This is a list of films about the

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*'' 24 Hour Party People'' (2002)

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*'' A Punk Daydream (2019, documentary) - Jimmy Hendrickx *Arada (2018) - Mu Tunc *'' Afro-punk'' (2003, documentary) *'' American Hardcore'' (2006, documentary) - Paul Rachman *'' Another State of Mind'' (1984, documentary)

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*'' Bad Boy Bubby'' (1993) -

Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer (born 4 May 1951) is a Dutch Australian film director. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in the Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old.

*'' A Band Called Death'' (2012 documentary) *''Bhakti Boy'' (2015) - Joy Marzec *'' The Blank Generation'' (1976, documentary) - Amos Poe *'' Blank Generation'' (1980) - Ulli Lommel *''Blitzkrieg Bop'' (1978) *''Big Time: Punk in Belfast'' (2006) - Roy Wallace *'' Bilo jednom...'' (2006, documentary) *''Bloody Bloody Belgium'' (2014) - Roy Wallace *'' Border Radio'' (1987) *''Botinada: A Origem do Punk no Brasil'' (2006) - Gastão Moreira *'' Bomb City'' (2017, drama, real story) *'' Breaking Glass'' (1980) *''

Brothers of the Head A brother (: brothers or brethren) is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a family, familial relationship, it is sometimes used ende ...

'' (2005) - Brian Aldiss *'' Bullet in a Bible'' (2006, documentary) *'' Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB'' (2009, documentary) *'' Burst City'' (1982) *''Black and White Statement'' (1980 documentary VPRO ) by Dick Rijneke & Mildred van Leeuwaarden.

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CBGB CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in the East Village, Manhattan, East Village in Manhattan, New York City. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. The letters ''CBGB'' were for ''Cou ...

'' (2013) *'' Cha Cha'' (1979) - Herman Brood *'' The Clash: Westway to the World'' (2000, documentary) *''

Class of 1984 ''Class of 1984'' is a 1982 crime thriller film directed by Mark Lester, produced by Arthur Kent, and co-written by Tom Holland and John Saxton, based on a story by Holland. The film stars Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross (who also served as ...

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Class of Nuke 'Em High ''Class of Nuke 'Em High'' (also known as ''Atomic High School'') is a 1986 American science-fiction horror comedy film produced and distributed by Troma Entertainment. Directed by Richard W. Haines and Lloyd Kaufman (the latter under the pseu ...

'' (1986) *'' Control'' (2007) - Anton Corbijn *'' Crash 'n' Burn'' (1977 short film) - Ross McLaren *'' Crazy Thunder Road'' (1980)

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*''The Day the Country Died'' (2007, documentary) - Roy Wallace *''A Day in the Life'' (2003) - Stratford Mercenaries, Roy Wallace *''

The Decline of Western Civilization ''The Decline of Western Civilization'' is a 1981 American documentary filmed through 1979 and 1980. The movie is about the Los Angeles punk rock scene and was directed by Penelope Spheeris. In 1981, the LAPD Chief of Police Daryl Gates wrot ...

'' (1981, documentary) - Penelope Spheeris *'' The Decline of Western Civilization III'' (1998, documentary) - Penelope Spheeris *''Dečko Koji Obećava'' (1981, Yugoslavia) *'' Desperate Teenage Lovedolls'' (1984) - David Markey *'' D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage'' (1981, documentary) - Lech Kowalski *'' Dogs in Space'' (1986)

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*'' Ebba the Movie'' (1982, documentary) *'' End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones'' (2004, documentary) *'' Engel & Joe'' (2001) - Vanessa Jopp *'' Ex Drummer'' (2007) - Koen Mortier

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*'' Filmage: The Story of Descendants/All'' (2013, documentary) *'' The Filth and the Fury'' (2000, documentary) - Julien Temple *'' Finding Joseph I: The HR From Bad Brains Documentary'' (2017, documentary) *'' Fokofpolisiekar: Forgive Them for They Know Not What They Do'' (2009, documentary) *'' F*cking Åmål'' (1998, Sweden) - Lukas Moodysson

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*'' Garage Days'' (2002) -

Alex Proyas Alexander Proyas ( ; born 23 September 1963) is an Australian film director. He is known for directing the films ''The Crow (1994 film), The Crow'' (1994), ''Dark City (1998 film), Dark City'' (1998), ''I, Robot (film), I, Robot'' (2004) and '' ...

*'' Ghost World'' (2001) *'' Gleaming the Cube'' (1989) *''

Rise Against Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, formed in 1999. The group's current line-up comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist Tim McIlrath, lead guitarist Zach Blair, bassist Joe Principe and drummer Brandon Barnes. Rise Against's mu ...

: Generation Lost'' (2006, documentary) *'' Glory Daze'' (1996) (Ben Affleck) *''

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'' (2006) ( Alexis Dos Santos) *'' Good Vibrations'' (2013) *''

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle ''The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle'', also known as ''The Great Rock and Roll Swindle'', is a 1980 British mockumentary film directed by Julien Temple and produced by Don Boyd and Jeremy Thomas. It centres on the British punk rock band Sex P ...

