20 movies like American Bully, ordered by similarity : Lady Bird(2017), Blame(2017), Kaante(2002), Class of 1984(1982), Criminal Activities(2015), Sicario(2015), The Ax(2005), Veronica Mars(2014), 12(2007), Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara(2013), Song for a Raggy Boy(2003), Clive Barker's Book of Blood(2008) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2009
87 Minutes
Matt O'Leary Marshall Allman Jonathan Halyalkar Sam Murphy Brooke Johnson Meghan Stansfield Paul Ben-Victor Natasha Henstridge Dan Wells Ross Britz
teenager teen boy student teacher racist muslim bleak shocking engaging suspenseful frightening school united states house coming of age horror 9/11 attacks trauma racism rage
A middle-American teenage boy who is affected by 9/11, terrorism, and the war in Iraq becomes involved in an isolated high school altercation that escalates into a hate crime that shocks the entire nation.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
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'.
Crime, Drama
2002
154 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Sanjay Dutt Sunil Shetty Kumar Gaurav Mahesh Manjrekar Lucky Ali Malaika Arora
detective wife army major criminal drug dealer undercover cop thrilling tense suspenseful engaging los angeles united states house police station warehouse bank robbery robbery attempt deception death of spouse betrayal
Gathered in a warehouse after a bank robbery, six criminals (Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty) start to turn against one another.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2015
94 Minutes
Michael Carmen Pitt Dan Stevens Christopher Abbott Rob Brown Edi Gathegi Jackie Earle Haley John Travolta Travis Aaron Wade
friend rival crime boss ringleader brutal chilling dark frightening gritty suspenseful thrilling united states debt crime abduction kidnapping rivalry adventure escape sacrifice
Four young men make a risky investment together that puts them in trouble with the mob.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico|Hong Kong
2015
121 Minutes
Emily Blunt Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Victor Garber Jon Bernthal Daniel Kaluuya Jeffrey Donovan Raoul Trujillo Julio Cesar Cedillo Bernardo Saracino
fbi agent government official hit man drug czar police officer mexican brooding emotional intense bleak thrilling mexican-american border car warehouse street drug house hotel drugs assassination surveillance
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Comedy, Drama
Belgium|France|Spain
2005
122 Minutes
José Garcia Karin Viard Olivier Gourmet Ulrich Tukur Yvon Back Thierry Hancisse Geordy Monfils Christa Théret Olga Grumberg Yolande Moreau Dieudonné Kabongo
unemployed person wife executive police detective son husband dark emotional amusing suspenseful suburb motel house europe unemployment murder capitalism desperation financial crisis marriage
A chemist (Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|UK|France|Germany
2014
107 Minutes
Kristen Bell Jason Dohring Krysten Ritter Ryan Hansen Francis Capra Percy Daggs III Tina Majorino Chris Lowell Enrico Colantoni Christine Lakin Ken Marino
sleuth ex-boyfriend police detective defense attorney assassin father charming confident cool high school law office house gym reunion kitchen law school high-school reunion murder ex-boyfriends detective work
Years after walking away from her past as a young private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown, just in time for her high school reunion, in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Russia
2007
153 Minutes
Sergey Makovetskiy Sergey Garmash Aleksei Petrenko Yuriy Stoyanov Sergei Gazarov Nikita Mikhalkov Mikhail Efremov Valentin Gaft Oleksii Gorbunov Sergei Artsybashev Viktor Verzhbitskiy
juror stepfather teenager musician entertainer survivor dark somber school russia prison murder racism trial survival war adoption rivalry fall 2000s
Twelve jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen adolescent charged with murdering his stepfather.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2013
158 Minutes
gangster lover murderer rival victim criminal bleak chilling disturbing engaging intense shocking india city hospital crime scene love power rivalry plot
After killing his mentor, a gangster comes into power to rule over Mumbai. In the process he falls for an aspiring actress, nevertheless he finds that his protege has fallen for her too which leads to enmity between them.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
2008
100 Minutes
Jonas Armstrong Sophie Ward Paul Blair Doug Bradley James Watson Clive Russell Romana Abercromby Simon Bamford
professor expert student young man partner writer suspenseful gory frightening house college bedroom diner bar truck supernatural haunted houses investigation strange happenings murder
Crime, Drama
2009
95 Minutes
Gilbert Melki Emmanuelle Devos Cyril Descours Nina Meurisse Joana Preiss Jérémy Kapone Marc Rioufol Yeelem Jappain Eric Laugérias Serge Larivière Anne Loiret
teenager teen boy teen girl chief investigator murder victim missing person engaging thrilling suspenseful intense emotional melodramatic france river danger investigation relationships murder coming of age murder case
Two police inspectors from Lyon investigate the death of a young man whose body was found in the Rhône River.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2003
136 Minutes
Sushmita Sen Sushant Singh Rajesh Khera Dinesh Lamba Tushar Dalvi
police officer businessman criminal actress daughter bleak disturbing intense suspenseful thrilling india police station house bungalow gruesome murder murder investigation serial murders quest pursuit mystery
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Malvika Chauhan battles time to obtain & solve the clues to solve the various murders occurring in the city.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2006
92 Minutes
crime boss godson wife rival thug brutal frenetic suspenseful melodramatic china hong kong river office crime syndicate election jealousy corruption gang war abduction rivalry
A violent chain reaction unfolds as a crafty entrepreneur (Louis Koo) wrests power from a veteran Hong Kong crime lord (Simon Yam).
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Austria
2008
121 Minutes
Johannes Krisch Andreas Lust Irina Potapenko Ursula Strauss Hannes Thanheiser Hanno Pöschl Michael-Joachim Heiss
ex-convict pimp prostitute grandfather wealthy woman police officer melodramatic bleak shocking prison austria small town brothel farmhouse police station crime small-town life friendship boredom dreams
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
2008
99 Minutes
Mischa Barton Reece Thompson Bruce Willis Michael Rapaport Kathryn Morris Melonie Diaz Patrick James Taylor Josh Pais Luke Grimes Emily Meade Zoë Kravitz
high-school student reporter teen boy teen girl classmate president engaging intricate high school catholic school high school presidency conspiracy investigation respect sat mystery rise pursuit 2000s
A high-school reporter (Reece Thompson) probes the theft of the school's SAT exams and wrongly identifies the class president as the culprit.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2017
155 Minutes
crime boss gangster smuggler police officer rival religious person brooding fascinating powerful shocking suspenseful thrilling house india police station jail illegal activity alcohol prohibition crime
A bootlegger sets out to improve his community as a promising leader but falls in a political trap.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1986
119 Minutes
William Petersen Kim Greist Dennis Farina Joan Allen Brian Cox Stephen Lang Tom Noonan
serial killer cannibal fbi agent coworker journalist dark suspenseful chilling atlanta house prison quantico murder manhunt secret plans collaboration revenge mutilation discovery pursuit
Former F.B.I. profiler Will Graham (William Petersen) returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer named "the Tooth Fairy" (Tom Noonan) by the media.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
93 Minutes
Warren Clarke Paddy Considine James Fox David Calder Nicholas Woodeson Ron Cook Maxine Peake Tony Pitts Jim Carter David Morrissey Eddie Marsan
police chief police detective businessman prostitute police officer chilling gripping suspenseful yorkshire, england club police station house police corruption revenge investigation serial murders prostitution crime discovery mystery
Detective Peter Hunter returns to Yorkshire to investigate the town's high murder rate. The local police have done little to find the killer, and he soon realizes corrupt police officers are doing everything they can to stop his progress.