The best movies about bullying

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

Bullying is an issue that we usually associate with school kids, but in reality it's something that we continuously deal with into adulthood as well. This list of movies shows us the full spectrum. There's high school bullies, older siblings bullying younger siblings, kids bullying parents, bosses bullying employees, and, quite often, the victims becoming bullies themselves. Not every story is one of an underdog overcoming adversity, but they each take a unique perspective on this dangerous behavioral issue. Click through to discover the best movies ever made about bullying.

'The Breakfast Club' (1985)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

'The Breakfast Club' is the ultimate cult classic. It puts characters from several different layers of the high school stratosphere into a confined space. Those who might have bullied or scorned each other in the hallways discover their similarities and mend their wounds.

'Mean Girls' (2004)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

Cady gets a crash course in bullying and social hierarchies, and nearly loses all sense of self in her attempt to fit in.

'Accepted' (2006)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

'Accepted' sees an under-achieving high school graduate, played by Justin Long, create a fake college so his family doesn't know that all of his applications were rejected. He is joined by many other rejects, and eventually has to battle a bully who wants to reveal his plan.

'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

Meryl Streep is fantastic as the terrifying Miranda Priestly in 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006). She treats her staff like dirt, but has so much power that they still grovel for her approval, to the point of starving themselves and giving up their personal lives.

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

Anne Hathaway's character might get an exceptional makeover, but the price of acceptance is far too high.

'Bowling for Columbine' (2002)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

Michael Moore's 2002 documentary 'Bowling for Columbine' is a terrifyingly real story of bullying. He examines how the shunned members of a high school ended up committing one of the first school shootings in US history, sadly to be followed by many more.

'Heathers' (1988)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

The cult classic 'Heathers' was like the 'Mean Girls' of 1988 (if 'Mean Girls' took a darkly absurd turn and they all murdered each other...). Winona Ryder stars as a teenager who can't stand the sadistic bullies she's surrounded by at school.

'The Craft' (1996)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

The 1996 cult classic 'The Craft' tells the story of a group of high school friends who use witchcraft to take revenge on those who have angered them. The victims of bullying become the bullies by supernatural means.

'Bully' (2001)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

'Bully' is one of the most disturbing movies on this list. Director Larry Clark is known for shocking his audiences, and this was no exception. The story is based on a real tragedy that happened in 1993.

'Full Metal Jacket' (1987)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

'Full Metal Jacket' is a typically disturbing tale from Stanley Kubrick. A group of recruits in training for the Vietnam war are harassed and degraded by their sadistic drill sergeant.

'Billy Elliot' (2000)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

'Billy Elliot' is one of the most loved films to come out of the British Isles! A young boy accidentally discovers he has an exceptional talent for ballet, which makes him a target of bullying in his small town.

'The Color Purple' (1985)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

'The Color Purple' stars Whoopi Goldberg as a woman who has suffered every kind of insult and injury one human being can inflict on another. It is both a harrowing and inspiring story as she recovers her self worth.

'Matilda' (1996)

'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Mean Girls' (2004), 'Accepted' (2006), 'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006), 'Bowling for Columbine' (2002), 'Heathers' (1988), 'The Craft' (1996), 'Bully' (2001), 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987), 'Billy Elliot' (2000), 'The Color Purple' (1985), 'Matilda' (1996)

'Matilda' is a fun, light-hearted story about an intelligent young girl who develops psychokinetic powers. Poor Matilda suffers bullying at the hands of most of the adults in her life, including her parents and her school principal.

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