# Movies where someone fights back against a bully or bullies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792 "2017-10-25T07:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![interestingtwist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c5a1d2/32.png) [@interestingtwist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interestingtwist)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/1 "2017-10-25T07:58:07Z")
I’m trying to think of movies where bullying is a significant part of the movie, and one of the main characters stands up to the bullies. This could be kids or adults fighting bullies. The person fighting the bullies doesn’t have to win. This is all I can think of so far, but I know there are other great movies out there that have covered this topic. Any additions? Tuff Turf Karate Kid Revenge of the Nerds Just One of the Guys Man of Steel Pay it Foward ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/2 "2017-10-25T08:18:04Z")
[My Bodyguard](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081207/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_2) [A Christmas Story](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1) [Stand by Me](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092005/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/3 "2017-10-25T08:21:19Z")
Lots of Jackie Chan films…Cantonese and English. And Sigourney Weaver in Alien. ---
**Author:** ![EckyThump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@EckyThump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EckyThump)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/4 "2017-10-25T08:51:55Z")
How about “It”? ---
**Author:** ![Flare4roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@Flare4roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flare4roach)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/5 "2017-10-25T08:56:38Z")
3 O’Clock High ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/6 "2017-10-25T09:55:05Z")
[The Mighty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_-iYnQc8TA). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/7 "2017-10-25T10:14:52Z")
Back To The Future ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/8 "2017-10-25T11:19:54Z")
Welcome to the Dollhouse (The bullies definitely win) Mean Girls Heathers ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/9 "2017-10-25T13:34:13Z")
Those awful [del]Silly[/del] Billy Jack films. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/10 "2017-10-25T14:09:08Z")
I don’t remember what it was called, but there was some movie that had, as a climax, the protagonist fighting back against the bullies using a squirt gun loaded with urine. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/11 "2017-10-25T14:28:00Z")
Christine. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/12 "2017-10-25T14:29:26Z")
[Angus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_(film)) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/13 "2017-10-25T14:40:29Z")
[Coward of the County](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082208/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_21) ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/14 "2017-10-25T14:47:09Z")
Maybe a slight stretch from what the OP describes…but in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, the eponymous girl is molested/raped by her state guardian before completely reversing the situation. In City of Joy, one of the protagonists (and his family) experiences repeated bullying from another character before dramatically standing up to him. In Tampopo, the ramen show owner’s son is beaten up by fellow school kids early in the movie. later on, he manages to defeat all three of them. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/15 "2017-10-25T14:49:52Z")
Carrie. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/16 "2017-10-25T16:15:26Z")
Revenge of the Nerds ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/17 "2017-10-25T16:29:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t remember what it was called, but there was some movie that had, as a climax, the protagonist fighting back against the bullies using a squirt gun loaded with urine. IIRC, that was Fred Savage, in _The Boy Who Could Fly_. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/18 "2017-10-25T16:34:14Z")
Not a fight, but Max Keeble’s Big Move has the nerds getting revenge on the bullies. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/19 "2017-10-25T16:39:50Z")
Slaughter High Sleepaway Camp ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/20 "2017-10-25T16:46:22Z")
There’s a guy who bullies Clark Kent in SUPERMAN II. It goes pretty well for him, at first. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792.md?page=2)