'' (1980) - Julien Temple *''Groeten uit Rotterdam'' (1980 documentary VPRO) By Dick Rijneke & Mildred van Leeuwaarden *''

Green Room In show business, the green room is the space in a theatre, or a similar venue, that functions as a waiting room and lounge for Performing arts, performers before, during, and after a performance or show when they are not engaged on Stage (thea ...

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*'' Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill!'' (2017) *'' Hard Core Logo'' (1996) - Bruce McDonald *'' Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies'' (1994, documentary) - Todd Phillips *'' How to Talk to Girls at Parties'' (2017) - John Cameron Mitchell *'' Hype!'' (1996, documentary) - Doug Pray *''Huize Schoonderloo'' (1980, documentary) - Dick Rijneke

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*''I Believe - in Buzzcock'' (tbr) - Roy Wallace *''Inner Terrestrials'' (2010) - Roy Wallace *'' Instrument'' (1998, documentary) - Jem Cohen

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*'' Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter'' (2002) - Lee Demarbre *'' Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten'' (2007, documentary) - Julien Temple *'' Jubilee'' (1977) - Derek Jarman

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*'' King of Punk'' (2007, documentary) - Kenneth van Schooten and Julie van Schooten

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*'' Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains'' (1981) *''

The Last Pogo ''The Last Pogo'' is a short film made by Colin Brunton in 1978. Shot in Toronto, at the Horseshoe Tavern, ''The Last Pogo'' concert on December 1 was billed as "the last punk rock concert" in Toronto—at least for that original wave of punkers ...

'' (1978, documentary) - Colin Brunton *'' Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records'' (2011) *'' Liquid Sky'' (1982) *'' The Little Punker'' (1992) - Michael Schaack *'' Loren Cass'' (2006) * Los Bastardos (2009) - Gestapo Khazi *'' The Lost Boys'' (1987) *'' Lovedolls Superstar'' (1986) - David Markey *'' Luster'' (2002) - Everett Lewis

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'' (2022) *''Modern Angels'' (2000) - Roy Wallace *'' Mondo New York'' (1988) *''The Moon is a Hologram'' (2025) - Selene Kapsaski *'' Mannen som elsket Yngve'' (2008)

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*' (2001) *'' New York Doll'' (2005, documentary) *'' Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC'' (2022, documentary) *'' Night of the Comet'' (1984) *'' Night of the Demons'' (1988) *'' La Femme Nikita'' (1990)

Luc Besson Luc Paul Maurice Besson (; born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker. He directed and produced the films '' Subway'' (1985), '' The Big Blue'' (1988), and '' La Femme Nikita'' (1990). Associated with the '' Cinéma du look'' film movement, he h ...

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*'' One Nine Nine Four'' (2009) *'' Out of the Blue'' (1980) *'' Outsider'' (1997)

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*'' Panic High School'' (1978) *''Pank Nije Mrtav'' (2011) *''Planet Love'' (2000) - Roy Wallace *'' Population: 1'' (1986) - Rene Daalder *'' Pump up the Volume'' (1990) - Allan Moyle *''Punk as Fuck'' (1997) - Roy Wallace *'' Punk: Attitude'' (2005, documentary) - Don Letts *'' Punk In Love'' (2009) *'' Punk Love'' (2006) *''Punk Rock '' (1977, Adult Film/ Crime Drama) Carter Stevens *''Punk Rock Holocaust'' (2003) *'' The Punk Rock Movie'' (also known as ''The Punk Rock Movie from England'') (1978, documentary) - Don Letts *'' The Punk Singer'' (2013, documentary) - Kathleen Hanna *''Punks'' (1984) - Sara Yaknni and Alberto Gieco *'' Punk's Dead'' (2016) *'' Punk's Not Dead'' (2007, documentary) *''Pinkel'' (1982 film) by Dick Rijneke

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*'' Rad'' (1986) -

Hal Needham Hal Brett Needham (March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013) was an American Stunt performer, stuntman, film director, actor, writer, and NASCAR team owner. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with actor Burt Reynolds, usually in film ...

*'' The Ranger'' (2018) *'' Reform School Girls'' (1986) - Tom DeSimone *'' Refused Are Fucking Dead'' (2006, documentary) *'' Repo Man'' (1984)

Alex Cox Alexander B. H. Cox (born 15 December 1954) is an English film director, screenwriter, actor, non-fiction author and broadcaster. Cox experienced success early in his career with ''Repo Man (film), Repo Man'' (1984) and ''Sid and Nancy'' (1986 ...

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The Return of the Living Dead ''The Return of the Living Dead'' is a 1985 American comedy horror film written and directed by Dan O'Bannon (in his directorial debut) from a story by Rudy Ricci, John Russo, and Russell Streiner, and starring Clu Gulager, James Karen, ...

'' (1985) *'' Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary'' (2003, documentary) *''RISEN: A History of Amebix'' (2008) - Roy Wallace *'' Roadkill'' (1989) *'' Rock 'n' Roll High School'' (1979) - Allan Arkush *'' Rodrigo D: No Future'' (1990) - Víctor Gaviria *'' Rude Boy'' (1980) *'' The Runaways'' (2010) -

Floria Sigismondi Floria Sigismondi (, born 1965) is an Italian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, music video director, artist, and photographer. She is best known for writing and directing '' The Runaways'', for directing music videos for performers includ ...

