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Apr 25, 2022 · In the ongoing explosion of rock biopics, punk is a particularly hot zone. The near no-future will see movies and TV series dramatizing the unruly lives of Sex Pistol Steve Jones, Viv Albertine...
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- The Decline of Western Civilization. Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, John Doe. 171 votes. Released: 1981. The Decline of Western Civilization is an American documentary film filmed through 1979 and 1980.
- Repo Man. Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter. 187 votes. Released: 1984. After being fired from his job, Los Angeles slacker and punk rocker Otto (Emilio Estevez) lands a gig working for an eccentric repossession agent named Bud (Harry Dean Stanton).
- Suburbia. Flea, Chris Pedersen, Derek O'Brien. 116 votes. Suburbia, also known as Rebel Streets and The Wild Side, is a 1984 film written and directed by Penelope Spheeris about suburban punks who run away from home.
- SLC Punk! Jason Segel, Matthew Lillard, Devon Sawa. 210 votes. is a 1998 American comedy-drama film written and directed by James Merendino. The film is about the young punk rock fan Steven "Stevo" Levy, a college graduate living in Salt Lake City.
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- 24 Hour Party People. No other city in Britain has had as influential an effect on music as Manchester, England which produced standout bands like New Order, Happy Mondays, and A Certain Ratio during its fervent '80s era.
- The Decline of Western Civilization. Penelope Spheeris, as talented a documentarian as a narrative filmmaker, broke ground with her documentary trilogy The Decline of Western Civilization, with a first installment about Los Angeles Punk bands like The Germs, Black Flag and X, released in 1980.
- Sid and Nancy. Another Alex Cox film, another authentic look at Punk Rock, this time through the prism of Punk's heroin-injected Romeo and Juliette, Sid and Nancy.
- Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten. Another incredible Julien Temple documentary, Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, chronicles the singer's rise a member of The Clash, considered by many British music critics to be just as important and influential an English band as The Beatles and The Kinks, and traces Strummer's eclectic international origins as the son of a diplomat.
- Class Of 1984 - 6.6. A new teacher clashes with a gang of punks in this 1982 cult movie from Mark Lester. In this troubled high school, teachers pack guns, and drugs and violence run rampant.
- Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains - 6.8. Living a normal, boring life in a dull town, Corinne finds excitement and meaning after seeing a punk band for the first time, inspiring her to form her own all-female punk band and engrossing herself in punk culture.
- Repo Man - 6.9. This cult classic from Alex Cox follows Otto, played by Emilio Estevez, a punk-rocker-turned-repossession-man who starts to seek out an expensive car with supernatural treasure locked away in the trunk.
- Suburbia - 7.0. Following a similar theme that is part of many punk movies, an outcast whose parents are abusive and don't understand him, Evan runs away from home and finds solace in a group of like-minded punks.
Featuring interviews, performances, and behind-the-scenes journeys with the bands, labels, fans, and press who keep punk alive, Punk's Not Dead dares to juxtapose pop-punk's music and lifestyle against the roots in the 70s and 80s, resulting in unexpected revelations.
Apr 20, 2021 · From U.K.-to-L.A. scene rockumentaries to riot-grrl portraits and the Ramones' fictional alma mater — the 25 greatest punk-rock movies of all time.
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