Films and TV shows that feel like Bad Reputation by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

A defiant, unapologetic middle finger to everyone who judges you, delivered with a grin and a leather jacket.

1. The Runaways (2010): Joan Jett's own origin story of teenage girls storming the male-dominated 70s rock scene.
2. Freaks and Geeks (1999): The song's outsider spirit lives in its early-80s misfit teens, and Bad Reputation is its theme song.
3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982): Early-80s American high school rebellion with the same loose, cocky energy.
4. Dazed and Confused (1993): A 70s teen rock-and-roll day of defying authority and not caring what people think.
5. Foxes (1980): Same-year gritty portrait of teenage girls living fast in the San Fernando Valley.
6. Times Square (1980): Two punk girls form a band and become rebel heroines, released the same year as the song.
7. The School of Rock (2003): A fun, loud celebration of rock attitude and kids rejecting the rules.
8. Daisy Jones & the Six (2023): A series about a rock band and a defiant frontwoman in the 70s music scene.