Movies like The Class 2007

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The Class (2007)
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The Class (2007)
Original name: Klass
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An average guy of an Estonian high-school 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.
Style: serious, disturbing, tense, emotional, realistic, sad, crying, thought provoking, touching, brutal ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: bullying, school shooting, youth, humiliation, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, teenage life, mistreatment, friendship, high school, social decay, high school life, abuse, tragic event, friends, bully, rivalry, human nature, sexual abuse, forced sex, misfit, social relations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: estonia, europe, eastern europe, russian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, disturbing and psychological films with plots about youth, bullying, society, teenager, teenage life, high school and coming of age mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Class: Zero Day (2002), Speak (2004), Hello Herman (2012), Everybody Dies But Me (2008), 2:37 (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Zero Day (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school.
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Audience: teens, kids
Plot: school shooting, found footage, childhood, school massacre, vengeance, brutality, suicide, friendship, serial killer, bullying, rebellion, justice ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
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Hello Herman (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in the not so distant future, in Any Town USA, sixteen year old Herman Howards makes a fateful decision. He enters his suburban school and kills thirty nine students, two teachers, and a police officer. Just before his arrest he emails his idol, ...
Style: psychological, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
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Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, iowa
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Everybody Dies But Me (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna learn that there will be a school disco, their first disco, on the coming Saturday night. The girls feverishly start preparing for the event, which rapidly becomes the most important moment ever in their ...
Style: touching, realistic, gloomy, serious, suspense ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, teen drama
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
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2:37 (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: psychological, bleak, serious, sincere, depressing ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
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Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, independent film, suspense ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: psychological, depressing, bleak, thought provoking, independent film ...
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Duration: 90 min.
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Scum (1979)
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Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: tense, serious, controversial, independent film, grindhouse ...
Plot: boy, rebellion, corruption, rape, criminal, prison, humiliation, youth, prison life, juvenile delinquent, racism, revenge ...
Time: year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, united kingdom
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Play (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France
Duration: 118 min.
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Style: psychological, captivating, serious, transgressive, inspirational ...
Plot: boy, friendship between boys, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, gang, coming of age, youth, society, rivalry, mind game, danger, human nature ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
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Duration: 84 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 103 min.
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Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, suspense, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: bullying, society, high school life, missing girl, rape, teenage life, estrangement, social decay, parents and children, social relations, family problems, high school ...
Time: near future, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, mexico city
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, disturbing, gloomy
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Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: kazakhstan, asia
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
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 7.5
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The Class (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
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Audience: teens, pre-teens, kids, teen drama
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 7.1
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Elephant (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
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Style: disturbing, psychological, bleak, independent film, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: school shooting, violence, teacher, bullying, teenage girl, mass murder, violent, high school, teenager, youth, school, rage ...
Time: year 2003, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, oregon, ireland, portland oregon, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.
Style: realistic, harsh, suspenseful, sincere, teen ...
Audience: teens
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Place: oregon, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 101 min.
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Audience: teens
Plot: school shooting, bullying, high school, satire, goth girl, true crime, revolt, serial killer, dark humor, murder, vengeance, kids in trouble ...
Time: 90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
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Style: thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, rough, sincere ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Style: touching, realistic, disturbing, sincere, rough ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
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Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 109 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Audience: teens, teen drama
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 6.3
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
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Story: Christina is living in a suburb to Copenhagen. With her class mates Cecilie, Trine and Pernille she slacks her school work, living mostly for the weekends of gate crashing, getting drunk, experimenting with drugs and scoring guys. But her world is ...
Style: rough, serious, bleak, realistic, captivating ...
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Time: 21st century
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Blue Spring (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the violence and hatred that surround him. He wants desperately to abandon his post… but his once-enviable position of power has a strange way of ...
Style: bleak, realistic, disturbing, serious, manga
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 93 min.
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