Movies Like Zero Day

If you liked Zero Day (2003), a crime and drama movie directed by Ben Coccio, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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   Home Room (2002)

   ★ 6.8/10Also drama

   A high school shooting has repercussions on the town and students.

2. 2

   Blackbird (2012)

   ★ 6.7/10Also drama

   An unlikely friendship with a preppy classmate lands toubled teenager Sean Randall in serious hot water when he's falsely accused of planning a Columbine shooting scenario.

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   Bang Bang You're Dead (2003)

   ★ 7.1/10Also drama

   A troubled and bullied high school student fights against judgement from his community after threatening to bomb the football team.

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   Before I Fall (2017)

   ★ 7/10Also drama

   Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her…

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   To Save a Life (2009)

   ★ 6.3/10Also drama

   Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he's the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend of his commits suicide. Jake wonders what he could've done to…

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   The Bygone (2019)

   ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

   When a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota girl from a nearby reservation, her mysterious disappearance sparks a search that uncovers a harrowing past and hints at a dire future.

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   Before and After (1996)

   ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

   Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

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   Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)

   ★ 7.3/10Also drama

   Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

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   Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

   ★ 6.2/10Also drama

   Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.

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    Over the Edge (1979)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.

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    The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and crime

    High-school students start a vigilante group in their neighbourhood but, as their power increases, they become more abusive and dangerous.

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    The Children's Hour (1961)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.

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    Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

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    Paranoid Park (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and crime

    A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".

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    To the Stars (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Under small-town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer’s daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.

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    The Outsiders (1983)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival…

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    The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.

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    Prayers for Bobby (2009)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama

    Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much…

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    The Confession (2011)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    A unique story of redemption and an exploration of good and evil featuring a hit man and a priest.

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    Out of My Mind (2024)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair, she is not given the same opportunities as her classmates. When a young educator…