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The Principal (1987)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean up the school and stop the narcotics trade, they run up against a teenage mafia. A violent confrontation on the campus leads to a deadly showdown with the drug dealer's gang, and one last chance for Latimer to save his career... and his life.
Style:
feel good, hood, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, inspirational, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids
Plot:
youth gang, teacher, vigilante, high school, vigilantism, gang, school teacher, mentor, gangster, ghetto, chase, urban, teenager, street gang, teaching, youth, teachers and students, teenage life, high school life, school, violence, motorcycle, brutality, danger, biker ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
oakland california, new jersey
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Most similar movies to The Principal
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about violence, gang, murder, revenge, vengeance, death and gangster mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Principal: The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998), The Substitute (1996), One Eight Seven (1997), Judgment Night (1993), Class of 1984 (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson (Treat Williams). An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary. Karl signs on as a new substitute teacher in ...
Style:
hood, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, gang, vigilantism, high school, die hard, tough heroes, ghetto, ak 47, interracial, education, gangster, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, vietnam, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After he did some jobs for CIA, ex-marine John Shale is visiting his high school love Jane. She's now a teacher in Columbus High School in Miami. Soon after his arriving Jane has her knee cap broken while jogging. After that, John decides to go ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, intense, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
high school, vigilante, teacher, teachers and students, undercover, bullying, substitute teacher, danger, gangster, gang, society, youth ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 80s
Place:
south america, florida, miami, usa, cuba
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is ...
Style:
hood, cult classic, suspense, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, urban, hip hop, revenge, gang, gangster, vigilante, vengeance, mentor, teaching, mexican gang ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While racing to a boxing match, Frank, Mike, John and Rey get more than they bargained for. A wrong turn lands them directly in the path of Fallon, a vicious, wise-cracking drug lord. After accidentally witnessing Fallon murder a disloyal henchman, ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, harsh, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, gang, chase, escape, gangster, police investigation, hip hop, on the run, ghetto, friendship, chases and races, crime gone awry ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
chicago, seattle, cuba, san francisco, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Andy is a new teacher at a inner city high school that is like nothing he has ever seen before. There is metal detectors at the front door and everything is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and ...
Style:
grindhouse, disturbing, cult classic, psychotronic, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school, gang, rape, vigilante, teenager, revenge, punk, bullying, school, rape and revenge, punk rock, teacher ...
Time:
80s, future, year 1982, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight college discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique more or less hell-bent on ridding the school, and quite possibly American society, of what they deem to be its ...
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, grindhouse, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school student, vigilante, bullying, high school, street gang, teenager, gang, bare chested male, youth gang, killer, school bully, cannon ...
Time:
year 2016, 80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires."
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, urban ghetto life, society, life is a bitch, danger, ghetto, street gang, urban, murder, violence, racial injustice, african american ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage reign of terror. Welcome to Lincoln High! Here the cobras rule the school and everyone in it. ...
Style:
fast, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
teenager, youth gang, high school gang, club, youth, juvenile delinquency, criminal's revenge, redemption, rivalry, starting over, vengeance, drug dealing ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Style:
hood, stylized, suspense, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, gang war, organized crime, ghetto, blaxploitation, mafia, drug, hip hop, chase, urban, drug lord ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1986
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, america, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is ...
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
prison, police corruption, vengeance, gang, survival, frame up, lone hero, gunfight, mistaken identity, drug dealing, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
california, new jersey, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, gangster, vigilante, lone hero, murder, vengeance, jamaican, violence, hand to hand combat, drug lord, voodoo ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) takes on the local drug cartel.
Style:
cult classic, detective, grindhouse, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, violence, revenge, vigilantism, vigilante justice, hospital, cannon, gang, machine gun, murder, wine, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
19K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
prison, vengeance, juvenile delinquent, violence, juvenile delinquency, youth, bullying, prison escape, gangster, rivalry, prison rape, brat pack ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, south america, illinois, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' ...
