# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/21 "2017-10-25T17:38:05Z")
Walking Tall The New Kids ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/22 "2017-10-25T18:10:14Z")
[The Paper Brigade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paper_Brigade) [The Gift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_(2015_film)) And of course there’s a [Wikipedia list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_about_bullying). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/23 "2017-10-25T18:23:09Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > 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. That movie made me hungry, among other things… ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/24 "2017-10-25T18:34:35Z")
Ender’s Game. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/25 "2017-10-25T19:06:21Z")
Wild Hogs High Plains Drifter ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/26 "2017-10-25T19:13:30Z")
_The Magnificent Seven_. (_Seven Samurai_) _Shane_. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/27 "2017-10-25T19:30:17Z")
Godzilla’s Revenge. No. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/28 "2017-10-25T19:30:18Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > _The Magnificent Seven_. (_Seven Samurai_) Yeah, I thought about\* Seven Samurai\* and all of the _Seven Samurai remakes. Of course, I thought about The Longest Day and The Damn Busters_, too… Don’t know where the “standing up to bullies” and “fighting a battle” line should be. ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/29 "2017-10-25T19:47:28Z")
And speaking of superheroes, _Captain America: The First Avenger_ had him standing up to a bully even before he had superpowers. Plus, of course, he defines the Nazis as just being bullies, too, but that’s not really the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/30 "2017-10-25T19:54:12Z")
Bless the beasts and the children ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/31 "2017-10-25T20:10:38Z")
The Color Purple The Legend of Billie Jean ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/32 "2017-10-25T20:11:17Z")
Almost every coming of age movie has a bully story as a sub plot at least. This feels to me like asking about “Movies where two people fall in love.” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/33 "2017-10-25T21:15:01Z")
The Longest Yard Orgasmo Friday ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/34 "2017-10-25T21:18:53Z")
Meatballs. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/35 "2017-10-26T01:00:00Z")
The Matrix Reloaded… 500 Agent Smiths is some form of bullying. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/36 "2017-10-26T04:06:41Z")
In the ending of Back To The Future the altered timeline has Biff getting biffed and put in his place. Of course, that goes back and forth a few times before the series is over. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/37 "2017-10-27T16:10:37Z")
First one that sprang to mind for me was **A Bug’s Life**. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/38 "2017-10-27T18:05:56Z")
[Bully](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242193/) Duh! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/39 "2017-10-27T18:58:55Z")
Death Wish, and all its sequels. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/40 "2017-10-27T19:22:01Z")
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