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*'' S.F.W.'' (1994) *'' She's Real, Worse Than Queer'' (1997, documentary) - Lucy Thane *'' Shock Treatment'' (1981) *''Shonen Merikensack'' (2009) *'' Shooting at the Moon'' (2003) - Jesse Richards *''Shuffle'' (1981) *'' Sid and Nancy'' (aka ''Sid and Nancy: Love Kills'') (1986) -

*'' Skinhead Attitude'' *'' SLC Punk!'' (1999) *'' Smithereens'' (1982) -

Susan Seidelman Susan Seidelman (; born December 11, 1952) is an American film director, producer, and writer. She is known for mixing comedy with drama and blending genres in her feature-film work. She is also notable for her art direction and pop-cultural refe ...

, Richard Hell *'' Spidarlings'' (2016) - Selene Kapsaski *'' Straight to Hell'' (1987) -

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Suburbia A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

'' (1984) - Penelope Spheeris *''

subUrbia A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

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Richard Linklater Richard Linklater (; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. In 2015, Linklater was included on the annual ''Time'' 100 li ...

*'' Subway'' (1985) -

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Summer of Sam ''Summer of Sam'' is a 1999 American crime thriller film about the 1977 David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) serial murders and their effect on a group of fictional residents of an Italian-American neighborhood in The Bronx in the late 1970s. It focu ...

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Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary ...

*'' Surf Nazis Must Die'' (1987) Peter George

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Tank Girl Tank Girl is a British comic created by Alan Martin (writer), Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett. It first appeared in print in 1988 in the British comics magazine ''Deadline (magazine), Deadline'', and then in the solo comic book series ''Tank Girl' ...

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Rachel Talalay Rachel Talalay (born July 16, 1958) is an American filmmaker and producer best known for directing films such as ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'' (1991), ''Ghost in the Machine (film), Ghost in the Machine'' (1993), and ''Tank Girl (film), ...

*'' Tapeheads'' (1988) *'' Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam'' (2009) *'' The Taqwacores'' (2010) *''

Terminal City Ricochet ''Terminal City Ricochet'' is a 1990 List of dystopian films, dystopian Comedy film, comedy film directed by Zale Dalen. The name was taken from a hockey team called the Terminal City Ricochets. Starring Jello Biafra (of the Dead Kennedys), ''Te ...

'' (1990) *''

Terror Firmer ''Terror Firmer'' is a 1998 American comedy horror film directed by Lloyd Kaufman, written by Douglas Buck, Patrick Cassidy, and Kaufman, and starring Will Keenan, Alyce LaTourelle, and Kaufman. The film was produced by the Troma Entertainmen ...

'' (1999) *'' There Is No Authority But Yourself'' (2006) - Alexander Oey; documentary about the history of

Crass Crass was an English art collective and punk rock band formed in Epping, Essex in 1977 who promoted anarchism as a political ideology, a lifestyle, and a resistance movement. Crass popularized the anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, ...

*'' The House of Tomorrow'' (2017) *'' Thrashin''' (1986) *''

Threat A threat is a communication of intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. Intimidation is a tactic used between conflicting parties to make the other timid or psychologically insecure for coercion or control. The act of intimidation f ...

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Times Square Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and Neighborhoods in New York City, neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway (Manhattan), ...

'' (1980) *'' Tjenare Kungen'' (2005) *'' Trainspotting'' (1996) *''

Tromeo and Juliet ''Tromeo and Juliet'' is a 1996 American independent transgressive romantic black comedy film and a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's '' Romeo & Juliet'' from Troma Entertainment. The film was directed by Lloyd Kaufman from a screenp ...

'' (1996) - a punk version of the Shakespeare classic, co-written by

James Gunn James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with ''Tromeo and Juliet'' (1996). He then began working as a director, starting wi ...

*'' Trying It At Home'' (2014)

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*'' Up in Smoke'' (1978) *''Urban Struggle'' (documentary) *'' Urgh! A Music War'' (1981, documentary)

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*'' Valley Girl'' (1983) *'' Vennaskond. Millennium'' (1998) - Tõnu Trubetsky

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*'' Wassup Rockers'' (2005) -

Larry Clark Lawrence Donald Clark (born January 19, 1943) is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for his controversial teen film '' Kids'' (1995) and his photography book ''Tulsa'' (1971). His work focuses pri ...

*'' We Are the Best!'' (2013) *'' We Jam Econo'' (2005, documentary) *'' We're Outta Here!'' (1997) *'' What to Do in Case of Fire?'' (2001) - Gregor Schnitzler *'' What We Do Is Secret'' (2008) Rodger Grossman *'' Who Killed Nancy?'' (2009) *'' Wild Zero'' (2000)

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*'' X: The Unheard Music'' (documentary 1986)

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*'' The Yo-Yo Gang'' (1992) - G. B. Jones *'' You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk, 1977-1984'' (2007) Joe Losurdo Christina Tillman

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