Anti authority movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant anti authority movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, independent film, cult classic, humorous, suspense and funny films and TV shows about / with anti authority, friendship, rebellion, violence, mentor, storytelling, society, runaway, vengeance and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Action genres shot in USA, Italy, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as anti authority: They Live (1988), School of Rock (2003), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Booker (1989), The Chicken Chronicles (1977), The Last Blood (1983), Go for It, Baby (1968), Fuck the Police (2014), The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962).
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162K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No ...
Style:
cult classic, homoerotic, suspenseful, serious, black comedy ...
Plot:
conspiracy, alien invasion, dystopia, alien, distopia, mind control, social commentary, anti conformity, violence, resistance, evil alien, capitalism ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
music, teacher, teachers and students, musician, children, rock music, student, school, fish out of water, music band, rock concert, rock band ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, y2k, 80s, 21st century
Place:
america, new york, usa, los angeles, north america ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
Style:
road movie, funny, cult classic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
road trip, car chase, trucker, truck, on the road, police chase, carsploitation, sheriff, convoy, truck driver, driving, car ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, alabama, mississippi, austin texas, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A high school slacker pretends to be sick to skip school and have an exciting day off alongside his girlfriend and his best buddy through Chicago, while trying to outwit his obsessive school principal and his unconformited sister along the way.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, school, teacher, teenage girl, teen angst, teenage angst, teenage boy, rebel, skipping school ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, north america, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series is a spin-off of 21 Jump Street and the second installment of the 21 Jump Street series. The character ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, crime thriller, neo noir, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ex cop, investigation, anti hero, private investigator, anti authority, corruption, suspicion, urban, moral ambiguity, insurance fraud, streetwise, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 90s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off his dream-girl (Lisa Reeves).
Style:
lighthearted, romantic comedy, sex comedy, grindhouse, satirical ...
Plot:
high school student, coming of age, high school life, teen romance, first love, male protagonist, teenage angst, anti authority, social commentary, peer pressure, chicken, unhappiness ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1969
Place:
beverly hills
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A soldier attacks his corrupt superior officer and is court marshalled but before he can be sent to a firing squad he escapes...
Style:
tense, intense, macaroni combat
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, escape, soldier, military, court martial, battlefield, jungle warfare, tyranny, rebellion, combat, survival ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
vietnam
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
lighthearted, romantic comedy, slapstick, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
songwriter, youth culture, music industry, male friendship, urban, escapades, misunderstanding, record producer, police chase, satire, anti authority, infatuation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
munich germany, west germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story:
Two friends from a small village chase their dream of becoming world famous gangsta rappers.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, rap, satire, ambition, rapper, dream, friends, music, follow your dream, musician's life, musician, small town ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style:
psychological, serious, thought provoking, dramatic, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, fighting the system, freedom, human spirit, insanity, society, mental patient, mental disorder, nurse, psychiatrist, schizophrenia ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1963
Place:
oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
A reconstruction of the trial of Joan of Arc based entirely on the transcripts of the real-life trial, concerning Joan's imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English.
Style:
contemplative, spiritual, powerful, depressing, fairy tale ...
Plot:
joan of arc, inquisition, burned alive, courtroom drama, medieval, burned at the stake, courtroom, minimalism, trial, martyrdom, biopic, witch hunt ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 15th century, ancient times, year 1962
Place:
france, europe
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2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A few funny little novels about different aspects of life.
Style:
slapstick, light hearted, buddy comedy, fast paced, surreal ...
Plot:
ambulance, farce, misadventure, hospital, prank, escape, friendship, escapism, urban, anti authority, ambulance driver, death ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Style:
grindhouse, neo noir, colorful, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
car chase, car, hicksploitation, redneck, chase, bartender, swamp, skinny dipping, speed, classic car, criminal activity, automobile ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
arkansas
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, sexy, epic ...
