Best "skinhead" Movies of All Time

36 movies found (page 1/2):

American History X(1998)

| 1h 59min | Drama

4.2/5 (with 5,140 votes)

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

Directed by Tony Kaye - With Fairuza Balk, Stacy Keach, Elliott Gould, Avery Brooks, Beverly D'Angelo, Edward Norton, ...

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The Believer(2001)

1h 38min | Drama

3.4/5 (with 277 votes)

A hardcore US racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination. However, he's hiding a secret: he's Jewish-born, a brilliant scholar whose questioning of the tenets of his faith has left him angry and confused, turning against those who he thinks have a tragic history of their own making.

Directed by Henry Bean - With Ryan Gosling, Billy Zane, Theresa Russell, Summer Phoenix, Garret Dillahunt, Elizabeth Reaser, ...

The Crimson Rivers(2000)

| 1h 46min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

3.5/5 (with 657 votes)

Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.

Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz - With Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-Pierre Cassel, ...

Romper Stomper(1992)

1h 34min | Action, Drama, Thriller

3.3/5 (with 212 votes)

Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?

Directed by Geoffrey Wright - With Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie, Tony Le-Nguyen, Alex Scott, Daniel Wyllie, ...

Skin(2019)

1h 50min | Drama

3.5/5 (with 153 votes)

A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.

Directed by Guy Nattiv - With Jamie Bell, Mike Colter, Vera Farmiga, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jenna Leigh Green, Ghazi Albuliwi, ...

The Parade(2011)

1h 55min | Comedy, Drama

3.4/5 (with 45 votes)

The Parade, in a tragicomic way, tells the story about ongoing battle between two worlds in contemporary post-war Serbian society - the traditional, oppressive, homophobic majority and a liberal, modern and open-minded minority... The film, which deals with gay rights issues in Serbia, features footage of the 2010 Belgrade gay pride parade. The film introduces a group of gay activists, trying to organize a pride parade in Belgrade.

Directed by Srđan Dragojević - With Nikola Kojo, Goran Jevtić, Hristina Popovic, Dejan Aćimović, Goran Navojec, Mira Stupica, ...

Scorpion in Love(2013)

1h 40min | Romance / Love, Thriller, Drama

3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

Julian (Álex González) and his friend Luis (Miguel Angel Silvestre) are two neighborhood boys who are part of a gang of violent neo-Nazis, led by Solis (Javier Bardem). After start training in a gym, Julian is transformed gradually thanks to the discipline of boxing, the nobility of his coach (Carlos Bardem) and the love of a young latin girl (Judith Diakhate). All of this takes away from the group, but Luis is not ready to accept that leave the "herd".

Directed by Santiago Zannou - With Álex González, Javier Bardem, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Hovik Keuchkerian, Carlos Bardem, Luis Mottola, ...

Made in Britain(1982)

1h 16min | Crime, Drama, TV Movie

3.5/5 (with 51 votes)

After being sent to a detention centre, a teenage skinhead clashes with the social workers who want to conform him to the status quo.

Directed by Alan John Clarke - With Tim Roth, Bill Stewart, Geoffrey Hutchings, Eric Richard, Sean Chapman, Christopher Fulford, ...

Skinning(2010)

1h 37min | Action, Crime, Drama

3.1/5 (with 19 votes)

Novica is a mathematics champion in a Belgrade high school. In an attempt to overcome the ‘geek’ status at school, Novica becomes attracted to the world of skinheads by his school friend Relja. Novica is exposed to violence, hooliganism and racism; embracing the ideology and climbing up the ladder in the gang hierarchy.

Directed by Stevan Filipović - With Bojana Novakovic, Nikola Kojo, Nikola Rakočević, Viktor Savić, Nataša Tapušković, Predrag Ejdus, ...

