It’s Revenge Time: Six great anti-bullying revenge series you can watch on Netflix

“You have to make yourself respected”is the phrase you usually hear in the series on bullying. But harassed and abused people will not be paralyzed by their fears and insecurities. Here, six series that transform victims into vengeful subjects against those who, day after day, discriminated against them.

Who will suffer the consequences? The teachers who looked the other way or they took advantage of their power; the parents who were silent or they relied on their ego; colleagues who – through fault, action or omission – have sided with the perpetrators of the abuse and abusers.

Six great series of revenge against bullyingfrom different regions of the world, unmissable on Netflix: True Beauty, Al Rawabi Girls School, Get Even, The New Girl, The Glory AND 13 Reasons Why.

True Beauty (2020)

A season of 16 episodes – South Korea

“I’m Lim Joo-kyung e I am a goddess. But only until I take off my makeup” says this Korean girl who He was bullied for his imperfect face and learned the art of cosmetics to make her look beautiful.

Thus she became the most popular in school; She lives a love story with the diligent Lee Suho and another with the rebellious Han Seojun. But Lim Joo-kyung blushes uncontrollably: She is terrified that her secret under the makeup will be known.. It remains to be seen how long she can keep up the facade, even with the two guys she likes.

This k-drama is based on a popular webtoon (online comic) by Yaongyi and more It’s all the rage on Netflix for its combined themes: teen bullying, self-acceptance, self-esteem, and romance. Furthermore, it opens a scalpel discussion on the strict beauty standards in South Korea.

Al Rawabi Girls’ School (2021)

One season of six episodes – Jordan

“Who do they think they are giving us orders as if they were mafia?”, say three students from the elite Al Rawabi school in Jordan. And they do the perfect plan of revenge against the molesters and torturers who gave them no respite. But everything could get out of control.

Will the victims become the bullies? Doesn’t the end justify the means? Noaf, the protagonist, will discover one obvious thing: no one is totally bad or good. But she didn’t start the bullying: she who cries last, cries twice.

The series is written and directed by Jordanian producer, director and comedian Tima Shomali together with Shirin Kamal. Between religious customs and Arab ceremonies, This drama, which will debut its second season on February 15, shows how the unity of harassed people can be more powerful than that of four or five bullies. that made them suffer.

Sell ​​also (2020)

One season of ten episodes – Great Britain

“Thirst for revenge”it means Take also and alludes to the secret society of four classmates at Bannerman Independent School. They take justice against abusers, following an action plan which is a moral code: “Don’t get angry (DGM)”. “Do not be angry”.

In this British fiction, revenge will become a good police case when one of the targets appears murdered and with a note in his hand that says “DGM”. Who’s trying to make the four avengers look guilty?

This is a BBC series about revenge for those bullied, revenge for abusers and the response. But Take also manages to explore other themes: sisterhood, friendship, love and identity crisis.

And it was so successful that it spawned a spin off: Vigilante Cheerleaders: A Series on Equality. In her, the cheerleaders will reactivate the anti-bullying club continue to fight against injustice.

The New Girl (2018)

Two seasons – 21 episodes – Thailand

“High school is the best time of your life. Isn’t that true?” Nanno smiles, a young vigilante, on the verge of the macabre, who reveals the hidden face of the abusers. He can detect perversions in his classmates and teachers, and knows how to reveal the great arc of lies, violence and abuse in the classrooms.

“Our education system is rotten”grievance The new girl, a beautiful brushstroke on Thailand. And it stands out for its format, with self-contained episodes with different cases: Nanno goes from school to school to destroy every form of bullyingbullying and school abuse.

Nanno can manipulate whoever he wants, and make them beg for mercy. “A provocative mystery series that parents wouldn’t let their daughters watch,” reads the tagline The new girlwhich encourages disobedience: follow Nanno’s example to the end.

The Glory (2022-2023)

A season of 16 episodes – South Korea

Teacher Moon Dong-eun’s arms and legs constantly itch. They are the signs of it burns with an iron left over from the bullying he suffered as a teenager. She had to drop out of school because of some rich bullies. In the end he was able to study, but he never smiles. His goal in life is to take revenge on the sadistic Park Yeon-jin and his four mediocre accomplices.

Now her stalker is married and has a daughter, Ye-sol, who attends the elementary school where Moon Dong-eun teaches. The revenge plan is as detailed and seductive as it is terrifying and extreme. Will there be limits?

The glory He handles his cards slowly, combining melodrama, social commentary and detective mystery around the horror of abuse. And everything will come together a duel between this emotionally damaged woman and a psychopath who uses power to manipulate almost everyone like puppets.

13 Reasons Why (2017-2020)

Four seasons – 49 total episodes – United States

“What are you going to do?” challenges Hannah Baker’s voice in the guilty mind of her friend Clay Jensen. When she opened her locker at Liberty High School, she found some Polaroids with horrific images of bullying, harassment and teenage sexual abuse.

Hannah Baker committed suicide, but not only because of systematic harassment: she was raped by Bryce Walker, the school’s star athlete, and no one did much about it. Everyone will show their moral defeatism (trapped in their own traumas) despite knowing that Hannah left thirteen tapes in which she denounced all the “friends” who contributed to her suicide.

When it was first presented in 2017, This series has been seen as a model against bullying. Today he is taken as a failed, cynical and once again victimizing example. So much that the rapist was acquitted of all charges in season two. To see her is to learn everything that is wrong.