Movies like Zero Day 2002
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Zero Day (2002)
6K
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, rough, suspenseful, controversial, intense, teen, scary, sad, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
school shooting, found footage, childhood, school massacre, vengeance, brutality, suicide, friendship, serial killer, bullying, rebellion, justice, murder, violent, high school, juvenile delinquency, youth, teenage life, kids in trouble, teenager, revenge, teenage boy, plan, point of view, psychotic ...
Time:
80s, 70s, contemporary
Place:
california
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Most similar movies to Zero Day
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, disturbing and independent film films with plots about high school, youth, bullying, teenage life, society, teenage boy and violence mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Zero Day: The Class (2007), The Dirties (2013), Manic (2001), Mean Creek (2004), Bang Bang You're Dead (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
17K
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 ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, school shooting, youth, humiliation, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, teenage life, mistreatment, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
estonia, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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:
school shooting, bullying, found footage, high school, bully, vengeance, misfit, filmmaking, best friend, violence spree, food, high school student ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, cynical, biting ...
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
Place:
usa, colorado
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital, Lyle encounters a group of adolescents struggling with a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, independent film, depressing, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, depression, self harm, addiction, mental health, manic, psychology, therapy, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, independent film, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, prank, kids in trouble, friendship, vengeance, small town, childhood, bully, teenager, brother brother relationship, revenge, bullying ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
100%
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, childhood, depression, teacher, bully, vengeance, social misfits, teenage life, school, violence, fighting the system ...
Place:
oregon, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two teenage outsiders are demoralized daily at school, until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, friendship, school shooting, police, boy, friendship between boys, tragedy, best friend, revenge, school, teenage boy, junior high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
Similarity:
100%
103K
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, 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
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 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, school massacre, school bullying, killing, photography, homicide, teen angst, fury, weapons, uncontrollable ...
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Plot:
school shooting, losing-it hero, social relations, haunted by the past, youth, bullying, high school, loneliness, social misfits, teenage life, high school life, murder ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, iowa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions ...
Style:
independent film, creepy, retro, cult classic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, murder, strong sexual content, teenager, drug abuse, violence, death, marijuana, drug, serial killer, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
oregon, california, usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
100%
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, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
school shooting, high school, bullying, bully, juvenile delinquency, vengeance, teenage life, psychopath, youth, hardcase students, life is a bitch, social misfits ...
Similarity:
100%
91K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A controversial portrayal of teens in New York City which exposes a deeply disturbing world of sex and substance abuse. The film focuses on a sexually reckless, freckle-faced boy named Telly, whose goal is to have sex with as many different girls as ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, controversial, bleak, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, aids, innocence lost, youth, drug abuse, virginity, underage sex, teenage boy, street kid, puberty, sex, teenager ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, seattle, los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
80%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bullied student sees visions of a rabbit he was forced to kill as a child, and those visions propel him into a state where his imagination causes him to carry out violent acts.
Style:
serious, disturbing, rough, dark, poetic ...
Plot:
high school, bullying, mental illness, kids in trouble, rebelliousness, friendship, life is a bitch, society, imagination, teenage boy, child abuse, house ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A 14-year-old video enthusiast is so caught up in film fantasy that he can no longer relate to the real world, to such an extent that he commits murder and records an on-camera confession for his parents.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, serious, art house ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
murder, psychopath, obsession, video store, society, atrocity, killer child, child murders a child, human nature, introspection, found footage, extreme ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
austria, egypt, germany, bosnia, europe ...
Similarity:
86%
14K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power struggle between the 'tough' new inmate and the ...
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
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Style:
disturbing, lgbt cinema, depressing, independent film, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, child abuse, gay, sexual abuse, pedophilia, homosexuality, homosexual, child molestation, lgbtq, male rape, homosexual rape, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 2004, 2000s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
kansas, new york, usa
Similarity:
67%
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43K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, bleak, erotic drama, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
bullying, sexual abuse, teenager, nudity, murder, violent, rivalry, bully comeuppance, revenge, sex, social decay, drug ...
Time:
year 2001, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
usa, bronx new york city, florida
Similarity:
67%
8K
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A contemporary, ensemble drama telling the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today's youth are faced with. The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37 a ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, serious, sincere, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, brother sister incest, incest, rape, youth, teenage life, suicide, homosexual, high school life, teenage love, incest rape, social relations ...
Place:
south australia, adelaide south australia, australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.
Style:
disturbing, black and white, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
school shooting, mass murder, misogynist, murder, atrocity, serial killer, misogyny, hostage, interview, woman in danger, psychopath, winter ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, year 2009, 90s, 80s
Place:
canada, montreal, france, quebec
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The film is a caustic portrait of a traditional English boys’ boarding school, where social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. But three ...
Style:
controversial, surreal, disturbing, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revolution, boarding school life, boarding school, sex, private school, social satire, homosexuality, school shooting, boys' school, violence, coming of age, corporal punishment ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
england, california, britain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A high school outcast new to town becomes friends with a violent loner still haunted by the death of his parents.
Style:
art house, cerebral, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, high school student, misfit, friendship, society, youth, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, friends, kids in trouble, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
26%
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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:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, life turned upside down, teenage life, society, life is a bitch, high school, youth, social relations, bullying, violent content, serial killer, killer ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 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, realistic, serious, suspenseful, surreal ...
Plot:
voyeurism, loss of control, life is a bitch, introspection, destructive relationship, buddies, youth, teenage life, bullying, sociopath, suicide, high school ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Similarity:
24%
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
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school life, society, juvenile delinquency, coming of age, high school, gang, friendship, life is a bitch, teenage life, youth, school, asian ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sophomore year has been a nightmare for Jessica Burns. Relentlessly harassed by her former friend Avery Keller, Jessica doesn't know what she did to deserve the abuse from one of South Brookdale High's most popular and beautiful students. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, teen, rough, tense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, bullying, found footage, high school, popular girl, female bully, mean girl, high school life, kids in trouble, teenage life, suicide, humiliation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A 17-year-old girl uses her wits, survival skills, and compassion to fight for her life, and those of her fellow classmates, against a group of live-streaming school shooters.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, emotional, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
school shooting, violence, killing, high school, death, father daughter relationship, mass murder, bullying, social misfits, heroes, true crime, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
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 ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
revenge, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, teenage life, friendship, high school life, bullying, youth, social misfits, drug abuse, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, denmark
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A mother and her daughter confront the intimidation of teen peer pressure and the emotionally brutalizing social rituals of high school.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, high school, teenage love, high school life, school, lifestyle, buddies, family relations, friendship, misfit, love and romance, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
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