20 movies like The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, ordered by similarity : Honeytrap(2014), Blame(2017), In a Better World(2010), The Birth of a Nation(2016), The Mayor of Hell(1933), Mary Queen of Scots(2018), Apocalypse Now Redux(1979), Antony and Cleopatra(1972), If...(1968), Bad Boys(1983), Kicks(2016), Alena(2015) ...
7.6/10
Drama
UK
1962
103 Minutes
Tom Courtenay Michael Redgrave Avis Bunnage Peter Madden James Bolam Julia Foster Dervis Ward Raymond Dyer Alec McCowen Joe Robinson John Thaw
rebel athlete headmaster juvenile delinquent bully intense powerful brooding spirited reform school nottingham, england track anger rehabilitation rebellion running reform rivalry growing up revenge
A juvenile offender (Sir Tom Courtenay) at a tough reform school impresses its Governor (Sir Michael Redgrave) with his running ability and is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.
Romance, Crime, Drama
2014
93 Minutes
Jessica Sula Lucien Laviscount Naomi Ryan Lauren Johns Tosin Cole Ntonga Mwanza Danielle Vitalis Savannah Gordon-Liburd Modupe Adeyeye
teen girl gang leader gang member teen boy bully bleak brutal dark emotional gripping powerful tense uneasy london united kingdom school street gangs revenge passion
Layla, a 15-year-old living in Brixton, becomes involved with a gang and must set up a boy to be killed.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Quinn Shephard Nadia Alexander Trieste Kelly Dunn Marcia DeBonis Tessa Albertson Sarah Mezzanotte Owen Campbell Luke Slattery Tate Donovan Chris Messina
student teacher teenager bully young woman lover brooding powerful raw shocking high school united states classroom forbidden love unlikely romance bullying rivalry student-teacher relationship high school crush love
A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to 'The Crucible'.
7.6/10
Drama
Denmark|Sweden
2010
113 Minutes
Mikael Persbrandt Trine Dyrholm Ulrich Thomsen Markus Rygaard William Jøhnk Nielsen Bodil Jørgensen Elsebeth Steentoft Martin Buch Anette Støvelbæk Kim Bodnia
bully friend father doctor son wife tense dark emotional engaging kenya denmark school father/son relationship marital problems bullying absence friendship loss revenge
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
6.4/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA|Canada
2016
114 Minutes
Nate Parker Armie Hammer Mark Boone Junior Colman Domingo Aunjanue Ellis Dwight Henry Aja Naomi King Esther Scott Roger Guenveur Smith Gabrielle Union Penelope Ann Miller
slave preacher owner rebel parishioner wife brooding emotional intense virginia plantation church house street field slavery rebellion truth anger justice
Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
7.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
90 Minutes
James Cagney Madge Evans Allen Jenkins Dudley Digges Frankie Darro Dorothy Peterson John Marston Charles Wilson Hobart Cavanaugh Raymond Borzage Robert Barrat
corrupt businessman reformed criminal nurse boy gangster guard dark gritty shocking reform school court barn redemption reform political corruption new job rebellion juvenile crime transformation sacrifice
Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the state reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2018
124 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Margot Robbie Jack Lowden Joe Alwyn David Tennant Guy Pearce Gemma Chan Martin Compston Ismael Cruz Cordova Brendan Coyle Ian Hart
queen widow rival husband leader friend tense intense gripping brash uneasy france scotland england castle mansion queen elizabeth i queen mary power royalty
Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
8.4/10
War, Drama
USA
1979
195 Minutes
Marlon Brando Robert Duvall Martin Sheen Frederic Forrest Albert Hall Sam Bottoms Laurence Fishburne Dennis Hopper G.D. Spradlin Harrison Ford Jerry Ziesmer
assassin captain tribal leader military officer engaging dense powerful jungle cambodia boat river vietnam war animal cruelty insanity imperialism rebellion pursuit rivalry revenge 1960s
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
5.9/10
Drama, History
UK|Spain|Switzerland
1972
160 Minutes
Charlton Heston Hildegard Neil Eric Porter John Castle Fernando Rey Juan Luis Galiardo
queen egyptian lover rival roman seducer brooding emotional gripping intense moving powerful egypt kingdom chamber desert love sacrifice rivalry power
After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor: Octavius.
