The Killing of America (Japanese: アメリカン・バイオレンス, Hepburn: Amerikan baiorensu, "American violence") is a 1981 Japanese–American documentary and mondo film directed by Sheldon Renan and Leonard Schrader.

The last part of the film goes over the murder of John Lennon and ends with footage from a Central Park vigil for the slain musician.

[3] The film received a wide release in Japan, where financial backers reportedly pressured Renan to add footage of peace vigils for John Lennon as a way to make the documentary less depressing.

[3] Years later the documentary would receive a 2013 North American release at Fantasia Festival in Canada.

Allmovie gave the film 2 1/2 stars out of 5, remarking that "Rather than an in-depth study of the reasons for and effects of the rising murder rate in the U.S., the director has chosen to emphasize the violence and the need for gun control to help lower the appalling amount of mayhem that distinguishes the U.S. from its European counterparts.