Punk film  

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Many punk-themed films have been made. The No Wave Cinema and Remodernist film movements owe much to punk aesthetics. Several famous punk bands have participated in movies, such as the Ramones in Rock 'n' Roll High School, the Sex Pistols in The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, and Social Distortion in Another State of Mind. Derek Jarman and Don Letts are notable punk filmmakers. Penelope Spheeris' first instalment of the documentary trilogy "The Decline of Western Civilization" (1981) focuses on the early Los Angeles punk scene through interviews and early concert footage from bands including Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Germs, and Fear. The Decline of Western Civilization III" explores the gutter punk lifestyle in the 1990s. Loren Cass is another example of the punk subculture represented in film.

The Japanese cyberpunk movement has roots in the Japanese punk subculture that arose in the 1970s. The filmmaker Sogo Ishii introduced this subculture to Japanese cinema with his punk films Panic High School (1978) and Crazy Thunder Road (1980), which portrayed the rebellion and anarchy associated with punk, and went on to become highly influential in underground film circles. Crazy Thunder Road in particular was an influential biker film, with a punk biker gang aesthetic that paved the way for Katsuhiro Otomo's manga and anime franchise Akira (1982 debut). Ishii's next film was the frenetic Shuffle (1981), an unofficial short film adaptation of a manga comic strip by Otomo.

The documentary film Afro-Punk covers the black experience in the punk DIY scene.

List

This is a list of films about the punk subculture.

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• 24 Hour Party People (2002)

A

• A Band Called Death (2012 documentary)
• A Day in the Life (2003 film) Stratford Mercenaries Roy Wallace
• Afro-punk (2005, documentary)
• American Hardcore (2006, documentary) Paul Rachman
• Another State of Mind (1984, documentary)

B

• Bad Boy Bubby (1993) Rolf de Heer
• Bhakti Boy (2015) Joy Marzec
• The Blank Generation (1976, documentary) Amos Poe
• Blank Generation (1980) Ulli Lommel
• "Big Time (2006) Punk in Belfast" Roy Wallace
• "Bloody Bloody Belgium (2014)" Roy Wallace
• Border Radio (1987)
• Brothers of the Head (2005) Brian Aldiss
• Burst City (1982)
• Breaking Glass (1980)
• Bilo jednom... (2006, documentary)
• Bullet in a Bible (2006, documentary)

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
• Crash 'n' Burn (1977 short film) Ross McLaren

D

• The Day the Country Died (2007, documentary) Roy Wallace
• The Decline of Western Civilization (1981, documentary) Penelope Spheeris
• The Decline of Western Civilization III (1998, documentary) Penelope Spheeris
• Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984) David Markey
• D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage (1980, documentary) Lech Kowalski

E

• Ebba the Movie (1982, documentary)
• End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2004, documentary)
• Ex Drummer (2007) Koen Mortier
• Engel & Joe (2001) Vanessa Jopp

F

• The Filth and the Fury (2000, documentary) Julien Temple
• Fokofpolisiekar: Forgive Them for They Know Not What They Do (2009, documentary)
• Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007, documentary) Julien Temple

G

• Garage Days (2002) Alex Proyas
• The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980) Julien Temple
• Gleaming the Cube (1989)
• Rise Against: Generation Lost (2006, documentary)
• Glory Daze (1996) (Ben Affleck)
• Glue (2006) (Alexis Dos Santos)
• Good Vibrations (2013)

H

• Hard Core Logo (1996) Bruce McDonald
• Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies (1994, documentary) Todd Phillips
• Hype! (1996, documentary) Doug Pray

I

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

J

• Jubilee (1977) Derek Jarman
• Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2002) Lee Demarbre

K

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

L

• The Last Pogo (1978, documentary) Colin Brunton
• Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1981)
• Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records (2011)
• Liquid Sky (1982)
• The Little Punker (1992) Michael Schaack
• Loren Cass (2006)
• Lovedolls Superstar (1986) David Markey
• Luster (2002) Everett Lewis

M

• "Modern Angels" (2000) Roy Wallace
• Mondo New York (1988)
• Mannen som elsket Yngve (2008)

N

• New York Doll (2005, documentary)
• Night of the Demons
• Nikita (1990) Luc Besson

O

• Out of the Blue (1980)
• Outsider (1997)

P

• "Planet Love (2000)' Roy Wallace
• Population: 1 (1986) Rene Daalder
• "Punk as Fuck (1997)" Roy Wallace
• Punk: Attitude (2005, documentary) Don Letts
• Punk Love (2006)
• Punk Rock Holocaust (2003)
• The Punk Rock Movie (1978, documentary) Don Letts (also known as The Punk Rock Movie from England)
• Punk's Not Dead (2007, documentary)
• Pank Nije Mrtav (2011) film

R

• Rad (1986) Hal Needham
• Reform School Girls (1986) Tom DeSimone
• Refused Are Fucking Dead (2006, documentary)
• Repo Man (1984) Alex Cox
• 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
• Rude Boy (1980)
• the Runaways (2010) Floria Sigismondi

S

• S.F.W. (1994)
• She's Real, Worse Than Queer (1997, documentary) Lucy Thane
• Shock Treatment (1980)
• Shonen Merikensack (2009)
• Shooting at the Moon (2003) Jesse Richards
• Sid and Nancy (1986) Alex Cox (aka Sid and Nancy: Love Kills)
• SLC Punk! (1999)
• Smithereens (1982) Susan Seidelman, Richard Hell
• Spidarlings (2015) Salem Kapsaski
• Straight to Hell (1987) Alex Cox
• Suburbia (1984) Penelope Spheeris
• subUrbia (1996)
• Subway (1985) Luc Besson
• Summer of Sam (1999) Spike Lee
• Surf Nazis Must Die (1987) Peter George
• Skinhead Attitude

T

• Tank Girl (1995) Rachel Talalay
• Tapeheads (1988)
• The Taqwacores (2010)
• Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam (2009)
• Terminal City Ricochet (1990)
• Terror Firmer (1999)
• There Is No Authority But Yourself A documentary about the history of Crass - (2006) Alexander Oey
• Thrashin' (1986)
• Threat (2006)
• Times Square (1980)
• Tjenare Kungen (2005)
• 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)
• Urgh! A Music War (1981, documentary)
• Urban Struggle (documentary)

V

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

W

• The Warriors (1979) Walter Hill
• What to Do in Case of Fire? (2001) Gregor Schnitzler
• Wassup Rockers (2005) Larry Clark
• We Are the Best! (2013)
• We Jam Econo (2005, documentary)
• We're Outta Here! (1997)
• What We Do Is Secret (2008) Rodger Grossman
• Who Killed Nancy? (2009)
• Wild Zero (2000)

X

• X: The Unheard Music (documentary 1986)

Y

• The Yo-Yo Gang (1992) G. B. Jones

See also

• List of skinhead films
• No Wave Cinema
• Remodernist Film