Ruthlessness movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant ruthlessness movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious, disturbing and bleak films and TV shows about / with ruthlessness, betrayal, revenge, violence, murder, corruption, ambition, brutality, moral ambiguity and violent plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Italy, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ruthlessness: Escape (2012), Suspiria (2018), The Furies (2019), Riphagen (2016), Drug Lords: The Takedown (2023), Sengalam (2023), Genghis Khan (1998), Macbeth (1997), Agent (2019), Portrait of a Mobster (1961).
Best films
List of ruthlessness movies
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Ten years after the Black Death devastated the country, a poor family sets out on a journey to search for better living conditions. In a deserted mountain pass, they are attacked by a gang of ruthless killer thieves. The only one spared is 19 year ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, bandit, captive, wilderness, viking, escape, orphan, friendship between girls, sword and shield, ruthlessness, revenge, on the run ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place:
europe
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104K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A young ballet dancer travels to a prestigious dance academy in Europe, only to discover it is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of increasingly grisly murders.
Style:
suspense, psychological horror, dark, sinister, avant garde ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
ritual sacrifice, dead woman, curse, witchcraft, secret, paranormal phenomena, mysterious event, corporal punishment, occult, good versus evil, spiritualism, witch ...
Time:
year 1977, year 1948, 70s, year 1943, post world war two
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, italy, ohio, east berlin
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A gripping female-driven horror film where a young woman faces her darkest fears with seven other unwilling participants in a deadly game. A game that can only have one winner. The film burrows into universal themes of survival, revenge and ...
Style:
bloody, slasher, brutal, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
mutilation, teenager, brutality, medieval, hardcore, manhunt, masked killer, violence, woman in jeopardy, ruthlessness, kidnapped, fear ...
Place:
oceania
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The true story about the biggest warcriminal from Holland during world war II, Andries "Al Capone" Riphagen.
Style:
period piece, realistic, emotional, serious
Plot:
nazi, nazi war criminal, holocaust, biopic, genocide, kickass, military, shoah, nazi officer, betrayal, violence, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
holland, amsterdam
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Cocaine kingpin Otoniel is the drug lord who scares all other drug lords.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, crime drama, educational
Plot:
drug lord, drug traffic, organized crime, illegal drugs, law enforcement, cartel, cocaine, true crime, drug cartel, war on drugs, drug trade, fighting crime ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
colombia, latin america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 38 min.
TV show
Story:
To take revenge, Rayar and his two brothers are on a ruthless killing spree. At the same time, a family ruling Virudhunagar corporation for 40 years is facing turmoil and their throne is being challenged.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, tension ...
Plot:
revenge, family feud, power struggle, murder, fight, family problems, vengeance, avenge, murderer, life is a bitch, problem, battles ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During the 12th Century a boy is born to a tribal chief. He is named Temujin, which means "blacksmith." Nine years later, his father is murdered by the Tartars After a long struggle, just when Temujin reclaims tribal chief status, the ...
Style:
epic, historical drama, period piece, brutal, grim ...
Plot:
mongol empire, medieval, genghis khan, conquering, rise to power, ambition, revenge, biopic, legacy, ruthlessness, leadership, battlefield ...
Time:
12th century, middle ages
Place:
mongolia
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263
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In eleventh century Scotland, three witches foretell that Macbeth will become King, while Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth accordingly has King Duncan slain, and is duly crowned in his place. But that's where his problems really begin...
Style:
dark, bleak, sinister, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
shakespeare, macbeth, regicide, prophecy, witch, ambition, adaptation, witchcraft, supernatural, tragedy, power struggle, tragic hero ...
Time:
middle ages, 11th century
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
TV show
Story:
'The business end' of soccer as seen through the eyes of a fierce, mercurial football agent, wrestling with a fatal secret he buried six years ago, on the brink of breaking big or losing everything.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, exciting, serious, intense ...
Plot:
soccer, agent, sports agent, love, dancing, flashback, football, professional sports, ex athlete, ex football player, secret past, past life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
africa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A vicious hood rises to the top of the rackets in Depression-era New York in this account of the life of Dutch Schultz.
Style:
tension, suspense
Plot:
mobster, gangster, corruption, betrayal, prohibition, ambition, violence, biopic, underworld, ruthlessness, extortion, criminal underworld ...
Time:
1920s, year 1961, 1930s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
A failed businessman, finally, tastes success in real estate. This turns into an obsession and now he would go to any extent to do business and not fail.An anonymous person threatens him to stop his successful business.
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspense, intense, dark ...
Plot:
real estate, greed, businessman, obsession, ambition, threat, moral ambiguity, blackmail, corporate world, ruthlessness, power struggle, corruption ...
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Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Nene Raju Nene Mantri is the story of Radha Jogendra and the love of his life, Radha. His whole world revolves around her and he can go to any lengths to make her happy. But what happens when such profound love takes the shape of cavernous ambition?
