Themes

Underdogs and coming of age 

  • The Karate Kid
  • Bring It On
  • The DUFF
  • The Breakfast Club
  • Varsity Blues
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Tall Girl
  • She's the Man
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • Never Back Down
  • The Blind Side
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Mr. Holland's Opus
  • October Sky
  • Breaking Away
  • Teen Wolf

Politics and human rights 

  • Fahrenheit 9/11
  • Lincoln
  • Selma
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • The Post
  • The Butler
  • Trumbo
  • Uncle Tom
  • JFK
  • Capitalism: A Love Story
  • W.
  • Vice
  • Bowling for Columbine
  • Nixon
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Bobby

Intense violence and sexual transgression 

  • A History of Violence
  • 8MM
  • Nocturnal Animals
  • The Last House on the Left
  • Hard Candy
  • The Last House on the Left
  • Blue Velvet
  • Stoker
  • The Skin I Live In
  • Elle
  • The Butterfly Effect
  • Oldboy
  • Promising Young Woman
  • Midsommar
  • Prisoners
  • Orphan

Intense political and terrorist thrillers 

  • Body of Lies
  • Munich
  • The Manchurian Candidate
  • The Interpreter
  • Sicario: Day of the Soldado
  • Syriana
  • Zero Dark Thirty
  • A Most Wanted Man
  • Bodyguard
  • Missing
  • The International
  • The Siege
  • Closed Circuit
  • The Company You Keep
  • Traitor
  • Sicario

Student coming-of-age challenges 

  • Dead Poets Society
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Detachment
  • The 400 Blows
  • Freedom Writers
  • Eighth Grade
  • Half Nelson
  • Elephant
  • Finding Forrester
  • Lost and Delirious
  • To Sir, with Love
  • 2:37
  • Battle Royale
  • Get Real
  • Love, Simon
  • Dirty Girl

Racism and the powerful fight for justice 

  • Selma
  • 12 Years a Slave
  • Amistad
  • The Butler
  • Free State of Jones
  • Uncle Tom
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Catch a Fire
  • Malcolm X
  • Mississippi Burning
  • 13th
  • Mudbound
  • Detroit
  • The Hate U Give
  • Roots
  • The Great Debaters

Twisted dark psychological thriller 

  • Saw
  • Longlegs
  • The Uninvited
  • The Ring
  • Stoker
  • Kill List
  • Identity
  • Hide and Seek
  • The Hole
  • Shutter Island
  • The Gift
  • Orphan
  • The Purge
  • Frailty
  • Split
  • Get Out
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