Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- tense
- bitter
- paranoid
- late night horror viewing
- teen thriller marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Lucas exploits grades and school hierarchies to pressure a straight-edged teacher and manipulate those around him.
The honors student’s fixation on receiving an A drives blackmail, intimidation, and violent escalation.
The high school classroom and grading relationship become instruments of psychological control rather than education.
The teacher is drawn into increasingly dangerous trouble as the student becomes willing to do anything for academic success.
Films like Dismissed, and why
Unfriended
school-set psychological thriller centered on escalating manipulation and menace
The Roommate
teen-centered suspense driven by narcissism, coercion, and cold-blooded violence
Disturbing Behavior
dark high-school thriller featuring an intelligent antagonist and escalating danger
Movie Details
- Director
- Benjamin Arfmann
- Release Date
- 2017-10-08
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (278)
Cast
- Dylan Sprouse
- Kent Osborne
- Rae Gray
- Randall Park
- Brooke Dillman
- Matthew J. Evans
- Mark Kelly
- Mitchell Edwards
- Victoria Zeutzius
- Robert Longstreet
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Dismissed about?
- A principled high-school teacher is pushed into a nightmare when an honors student turns academic ambition into blackmail, manipulation, and murder.
- What is Dismissed like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Dismissed as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Dismissed violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Dismissed as brutal.
- Which films are like Dismissed?
- Films with a similar feel include Unfriended, The Roommate, and Disturbing Behavior.
- How long is Dismissed?
- Dismissed runs 87 minutes.
- Where can I watch Dismissed?
- In United States, Dismissed streams on fuboTV.
