Punk Movies

[IanIcon Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close IanIcon]

No secret I love punk rock...who else is a fan of good punk movies and punksploitation garbage?

Suburbia
Repo Man
Class of 1984/99
Smithereens
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Made in England
This is England
Rodrigo D: No Futuro
Intrepidos Punks / La Venganza de Los Punks
Dead End Drive In
Car Cemetery
Nadie Es Inocente
Decline of Western Civilization

etc. etc.

[Mike DiRoma Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mike DiRoma]

Dave Markey's movies: SLOG the movie, the LOVEDOLLS films. I still have the old vhs tapes, which I guess are rare.
SIR DRONE, EMERALD CITIES, THEY EAT SCUM, Another State of Mind, GREAT ROCK N ROLL SWINDLE, JUBILEE, The PUNK ROCK MOVIE, DOA-A rite of Passage, JUBILEE.
Goofy movies w/ "punk" characters: VENUS FLY TRAP (SOV version of HOUSE BY THE EDGE OF THE PARK), GROTESQUE (Linda Blair).

Couple decades ago I tried to do a "Punksploitation" rundown for my old zine CINELUST. Only got as far as A-D, then went broke. Since this was pre-internet, I didn't even know about some of these movies.

[Randy G Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Randy G]

Would Jarman's bizarre Jubilee count?

My first introduction to punk rock was through Repo Man and Valley Girl (the soundtrack to that is new wave but Nicolas Cage and his buddy are punks).

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

I always think TROMA movies encapsulate that whole pubk ethic and approach to making movies...at least their earlier stuff did....

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

Love it, but no titles to add...some great ones in here.

[Bogart Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bogart]

How about PUNK VACATION which VS released?
Other than that its kind of a hard genre to classify.
There are some modern films about that era or immediately after..CONTROL (Joy Division biopic) and 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (detailing UK music scene immediately after punk up until the late 80's, at least in Manchester)
Also lots of films have the punk spirit even if not necessarily directly about Punk.
Also if we are to include any cast member with a coloured Mohican for example it would throw it wide open..^_^

Also how about SID & NANCY..

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

It definitely expands into the hooligan genre as well....The Firm, Green Street, Football Factory....

[paul h. woly boly Find all posts View Profile Close paul h.]

Mad Max and The Road Warrior, at least in spirit. Urg! A Music War (sometimes).

[Mark C. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark C.]

I own a lot, Ill have to post pics of what I have.

[Keeth Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Keeth]

I'd love to see a bd release of "Suburbia".

There's the one part of the film "Nightmare" with Emilio Estevez who plays a punk rocker, I think? Seems like he listens to punk rock while playing the game.

TCM ran the "Decline of Western Civilization" films last month. I hadn't seen the original in a very long time and didn't know a third film existed. Other than the guy from The Mau Mau's, it wasn't very memorable.

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

The third one has its fans, but I dont much like it.

[Randy G Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Randy G]

Ditto. There are a number of 80s Mexican films that seem to borrow from Mad Max and Class of 1984, one of the best is Intrepidos Punks.

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

Return of the Living Dead has punks in it.....

What We Do Is Secret

Punk's Not Dead (2007) is supposed to be good doc on the underground punk scene...not seen it meself though..

[Randy G Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Randy G]

^ Any doc with that as the title isn't too promising, imo. I think the day punk died is when the first kid said 'Punk's not dead.'

[John W. Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close John W.]

Punk's not dead.

Rude Boy is another title for the list.