Movies like Bang Bang You're Dead
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Bang Bang You're Dead (2002)
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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, psychological, light, inspirational, clever, feel good, depressing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bullying, depression, school shooting, teacher, vengeance, school, social misfits, high school, teenage life, teenager, violence, childhood, fighting the system, bomb, death threat, social problems, juvenile delinquency, bully, teachers and students, rivalry, society, lifestyle, sport team, suicide, troubled teen ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
tokyo, oregon
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Most similar movies to Bang Bang You're Dead
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, intense and harsh films with plots about youth, violence, dialogue, brutality, runaway, vengeance and storytelling mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Bang Bang You're Dead: Zero Day (2002), The Dirties (2013), Elephant (2003), The Class (2007), Apt Pupil (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, suspenseful, rough, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
school shooting, found footage, vengeance, friendship, brutality, suicide, serial killer, cheerleading, high school, childhood, rebellion, justice ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
california
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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:
bully, high school, vengeance, misfit, best friend, found footage, bullying, school shooting, violence spree, anxiety, self esteem, solidarity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, usa
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100%
93K
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, realistic, controversial, non-linear ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
school shooting, violence, mass murder, teacher, teenager, school, murder, high school, bullying, youth, serial killer, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, portland oregon
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100%
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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:
disturbing, serious, tense, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
school shooting, vengeance, society, humiliation, youth, friendship, social relations, life is a bitch, friends, teenage life, social misfits, juvenile delinquency ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
estonia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker is nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the ...
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, scary, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, obsession, high school, blackmail, nazism, war criminal, murder, world war two, mentor, nazi war criminal, secret identity ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
germany, usa, california
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100%
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Movies similar to Thirteen
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and ...
Style:
bad ending, psychological, entertaining, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school, telekinesis, found footage, superhero, supernatural, adolescence, super strength, levitation, outcast, friendship, supernatural ability, teenage life ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
seattle, canada, washington d.c., usa, tibet
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100%
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, dark, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
prank, kids in trouble, small town, friendship, coming of age, bullying, vengeance, teenager, revenge, bully, guilt, childhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon
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25%
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, social relations, haunted by the past, losing-it hero, youth, high school, loneliness, social misfits, bullying, teenage life, high school life, murder ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ...
Style:
feel good, sexy, unusual plot structure, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, manly
Plot:
teacher, gang, high school, youth gang, gangsters, teenager, vigilante, mentor, vigilantism, chase, street gang, high school life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
16K
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, realistic, disturbing, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
prison, suspense, gang, teenager, juvenile delinquency, youth, prison escape, violence, gangsters, rivalry, confined, society ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, california, chicago illinois, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute ...
Style:
realistic, talky, serious, bleak, educational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, gangsters, juvenile delinquency, gang, teenager, unlikely friendships, urban ghetto, drug dealing, gang member, youth, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, tokyo, new jersey, california, usa
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22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, thought provoking, depressing, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, human relationship, school, unhappy, social problems, life is a bitch, society, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man ...
Style:
emotional, talky, intense, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, kids
Plot:
high school, coming of age, anti semitism, friendship, preparatory school, american football, judaism, working class, justice, youth, school, boarding school life ...
Time:
50s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, israel, harvard university, boston, usa
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21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
Style:
thought provoking, educational, feel good, harsh, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
high school, hostage, coming of age, school, hip hop, vengeance, unlikely friendships, violence, women, weapons, internet, culture clash ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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:
realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, allegory ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, gang, gangsters, teenager, revenge, suspense, hip hop, mentor, vengeance, ghetto, mafia ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, new york, new jersey, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bobby O'Grady a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even ...
Style:
atmospheric, dark, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, murder, vengeance, gang, police investigation, investigation, police corruption, witnessing a crime, criminal heroes, drug dealing, best friends ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, ireland, connecticut, massachusetts, new jersey ...
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20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Style:
intense, melancholic, sentimental, stylized, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gang, teenager, juvenile delinquent, street gang, friendship, dysfunctional family, runaway, rivalry, brother brother relationship, small town, class differences ...
Time:
60s, future, 80s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
oklahoma, usa
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20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum,but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister is a ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
chess, african american, coming of age, drugs, drug dealing, gangsters, drug lord, gang, drug addiction, father son relationship, ghetto, hip hop ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, africa, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Malik (Omar Epps) is an African-American student attending on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge (Ice Cube), a ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
racism, college, skinhead, lesbian, politics, violence, prejudice, hip hop, stereotypes, corruption, rejection, african american ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hot young stars, a hip, driving soundtrack, plus a provocative tale of jealousy and betrayal combine to create this controversial modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic, "Othello." O is Odin James (Mekhi Phifer), the ...
Style:
intense, tense, serious, clever, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, high school, betrayal, interracial relations, shakespeare, shakespeare's othello, interracial romance, friends, suspense, manipulation, downfall, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
John Netherwood and his wife Leann are fugitives who are both wanted for murder. They have a young daughter named Janie and they want her back.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, bad ending, intense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
adoption, children, family relations, wanted, custody, parents and children, haunted by the past, rivalry, fugitives, criminal heroes, obsession, suspense ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Angus is a large, pathetic 14 year old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of one Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, school, teenager, high school, cheerleading, bullying, prank, public humiliation, teenage life, misfit, love and romance ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
california
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19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A fearless cop is taking on a ruthless crimelord. He knew the risks. He just didn't know how far he would have to go.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, rough, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangsters, gang, adaptation, friendship, undercover, twists and turns, mentor, transformation, brutality, betrayal, police detective, chase ...
Time:
90s, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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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:
tense, bleak, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
african american, ghetto, urban ghetto life, gangsters, hip hop, murder, police brutality, friendship, coming of age, street gang, organized crime, drugs ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
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19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A destitute 14 year old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major ...
Style:
emotional, harsh, tense, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, dysfunctional family, child abuse, coming of age, corporal punishment, working class, youth, abusive father, redemption, alcohol abuse, poverty, childhood ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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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:
disturbing, psychotronic, harsh, intense, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school, punk, teacher, gang, revenge, violence, juvenile delinquency, school, teenager, bullying, rape, sexual cruelty ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century
Place:
usa, plymouth
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
19K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Harassed by bullies because of his mild autism, teen Ben (Greg Timmermans) finds refuge in an online computer game, which leads him to his virtual dream girl, Scarlite (Laura Verlinden). Together, the odd couple seeks revenge against Ben's ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, serious, stylized, sad ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
autism, bullying, asperger's syndrome, communication problem, escape from reality, internet, mental illness, faked death, computer, suicide, computer game, antisocial behavior ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, brussels
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The streets of the Bronx are owned by 60’s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
Style:
harsh, intense, allegory, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gang, rock and roll, cheerleader, american football, street gang, teenager, bullying, high school, gangsters, subculture, organized crime ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 20th century, year 1963
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, new jersey, california
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18%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality ...
Style:
thought provoking, depressing, suspenseful, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
loneliness, internet, multiple storylines, couples, cyberspace, dishonesty, lawyer, bullying, social media, lifestyle, character study, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different ...
Style:
stylized, intense, melancholic, light, emotional ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
gang, womanizer, single parent, gangsters, african american, unlikely friendships, organized crime, twists and turns, women, going straight, introspection, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south central los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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