Both have main similar topic about the extreme painful school bullying that anyone watching will feel that the bullyers are so violent and should be punished for what they did for the poor and powerless victims.

The heroines female leads are teachers and will carry the show with their amazing planings against who bullied the female lead in school days (the glory) /avenging for the bullied students (brave citizen).

The female leads will achieve "the glory" in both shows and will attain the justice after a dreadful journey of retaliation.
Recommended by saja
A down on her luck female is challenged to fight a male who’s a menace to those closest to her.

- both women come from lower-class
- both women made a lot of sacrifices for those they love
- both women have shaky relationships with their parents
- both women challenge gender norms
- both endings have a similar energy
Recommended by yannie_alienates
The Dude in Me and Brave Citizen are both about high school, bullying and fighting. I found these films to be fun and fast-paced, albeit not particularly deep, and liked both endings. As a fan of the martial arts genre, I liked the fight choreo in both.

Some more minor similarities between the two films are the hidden identity elements—there is a body swap in The Dude in Me and a disguised vigilante in Brave Citizen—and some slightly disturbing relationship dynamics—in The Dude in Me, a girl unknowingly asks out her father, who is possessing another person's body, and her father tries to romance the girl's mother, who is his first love, while in the body of a student, whereas in Brave Citizen, a school bully sexually harasses his teacher—but nothing weird actually happens, so don't let this stop you from watching.

The Dude in Me juggles more subplots/narrative threads and themes than Brave Citizen, which is more straightforward. The Dude in Me is about two different people, their separate lives and most important relationships, and the challenges they face, so it spends less time in high school. Brave Citizen, on the other hand, is about the protagonist's quest to take down a school bully, so it's really all about the dysfunctional social environment in one particular school.

I thought The Dude in Me was a slightly better film than Brave Citizen because the story was more complex and emotionally impactful, but as I said, they're both pretty fun.
Recommended by L13
An adult is inspired to fight a rich and pompous school boy who gets away with assaulting others. The ending is similar.
Recommended by yannie_alienates
The Japanese version has the same premise as the Korean version (the Korean version is adapted from this movie).

Similar themes and devices:

Adult is inspired to fight a rich schoolboy who is a menace to those around him. A big event is thrown to showcase the fight.
Recommended by yannie_alienates
Main adult female character is tough and can fight, and befriends a high schooler. This movie is a lot more on the lighter side, but the the main character has a similar vibe to the MC in Brave Citizen.
Recommended by yannie_alienates
Both feature horrific bullying with action/fighting-style revenge.

If you like the straight impact style version of getting revenge then this if for you.
Recommended by yukidawatcher
Both have high school settings.
Both have bullying that is solved in a kick as way.
Both have strong father daughter relationship.
Both have a female lead who is the baddest kick ass girl you have ever seen.
Recommended by Queen Love
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