List of punk films

This is a list of films about the punk subculture and/or the music genre.

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24 Hour Party People (2002)

A

Arada (2018) - Mu Tunc
Afro-punk (2003, documentary)
American Hardcore (2006, documentary) - Paul Rachman
Another State of Mind (1984, documentary)

B

Bad Boy Bubby (1993) - Rolf de Heer
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 (2005) - Brian Aldiss
Bullet in a Bible (2006, documentary)
Burst City (1982)
Black and White Statement (1980 documentary VPRO ) by Dick Rijneke & Mildred van Leeuwaarden.

C

Cha Cha (1979) - Herman Brood
The Clash: Westway to the World (2000, documentary)
Class of 1984 (1982)
Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
Control (2007) - Anton Corbijn^[1]
Crash 'n' Burn (1977 short film) - Ross McLaren
Crazy Thunder Road (1980)^[2]

D

The Day the Country Died (2007, documentary) - Roy Wallace
A Day in the Life (2003) - Stratford Mercenaries, Roy Wallace
The Decline of Western Civilization (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)

E

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

F

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

G

Garage Days (2002) - Alex Proyas
Ghost World (2001)
Gleaming the Cube (1989)
Rise Against: Generation Lost (2006, documentary)
Glory Daze (1996) (Ben Affleck)
Glue (2006) (Alexis Dos Santos)
Good Vibrations (2013)
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980) - Julien Temple
Groeten uit Rotterdam (1980 documentary VPRO) By Dick Rijneke & Mildred van Leeuwaarden
Green Room (2015)

H

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

I

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

J

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

K

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

L

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1981)
The Last Pogo (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

M

Margins (2022)
Modern Angels (2000) - Roy Wallace
Mondo New York (1988)
Mannen som elsket Yngve (2008)

N

Never Mind the Wall [de] (2001)
New York Doll (2005, documentary)
Night of the Comet (1984)
Night of the Demons (1988)
La Femme Nikita (1990) Luc Besson

O

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

P

Panic High School (1978)^[2]
Pank Nije Mrtav (2011)
Planet Love (2000) - Roy Wallace
Population: 1 (1986) - Rene Daalder
Pump up the Volume (1990) - Allan Moyle^[1]
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

R

Rad (1986) - Hal Needham
Reform School Girls (1986) - Tom DeSimone
Refused Are Fucking Dead (2006, documentary)
Repo Man (1984) Alex Cox^[1]
The Return of the Living Dead (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^[1]
Rodrigo D: No Future (1990) - Víctor Gaviria^[1]
Rude Boy (1980)
The Runaways (2010) - Floria Sigismondi^[1]

S

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)^[2]
Sid and Nancy (aka Sid and Nancy: Love Kills) (1986) - Alex Cox^[1]
Skinhead Attitude
SLC Punk! (1999)^[1]
Smithereens (1982) - Susan Seidelman, Richard Hell
Spidarlings (2016) - Selene Kapsaski
Straight to Hell (1987) - Alex Cox
Suburbia (1984) - Penelope Spheeris^[1]
subUrbia (1996) - Richard Linklater
Subway (1985) - Luc Besson
Summer of Sam (1999) - Spike Lee^[1]
Surf Nazis Must Die (1987) Peter George

T

Tank Girl (1995) - Rachel Talalay
Tapeheads (1988)
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam (2009)
The Taqwacores (2010)
Terminal City Ricochet (1990)
Terror Firmer (1999)
There Is No Authority But Yourself (2006) - Alexander Oey; documentary about the history of Crass
The House of Tomorrow (2017)
Thrashin' (1986)
Threat (2006)
Times Square (1980)
Tjenare Kungen (2005)
Trainspotting (1996)
Tromeo and Juliet (1996) - a punk version of the Shakespeare classic, co-written by James Gunn
Trying It At Home (2014)

U

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

V

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

W

Wassup Rockers (2005) - Larry Clark
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^[1]
Who Killed Nancy? (2009)
Wild Zero (2000)

X

X: The Unheard Music (documentary 1986)

Y

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Distefano, Alex (27 August 2018). "The 10 Best Punk Rock Movies". The Village Voice. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Player, Mark (13 May 2011). "Post-Human Nightmares – The World of Japanese Cyberpunk Cinema". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 23 April 2020.