Movies and TvShows featuring "truancy" theme.

In A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016), a young man named Shoya Ishida tries to make amends for his past actions of bullying a deaf classmate, Shoko Nishimiya. As he grows older, he begins to understand the consequences of his actions and sets out on a journey of redemption and forgiveness.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is about a popular high school student who decides to take a day off from school and goes to extreme lengths to make it happen. He convinces his girlfriend and best friend to spend the day in Chicago, visiting various landmarks and having fun. However, his sister and the school principal are determined to catch him in his lie. The day involves a stolen Ferrari, a parade, and a near run-in with his family. In the end, Ferris outwits his pursuers and imparts some wisdom about enjoying life.

A 15-year-old student skips class and spends his days in a beautiful garden, where he meets a woman in her 20s. They bond over their love for rainy weather and begin to share their dreams and fears with each other. As their relationship deepens, they both learn valuable lessons about love, loss, and personal growth.

Seemingly in constant trouble at school, 14-year-old Antoine Doinel returns to an unhappy home life. With little money and a turbulent family dynamic, he spirals into a life of lies and theft. However, when he faces the consequences of his actions and is sent to a juvenile detention facility, he finds himself trapped in a cycle of trouble and escape.

After a child's curse transforms her into her 13-year-old self, a ruthless businesswoman must learn valuable life lessons as she navigates her way through middle school.

Jerry is a strange and solitary boy who lives with his young neglectful mother in a run down apartment. He spends his weekends hidden away in his bedroom making model figurines and watching TV alone. While investigating a damp stain on his bedroom wall, Jerry peels off some wallpaper, revealing a seductive alien orifice growing behind the plaster. After spending an ever increasing amount of time in his bedroom exploring and inspecting the alien creature, Jerry embarks on his first sexual experience. After numerous encounters between Jerry and the creature, it becomes pregnant. Filled with panic and guilt, Jerry attempts to abort the alien creature, leading to a horrific outcome which neither himself nor his mother will ever forget.

Twin sisters Jane and Roxy Ryan have opposite personalities but are forced to work together when they get involved in a series of misadventures during a day in New York City. They must retrieve Jane's speech for a scholarship competition while being chased by a truant officer and a shady music producer.

Rumble Fish is a crime drama movie that follows Rusty James, a troubled teenager involved in a street gang. As he navigates through life in a tough neighborhood, he grapples with the complexities of family, brotherhood, and his own identity. The movie explores themes of love, loss, and the search for meaning in a violent and chaotic world.

When a young boy discovers a magic boom box, he accidentally releases a genie named Kazaam. Now, Kazaam must help the boy navigate through his troubled life and fulfill his deepest wishes.

Heaven Help Us is a comedy-drama film set in the 1960s, depicting life in a Catholic boys' school in Boston, Massachusetts. The story follows a group of young students as they navigate the strict discipline, pranks, and secret desires of their teenage years. From secret confessions in the confessional booth to rebellious acts of disobedience, the boys learn about friendship, love, and the challenges of adolescence under the watchful eyes of their teachers.

In 'The Fan,' a teenage girl develops an unhealthy obsession with a pop star, leading her down a dark path of psychopathic behavior. She becomes determined to make the pop star love her, resorting to violence and manipulation. As her obsession grows, she becomes increasingly dangerous and unpredictable, causing fear and chaos in the lives of those around her.

A young, inexperienced teacher starts her job at an inner-city high school in New York City. She faces difficulties with her students, an incompetent principal, and the struggles of the school system. Through determination and perseverance, she strives to make a difference in the lives of her students and improve the education system.

Gas Food Lodging is a coming-of-age drama about a teenage girl named Shade whose life revolves around working at a diner, taking care of her teenage daughter, and dealing with the challenges of being a single mother. When Shade's sister arrives in town, she brings with her a series of events that force Shade to confront her past and make difficult decisions about her future.

Senior Skip Day is a sex-comedy film about a group of senior high school students who decide to skip class for a day of wild partying and debauchery. They throw a house party, engage in sexual fantasies, and get into various misadventures while evading the principal and other authority figures.

Krantiveer tells the story of a man who fights against religious intolerance, corruption, and organized crime to bring about justice in society. With the help of a new TV show and his righteous rage, he challenges the powerful criminals and seeks to protect the innocent.

Let Me Fall (2018) tells the powerful and tragic story of a young woman named Magnea, who becomes entangled in a world of drugs, addiction, and despair. Through a nonlinear timeline, the movie explores Magnea's relationship with her mother, her experiences in a rehab center, and her destructive friendship with Stella. As Magnea's life spirals out of control, she must confront the trauma of her past and find the strength to reclaim her life.

The Traveler follows the life of a young boy living in a bustling city. He navigates through the challenges of poverty, bullying, and family issues while finding solace in soccer. As he grows up, he realizes that success is not just measured by money but by the relationships he builds along the way.

Violent Playground follows the lives of juvenile delinquents in a troubled neighborhood in Liverpool. When a young girl is tragically killed in a hit-and-run incident, a determined police sergeant takes on the dangerous task of bringing the perpetrators to justice. As tensions rise and secrets are revealed, the lives of the characters become more intertwined, leading to a shocking conclusion.

The story “Alice in Wonderland” is used as a metaphor about the dangers of accidental drug use among children. Curious Alice's trip to Wonderland is not through the rabbit hole, but rather through her home, where the medicine and kitchen cabinets hold substances of lure but danger. After ingesting one of these substances, Alice, now in the Wonderland of her mind, has an altered sense of reality. In her new psychedelic world, she is exposed to more and more drugs, which she may take based on her impaired judgment from the initial drug use.

Everything in high school is like the world ending and Sadie Mitchell's crippling fear of the coming apocalypse is the heightened version of that.