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)
 * Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (2009, documentary)
 * Burst City (1982)
 * Black and White Statement (1980 documentary VPRO ) by Dick Rijneke & Mildred van Leeuwaarden.

C

 * CBGB (2013)
 * 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
 * Crazy Thunder Road (1980)

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

 * Filmage: The Story of Descendants/All (2013, documentary)
 * 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 (2001)
 * New York Doll (2005, documentary)
 * Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC (2022, 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)
 * Pank Nije Mrtav (2011)
 * Planet Love (2000) - Roy Wallace
 * Population: 1 (1986) - Rene Daalder
 * Pump up the Volume (1990) - Allan Moyle
 * 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
 * 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
 * Rodrigo D: No Future (1990) - Víctor Gaviria
 * 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 (1981)
 * Shonen Merikensack (2009)
 * Shooting at the Moon (2003) - Jesse Richards
 * Shuffle (1981)
 * Sid and Nancy (aka Sid and Nancy: Love Kills) (1986) - Alex Cox
 * Skinhead Attitude
 * SLC Punk! (1999)
 * Smithereens (1982) - Susan Seidelman, Richard Hell
 * Spidarlings (2016) - Selene Kapsaski
 * Straight to Hell (1987) - Alex Cox
 * Suburbia (1984) - Penelope Spheeris
 * subUrbia (1996) - Richard Linklater
 * Subway (1985) - Luc Besson
 * Summer of Sam (1999) - Spike Lee
 * 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
 * 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