
10 Best Movies Like Class of 1984
If you loved Class of 1984, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Substitute 2: School's Out
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Class of 1984 for fans of Action & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercen...

The Principal
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Class of 1984 for fans of Action & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - wh...

Death Wish 3
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Class of 1984 for fans of Action & Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neigh...

The United States of Leland
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Class of 1984 for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community str...

The Substitute
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Class of 1984 for fans of Action & Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute...

The Rookie
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Class of 1984 for fans of Action & Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But th...