spree killings in the United States.
Director: Emil Chiaberi | Stars: Rick Retelle, Charlie Withers, Patrick Sherrill, Tracy Sanchez
Votes: 205
27. Valley (2014)
86 min | Drama
In a small town in the North of Israel, three teenagers deal with violence at home and at school. Valley is a story of friendship, love and hate, where the desire to die, to kill and to live will seal the fate of the three heroes.
Director: Sophie Artus | Stars: Rotem Abuhab, Roy Nik, Shlomi Ohayon, Ofira Rahamim
Votes: 66
28. Together We're Heavy (2009)
92 min | Drama
'Together We're Heavy' is a searing drama which interweaves the lives of a group of very different young people at a Highschool in inner city, Vancouver. Sex, drugs, love, growing pains, ... See full summary »
Director: C.J. Wallis | Stars: Michelle Andrew, Joe Dall'Antonia, Jessica Dallin, Oscar Davila
Votes: 11
29. Killed Herself Twice (2023)
80 min | Crime, Drama
A young single mom, Emilia, invites Sophia- the upper-class student who drove her daughter to suicide- to her place.
Director: Ungyu Yeo | Stars: Iris Papas, Kira Lashmar, Maria Panchuk, Christie Godwin
31. Why Metal Detectors at Schools Is Racist (2017 Video)
8 min | Short, News
Hannah Cranston and Ava Hill discuss metal detectors in Los Angeles schools and how they are correlated to race.
Stars: Hannah Cranston, Ava Hill
32. Der Amokläufer - Aus Spiel wird Ernst (2008 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama, Thriller
Maren Hilbert starts her new job as a music and German teacher at the private school "Sophienbund". She soon finds a good rapport with her class thanks to her unconventional manner, but she... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Dommenget | Stars: Anja Kling, Thure Riefenstein, Emil Reinke, Alexander Martschewski
Votes: 56
33. Somos Bullying (2023)
8 min | Short, Drama
A high school teacher telephones the mother of one of her students, to warned her about the low results and the non-attendance of the girl. The mother, surprised, promises to find out more,... See full summary »
Director: Senel Rodrigo Muñoz Pavez | Stars: Cecilia Azócar, Ariel Castro, María José Tuta Cruz, Angélica Orellana
34. Le silence de la peur (1999)
70 min | Drama
Elsa, 14, has to face such violence every day. Her parents are unable to help, almost unable themselves to cope with the anxieties of their own lives.
Director: Nasser Bakhti | Stars: Grégory Roy, Emmanuelle Piachaud, Rémy Wullschleger, Antonin Schopfer
Votes: 11
35. All Kids Count School Violence Prevention (2013)
Short
Stars: Emily Eagle, Will Riddle, Natalia Simone
36. Súper Niño Bully (2007 TV Short)
Short, Comedy
Director: Nicolás López | Stars: Fabrizio Copano, Ariel Levy, Boris Quercia, Jenny Cavallo
Votes: 15
37. Think Tank Fails at Thinking (2017 Video)
19 min | Short, Comedy
Andy Warski responds to a Think Tank video which claims that school metal detectors are racist.
Stars: Andy Warski, Hannah Cranston, Ava Hill
38. What's Going on with Your Child? (2012)
50 min | Documentary
Violence among children in Israeli Schools.
Director: Ronen Amar | Star: Tzufit Grant
39.
Shockers (1999–2001)
Episode:
Parent's Night
(2000)
48 min | Horror, Thriller
Horror/Thriller about a bullied schoolboy who is pushed over the top by his oppressors, and his mother's more-than-rash reaction to her son's death.
Director: Marc Charach | Stars: Aisling O'Sullivan, Liam Barr, Bryan Dick, Ashley Walters
Votes: 79
40.
Weird Anime Excel Saga (1999–2001)
Episode:
Butt Out, Youth!
(1999)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Excel and Hyatt investigate the Japanese education system by going undercover as teachers at Excel's old high school. While at the school, the two are charged with the task of managing the ... See full summary »
Directors: Akihiko Nishiyama, Shin'ichi Watanabe | Stars: Takehito Koyasu, Jessica Calvello, Jason Douglas, John Gremillion
Votes: 17
41.
Marketplace (1972– )
Episode:
School Violence: How to fight for safer schools
(2019)
22 min | News
Testing schools across the country by asking how many students have attacked other students; asking the kids the same question in an effort to get the truth; David Common confronts school ... See full summary »
Director: Anu Singh | Star: David Common
42.
This World (2004– )
Episode:
Massacre at Virginia Tech
(2008)
59 min | Documentary
One year on from the April 16th 2007 massacre at Virgina Tech, this documentary looks at what drove Seung-Hui Cho to shoot dead 32 people.
Director: Jonathan Hacker | Stars: Seung-hui Cho, Roger L. Depue, Kim Hyang-Sik, Lucinda Roy
Votes: 54
43.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Busing Battleground
(2023)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Court-mandated social integration unleashes racial unrest throughout Boston in the 1970s as Black and White students are bussed together.
Directors: Sharon Grimberg, Cyndee Readdean | Stars: Henry Allen, Thomas Atkins, Ruth M. Batson, Tomika Brown
Votes: 48