Movies like American Yearbook

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American Yearbook (2004)
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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, love, school, revenge, fight, teacher, violence, friendship, death, murder, photographer, bully, troubled teen, weapons, boy, teenage girl, adolescent girl, schoolgirl, profanity, evil, hate ...

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Most similar movies to American Yearbook

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, disturbing and tense films with plots about high school, murder, youth, violence, bullying, school and teenage girl mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like American Yearbook: Elephant (2003), Zero Day (2002), State's Evidence (2004), Bang Bang You're Dead (2002), The Class (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 5K
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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100%
Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (1997)
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, rough, suspenseful
Plot: school shooting, serial killer, killer, captive, held captive, hostage, vengeance, school, high school, psychopath, power relations, confined ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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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32%
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The Class (2007)
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: school shooting, bullying, vengeance, humiliation, society, youth, friendship, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, high school, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: estonia, europe
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31%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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 6.3
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Run Hide Fight (2020)
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: suspense, realistic, disturbing, serious, emotional ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: school shooting, gay, homosexual, homosexuality, violence, father daughter relationship, heroes, social misfits, bullying, true crime, interracial relations, mass murder ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
And Then I Go (2017)
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: suspense, unusual plot structure, thought provoking, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: friendship, bullying, teenage boy, school shooting, boy, tragedy, police, revenge, best friend, friendship between boys, school, junior high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kentucky, usa
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27%
Before the Storm (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Leo, a guy in the seventh grade gets harassed by a two years older boy in school and seeks revenge. At the same time, Ali, the father of a girl in Leo's class (who Leo has a crush on) is contacted by a opposition group from his home country ...
Style: independent film, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bullying, teenage boy, friendship, murder, manipulation, terrorism, fight, school, humiliation, boy, immigrant, investigation ...
Time: 2000s
Place: middle east, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Sexting in Suburbia (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: moody daughters, Rachel and Dina have a close relationship. Dina tells her everything... or so Rachel thinks. When Dina suddenly commits suicide, Rachel is devastated and confused. Her search for answers as to what happened in her daughter's ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, enigmatic
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: bullying, teenage girl, bully, teenager, teen suicide, death of daughter, high school, female friendship, suicide by hanging, uncover truth, trouble, suicide ...
Time: 2010s
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24%
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#SquadGoals (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ambitious high school senior Samantha Hodges is a serious journalist, both for the school paper and for the yearbook, but she's just as serious about her friends, Nate, Gillian, and Rudy, all of whom are vying with her for a full-ride local ...
Style: captivating, psychological, tense, suspense
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, friendship, amateur detective, murder, mother daughter relationship, teenager, high school principal, allergy, love triangle, photographer, danger, high school student ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Days of Wrath (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Back in his high school days, Joon-Seok (Joo Sang-Wook) was bullied by Chang-Sik (Yang Dong-Geun). Because of this, Joon-Seok's high school days were like a nightmare. Now, Joon-Seok finds it difficult to live a normal life due to the bullying. ...
Plot: bullying, cigarette smoking, physical abuse, death, revenge, violence, school, money, suicide, flashback, classmate, outcast ...
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23%
Acts of Violence (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story: A man named Flyn (Il Lim) is on a mission on killing the men who raped his wife Olivia (Leelee Sobieski). He finds himself living a double life as a killer and a husband. He finds an unexpected friend, a priest (Ron Perlman), as he deals with the ...
Style: independent film
Plot: husband wife relationship, rape, double life, rape victim, mentally unstable, brutality, cruelty, rape and revenge, mission, killer, killing, sexual abuse ...
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22%
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White Rabbit (2013)
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, grindhouse ...
Plot: bullying, mental illness, high school, school shooting, kids in trouble, rebelliousness, friendship, life is a bitch, society, imagination, child abuse, house ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Cheer For Your Life (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A high school girl’s spirits are crushed as she suffers through a humiliating “Cheerleader Initiation Week,” but her dreams aren’t the only thing in danger when another girl on the squad turns up dead, and when she disappears herself, her ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot: undercover, puzzle, problem, secret, female protagonist, murder investigation, murder, school, high school life, murder mystery, killings, high school student ...
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21%
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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20%
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Joe (1970)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend; in the ensuing argument, Bill kills him. Panic-stricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. There he runs into a drunken factory worker ...
Style: suspense, cult classic, realistic, disturbing, psychedelic ...
Plot: murder, hospital, friendship, drug, vigilante, violence, working class, orgy, drinking, death, female nudity, killings ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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20%
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Carrie (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, slasher, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: bullying, high school, telekinesis, prom, blood, stephen king, mother daughter relationship, humiliation, supernatural ability, teacher, supernatural, social misfits ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa
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20%
A Teacher's Obsession (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A high-school English teacher becomes dangerously obsessed with a star athlete who needs academic help.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense
Audience: teen drama
Plot: lesbian subtext, high school, teacher, manipulative woman, female protagonist, couples, society, teenage girl, teachers and students, social problems, school, schoolgirl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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20%
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Firstborn (1984)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with ...
Style: tension, serious, realistic, psychological, biting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: child abuse, teenager, drug addiction, domestic abuse, domestic violence, little brother, killer, school, dysfunctional family, woman in danger, family in danger, single parent ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to ...
Style: disturbing, serious, psychological, clever, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: rape, murder, dysfunctional family, high school, guilt, crime and punishment, obsession, suburbs, friendship, youth, teenage life, teenager ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the Vanity Fair article of the same title, a story about a young boy drawn into a web of lies through an online chatroom.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cyber ...
Plot: cyberspace, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, cheating girlfriend, youth, murder, social relations, mistaken identity, loner, lie, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Animal Room (1995)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: teen, cerebral, controversial, serious, bleak ...
Plot: gang, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, youth, leadership, society, high school, school, drug abuse, teenage life, isolation, high school life ...
Time: future
Place: new jersey
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19%
 6.9
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Red (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means ...
Style: suspense, touching, tense, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: dog, justice, redemption, murder, twists and turns, small town, revenge, brutality, vigilante, violence, greed, pets ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
I'm Not Ashamed (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Based on the inspiring and powerful true story and journal entries of Rachel Joy Scott- the first student killed in the Columbine high school shooting in 1999.
Style: christian film, disturbing, suspense, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: high school, christian, youth, death, plan, tragic event, notebook, prom, murder, group of friends, friendship, school ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.6
 114K
The Wave (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily ...
Style: philosophical, political, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: fascism, experiment, suicide, nazism, teacher, bullying, teachers and students, high school, dictatorship, dictator, fanaticism, education ...
Time: year 2008, year 2011, 20th century
Place: germany, middle east, israel, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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