7.5/10
Drama
UK
1968
111 Minutes
Malcolm McDowell David Wood Richard Warwick Robert Swann Christine Noonan Arthur Lowe Mona Washbourne Graham Crowden Simon Ward
anti-hero teenager headmaster prefect girlfriend boyfriend intense shocking england boarding school school disillusionment sex growing up wretched excess 1960s
In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1983
123 Minutes
Sean Penn Reni Santoni Esai Morales Jim Moody Ally Sheedy Eric Gurry Clancy Brown Robert Lee Rush John Zenda
teenager gang members prisoners tough guy girlfriend brother bleak raw frightening prison chicago school teenage rebellion prison accident rape revenge growing up rivalry fall
Chicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
84 Minutes
Jahking Guillory Christopher Meyer Christopher Jordan Wallace Kofi Siriboe Mahershala Ali Molly Shaiken Justin Hall Teresa Navarro Kyndall Ferguson
teen boy family member friend hoodlum tough guy imaginary friend brooding creative intense oakland, calif. school playground basketball court house car imagination shoes theft gangsters anger
Brandon is a 15 year old whose dream is a pair of fresh Air Jordans. Soon after he gets his hands on them, they're stolen by a local hood, causing Brandon and his two friends to go on a dangerous mission through Oakland to retrieve them.
5.0/10
Horror, Drama
Sweden
2015
83 Minutes
Felice Jankell Helena af Sandeberg Molly Nutley Amalia Holm Bjelke Fanny Klefelt Rebecka Nyman Marie Senghore Ulrika Ellemark Johan Ehn
friend young girl teen girl enemy shocking melodramatic outlandish tense thrilling boarding school sweden boarding-school life teen culture teenage rebellion rivalry horror revenge payback fighting rivalry
7.0/10
Drama
UK
1984
90 Minutes
Rupert Everett Colin Firth Michael Jenn Robert Addie Rupert Wainwright Cary Elwes Tristan Oliver Frederick Alexander Adrian Ross Magenty Geoffrey Bateman Philip Dupuy
student homophobe marxist headmaster emotional shocking inspiring england school school suicide homosexuality friendship bullying rivalry forbidden love 1930s
Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.
7.1/10
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
141 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Cynthia Erivo Jon Hamm Dakota Johnson Cailee Spaeny Lewis Pullman Chris Hemsworth Nick Offerman
stranger singer cleric salesman sister manager thrilling sultry gory unrestrained uneasy dark hotel hotel room living room california nevada lake tahoe rivalry mysterious strangers
Early 1970s. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.
6.6/10
Drama
Canada
1982
93 Minutes
Perry King Timothy Van Patten Merrie Lynn Ross Roddy McDowall Al Waxman Lisa Langlois David Gardner Stefan Arngrim Keith Knight Neil Clifford Erin Flannery
teacher music teacher student security guard rape victim gang member bleak melodramatic sad brutal intense gripping school house stage classroom gangs school band violence revenge
A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.
7.6/10
Drama
Ireland|UK|Denmark|Spain
2003
98 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Iain Glen Marc Warren Dudley Sutton Alan Devlin Stuart Graham John Travers Chris Newman
school principal schoolboy schoolteacher prefect irishman teacher friend rival bully intense sad emotional endearing ireland school teaching school abuse sadism courage
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
7.9/10
Drama
UK
1969
109 Minutes
David Bradley Freddie Fletcher Lynne Perrie Colin Welland Brian Glover Bob Bowes Bernard Atha Joey Kaye
young boy falcon mother brother bleak spirited england city household school childhood abuse blue collar birds falconry coming of age underdog growing up 1960s
A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.
6.7/10
Drama, History
USA
1964
153 Minutes
Sophia Loren Alec Guinness Stephen Boyd James Mason Christopher Plummer Anthony Quayle John Ireland Mel Ferrer Omar Sharif Eric Porter
soldier emperor heir daughter senator barbarian thrilling tense brooding rome battlefield frontier palace roman empire corruption decadence power play rebellion showdown fall
The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.
7.9/10
Drama
Hong Kong|Taiwan
1989
158 Minutes
Tony Leung Hsin Shu-fen Chen Sown-yung
photographer soldier gangster rebel powerful disturbing sad gripping taiwan small town mountain rebellion political coup crime war family transformation sacrifice love 1940s
A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers.
Drama
2013
88 Minutes
Anna Odell Sandra Andreis Kamila Benhamza Anders Berg Erik Ehn Niklas Engdahl Per Fenger-Krog Robert Fransson Sara Karlsdotter Sanna Krepper Andreas Kundler
artist classmate bully filmmaker confident raw striking school film set sweden bullying school adolescence friendship discovery underdog revenge transformation 2010s
Anna is not invited to her class reunion and makes a film about what would have happened if she confronted her former bullies.
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