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1. The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History, Music
A look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Eugene Tatu, Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline
Votes: 4,869
2. American Hardcore (2006)
R | 100 min | Documentary, History, Music
The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986
Director: Paul Rachman | Stars: Greg Ginn, Ian MacKaye, James Drescher, Lucky Lehrer
Votes: 3,599 | Gross: $0.28M
3. We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A feature-length documentary chronicling early 80's punk rock band the Minutemen, from their beginnings in San Pedro, California, to their demise after the death of singer D. Boon in 1985.
Director: Tim Irwin | Stars: Milo Aukerman, Joe Baiza, Kevin Barrett, Scott Becker
Votes: 1,063
4. Instrument (1999)
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary
A collaboration between filmmaker Jem Cohen and the Washington D.C. band Fugazi, covering the 10 year period of 1987-1996. Far from a traditional documentary, this is a musical document; a ... See full summary »
Director: Jem Cohen | Stars: Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, Ian MacKaye, Guy Picciotto
Votes: 994
5. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Daniel Johnston, manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist is revealed in this portrait of madness, creativity and love.
Director: Jeff Feuerzeig | Stars: Daniel Johnston, Mabel Johnston, Bill Johnston, Laurie Allen
Votes: 10,531 | Gross: $0.33M
6. Suburbia (1983)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Chris Pedersen, Bill Coyne, Jennifer Clay, Timothy O'Brien
Votes: 6,011
7. Gimme Danger (2016)
R | 108 min | Documentary, Music
An in-depth look at legendary punk band The Stooges.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Iggy Pop, Jim Jarmusch, Bob Waller, The Stooges
Votes: 6,507 | Gross: $0.44M
8. There Is No Authority But Yourself (2006)
64 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Alexander Oey | Stars: Steve Ignorant, Eve Libertine, Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher
Votes: 95
9. Death Wish 3 (1986 Video Game)
Action, Crime
In a tie-in computer game for Death Wish 3 (1985), Charles Bronson's vigilante Paul Kersey must eliminate vicious gang, rioting on the streets of New York.
Stars: Charles Bronson, Jill Senter
Votes: 67
10. Repo Man (1984)
R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash
Votes: 41,072 | Gross: $3.57M
11. Class of 1984 (1982)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with a delinquent punk posse who run the institute with an iron fist.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 13,252
12. All Ages: The Boston Hardcore Film (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
A documentary film that explores the early Boston Hardcore music scene from the years 1981 through 1984. Unlike earlier films that were centered on the members of the bands, this film ... See full summary »
Director: Drew Stone | Stars: Jonathan Anastas, Curtis Casella, Chris Corkum, Mike Dreese
Votes: 92
13. Green Room (2015)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 139,233 | Gross: $3.22M
14. Der kleene Punker (1992)
74 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Amadeus is a small Punker living in a trash can. One day he has got the idea to participate in a punk concert in front of the Brandenburger Tor and convinces his friends to found a band. ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Schaack, Greg Tiernan | Stars: Rainer Strecker, Ilona Schulz, Reinhard Krökel, Gerlach Fiedler
Votes: 204
15. Made in Britain (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 76 min | Crime, Drama
After being sent to a detention center, a teenage skinhead clashes with the social workers, who want to conform him to the status quo.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Tim Roth, Terry Richards, Bill Stewart, Eric Richard
Votes: 7,618
16. Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam (2009)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
The word Taqwacore is a combination of hardcore, a genre of punk music, and taqwa, an Arabic word that translates as "piety" or "god-fearing." The first to use the term was writer, ... See full summary »
Director: Omar Majeed | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Arieb Azhur, Ammar Aziz, Chris Clover
Votes: 217
17. Urban Struggle
Music | Announced
Based on the true story of Jerry Roach and the infamous battle of "The Cuckoo's Nest". World Famous as the birthplace of Slam Dancing" and its stand against City Hall,this unlikely crusader... See full summary »
Director: York Alec Shackleton
18. X: The Unheard Music (1986)
R | 84 min | Documentary, Music
This film is a documentary about the personalities in, and the music of, the early 1980's Los Angeles punk band X. There are studio and live performances by the band and interviews with ... See full summary »
Director: W.T. Morgan | Stars: John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, D.J. Bonebrake
Votes: 459
19. A Band Called Death (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary on the 1970s punk trio Death, and their new-found popularity decades after they disbanded.
