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Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (1997)
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Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (1997)
Original name: Hostage High
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, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: school shooting, serial killer, killer, captive, held captive, school, hostage, vengeance, high school, psychopath, youth, teachers and students, life is a bitch, rebellion, high school life, teenage life, rivalry, society, police station, juvenile delinquency, confined, haunted by the past, dedicated educator, violence spree, urban ghetto life ...
Time: 90s

Most similar movies to Detention: The Siege at Johnson High

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about murder, deadly, serial killer, death, psychopath, violence and rivalry mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Detention: The Siege at Johnson High: Zero Day (2002), The Dirties (2013), Elephant (2003), American Yearbook (2004), Heart of America (2002). 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.
Style: disturbing, psychological, mockumentary, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: school shooting, found footage, vengeance, brutality, suicide, friendship, serial killer, high school, bullying, childhood, rebellion, justice ...
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The Dirties (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.
Style: disturbing, controversial, realistic, sincere, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bullying, high school, school shooting, found footage, filmmaking, vengeance, misfit, best friend, violence spree, anxiety, self esteem, solidarity ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada, usa
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Elephant (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent. The film chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting.
Style: disturbing, bleak, psychological, realistic, controversial ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: school shooting, bullying, mass murder, teacher, school, violence, murder, high school, youth, teenager, serial killer, boy ...
Time: year 2003, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, oregon, ireland, portland oregon
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American Yearbook (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Will is the kid-next-door, but is relentlessly terrorized by school bullies. Then the mysterious Chance eventually convinces Will that they should get a gun and take the bullies out: pull a Columbine.
Style: independent film
Plot: bullying, school shooting, high school, killings, school massacre, teen angst, photography, killing, homicide, fury, weapons, school teacher ...
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Heart of America (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Starring Jurgen Prochnow ('The Replacement Killers' 'Air Force One' and Patrick Muldoon 'Stigmata' 'Starship Troopers'), 'Heart of America' is a powerhouse of a contemporary drama and essential ...
Style: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: school shooting, high school, bullying, vengeance, juvenile delinquency, psychopath, teenage life, bully, life is a bitch, society, youth, social misfits ...
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Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A horror film based on a real-life mass murder that took place in 1966. Richard Franklin Speck was a mass murderer who systematically tortured, raped and murdered eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital in 1966.
Style: slasher, tense, rough, disturbing, bloody ...
Plot: serial killer, sexual abuse, murder, psychopath, violence spree, confined, hostage, journalism, maniac, misogynist, brutality, psychiatrist ...
Time: 60s, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place: chicago, usa, dallas texas, texas
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The Case of the Hillside Stranglers (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The true chilling story of the "two of a kind", killing cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers, is told in this TV drama.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: murder, serial killer, two killers, true crime, psychopath, criminal, killer, violent, police detective, homicide, strangler, cousin ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, california
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State's Evidence (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When 16 year old Scott Byers decided to bring a camcorder to school, none of his schoolmates ever imagined what was to come. Only Scott's five closest friends and followers have the insight on his master plan. He is on a quest for the ultimate ...
Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surreal ...
Plot: introspection, life is a bitch, youth, destructive relationship, buddies, voyeurism, teenage life, bullying, sociopath, suicide, loss of control, killings ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004
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Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Derwin and Derick, Neo-Nazis, plan to commit a school shooting and kill themselves after a sick joke by the school jocks.
Style: independent film, underground film, controversial, biting, cynical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: school shooting, bullying, high school, satire, killings, true crime, revolt, serial killer, dark humor, murder, vengeance, goth girl ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, colorado
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Bang Bang You're Dead (2002)
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
Plot: bullying, school shooting, depression, teacher, bully, school, social misfits, high school, teenage life, violence, childhood, fighting the system ...
Place: oregon
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Home Room (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A high school shooting has repercussions on the town and students.
Style: serious, touching, emotional, intense, gothic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, school shooting, psychological trauma, murder, friendship, goth girl, youth, teenage life, hopes, isolation, secret, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2002
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47%
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The Riverman (2004)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle.
Style: serious, psychological, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, profiler, mind game, life is a bitch, true crime, police detective, woman in danger, killer, murder, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, florida, washington d.c.
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The Lost (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A charismatic psycho suspected of killing two innocent campers in a cold-blooded double homicide grows increasingly unstable as his suburban empire starts to crack at the foundations.
