Top 10 Dealing with Bullies Movie Scenes

Enough is enough and it’s time to kick some meanies’ asses. Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 dealing with bullies movie scenes.

For this list, we’re looking at the best and most memorable movie moments in which a bully gets his or her comeuppance. We will be discussing important scenes in the films in question, so here’s your SPOILER ALERT.

If you put yourself in the shoes of someone who is about to be chased down and violently beaten with a paddle, then we totally understand if you get the impulse to run. But when the man wielding the paddle is Fred O’Bannion, you might be well advised to take your lumps, because if you defy him there is little chance he will let it go. But these guys don’t: crafting a scheme of their own, a group of his intended prey pours paint all over him and runs off into the night, leaving Fred embarrassed and very angry. It’s truly epic to watch him drive over a curb and realize his car seat must be covered in paint!

If you haven’t had the pleasure of watching Mean Girls, you’re missing out. Written by Tina Fey, it’s a great film that leaves you loving its characters, even the outright awful Regina George. When all of the young women in this teen comedy make peace, she is the only one who can’t [or won’t] take part. This makes the audience pity her for the briefest of moments. Despite her humanity, though, Regina is not at all kind and deserves to be the odd woman out. Being hit by a bus may be a cruel punishment, but it’s also hilarious.

When Harry and Lloyd set out on the road to return a briefcase, they don’t have survival instincts or intelligence to rely on. But when they encounter a man only known as Sea Bass, who makes them feel small and spits in their food, the unlikely happens. Hit with what we can only assume is divine inspiration, they actually outmaneuver their adversary and trick him into unknowingly taking on their tab. It’s hysterical and surprising, although things do get awkward when Lloyd runs into Sea Bass later.

Have you ever met someone who desperately wants you to know how smart they are? We have, which is why it’s so great to watch one of these pretentious pricks be absolutely schooled. A ponytail-sporting douchebag desiring to make strangers look inferior in order to impress ladies and bystanders, this blond bar patron proves that knowledge flaunted is knowledge wasted. Enter Will Hunting, a genius who really is the smartest guy in the room. Proving that the mind is more powerful than a pair of fists, Will swiftly puts the jerk his place.

When we are introduced to Flash Thompson in the first Spider-Man film, he seemed like the type of guy who would make life difficult for many fellow students. Peter Parker, on the other hand, seemed like the type of guy that the strong-willed could walk all over with ease. There is a hint of an inner fortitude in puny Peter, however. With the bite of a radioactive spider, the power balance is reversed. Though Peter may not have been entirely comfortable with the unfamiliar outcome, we sure were.

Buddy Revell is the type of person that makes you want to cross the street instead of having to walk by him. When Jerry, a fellow student, is assigned by the school paper to question him, he arouses Buddy’s ire and wins a date with his fists. Jerry’s destruction is seemingly set for the end of the school day. After choosing to pay him off, Jerry receives a sincere and severe insult that inspires him to not only stand up for himself, but also challenge the beast to a fight. Aided by brass knuckles, Jerry knocks his massive adversary out and wins the day.

Carrie White is an innocent soul who has spent her life under the thumb of everyone around her, whether it’s the supposed cool kids or her possessive mother. Beset by her maturing body and dastardly peers, she is set up to feel accepted—until the moment it is all pulled away from her. Fueled by telekinetic powers and an anger that only a lifetime of abuse can foster, she then unleashes hell upon prom and particularly those who trespassed against her.

A Christmas Story does a delightful job at capturing the wonder and whimsy of childhood. It also isn’t afraid to address the darker, colder moments of youth either, though. Ralphie is one of the most beloved characters in film history, so the neighborhood bullies that frighten him and his friends make us both uncomfortable and angry. When our little man loses his cool and mercilessly pounds Scut all the while spouting profanity, the relief we feel is incredibly powerful.

Kiefer Sutherland may have gone on to play one of the greatest TV heroes of all time in 24, but he plays a very different sort of character here. Looking like evil incarnate, Ace Merrill would be terrifying even to grown men, yet he spends his time contending with a foursome of young friends. Young Gordie, played by nerd icon Wil Wheaton, is the farthest thing from fearsome, which is why it is so satisfying when he pulls a gun and stands up for himself and his friends in this scene from the coming of age drama.

Before we stand up to our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.

• Cocktail Casualty, Heathers (1988)
• Damn Draco, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
• Pube Pizza, She’s All That (1999)

The villain of Back to the Future, Biff Tannen seems like a typical bully that comes from a long line of bullies. Spending his days threatening others with violence and extorting schoolwork, the only thing that makes him stand out is how entertaining he is at first sight. Then we watch Biff interact with Lorraine Baines and recognize that he will stop at nothing, including sexual assault, to get what he wants. In the other corner, there is the weak and scared George McFly that couldn’t hurt, well… a fly. In the end, however, Marty’s father turns it all around and knocks Biff out in a single blow. For us, there is nothing better.

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