Films and TV shows that feel like King For A Day by Pierce the Veil
A raw, defiant outburst about wanting power over the people who wronged you, bitterness and bravado battling with deep hurt and the need to be heard.
- Heathers (1989): A darkly comic revenge fantasy where wronged outsiders imagine wielding total power over their tormentors.
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012): Released the same year, it captures the ache and catharsis of misfit teens finding release in loud music.
- Thirteen (2003): Raw, spiraling adolescent rage and self-destruction in a messy, emotionally raw suburban world.
- Euphoria (2019): Heightened, melodramatic teen pain, betrayal and self-destruction told with operatic intensity.
- Dope (2015): An outsider punk-loving kid pushes back against a system that dismisses him, with bold defiant energy.
- Mr. Robot (2015): An alienated, wounded protagonist fantasizes about toppling the powerful and burning it all down.
- Carrie (1976): The ultimate bullied-outcast payback story, where humiliation erupts into devastating power.
- We Are the Best! (2013): Young misfits channel frustration into noisy, DIY punk and refuse to be ignored.