Films about school violence

1998 film directed by Tony Kaye

1976 film directed by Brian De Palma

2011 film by Lynne Ramsay

2002 documentary film directed by Michael Moore

2003 drama film directed by Gus Van Sant

If.... (stylized as if....) is a 1968 British satirical surrealist psychological drama film produced and directed by Lindsay Anderson, and starring Malcolm McDowell in his film debut as the character Mick Travis, who appeared in two further Anderson films. Other actors include Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, David Wood, and Robert Swann. A biting satire of English public school life, the film follows a group of pupils who stage a savage insurrection at a boys' boarding school. The film is notable for jumpstarting McDowell's and Anderson's careers as well as using black-and-white and colour

2007 film directed by Ilmar Raag

Heathers is a 1989 American teen satirical black comedy crime film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann, in both of their respective film debuts. The film stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker and Penelope Milford. The plot revolves around four teenage girls—three of whom are named Heather—in a clique at an Ohio high school, one of whose lives is disrupted by the arrival of Jason "J.D." Dean, a misanthrope intent on murdering the popular students and staging their deaths as suicides.

The Drama is a 2026 American romantic black-comedy film written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli. It stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a happily engaged couple whose relationship is tested by an unexpected revelation during the week before their wedding. It also stars Alana Haim, Mamoudou Athie, and Hailey Gates in supporting roles.

2003 film directed by Mikael Håfström

2021 film directed by Megan Park

2007 film directed by Vadim Perelman

1992 film by Les Mayfield

2009 film by Denis Villeneuve

1996 film directed by Robert Mandel

1989 film by John G. Avildsen

2018 film by Brady Corbet

1982 film directed by Mark L. Lester

2019 film by Derek Tsang

2020 American animated short film

2012 film by Michel Franco

1995 film by John Singleton

2022 film directed by Mike Barker

2002 television film directed by Guy Ferland

2007 film directed by Chen Shi-zheng

2021 film directed by Fran Kranz

2001 film by Tim Blake Nelson

2002 film by Uwe Boll

Rudderless is a 2014 American musical drama film which was the directorial debut of William H. Macy, and stars Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Felicity Huffman, Selena Gomez and Laurence Fishburne. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2014. The film was released in theaters and through video-on-demand beginning October 17, 2014.

2016 film

2020 film directed by Kyle Rankin

2012 film by Daniel Barnz

1987 film directed by Christopher Cain

2013 film by Emir Baighazin

2003 film by Ben Coccio

1985 film by Michael Dinner

2009 film by Takashi Miike

2010 film by Shawn Ku

2021 film directed by Phillip Noyce

1999 film directed by Craig Bolotin

1986 film by Sebastián Alarcón

1985 film directed by Francisco José Lombardi

2002 film by Paul F. Ryan

2000 Swedish film directed by Reza Parsa

2003 film by Maren Ade

2004 South Korean drama film directed by Yoo Ha

1998 television film directed by Steven Pearl

2010 television film

2025 short documentary film directed by Joshua Seftel

2001 film directed by Robert Radler

1999 television film directed by Robert Radler

2024 American short documentary film

2010 film by Yoon Sung-hyun

2012 film directed by Michelle Danner

2009 film by Andrew Robinson

2012 film by Kim Yong-han