Style:
cult classic, neo noir, retro, grindhouse, grim ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
survival, street gang, gang, gang war, gang member, subway, violence, warrior, gangster, chase, murder, graffiti ...
Time:
future, 70s, year 1979, near future, 80s
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of high school students, led by a rich boy Derek, is sick of school violence and decides to become underground vigilantes named "Brotherhood of Justice". It starts with the idea "watching people", but things quickly get ...
Style:
retro, serious, realistic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
vigilante, gang, high school, american football, revenge, car bomb, lynch mob, love interest, gang leader, violence, love triangle, saving a life ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have gotten involved in. All this comes to an end when Rick feels he must rejoin his old gang to avenge ...
Style:
hispanic, crime drama, grindhouse, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, blaxploitation, cannon, drug, drug addiction, gang rape, gang violence, drug dealer, black, poverty, rape victim, nudity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A former high school student, Jason Copeland, returns to his school to take his revenge on the teachers for failing him out of school.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
school shooting, serial killer, high school, killing spree, captive, held captive, killer, hostage, vengeance, school, power relations, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and murdered her best friend.
Style:
sexy, slasher, cult classic, psychotronic, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, revenge, female vigilante, rape, tough girl, violence against women, sexualized violence, violence, nudity, vigilante, payback, strong female lead ...
Time:
80s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
Style:
hood, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
urban, drug dealing, black, gang, going straight, urban ghetto, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, siblings relations, addiction, drug abuse, gangster ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
usa, harlem, new york, harlem, new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
After decades of terror, two deadly street gangs reach a delicate truce and young MJ (Silkk the Shocker) sees a way out of the hood once and for all. Only Corrupt (Ice-T) stands in MJ's way, resulting into a violent and brutal roller coaster ...
Style:
hood, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ghetto, gang, urban, hip hop, hip hop culture, underworld, discrimination, urban setting, gangster, urban ghetto, drug dealing, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
Style:
stylized, bloody, serious, rough, hood ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, friendship, african american, urban ghetto life, murder, police brutality, violence, coming of age, gangster, organized crime, street gang ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, north america
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Paul Kersey returns to New York to visit his friend Charley, who lives in one of the worst parts of New York City. But when Paul arrives at Charley's apartment, he finds Charley dying after a vicious beating by a gang led by Manny Fraker, and ...
Style:
cult classic, perverse, neo noir, hood, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, violence, revenge, vigilantism, gang, gangster, sniper, gang rape, rape victim, sexual assault, woman in jeopardy, vigilante justice ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It's a hard crime story about a Philadelphia shop owner who has enough of the criminals' violences and ravages. He organizes a patrol of civil people. It all starts to go wrong because his team's actions are taken as racial ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, violence, vigilantism, urban, murder, killing, brutality, blood, teenager, exploitation, vietnam war ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police detective, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, working undercover, urban ghetto life, police corruption, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After a young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, her brother takes up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes from his fraternity, brutally punishing any miscreants they catch in a criminal act.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, revenge, vigilante, fraternity, rape, rape and revenge, biker, biker gang, guy, cannon, youth, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides ...
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
childhood trauma, violence, vigilante, vengeance, vigilantism, policewoman, dead mother, pimp, criminal, murder, haunted by the past, lone wolves ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created ...
Style:
hood, cult classic, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, vigilante, female warrior, urban, vigilantism, gang, murder, black, ghetto, vengeance, tough heroes, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2016, year 1996, 90s, 70s
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Joe Huff (Brian Bosworth) is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Joe into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating "The Brotherhood" - a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked ...
Style:
bleak, rough, serious, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
biker, undercover, motorcycle, gang, fbi, undercover cop, drug dealing, bike, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, investigation, partner ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
mississippi, new orleans, alabama
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a great war zone and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, stylized, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, violence, gory, violent, chase, murder, vengeance, gunfight, death, brutality ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1980
Place:
new york, vietnam, new jersey, asia, usa ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Style:
detective, cult classic, grindhouse, neo noir, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, rape, violence, rape and revenge, interracial rape, female nudity, prostitute, street gang, woman in jeopardy, one man army, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
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