Directors: Mark Christopher Covino, Jeff Howlett | Stars: Bobby Hackney, David Hackney, Dannis Hackney, Robbie Duncan
Votes: 4,004 | Gross: $0.13M
20. Jubilee (1978)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Adam Ant, Richard O'Brien, Ian Charleson, Jayne County
Votes: 3,702
21. In the Shadow of the Sun (1981)
51 min | Fantasy
A collection of Super 8 films shot by Derek Jarman between 1972 and 1975, edited to the music of Throbbing Gristle.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Karl Bowen, Graham Dowie, Christopher Hobbs, Gerald Incandela
Votes: 292
22. Joy Division (2007)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Music
A chronological account of the influential late 1970s English rock band.
Director: Grant Gee | Stars: Richard Boon, Anton Corbijn, Kevin Cummins, Bob Dickinson
Votes: 3,867
23. Rock in Reykjavik (1982)
83 min | Documentary, Music
Rokk í Reykjavík (Rock in Reykjavik) gives a thorough overview of the powerful and expanding rock scene in Iceland. Most of the film consists of performances by a wide variety of ... See full summary »
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Hilmar Örn Agnarsson, Júlíus Agnarsson, Eyþór Arnaldsson, Sigtryggur Baldursson
Votes: 194
24. Asphaltnacht (1980)
90 min
During a night in Berlin, a 17-year old punk meets a 30-year-old rocker. Despite their generational differences, they find a common element in music. In the course of one adventurous night the strangers are becoming friends.
Director: Peter Fratzscher | Stars: Gerd Udo Heinemann, Thomas Davis, Monika Rack, Gabriele Helene Ruthmann
Votes: 62
25. Better Than Something: Jay Reatard (2011)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
For Jimmy Lee Lindsay, life was a mosh pit. Whether it was growing up among crack addicts on the rough side of Memphis, or his years in the rough-and-tumble underground rock scene of the '... See full summary »
Directors: Alex Hammond, Ian Markiewicz | Stars: Jay Reatard, King Louie Bankston, Shawn Foree, Ryan Rousseau
Votes: 155
26. Kill Your Idols (2004)
75 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary on thirty years of alternative NYC rock 'n roll.
Director: Scott Crary | Stars: Ron Albertson, Angus Andrew, Tristan Bechet, Hisham Bharoocha
Votes: 587 | Gross: $0.01M
27. Punk in Africa (2012)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, History, Music
Three chords, three countries, one revolution...PUNK IN AFRICA is the story of the multiracial punk movement within the recent political and social upheavals experienced in three Southern ... See full summary »
Directors: Keith Jones, Deon Maas | Stars: Paulo Chibanga, Michael Fleck, Ivan Kadey, Ruben Rose
Votes: 165
28. The Slog Movie (1982)
Unrated | 59 min | Documentary, Music
A raw and unparalleled DIY documentary about the West Coast Punk scene made by a group of young fans/filmmakers about the bands they loved.
Director: David Markey | Stars: Dez Cadena, Chuck Dukowski, Greg Hetson, Lucky Lehrer
Votes: 89
29. You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977 to 1984 (2007)
Unrated | 120 min | Documentary
You Weren't There: a History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984 is a documentary that looks back on the impact that the Punk movement had on the Windy City. Though overlooked in the annals of Rock ... See full summary »
Directors: Joe Losurdo, Christina Tillman | Stars: Steve Albini, Vic Bondi, Scotty Brown, Lorna Donley
Votes: 116
30. Afro-Punk (2003)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Music
Afro-Punk explores race identity within the punk scene. More than your everyday "Behind the Music" or typical "black history month" documentary, this film tackles hard questions, covering ... See full summary »
Director: James Spooner | Stars: Ralph Darden, Matt Davis, Maya Glick, Mariko Jones
Votes: 271
31. Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story (2006)
Documentary, Music
Undisputedly written into the annals of rock history and dedicated to the most sincere methods of the DIY ethos, Northwest musicians Dead Moon (Andrew Loomis and Fred & Toody Cole) have ... See full summary »
Directors: Kate Fix, Jason Summers | Stars: Fred Cole, Toody Cole, Andrew Loomis
Votes: 99
32. Blank City (2010)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary
During the punk rock stage in the late '70s, downtown New York experienced a wave of "Do it yourself" independent filmmaking.
