Punk Movies
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1. Suburbia (1983)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Chris Pedersen, Bill Coyne, Jennifer Clay, Timothy O'Brien
Votes: 6,006
2. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The media and disaffected teens mistake the acerbic rants of an obnoxious teenage punk rocker as a rallying cry for the women of America, launching her and her talentless group to national stardom.
Director: Lou Adler | Stars: Peter Donat, Diane Lane, Marin Kanter, Laura Dern
Votes: 3,042
3. Repo Man (1984)
R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash
Votes: 41,037 | Gross: $3.57M
4. Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Music
Ramones fanatic and delinquent Riff Randell battles it out with the strict new principal of Vince Lombardi High School, Miss Togar, with help from the Ramones.
Directors: Allan Arkush, Joe Dante | Stars: P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young
Votes: 11,201
5. Times Square (1980)
R | 111 min | Drama, Music
Two ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York City by its ears.
Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, Peter Coffield
Votes: 1,983 | Gross: $1.40M
6. Jubilee (1978)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Adam Ant, Richard O'Brien, Ian Charleson, Jayne County
Votes: 3,700
7. Sid and Nancy (1986)
R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop
Votes: 34,668 | Gross: $2.83M
8. What We Do Is Secret (2007)
R | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The true-life story of Darby Crash, who became an L.A. punk icon after getting kicked out of high school and forming The Germs with a collection of friends who have little experience with their instruments or playing music.
Director: Rodger Grossman | Stars: Shane West, Rick Gonzalez, Bijou Phillips, Noah Segan
Votes: 2,049 | Gross: $0.06M
9. What to Do in Case of Fire (2001)
R | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
6 anarchists place a time bomb in a West Berlin building in 1987. It's a dud. It blows up in 2000. Only 2 remain anarchists. How can the 6 steal evidence from a police "fortress" and avoid 8 years prison?
Director: Gregor Schnitzler | Stars: Klaus Löwitsch, Til Schweiger, Martin Feifel, Sebastian Blomberg
Votes: 3,757
10. Dudes (1987)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy
Three punk-loving New York City dudes need a change and drive a VW Beetle to California. After rednecks kill one of them in Arizona, they want justice. A cute girl helps them.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Jon Cryer, Daniel Roebuck, Flea, Lee Ving
Votes: 1,701
11. Hard Core Logo (1996)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A group of washed-up Canadian punk rockers get back together for a road trip in memory of a dear friend who was supposedly shot, or so rumors imply. As they travel, they ignore the underlying psychological darkness within each other.
Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Hugh Dillon, Callum Keith Rennie, John Pyper-Ferguson, Bernie Coulson
Votes: 2,820 | Gross: $0.02M
12. The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
TV-MA | 103 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Filmmaker Julien Temple chronicles the Sex Pistols' tumultuous rise to fame, as told by their manager, Malcolm McLaren.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Malcolm McLaren, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones, Paul Cook
Votes: 2,425
13. SLC Punk! (1998)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In the early 1980s Stevo, and Heroin Bob are the only two dedicated punks in conservative Salt Lake City.
Director: James Merendino | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien
Votes: 32,779 | Gross: $0.30M
14. Class of 1984 (1982)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with a delinquent punk posse who run the institute with an iron fist.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 13,251
15. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
Director: Dan O'Bannon | Stars: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews
Votes: 68,869 | Gross: $14.24M
16. We Are the Best! (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Music
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne, Johan Liljemark
Votes: 11,320 | Gross: $0.18M
17. Good Vibrations (2012)
Not Rated | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A chronicle of Terri Hooley's life, a record-store owner instrumental in developing Belfast's punk-rock scene.
Directors: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn | Stars: Cathal Maguire, Peter Kelly, Charlie Berkeley, Jack Carberry
Votes: 5,593
18. Sons of Norway (2011)
87 min | Drama
It's not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party... One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj hit the wall in their new terrace house in Rykkinn. Magnus is an architect, ... See full summary »
Director: Jens Lien | Stars: Sven Nordin, Åsmund Høeg, Sonja Richter, John Lydon
Votes: 1,797
19. Dogs in Space (1986)
R | 103 min | Drama
Two man are the key members of a band called 'Dogs in Space' and share a house in a Melbourne suburb with a variety of young music fans and social misfits, including a college student and a transient and apparently nameless teenage girl.
