Is One Eight Seven scary?

Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is One Eight Seven one of a kind?

No. Less singular than 93% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is One Eight Seven easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is One Eight Seven violent?

Yes. More violent than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does One Eight Seven end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is One Eight Seven sad?

Yes. More sad than 75% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

One Eight Seven

Name: One Eight Seven
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1997
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, Clifton Collins Jr., Tony Plana

When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then?

Directed by Kevin Reynolds

Produced by Icon Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

1997119 min6.7 / 10

A tense, darkly paranoid thriller about institutional failure and a traumatized teacher's descent into vigilantism within a chaotic urban school system.

When a Brooklyn high school student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield, Garfield feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but the same student stabs Trevor soon after. Fifteen months later, a physically and emotionally scarred Trevor relocates to California and takes up substitute teaching. To his dismay, his new school is as full of dangerously undisciplined students as his old one—including four Latin Americans and a European American claiming membership in tagging gang K.O.S. (Kappin' Off Suckers)—driving him over the edge.

Clusters

Mob Double Crosses Revenge Stories Without Happy Endings American City Movies Combat and Battles Professional Occupations

Genres

Drama Thriller

Keywords

High School New York City Teacher Attack Stabbing

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Questions people ask

Is One Eight Seven scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Is One Eight Seven one of a kind? No. Less singular than 93% of films.
Is One Eight Seven easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Is One Eight Seven violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.
Does One Eight Seven end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is One Eight Seven sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.