THEME EXPLORATION

teenage bullying

31 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Elephant
Elephant
2003 · Gus Van Sant
Angus
Angus
1995 · Patrick Read Johnson
Memento Mori
Memento Mori
1999 · Min Kyu-dong
Tammy and the T-Rex
Tammy and the T-Rex
1994 · Stewart Raffill
Come and See
Come and See
1985 · Elem Klimov
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Yi Yi
Yi Yi
2000 · Edward Yang
Daisies
Daisies
1966 · Věra Chytilová
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace
2004 · Joshua Marston
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Show Me Love
Show Me Love
1999 · Fernando H. Uribe
Geometry
Geometry
1987 · Guillermo del Toro
L’Eau froide
L’Eau froide
1994 · Olivier Assayas
Leviticus
Leviticus
2026 · Adrian Chiarella
Return of the Jungle
Return of the Jungle
2026 · Vaibhav Kumaresh
Ask
Ask
1986 · Derek Jarman
Enigma
Enigma
1986 · Jean Rouch
House
House
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Niaye
Niaye
1964 · Ousmane Sembène
Puberty Blues
Puberty Blues
1981 · Bruce Beresford
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid
2010 · Harald Zwart
Aenigma
Aenigma
1987 · Lucio Fulci
A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls
2016 · J. A. Bayona
Good Evening to You
Good Evening to You
1982 · Yannis Dalianidis
Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog
2006 · Nick Cassavetes
Fright Night
Fright Night
2011 · Craig Gillespie
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Her films like 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'You Were Never Really Here' explore psychological trauma and social alienation with devastating emotional depth.

 Joaquim Dos Santos United States

'Elephant' directly depicts school violence and teenage disconnection through an unflinching, empathetic lens that examines bullying's systemic roots.