Plot:
ship, mutiny, sea, island, sea voyage, colonialism, storm at sea, journey, royal navy, lifeboat, pacific island, captain ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, year 1984, 1780s, 1930s
Place:
england, tahiti, britain, pacific ocean, europe
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28K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Style:
natural horror, perverse, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
piranha, fish, killer fish, killer animal, animal attack, rescue, resort, race against time, water, disaster, swimming, summer camp ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Style:
teen, humorous, melancholic, retro, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, car, friendship, teenager, small town, high school student, drag racing, love at first sight, rock and roll, street racing, street gang ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1962, near future ...
Place:
california, arizona, usa, north america
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206K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Style:
bloody, disturbing, cult classic, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
game of death, survival, death, dystopia, violence, gory, desperation, jungle, cruelty, contests and competitions, satire, social commentary ...
Time:
future, year 2000, distant future, 2000s, near future
Place:
japan, asia, east asia, india, tokyo
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A Reader becomes trapped in an evolving autobiography of an executed killer.
Style:
avant garde, scary, bleak, disturbing, experimental ...
Plot:
parallel universe, revenge, urban legend, post punk, exorcism, superstition, surrealism, suburbs, politics, murder, death, telepathy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chicago, woodstock
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81
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Dawn! is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
swimmer, olympics, gender, swimming, olympic athlete, biopic, olympian, working class, ocean, young woman, pub, competition ...
Place:
tokyo, australia, japan, melbourne
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Robert Ross lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena, who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
world war one, great war, matriarchy, male nudity, voice over narration, male pubic hair, father son relationship, soldier, sex, death, horse, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
pre world war one
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When East Coast teen Mandy Meyers moves to Los Angeles with her family, she's thrown into the fast life at McDermott High, where the pretty girls rule the school and two very different guys want to date her.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenage love, teenage life, love triangle, youth, first love, popularity, young couple, teenager in love, young love, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, washington d.c.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Poland, Hungary
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, suspense
Plot:
world war one, female nudity, barracks, court martial, nude girl, renaissance, small town, prison, military, anti war, wartime life, military life ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, hungary, europe, budapest
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Traveling players invent the strip tease while mixed up in a Central American revolution.
Style:
sexy, spaghetti western, sensual, romantic comedy, political ...
Plot:
female warrior, circus, revolution, anarchist, train, woman with a gun, female fight, heroine, cowboy, professional, striptease, artist ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, 19th century, 1890s, 1910s ...
Place:
central america, latin america, mexico, france, ireland ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a ...
Style:
fairy tale, allegory, surreal, sexual, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
innocence, teenage girl, folk horror, wedding night, surrealism, menstruation, folklore, magic realism, older man younger woman relationship, supernatural, female protagonist, vampire ...
Time:
19th century, year 1970, near future
Place:
central europe, eastern europe, europe, czech republic
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
Style:
atmospheric, social, talky, captivating, biting ...
Plot:
marijuana, hippie, counterculture, renaissance, anti establishment, psychology, runaway, male nudity, teenage girl, trauma, time travel, nude girl ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, new york, usa
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36K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
Style:
realistic, philosophical, harsh, teen, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, subculture, rock, rebelliousness, coming of age, punk rock, self destructing, drug overdose, drug, rock and roll, friendship, drug addiction ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
utah, north dakota, england, seattle, woodstock ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine.
A live-action movie ...
Style:
anime, tragic ending, apocalyptic, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
true love, statutory rape, military, secret weapon, super weapon, murder, school, post apocalypse, violence, tragedy, teacher student relationship, betrayal ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mark Hunter is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to suburban Arizona from New York. Unbeknownst to his parents and peers, at 10pm each school night Mark takes to the shortwave radio in his basement and transforms into pirate DJ ...
Style:
teen, independent film, cult classic, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
radio, high school, suicide, teenager, coming of age, rebellion, rock, youth, depression, social commentary, rock and roll, school ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, seattle, usa, phoenix arizona, california
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Style:
cult classic, psychedelic, adult animation, disturbing, surreal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock, rock and roll, nightmare, music, teacher, surrealism, loss of father, musician, visceral, violent, corporal punishment, rock music ...
Time:
year 1982, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
england, europe, london, los angeles
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