Movies Like My School: The Permanent Detention

If you liked My School: The Permanent Detention, a movie directed by Lafe Travis Fredbjornson, 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.

1
Lean On Me (1989)
★ 7.3/10
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels…
2
Blitz (2011)
★ 6.2/10
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
3
Cry_Wolf (2005)
★ 5.8/10
After a local woman is murdered, a group of teenage liars create a warning e-mail of a serial killer named “The Wolf”, coming on the next full moon. The teens describe each death method The Wolf uses, but when the…
4
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
★ 6/10
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed…
5
The Desperate Hour (2022)
★ 6/10
A woman desperately races to save her child after police place her hometown on lockdown due to an active shooter incident.
6
Like Minds (2006)
★ 6.4/10
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
7
Scream (1996)
★ 7.4/10
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
8
Nightbreed (1990)
★ 6.4/10
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
9
The Pelican Brief (1993)
★ 6.6/10
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
10
Urban Legend (1998)
★ 6.1/10
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
11
It (2017)
★ 7.2/10
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
12
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
★ 6.1/10
Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.
13
The Calling (2014)
★ 5.9/10
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a…
14
Ma (2019)
★ 5.8/10
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting…
15
I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
★ 6.3/10
In a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer while keeping his own inner demons at bay.
16
Promising Young Woman (2020)
★ 7.4/10
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
17
My Friend Dahmer (2017)
★ 6.5/10
Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
18
Class of 1984 (1982)
★ 6.4/10
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and…
19
Split (2017)
★ 7.3/10
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls…
20
Disturbing Behavior (1998)
★ 5.9/10
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic…