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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 115 films · Page 4.
Action, Action Comedy, action film, buddy film, drama film, vigilante film
On St. Patrick's Day, a renowned Boston priest is ritually murdered. Father Sibeal arrives in Ireland to inform his nephews the MacManus twins, Connor and Murphy, that someone has copied the style of execution they used eight years earlier…
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Action, action film, crime film, martial arts film, thriller film, vigilante film
In 1983, LAPD IA detective Mason Storm investigates a mob meeting held by a pier. He records a shadowy figure who assures the mob they can rely on his political support. Unaware that he is monitored by corrupt cops, he informs his partner,…
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Action, Drama, action film, thriller film, vigilante film
Three years after her family's death in a plane crash, Stephanie Patrick has become a drug-addicted prostitute in a London brothel. She is approached by journalist Keith Proctor, who believes the plane crash was a terrorist attack that was…
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Action, Crime, Thriller, action film, blaxploitation film, girls with guns, vigilante film
An emergency room nurse named Flower Child Coffin—usually referred to as "Coffy"—seeks revenge against the people responsible for her younger sister Lubelle's heroin addiction and the widespread violence in her city. Under the guise of a p…
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Action, action film, crime film, rape and revenge film, vigilante film
Roughly 3–4 years after the events of the previous film, Paul Kersey has been traveling the country as a vigilante in various cities. He returns to New York City for the first time after having been forced to leave for what he did over ten…
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Action, action film, drama film, dystopian film, exploitation film, horror film, splatter film, thriller film, vigilante film
An unnamed hobo arrives by boxcar in the city of Hope Town, where its graffitied welcome sign reads "Scum Town". The city is ruled over by a ruthless crime lord named "The Drake" and his sadistic sons Ivan and Slick. The Hobo walks the tow…
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Action, Psychodrama, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film, vigilante film
In a prologue, biker drug distributor "Pomona Joe" receives a shipment in San Pedro and contacts South Central-area dealer Monroe "Overdose" Johnson to arrange a transaction. Sean Vetter and Demetrius Hicks, lifelong friends who grew up to…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film, vigilante film
Roughly one year after the events of the previous film, Paul Kersey is back in Los Angeles and is living a quiet life as an architect at his own firm, haunted by nightmares of his past as a vigilante. Erica Sheldon, the teenage daughter of…
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Komödie, comedy film
The inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday in the Outer Hebrides are largely unaffected by wartime rationing until 1943, when the supply of whisky runs out. As a result, gloom descends on the disconsolate islanders. In the m…
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Action, Christmas film, action film, crime film, thriller film, vigilante film
Seven years after Detective Sid Reiner discovered he was the vigilante, Paul Kersey returns to New York City in the witness protection program, having assumed the name Paul Stewart. He is invited by his girlfriend, Olivia Regent, to a fash…
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Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, mystery film, rape and revenge film, vigilante film
Will Gerard is a humble high school English teacher in New Orleans. His wife Laura is a cellist who plays in a local orchestra. After a performance one evening, Laura is beaten and brutally raped by a stranger named Hodge.
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Action, action film, drama film, thriller film, vigilante film
Unemployed Vietnam War veteran Frank Vega gains unexpected fame when he beats up two abusive skinheads on a bus. Nicknamed "Bad Ass," he becomes a celebrity, with his face on T-shirts and graffiti. He is even invited on talk shows and offe…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film
Sadie works as a vigilante, helping women and children escape abusive homes and family members. She struggles with money, asking for whatever the people she helps can give and attempting to redeem a life insurance policy on her still-missi…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Thriller, drama film, dystopian film, fantasy film, neo-noir, science fiction film, vigilante film
In a comic book-like world, Jonathan Preest is the masked vigilante of Meanwhile City, where everyone is legally enforced to adopt a religion. Preest, the only atheist in town, learns that his nemesis, The Individual, has kidnapped a girl.…
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Action, action film, rape and revenge film, thriller film, vigilante film
Tony Vitayakul, a RTP detective in Thailand, subdues a group of human traffickers in pretext of "buying" a Thai girl. Tony collects information about the ship used to transport trafficked girls and its destination, where he learns that Vik…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, vigilante film
Judge Steven Hardin (Michael Douglas) is an idealistic Los Angeles judge who becomes frustrated when the technicalities of the law prevent the prosecution of three criminals. The first is a man who was charged with murdering several elderl…
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Action, Thriller, girls with guns, thriller film, vigilante film
Everly, trapped into sexual slavery and abused and assaulted while being forced to work for the brutal Japanese criminal overlord Taiko, is attacked in her apartment by Taiko's enforcers after he discovers that she has been working with a …
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Action, Dark Comedy, action comedy film, action film, comedy film, crime film, drama film, thriller film, vigilante film
Nils Dickman is a snow plow driver in the fictional town of Tyos, Norway, just elected citizen of the year. His life, however, is shattered by the death of his son Ingvar, found dead by overdose of heroin. The police do not investigate but…
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Action, Crime, Drama, action film, crime film, thriller film
Eddie Marino is a factory worker in New York City and has a wife named Vickie and an eight-year-old son named Scott. Eddie's friend and co-worker Nick and two other co-workers Burke and Ramon have formed a secret vigilante group because Ni…
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Action, Erotic Thriller, LGBTQ-related film, action film, nunsploitation, vigilante film
A young Mexican nun, named Sister Sarah, is neglected and abused by a corrupt priest who produces and distributes heroin. After a bad drug deal, she is handed over to thugs to be used as an instrument as sex for money. On the verge of deat…
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Action, Action Comedy, action film, drama film, thriller film, vigilante film
After the events of the previous film, Vietnam War veteran and Los Angeles resident Frank Vega has opened a community boxing center and coaches young boxers. He shares his building with liquor store owner Bernie Pope, a grumpy old man who …
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Action, action film, vigilante film
After accidentally wounding his partner during a hostage situation, Texas Ranger Jim Dillon moves to the small town of Horse Cave, Kentucky, where he works as an unarmed U.S. Marshal, assisted by one Deputy U.S. Marshal, Matt.
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Drama, Southern Gothic film, Thriller, drama film, vigilante film
Son Hayes wakes up and gets dressed, revealing that he has scars from a shotgun blast on his back. He meets his younger brothers, Boy and Kid, who live in a van and a tent respectively, tells them that his wife Annie has left him over his …
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Komödie, action film, comedy film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In the fictional town of Glenview, Ohio, Evan Trautwig is a passionate volunteer in the community and senior manager of the local Costco. His life is changed when the store's night security guard is murdered. The local police have no leads…
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