Bad Apples is a 2025 British comedy thriller film directed by Jonatan Etzler in his English-language debut and written by Jess O'Kane, based on Rasmus Andersson's debut novel De Oönskade. It stars Saoirse Ronan, Jacob Anderson, Rakie Ayola, Robert Emms, Sean Gilder, and Kerry Howard.
Maria (Ronan) is a teacher finding her class of ten year-olds disrupted by one unruly pupil.
Pulse Films produced the Jess O'Kane film adaptation of the Swedish-language book by Rasmus Lindgren with Swedish writer/director Jonatan Etzler onboard to make his English-language debut. Saoirse Ronan signed on to lead the cast in October 2023.
Principal photography began on March 19, 2024 in Bristol.
In June 2024, Republic Pictures acquired distribution rights to the film.
Bad Apples premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival 7 September 2025. It is also selected to compete in the Official Competition section of the 2025 BFI London Film Festival for the best film award and have screening on October 9, 2025. The film is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United Kingdom and Ireland on September 4, 2026.
Pete Hammond for Deadline writes that it took him a while to realize that the film was "really a very, very dark comedy."
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 10 critics' reviews are positive. On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film holds a score of 71/100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.