Meantime(1983)

1h 47min | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

3.4/5 (with 36 votes)

A working-class family in London's East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Only the mother Mavis is working; father Frank and the couple's two sons Colin, a timid, chronically shy individual and Mark, an outspoken, headstrong young man, are on the dole. This situation is contrasted by the presence of Mavis's sister Barbara, and her husband John, whose financial and social loftiness appears to be a comfortable facade over the unspoken soreness of a lackluster marriage.

Directed by Mike Leigh - With Tim Roth, Phil Daniels, Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Pam Ferris, Marion Bailey, ...

Freaky Tales(2024)

1h 46min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In 1987 Oakland, a mysterious force guides The Town’s underdogs in four interconnected tales: teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary henchman gets a shot at redemption, and an NBA All-Star settles the score.

Directed by Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden

This Is England(2006)

1h 41min | Drama, Crime

3.8/5 (with 534 votes)

A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.

Directed by Shane Meadows - With Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Vicky McClure, Andrew Shim, Joe Gilgun, ...

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Diario de un skin(2005)

1h 20min | History

2.9/5 (with 17 votes)

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Directed by Jacobo Rispa - With Tristán Ulloa, Juana Acosta, Pedro Casablanc, Ginés García Millán, Fernando Cayo, Macarena Gómez, ...

Luna Park(1992)

1h 51min | Drama

2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

Andrei is the head of a gang of antisemitic skinheads clinging to the old communist ideals in post-Communist Moscow. When he learns that his long lost father actually is a Jewish bohemian living in Moscow, rather than an Afghanistan war hero, he traces him down in order to kill him. But the intriguing father and his "reactionary" lifstyle soon fascinates Andrei which leads to a clash with his gang.

Directed by Pavel Lungin - With Oleg Borisov, Nonna Mordyukova, Natalya Yegorova

No Skin Off My Ass(1991)

1h 13min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

A lonely hairdresser watches the title sequence of "That Cold Day in the Park" then visits a local park to invite a down-and-out skinhead to his apartment. He draws the silent man a bath and talks to him as he soaks. He locks his guest in a bedroom. Next day, the skinhead leaves through the window and visits his sister, who's making a film called "Sisters of the SLA." He helps with a screen-test. The hairdresser has dreams and fantasies involving the skinhead, the skinhead returns to visit him, and then the filmmaker pays a call on the two men, exposing her brother as faking his silence and pretending a lack of sexual interest. Fantasies can come true.

Directed by Bruce LaBruce - With Bruce LaBruce

Leroy(2007)

1h 29min | Comedy, Drama

2.7/5 (with 7 votes)

A gently humorous look at otherness and xenophobia in modern day German with this tale of a black Berlin teen named Leroy who rediscovers his roots after falling for a pretty white girl and meeting her racist family.

Directed by Armin Völckers - With Alain Morel

La cravate(2020)

1h 37min | Documentary

3.6/5 (with 18 votes)

Bastien is twenty years old and has been an activist for five years in the main extreme right party. When the presidential campaign begins, he's invited by his superior to commit even further. Initiated into the art of decking himself out like a politician, he starts to dream of a career, but old demons surge forth...

Directed by Mathias Théry, Etienne Chaillou

The Baldheaded Gang(1963)

1h 14min | Drama, Crime

2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

August 1961. The former Foreign Legionnaire, King, has collected a gang of hooligans, with whom he creates mischief in the GDR. After some careless work on a construction site, an event during which two people lose their lives, they move to a campsite on the Baltic Sea. With sputtering mopeds, loud radios, and occasional outbursts, the gang makes the vacationers' lives living hell. Unfortunately for them, Lieutenant Czernik discovers the connection between them and the accident at the construction site. To stop them from fleeing to West Berlin, Lieutenant Czernik and the police need to arrest them, one at a time, with King as the last.

Directed by Richard Groschopp - With Ulrich Thein, Erik Siegfried Klein, Thomas Weisgerber, Rolf Römer, Arno Wyzniewski, Jürgen Pörschmann, ...

