# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/41 "2017-10-27T19:22:34Z")
_A Million Ways to Die in the West._ Liam Neeson’s character, besides being a desperate outlaw, is also a bully. ---
**Author:** ![interestingtwist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c5a1d2/32.png) [@interestingtwist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interestingtwist)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/42 "2017-11-13T19:09:10Z")
Gladiator (Bullying at a much higher level) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/43 "2017-11-13T19:18:37Z")
This far into the thread and no one has mentioned Peckinpah’s _ **Straw Dogs** _?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/44 "2017-11-13T19:22:06Z")
Who could forget the great Jan Michael Vincent in [DEFIANCE!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defiance_(1980_film)) ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/45 "2017-11-13T20:19:30Z")
First Blood (the first of the Rambo movies). ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/46 "2017-11-13T20:42:09Z")
[9 To 5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_to_5_(film)). ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/47 "2017-11-14T04:18:56Z")
The spaghetti westerns. Just about every Lone Ranger (in Japan, Samurai) episode. Townspeople or school marm/newly widowed gal get trampled by outlaws/evil landlords/corrupt lawmen; hero(s) and sidekick come to the rescue. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/48 "2017-11-14T06:30:45Z")
Breaking Away Shawshank Redemption ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/49 "2017-11-14T07:11:59Z")
Here’s a Wikipedia list: > **[Category:Films about bullying](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_about_bullying)** > > Films about bullying, the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imbalance of physical or social power. > This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. > The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 206 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/50 "2017-11-14T11:55:09Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > That movie made me hungry, among other things… _SO_ hungry… > [@Quimby](#): > > 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.” Yeah, but some of the films here were actually about bullies, like _My Bodyguard_. That was such a great movie. I was 13 when it came out. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792/51 "2017-11-14T12:23:23Z")
**Tom Brown’s Schooldays** , featuring the original School Bully, Flashman! I enjoyed the original book, and the b&w 1951 film, but I’ve just watched the 2005 film trailer and that version doesn’t inspire me at all! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-fights-back-against-a-bully-or-bullies/799792.md?page=2)