Director: Richard Lowenstein | Stars: Michael Hutchence, Saskia Post, Nique Needles, Deanna Bond
Votes: 1,372
20. Straight to Hell (1987)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Western
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer, Dick Rude, Courtney Love
Votes: 2,779 | Gross: $0.21M
21. Pump Up the Volume (1990)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.
Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Anthony Luke Lucero, Andy Romano
Votes: 31,146 | Gross: $11.54M
22. Head On (1998)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A 19 year old Greek Australian youth struggles with his sexual identity and has one clumsy heterosexual and several homosexual encounters.
Director: Ana Kokkinos | Stars: Alex Dimitriades, Elle Mandalis, Damien Fotiou, Alex Papps
Votes: 4,625 | Gross: $0.38M
23. Breaking Glass (1980)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Musical
A rock singer is determined to rise to the top of the profession, letting nothing stand in the way of that goal.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Phil Daniels, Hazel O'Connor, Jon Finch, Jonathan Pryce
Votes: 1,543
24. Ex Drummer (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.
Director: Koen Mortier | Stars: Dries Vanhegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot, Sam Louwyck
Votes: 10,961
25. Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The rise and fall of an all-girl punk rock band in Hollywood in the 1980s.
Director: David Markey | Stars: Jennifer Schwartz, Hilary Rubens, Janet Housden, Kim Pilkington
Votes: 255
26. Rude Boy (1980)
R | 133 min | Drama, Music
A young British punk and roadie for The Clash navigates life in socially torn 1970s England.
Directors: Jack Hazan, David Mingay | Stars: Ray Gange, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon
Votes: 1,602
27. Smithereens (1982)
R | 93 min | Drama, Music
A talent-challenged girl tries to promote herself to stardom in New York's waning punk music world.
Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Susan Berman, Brad Rijn, Richard Hell, Nada Despotovich
Votes: 2,625
28. Punk's Not Dead (2011)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of crotchety codgers attempt to revive the punk-rock band they all played in 17 years earlier in "Punk Is Not Dead," from Macedonian scribe-helmer
Director: Vladimir Blazevski | Stars: Jordan Simonov, Kamka Tocinovski, Toni Mihajlovski, Kiril Pop Hristov
Votes: 989
29. CBGB (2013)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A look at the New York City punk-rock scene and the venerable nightclub, CBGB.
Director: Randall Miller | Stars: Alan Rickman, Malin Akerman, Justin Bartha, Richard de Klerk
Votes: 11,212 | Gross: $0.04M
30. Burst City (1982)
115 min | Action, Drama, Music
Punk rock gangs and music groups clash with one another and the brutal police force in a futuristic Tokyo setting.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Michirô Endô, Kansai Eto, Shigeru Izumiya, Takanori Jinnai
Votes: 898
31. Border Radio (1987)
R | 87 min | Drama
Two musicians and a roadie take money that is owed to them from a job. One flees to Mexico, and everyone has questions.
Directors: Allison Anders, Dean Lent, Kurt Voss | Stars: Chris D., Chris Shearer, Dave Alvin, Devon Anders
Votes: 754
32. Bhakti Boy
73 min | Adventure, Drama, Music | Post-production
A film that follows Daimon as he searches to find his place in the 1980s punk scene. He struggles to elevate himself above the anarchy he sees unfolding before him through devotion for his music.
Director: Joy Marzec | Stars: James Grixoni, Christopher Morson, Robin Friend, Page Ridgeway
33. Blank Generation (1980)
Not Rated | 90 min | Music, Drama
Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and... See full summary »
Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Carole Bouquet, Richard Hell, Ulli Lommel, Suzanna Love
Votes: 447
34. Overdose: Death of a Punk Rocker (2015)
112 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Join Brian as he tries to prove that his former best friend and punk rock band-mate's death was anything but an accident. Filled with humor, social commentary, and mystery, its script has ... See full summary »
Director: D.J. Yarotsky | Stars: Kareem Ghuneim, Christian Thorne, Chadsworth Garza, Maye Hunta
Votes: 17
35. Punk Berlin 1982 (2015)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
1980: 19 year old Robert, fed up with Hippy phoniness and bourgeoise narrow mindedness alike, flees the German provinces for West Berlin. A tour de force through the glorious dirt of West Berlin ensues. Full of sex, drugs, love and PUNK.
