Movies and TV shows like The Punisher
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The Punisher (2017)
297K
Original name: Marvel's The Punisher
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.
Style:
disturbing, brutal, suspense, bloody, exciting, tense, harsh, perverse, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, justice, vengeance, one man army, avenger, fight scenes, violence, vigilantism, murder, hacker, gunfight, superhero, brutality, male protagonist, government corruption, blood, multiverse, villain, comic book, gory, badass, death, corruption, cia ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
afghanistan, new york
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Most similar movies to The Punisher
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, neo noir and tense films and TV series with plots about violence, murder, revenge, corruption, vigilante, heroes and vengeance mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Punisher: John Wick (2014), The Equalizer (2014), The Man from Nowhere (2010), Reacher (2022), The Terminal List (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
818K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style:
stylized, exciting, neo noir, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, revenge, one man army, assassin, vigilante, shooting, gunfight, lone hero, tough guy, dog, killer ...
Time:
year 2014, 60s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, north america
Similarity:
98%
461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
Similarity:
93%
179K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, vigilante, lone hero, violence, vigilantism, superhero, one man army, tough guy, mafia, crime fighter, hitman ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, year 2003
Place:
florida, puerto rico, miami, virginia
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
Style:
brutal, bloody, touching, emotional, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, one man army, violent, martial arts, lone hero, kidnapping, gang, rivalry, child in peril, assassin, master warrior, drug lord ...
Time:
year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place:
korea, south korea, east asia, asia, seoul
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
286K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Plot unknown
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
one man army, muscleman, agent, ex military, murder, vigilantism, tough guy, police officer, false accusation of murder, police corruption, false accusation, vigilante ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Navy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military’s command structure, Reece applies the lessons he’s learned from nearly two decades of ...
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, tense, harsh, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
navy seal, conspiracy, memory, death, soldier, government conspiracy, war veteran, vengeance, investigation, tough guy, military, gunfight ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
san francisco, california, san diego california
Similarity:
91%
668K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, action thriller, entertaining, fast ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, date night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
revenge, kidnapping, one man army, vigilantism, chase, secret service, human trafficking, cia, vigilante, violence, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, north america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: ...
Style:
stylized, brutal, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, comic book, vengeance, one man army, tough guy, avenger, revenge, dark hero, vigilantism, brutality, gory, superhero ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
82%
Movie in collections
523K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, saga, neo noir, spectacular ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
superhero, vigilante, secret identity, heroes, blind man, heroic mission, lawyer, hand to hand combat, blood, daredevil, superhuman powers, ninja ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america
Similarity:
77%
251K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM.
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, detective, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
batman, police, corruption, police corruption, police station, super villain, superhero, mafia, friendship, organized crime, police detective, justice ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
80%
86K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
vengeance, violence, revenge, vigilante, vigilantism, murder, violent, brutality, car, storytelling, character study, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
virginia, ethiopia, usa, delaware
Similarity:
100%
144K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ex convict, sheriff, tough heroes, shooting, female nudity, organized crime, cop, gory, hidden identity, law enforcement, hacker, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, harsh, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, violence, revenge, gang, vigilante, justice, vigilantism, gangster, brutality, violent, character change, tragic event ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
bolivia
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.
Style:
suspense, brutal, tense, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
brutality, insomnia, revenge, injustice, life is a bitch, twists and turns, violence, danger, murder, corruption, justice, death ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
833K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
Style:
satirical, tense, entertaining, bloody, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
superhero, dark humor, vengeance, supernatural power, violence, superhuman, corruption, super speed, murder, superheroine, society, superhero team ...
Time:
2020s, future, 2010s
Place:
new york, north america
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle ...
Style:
serious, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, mafia, violence, organized crime, vengeance, anti hero, murder, yakuza, gang war, one man army ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, australia
Similarity:
71%
397
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
An ex soldier comes to visit a military friend and finds trouble right away. It all starts with a rape of a girl by the local thugs in the town. He must use his fighting skills to defeat the thugs.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
violence, obsession, vigilantism, dishonesty, brutality, danger, life philosophy, murder, ex soldier, gang, justice, war veteran ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, ukraine
Similarity:
100%
416K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style:
suspense, tense, brutal, bloody, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, kidnapping, vigilante, vigilantism, child in peril, lone hero, mercenary, cia, justice, violence, bodyguard ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style:
suspense, harsh, emotional, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, vigilante, revenge, drug cartel, justice, vigilantism, drug, lone hero, brutality, hitman, partner, gang ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, los angeles, usa, california, latin america ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, justice, prison, vigilante, revenge, master criminal, lawyer, retribution, fighting the system, twists and turns, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in ...
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, serious, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, mafia, criminal's revenge, vengeance, police investigation, murder, hospital, revenge plot, shooting, violence, organized crime, gangster ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, marseille, provence, europe
Similarity:
100%
45K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Based on the best-selling Bob Lee Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter, Point of Impact, and the 2007 Paramount film ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense, political ...
Plot:
sniper, military, conspiracy, shooter, assassination, soldier, betrayal, police, fbi, wanted, veteran, agent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, usa, ukraine, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Finnish superhero, a masked vigilante Rendel seeks for revenge and fights against VALA, the huge criminal organization.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
masked vigilante, revenge, vigilante, violence, father son relationship, corruption, loss of family, split personality, delusion, psychological trauma, superpower, tourism ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
20K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Young CIA analyst Joe Turner has his idealism tested when he learns that the CIA has been using an algorithm he developed to spy on American citizens, leading the organization to a terrorist plot that threatens the lives of millions. Inspired by ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, erotic, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cia, government conspiracy, spy, analyst, twists and turns, murder, investigation, computer hacker, danger, terrorist, dialogue, fight scenes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Human Target is an American action drama television series that was broadcast by Fox in the United States. Based loosely on the Human Target comic book character created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino for DC Comics, it is the second series based ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, smart, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
expert, team, teamwork, bodyguard, hidden identity, outsmarting, life risking, mercenary, heroes, vigilante, peril, mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, bay area
Similarity:
100%
119K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
Style:
captivating, exciting, action adventure, suspenseful, anime ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, superhero team, friendship, secret identity, supernatural ability, danger, murder, brutality, vengeance, blood, self discovery, multiverse ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
60%
459K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
superhero, heroes, double life, fighting crime, martial arts, archer, archery, rivalry, vigilantism, scheme, young man, millionaire ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, fictional island, chicago
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city. Now it’s up to the grieving, ...
Style:
rough, exciting, brutal, intellectual, detective ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, violence, gang war, crime family, murder, father son relationship, gangster, mercenary, danger, irish mob, mobster ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
london, turkey, ireland, england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jim is an average New Yorker living a peaceful life with a well paying job and a loving family. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes causing Jim to lose everything. Filled with anger and rage, Jim snaps and goes to extreme lengths ...
Style:
serious, exciting, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, wall street, vigilante, corruption, vigilantism, cancer, fighting the system, money, breaking point, depression, nothing to lose, investment banker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A young member of a gang in Belgrade puts his family in danger when he angers a mafia boss.
Style:
tense, exciting, intense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug traffic, strong violent content, haunted by the past, drug smuggling, destiny, danger, gangster, betrayal, fight scenes, twists and turns, revenge, justice ...
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
50%
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