#27. The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
April 4, 2021
– Director: Penelope Spheeris
– Stacker score: 90.9
– Metascore: 93
– IMDb user rating: 7.6
– Runtime: 100 minutes
“The Decline of Western Civilization” looks at the punk rock scene in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. While the film received rave reviews, not everyone was a fan: The chief of police in Los Angeles wrote a letter after the film’s release demanding it not be shown again in the city.