Style:
tense, suspense, political, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
power struggle, ambition, corrupt politician, rise to power, politics, political intrigue, political campaign, minister, fight for supremacy, power, politician, male female relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This film is set in the time of the Russian Civil War, after the October revolution of 1917. The communist forces are losing a battle over town. They must blow up the strategic bridge, but the explosion is prevented by one anticommunist man, who is ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, bleak, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
russian civil war, moral dilemma, tragic love, tragedy, red army, female protagonist, betrayal, sabotage, ruthlessness, resistance, sacrifice, courage ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An outlaw kills a marshal and steals his identity; a Pinkerton pursues him across the open country. He must be ruthless to survive.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
marshal, manhunt, bounty hunter, outlaw, old west, murder, pursuit, criminal, murderer, burglar, stolen identity, personality change ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 19th century, when the southern lands of Italy are bandit territory, Filomena escapes her wealthy but sad life to lead a risky treasure hunt.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, thrilling, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
battles, bandit, treasure, changing lives, organized crime, female protagonist, lifestyle change, gang war, highwayman, criminal, gang warfare, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
southern italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A look at the life of real estate king/media mogul/reality TV star, Donald Trump.
Style:
captivating, semi autobiographical, disturbing, controversial
Plot:
wealth, politics, biopic, rise and fall, donald trump, real estate, mogul, politician, rich man, businessman, lifestyle, political leader ...
Place:
new york, america, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The family of Wong Yuk-Ting, the chairman of a five-star hotel chain, has always assumed that the business would be passed down to the younger generation. But when Yuk-Ting suddenly dies and the business is strangely handed to an outsider named Ko ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot:
revenge, hotel owner, family business, family drama, family relations, relationships, hotel manager, brother brother relationship, relationship problems, business, intrigue, family problems ...
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An unassuming young lawyer leads a fight against the Nazis near the end of the Second World War.
Style:
bleak, tension, suspense, period drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi, european, occupation, courage, determination, heroism, sacrifice, loss, resistance, ethical dilemma, ruthlessness ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Each season of this anthology series explores a story that rocked the business world to its core and changed culture. The first season tells the story of Uber, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful and most destructive unicorns.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, intense, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
taxi, entrepreneurship, businessman, silicon valley, scandal, sex scandal, ambition, moral ambiguity, power struggle, arrogance, greed, rise and fall ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A team of Special Ops elite soldiers, led by Captain Gus, formed a strong allegiance in battle. Gus is forced to bring the team back into action including a persuasive ex-priest Andreas "Doc" Clemens and fighter Benjamin Scholz when their ...
Style:
serious, intense, exciting, brutal, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, kidnapping, child abduction, game, military, reunited friends, buddy, ex special forces, father daughter reunion, haunted by the past, blackmail, kidnapped girl ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
XIII century. Prince Daniel of Galicia returned from the Horde, where he graciously have allowed to rule in Galicia in exchange for recognition his submission to Khan. But he can not accept the humiliation. He begins to prepare for war with the ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot:
invasion, political leader, knight, medieval, military, heroes, historical character, power, brutality, storytelling, society, leadership ...
Time:
middle ages, 13th century
Place:
poland, lithuania, hungary
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Qin Empire is a 2009 Chinese television series based on Sun Haohui's novel of the same Chinese title. The 51 episodes long series chronicles the rise of the Qin state in the Warring States period during the reign of Duke Xiao of Qin. It was ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, captivating, serious, costume drama ...
Plot:
power struggle, czar, qing dynasty, fight, showdown, fight for supremacy, historical event, political intrigue, chivalry, political conspiracy, emperor, political unrest ...
Place:
ancient china, thailand
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. ...
Style:
serious, cerebral, epic, visually stunning, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
oil, character study, greed, money, capitalism, rise to the top, ambition, rivalry, father son relationship, abusive father, impostor, mission ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, turn of the century, middle ages, 19th century ...
Place:
california, texas, pacific ocean, los angeles, america ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young woman, muted after a sexual assault as a child, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who have wronged her after being kidnapped and forced to work as a prostitute.
Style:
grindhouse, disturbing, sexual, controversial, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, exploitation, rape and revenge, sex scene, vigilante, sexual assault, rape, sexual abuse, anal rape, retribution, female vigilante, one woman army ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, switzerland
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A gang of hot headed brutes lead by Tony Stone and sexual sadist John Lynch execute a robbery with some inside help. A bloody shoot-out with the LAPD ensues and the criminals are apprehended. After a brief stint in the slammer, the gang escapes a ...
Style:
retro
Plot:
rape victim, violence, home invasion, female pubic hair, nudity, woman in jeopardy, ruthlessness, public nudity, nude, voyeur, cruelty, robbery ...
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl.
Style:
political thriller, suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, politics, american football, cheerleader, terrorist attack, revenge, spy, betrayal, secret service, conspiracy, violence ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place:
miami, florida, usa, los angeles, mojave desert ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress and Bruno the gangster sent after him by the syndicate that he has refused to join.
Style:
art house, neo noir, political, psychedelic, mind bending ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
hitman, gangster, fall in love, man killed, dying young, street walker, ruthlessness, beaten up, nihilism, serial killer, killer, syndicate ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
munich germany, central europe, europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A prostitute looking for her next meal hitches a ride with a trucker that leaves her praying for her next breath.
Style:
extreme horror, disturbing, sadistic, controversial, black and white ...
Plot:
sadism, perversity, captivity, misogyny, sexual cruelty, torture, sex, violence, sexual torture, mercilessness, prostitute, kidnapped woman ...
Time:
year 2016
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style:
psychological, costume drama, harsh, disturbing, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi, war, nazism, suicide, fascism, holocaust, national socialism, dictatorship, third reich, paranoia ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, prague, europe, bavaria ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, wartime, war, concentration camp, storytelling, holocaust survivor, anti semitism, nazism, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, ancient times, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, germany, iran, persia, europe ...
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