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10 Best Movies Like Detention

If you loved Detention, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Rage

Rage

2014★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detention for fans of Action & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When the Russian mob kidnaps the daughter of a reformed criminal, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice....

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Direct Action

Direct Action

2004★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detention for fans of Action & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the L...

#3
High Strung

High Strung

1992★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detention for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Thane Furrows, an extremely cynical but unintentionally hilarious children's book writer, wakes up one morning, and, since pretty much everyone and everything annoys him, begins an...

#4
Creed

Creed

2015★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detention for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed....

#5
Avatar

Avatar

2009★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detention for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization....

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Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detention for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....