Director: Oskar Roehler | Stars: Tom Schilling, Wilson Gonzalez, Emilia Schüle, Frederick Lau
Votes: 714
36. Punk in Love (2009)
Adventure, Comedy, Romance
The story about love, life, and friendship of four street punks friends. From their hometown in Malang, East Java, they plan a journey to Jakarta with the purpose to help their friend confess his love to his crush before her wedding day.
Director: Ody C. Harahap | Stars: Vino G. Bastian, Andhika Pratama, Yogi Finanda, Aulia Sarah
Votes: 210
37. Deadly Punkettes (2014)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A lead singer in a teenage girl-band, mysteriously dies and soon haunts the other members, their new manager and her replacement.
Director: Jared Masters | Stars: Andy Dick, Lourdes Narro, D'Lannie Brown, Lauren Taler
Votes: 100
38. Cha-Cha (1979)
90 min | Comedy, Music
Bank robber tries to go straight by becoming a rock'n'roll star. Takes place in and around Amsterdam's punk/new wave scene, with appearances by Nina Hagen, Les Chappell, and Lene Lovich.
Director: Herbert Curiel | Stars: Herman Brood, Nina Hagen, Lene Lovich, Les Chappell
Votes: 182
39. The Promising Boy (1981)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A normal boy receives a blow to the head which sets him off to do rebellious acts.
Director: Milos 'Misa' Radivojevic | Stars: Aleksandar Bercek, Dara Dzokic, Rade Markovic, Dusica Zegarac
Votes: 1,630
40. Engel & Joe (2001)
93 min | Drama, Romance
A love story about a 17-year-old punk-rocker and a 15-year-old runaway girl.
Director: Vanessa Jopp | Stars: Robert Stadlober, Jana Pallaske, Sabine Berg, Mirko Lang
Votes: 976
41. Gleaming the Cube (1989)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A young avid skateboarder uncovers a government conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brother's mysterious death.
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Richard Herd, Le Tuan
Votes: 9,025 | Gross: $2.78M
42. Glue (2006)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
Aimless and uncertain, a group of teenagers go through an intense coming-of-age experience in their small desert town.
Director: Alexis Dos Santos | Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Nahuel Viale, Inés Efron, Verónica Llinás
Votes: 1,589
43. Der kleene Punker (1992)
74 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Amadeus is a small Punker living in a trash can. One day he has got the idea to participate in a punk concert in front of the Brandenburger Tor and convinces his friends to found a band. ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Schaack, Greg Tiernan | Stars: Rainer Strecker, Ilona Schulz, Reinhard Krökel, Gerlach Fiedler
Votes: 204
44. Loren Cass (2006)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Music
Adolescents come to terms with their lives after the rebellions of 1996 St. Petersburg.
Director: Chris Fuller | Stars: Kayla Tabish, Travis Maynard, Chris Fuller, Jacob Reynolds
Votes: 284 | Gross: $0.01M
45. Lovedolls Superstar (1986)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The Lovedolls return from their untimely demise in this 1986 sequel to "Desperate Teenage Lovedolls". Patch Kelley (Janet Housden) becomes Patch Christ, the leader of an acid-damaged ... See full summary »
Director: David Markey | Stars: Jennifer Schwartz, Steve McDonald, Janet Housden, Kim Pilkington
Votes: 102
46. Out of the Blue (1980)
R | 94 min | Drama
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Sharon Farrell, Don Gordon
Votes: 3,972
47. Outsider (I) (1997)
100 min | Drama
Yugoslavia before Tito's death. A young guy born to a mixed marriage (Slovenian - Bosnian) trying to find himself and fit in society, falls in love with Slovenian woman.
Director: Andrej Kosak | Stars: Davor Janjic, Zijah Sokolovic, Nina Ivanic, Uros Potocnik
Votes: 1,232
48. Population: 1 (1986)
72 min | Fantasy, Music, Musical
After the nuclear annihilation of the planet, the last member of a small society of survivors finds himself trapped in an underground control room, where he recounts the history of his world through musical numbers.
