The Best Movies About Bullying

Updated December 29, 2020 1.5k votes 269 voters 18.4k views64 items

List RulesMovies that feature a bully or are about bullying

There's cyber (online) bullying, physical bullying, playground bullying, and that creepy kid from The Christmas Story. All-in-all there is no shortage of movies about bullying in high school and teen bullying movies. Bullies are, sadly, incredibly common. So common, that they are a common character type in many feature films. What are the best movies about bullying? The films on the list below are all about bullying, based on bullying or have bullying in them, they are not movies that only have a scene with a bully. Not onlythat but these good films about bullying are ranked by movies lovers like yourself.

Some of the movies on this list feature more of a fictional, innocent type of bully that makes us laugh, while others dramatize the tragic real-life events of a person who has been the victim of a violent crime that started as an act of bullying.

Movies like Carrie can also be seen as anti bullying movies but which bullying film is the best? Vote for your favorite movie about a bully or add one that isn't already on the list.

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Carrie
John Travolta, Sissy Spacek
Released: 1976
Directed by: Brian De Palma
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Matilda
Danny DeVito, Mara Wilson
Released: 1996
Directed by: Danny DeVito
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The Karate Kid
Elisabeth Shue, Ralph Macchio
Released: 1984
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
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Easy A
Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes
Released: 2010
Directed by: Will Gluck
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Back to the Future
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
Released: 1985
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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Mean Girls
Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams
Released: 2004
Directed by: Mark Waters
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Heathers
Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty
Released: 1988
Directed by: Michael Lehmann
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Odd Girl Out
Alexa Vega, Lisa Vidal
Released: 2005
Directed by: Tom McLoughlin
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Boys Don't Cry
Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny
Released: 1999
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
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Billy Elliot
Jamie Bell, Julie Walters
Released: 2000
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
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The Color Purple
Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg
Released: 1985
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
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The Breakfast Club
Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald
Released: 1985
Directed by: John Hughes
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Welcome to the Dollhouse
Heather Matarazzo, Eric Mabius
Released: 1995
Directed by: Todd Solondz
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Full Metal Jacket
Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey
Released: 1987
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
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Bully
Bijou Phillips, Rachel Miner
Released: 2012
Directed by: Larry Clark
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Mildred Pierce
Joan Crawford, Eve Arden
Released: 1945
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
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Dazed and Confused
Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich
Released: 1993
Directed by: Richard Linklater
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Cyberbully
Emily Osment, Meaghan Rath
Released: 2011
Directed by: Charles Binamé
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Lord of the Flies
James Badge Dale, Balthazar Getty
Released: 1990
Directed by: Harry Hook
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A Christmas Story
Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon
Released: 1983
Directed by: Bob Clark
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Speak
Kristen Stewart, Elizabeth Perkins
Released: 2004
Directed by: Jessica Sharzer
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My Bodyguard
Matt Dillon, Jennifer Beals
Released: 1980
Directed by: Tony Bill
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That's What I Am
Randy Orton, Ed Harris
Released: 2011
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To Save a Life
Randy Wayne, D. David Morin
Released: 2010
Directed by: Brian Baugh
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The Craft
Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney
Released: 1996
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