
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.

Rage
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....

Direct Action
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...

High Strung
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...

Creed
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....

Avatar
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....

Oppenheimer
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....