Director: Rene Daalder | Stars: Tomata Du Plenty, Dino Lee, Helen Heaven, Sheela Edwards
Votes: 106
49. Punk Rock Holocaust (2004 Video)
95 min | Horror, Comedy
In the summer of the 2003, thousands of punk rock kids and musicians attended the Vans Warped Tour. Eight weeks later very few had survived. This is their story.
Director: Doug Sakmann | Stars: Kevin Lyman, Heather Vantress, Lloyd Kaufman, Doug Sakmann
Votes: 272
50. Roadkill (1989)
80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A music promoter sends a young woman on a road trip in search of a band who hasn't been showing up for their gigs.
Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Valerie Buhagiar, Gerry Quigley, Larry Hudson, Bruce McDonald
Votes: 732
51. The Runaways (2010)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A coming-of-age biographical film about the 1970s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways. The relationship between band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett is also explored.
Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve
Votes: 50,934 | Gross: $3.57M
52. Brass Knuckle Boys (2008)
125 min | Comedy, Music
A record company office worker named Kanna Kurita discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku / Brass Knuckle Boys through the internet and subsequently decides to represent them... See full summary »
Director: Kankurô Kudô | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Yûichi Kimura, Ryô Katsuji, Tomorô Taguchi
Votes: 544
53. Thrashin' (1986)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Two skateboarding gangs battle each other for supremacy, and a member of one gang falls in love with the sister of his rival.
Director: David Winters | Stars: Josh Brolin, Robert Rusler, Pamela Gidley, Brooke McCarter
Votes: 5,044
54. Terminal City Ricochet (1990)
107 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Welcome to Terminal City, a decaying world where the citizens wallow amidst a mind-boggling profusion of discarded consumer goods; a ruthless world where television is exploited to its ... See full summary »
Director: Zale Dalen | Stars: Peter Breck, Germain Houde, Jello Biafra, Mark Bennett
Votes: 178
55. Tjenare kungen (2005)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A story about a young girl who leaves her hometown to pursue her dream of becoming a famous punk artist.
Director: Ulf Malmros | Stars: Josefin Neldén, Cecilia Wallin, Malin Morgan, Johanna Strömberg
Votes: 3,387
56. Wild Zero (1999)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Music
Only legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying earth with an army of zombies.
Director: Tetsuro Takeuchi | Stars: Guitar Wolf, Drum Wolf, Bass Wolf, Masashi Endô
Votes: 3,796
57. Vinyl (2012)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Music
Aging rock group use a young fresh faced punk band to front new recordings to fool the music industry.
Director: Sara Sugarman | Stars: Phil Daniels, Jamie Blackley, Perry Benson, Keith Allen
Votes: 770
58. We Are So Young (2013)
104 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life of Renato Manfredini Júnior, Brazilian musician, from his first involvement with music, to his years in the punk rock band Aborto Alétrico, to the formation of Legião Urbana, in the rock scene of 70's/80's Brasilia.
Director: Antonio Carlos da Fontoura | Stars: Thiago Mendonça, Renato Russo, Laila Zaid, Bruno Fatumbi Torres
Votes: 2,448
59. Punk (2012 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
An intense and solitary teenager, Paul finds himself caught up in a journey for freedom, full of violence, betrayal and hope. Abandoned by his father, torn between his mother, with whom he ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | Stars: Paul Bartel, Béatrice Dalle, Alban Bigmouth, Ben Ragondin
Votes: 155
60. Chaostage (2009)
90 min | Action, Drama, Music
Germany, on a normal weekend in the summer. Punks, skins, and autonomy - as their paths cross it comes to disaster - to the Chaos Days. The film tells a story about how it could happen ... See full summary »
Director: Tarek Ehlail | Stars: Dietmar Wunder, Christoph Letkowski, Henriette Müller, Ulrich Faßnacht
Votes: 178
61. Dorfpunks (2009)
90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A 17-year-old discovers punk rock in rural northern Germany.
Director: Lars Jessen | Stars: Cecil von Renner, Ole Fischer, Pit Bukowski, Daniel Michel
Votes: 432
62. Green Room (2015)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 139,177 | Gross: $3.22M
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