Director: Celine Danhier | Stars: Amos Poe, Ann Magnuson, Becky Johnston, Beth B
Votes: 835 | Gross: $0.12M
33. Too Much Future (2006)
93 min | Documentary, Music
Tells the story of punk in the GDR.
Directors: Michael Boehlke, Carsten Fiebeler | Stars: Cornelia Schleime, Colonel, Daniel Kaiser, Bernd Stracke
Votes: 48
34. Punking Out (1978)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Documents the beginning of the punk rock movement in New York City at CBGB's, a punk night club, and the lifestyle that revolves around this scene. Presents a sometimes shocking look at the... See full summary »
Directors: Maggi Carson, Juliusz Kossakowski, Ric Shore | Stars: Stiv Bators, Cheetah Chrome, Richard Hell, Hilly Kristal
Votes: 63
35. They Eat Scum (1979)
73 min | Comedy, Drama
The rise, fall and rise of a teen death-rock idol.
Director: Nick Zedd | Stars: Geoffrey Carey, Donna Death, Roy Dillard, Jim Giacama
Votes: 167
36. 1/2 Mensch (1986)
48 min | Documentary, Music
A visual documentary of Einstuerzende Neubauten, the German underground band, by Japanese cult director Sogo Ishii, made during their 1985 tour of Japan. The band makes an elaborate and ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Einstürzende Neubauten, Blixa Bargeld, Mark Chung, FM Einheit
Votes: 327
37. Italian Punk Hardcore 1980-1989: The Movie (2015 Video)
119 min | Documentary, Music
Directors: Angelo Bitonto, Giorgio S. Senesi, Roberto Sivilia | Stars: Alex, Andrea, Benzo, Bistek
Votes: 5
38. Salad Days (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Music
"Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)" examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nation's Capital. It was a decade when seminal bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Crawford | Stars: Fred Armisen, Brendan Canty, Dave Grohl, Andre 'Whiteboy' Johnson
Votes: 735
39. The Day the Country Died (2007)
120 min | Documentary, Music
Through interviews with major players in the anarchist-punk movement, DAY THE COUNTRY DIED explores the evolution of a genre. Those sharing their views include Colin Jerwood of Conflict, ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Wallace | Stars: Jon Active, Petesy Burns, Francisco Carreno, Gerald Evans
Votes: 31
40. N.Y.H.C. (1999)
87 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Frank Pavich | Stars: Tim Cohen, Freddy Cricien, Vic Di Cara, Danny Diablo
Votes: 207
41. Underground U.S.A. (1980)
85 min | Drama
An older woman (Astor) looks for love with younger men in a take-off of Sunset Boulevard.
Director: Eric Mitchell | Stars: Patti Astor, Rene Ricard, Tom Wright, Eric Mitchell
Votes: 49
42. Reality 86'd (1991)
Not Rated | 63 min | Documentary
Road documentary of last Black Flag tour - "In My Head"
Director: David Markey | Stars: Mitch Bury, Simeon Cain, Davo Claassen, Joe Cole
Votes: 43
43. Sir Drone (1989)
57 min | Comedy
Three teenagers from the industrial part of Los Angeles try to form a punk rock band in Hollywood, in this short film by renowned artist Raymond Pettibon.
Director: Raymond Pettibon | Stars: Mike Kelley, Mike Watt, Ricky Lee, Angela Taffe
Votes: 34
44. Twisted Issues (1988 Video)
87 min | Comedy, Horror
Low budget shot-on-video gore film with comical overtones concerns a skateboarding teen's murder. Rising from the dead with his skateboard, he embarks on a vengeful killing spree.
Director: Charles Pinion | Stars: Stephen L. Antczak, Charles Pinion
Votes: 96
45. Black Box (1979)
Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Drama
Directors: Beth B, Scott B | Stars: Lydia Lunch, Bob Mason, Chiara Smith, Christof Kohlhofer
Votes: 38
46. Black Wave
Adventure | Announced
John and Jean Silverwood and their four young kids face tragic consequences when they embark on a year-long sailing adventure around the world.
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