16 Years of Alcohol(2003)

1h 42min | Crime, Drama

3.1/5 (with 11 votes)

16 Years of Alcohol is a 2003 drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, based on his 1987 novel. The film is Jobson's first directorial effort, following a career as a television presenter on BSkyB and VH-1, and as the vocalist for the 1970s punk rock band The Skids.

Directed by Richard Jobson - With Kevin McKidd, Susan Lynch, Ewen Bremner, Laura Fraser, Allison McKenzie, Russell Anderson, ...

Skinheads(1993)

1h 34min | Drama

2.3/5 (with 9 votes)

Marco, 22 years old, lives in a Roma's suburb. His life goes on without any goal in an anonymous way. His only successful situation is his relationship with Zaira, a Somalian girl. While spending days uselessly, he meets Saverio, AKAS "The Fuhrer", head of a bunch of Nazi skins. He is fascinated by Saverio's world and tries all he can do to enter the fascist group. From that point on his life is deeply involved with the group activity. He tries to hide his relationship with Zaira, but the destiny is waiting for the final count.

Directed by Claudio Fragasso - With Gianmarco Tognazzi, Giulio Base, Flavio Bucci, Franca Bettoia, Francesco Acquaroli

Skinhead Attitude(2003)

1h 30min | Documentary

3.6/5 (with 7 votes)

Outlines the history of 40 years of the skinhead subculture, beginning with the most recent versions of the culture.

Directed by Daniel Schweizer

Oi! Warning(1999)

1h 30min | Drama

3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

A young man gets caught up in a conflict between his friends, a skinhead and a gay anarchist.

Directed by Benjamin Reding, Dominik Reding - With Sascha Backhaus

Speak Up! It's So Dark(1993)

1h 23min | Drama

2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

Psychological drama about the meeting between a neo-nazi and a Jewish doctor.

Directed by Suzanne Osten - With Simon Norrthon, Pia Johansson

Skin(1995)

12min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

A racist skinhead falls in love with a black woman.

Directed by Vincent O'Connell - With Ewen Bremner

My Dog Killer(2013)

1h 30min | Drama

2.5/5 (with 4 votes)

Môj pes Killer is a one-day drama portraying eighteen-year-old Marek living near the Slovak-Moravian border with his dad and his racist friends. However, Marek's best true friend is his dog. His life is shaken up when he discovers the secret of his lost mother Marika.

Directed by Mira Fornay

Erasing Hate(2011)

1h 31min | Documentary

3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

In this hour, MSNBC goes inside the world of Bryon Widner, a former skinhead "pit bull", as he undergoes painful treatments to remove the physical representation of the hate he had exhibited to the world for more than half his life. Erasing Hate is produced by Bill Brummel Productions. MSNBC broadcast a forty-four-minute television version of the film in 2011. A feature-length film version, approximately ninety minutes, is available for theatrical, international broadcast, streaming and educational distribution.

With Bryon Widner

The Story of Skinhead(2016)

1h | Documentary, Music, TV Movie

3.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Don Letts examines the history of this notorious subculture in a fascinating documentary, which features interviews with members of different skinhead scenes through the decades. Beginning in the late 1960s, Don fondly recalls a time of multiracial harmony as youngsters bonded over a love of ska, reggae and smart clothes as white working-class kids were attracted to Jamaican culture and adopted its music and fashions. But when far-right politics targeted skinheads in the 1970s and 1980s, an ugly intolerance emerged, and Don reveals how the once-harmonious subgroup has since struggled to shake this stigma.

Skinheads USA: Soldiers of the Race War(1993)

45min | Documentary

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

An examination of a group of skinheads--white, mostly male youths involved in the neo-Nazi, white supremacist hate movement in the U.S.--and the older adults who brought them into, and try to keep them in, the movement in the first place.

Directed by Shari Cookson

Oi for England(1982)

54min | Music, Drama, TV Movie

3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

In the Moss Side, Manchester "race riots" of 1981 a struggling punk band are tempted by a sinister entrepreneur to perform at a major gig in support of British extreme Right political organizations.

Dazlak – Skinhead(1997)

1h 28min | Comedy