Style: disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, drug use, police investigation, youth, rivalry, lesbian, violence, male female relationship, sexploitation, investigation ...
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F (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A group of teachers must defend themselves from a gang of murderous kids when their school comes under siege after hours.
Style: scary, slasher, disturbing, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: high school, danger, murder, juvenile delinquency, vengeance, isolation, high school life, violence spree, hardcase students, self defense, violent content, high school teacher ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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46%
Dead Connection (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, a cop, Dickson, heads out on the trail to find a serial killer. He discovers that he signs the motel guest-books with the names of boxers, and hence gets a lead on him. However, when he just ...
Style: detective, independent film, tense, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, interracial, police, psychopath, murder, phone sex, woman in danger, alcohol abuse, vengeance, investigation, rivalry, athlete's life ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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Freeway Killer (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, rape and murder, who done it, strong violent content, police detective, law enforcement, life is a bitch, stalking, danger, physical appearance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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April Showers (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A look inside a tragedy through the eyes of a survivor. Based on actual events, April Showers is about picking up the pieces in the direct aftermath of school violence
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, realistic, gloomy ...
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Time: 21st century
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Zodiac Killer (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
Style: slasher, serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, wannabe, murder, mind game, police investigation, police detective, obsession, danger, rivalry, master criminal, psychopath, gory ...
Time: 2000s
Place: bay area, usa, los angeles, california
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B.T.K. Killer (2005)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Veteran Boogey Man and Zodiac Killer director Ulli Lommel continues his long tradition of delivering tense thrills with this relentless look at the life of the elusive, Kansas-based serial killer known to authorities only as "B.T.K." ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murderer, psychopath, investigation, life is a bitch, chase, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, danger, serial murder, violence ...
Time: 70s
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Blast (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Four high school friends believe the local myth that developer Swenson killed a kid for trespassing years earlier and got away with it. When one of the four friends disappears, the remaining three believe Swenson killed their friend and they take ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: small town, kids in trouble, uncover truth, teenage life, haunted by the past, mind game, danger, investigation, choice, youth, rivalry, crime gone awry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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Nightmare in Columbia County (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger ...
Style: tense, mind bending, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, kidnapping, child abuse, love, murder, beauty pageant, law enforcement, psychopath, small town, riddles and clues, small town life, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: south carolina
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Villa Captive (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A young actress seeking a life away from adult movies moves to Florida insearch of a new identity. Her newfound peace is shattered when local thugsrecognize her.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, serious, realistic, scary ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: murder, rape, sexual abuse, danger, life is a bitch, woman in danger, violence spree, death, revenge, violence, sexual assault, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa, miami
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Class of 1984 (1982)
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, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, punk, teacher, revenge, gang, violence, rape, bullying, juvenile delinquency, sexual cruelty, vigilante, school ...
Time: 80s, future, year 1982, 20th century
Place: usa
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A Friend to Die For (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Angela Delvecchio, coming from a rather poor family, moves into the rich town Montevista. She admires Stacy, leader of the most prestigeous clique of her high school. Angela wants to be accepted and seeks Stacy's friendship. But when she ...
Style: teen, slasher, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cheerleader, high school, serial killer, cheerleading, school, psycho, gymnastics, evil child, love, rivalry, murder, peer pressure ...
Time: 90s
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Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw ...
Style: disturbing, slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
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Civil Brand (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Forced to work under slave-like conditions in a "prison for profit" program, the inmates of a mostly-African-American female prison, Whitehead Correctional, try to take over the institution. At the core of the story is Frances, who finds ...
Style: tense, rough, bleak, disturbing, realistic ...
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Time: year 2002
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston ...
Style: scary, psychological, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, prison life, confined, law enforcement, prison, danger, killer, biopic, manipulation, rivalry, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, boston
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Sunday in the Country (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. Unable to let them simply wait for the law, he ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, tense, exciting, psychological ...
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Time: 70s
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Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story (1996)
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
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Story: True crime story of a Wisconsin teacher's aide who hired teenaged students to murder her estranged husband.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, psychological, sexual ...
Plot: serial killer, mental illness, murder, suburban life, suburbs, teachers and students, infidelity, teenage life, power relations, couples, family problems, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, wisconsin
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The Deadly Tower (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tower, sniper, murder, serial killer, true crime, danger, mental illness, obsession, investigation, shooting, university, mass murder ...
Time: 60s
Place: texas, usa, austin texas
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