| Line of Duty (2012) | 8.7 | |
| Logan (2017) | 8.1 | |
| 24 (2001) | 8.4 | |
| Legend (2015) | 6.9 | |
| Battlestar Galactica (2004) | 8.7 |
Anti-hero movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant anti-hero movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, stylized and tense films and TV shows about / with anti hero, murder, violence, police, investigation, gunfight, tough guy, gun, criminal and justice plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as anti-hero: Legend (2015), V for Vendetta (2005), The Boondock Saints (1999), Logan (2017), American Gangster (2007), Welcome to the Punch (2013), Bone Tomahawk (2015), Shaft (1971), East New York (2022), Cop Land (1997).
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222K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running ...
Style:
realistic, brutal, period piece, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, mafia, gangster, violent, psychopath, gay interest, organized crime, abusive husband, rise and fall, brother brother relationship, homosexual, relationships ...
Time:
60s, year 2015, year 1957, 90s, 2010s ...
Place:
england, london, east end london, europe, west end london ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, intense, captivating, neo noir ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
revolution, distopia, revenge, vengeance, fighting the system, dystopia, vigilante, freedom, anti hero, protest, society, masked man ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 2000s, distant future, near future ...
Place:
london, england, britain, big ben london, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
With a God-inspired moral obligation to act against evil, twin brothers Conner and Murphy set out to rid Boston of criminals. However, rather than working within the system, these Irish Americans decide to take swift retribution into their own hands.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, entertaining, sexy, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, revenge, violent, mafia, vengeance, twins, shootout, shooting, police, vigilante, twists and turns, fbi ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Is relevant?
917K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.
Style:
emotional, harsh, suspense, intense, road movie ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mutant, superhero, x men, fight scenes, protector, comic book, road trip, rage, invulnerability, one against many, assassin, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, year 2017, 2020s ...
Place:
north dakota, el paso texas, texas, oklahoma city, north america ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style:
tense, realistic, clever, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, drug lord, mob boss, drug traffic, heroin, violence, smuggling, crime boss, ghetto, police ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 1968, year 1970, year 2007 ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, vietnam, brooklyn new york city, cuba ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Style:
tense, exciting, stylized, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master criminal, conspiracy, organized crime, police corruption, police detective, chase, criminal, justice, betrayal, moral ambiguity, law enforcement, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, iceland
Is relevant?
138K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. One of the villagers takes care of him in prison. One day they both disappear – only the spear of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the ...
Style:
brutal, dark, scary, suspense, bleak ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
brutality, wilderness, cannibalism, violent, native american, blood, rescue, murder, violence, cannibal, scalping, macabre ...
Time:
year 2015, 19th century, year 2016, 2010s, 1890s ...
Place:
america, north america, california
Is relevant?
23K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Style:
grindhouse, tense, suspenseful, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, blaxploitation, gangster, lone hero, gang, mafia, brutality, organized crime, kidnapping, urban, hitman, gunfight ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, america, africa, harlem ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Regina Haywood is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, crime drama, detective
Plot:
police officer, police procedural, homicide detective, crime investigation, female detective, police department, chief of police, police investigation, police detective, murder mystery, coworker, fighting crime ...
Place:
new york
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114K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And ...
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, sexy, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, corruption, nypd, dirty cop, police, police corruption, internal affairs, sheriff, organized crime, justice, investigation, corrupt cop ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
Is relevant?
101K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, hitman, assassin, martial arts, fbi, mafia, betrayal, presumed dead, guilt, loss of friend, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging ...
Style:
tense, bleak, intense, hood, serious ...
Plot:
drug, drinking, corruption, street gang, gangster, addiction, transformation, profanity, depression, culture clash, redemption, lapd ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, mexico, colombia, south america, latin america ...
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565K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, clever, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, dark humor, family life, criminal heroes, mob boss, parents and children, criminal, dysfunctional family, family relations, introspection ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 1999, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, north america
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206K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method ...
Style:
cliffhanger, serious, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, president, political conspiracy, terrorist, terrorist plot, secret service, government agency, race against time, assassination of president, bodyguard, twists and turns, assassination attempt ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A period drama set in the 1970s, KGF follows the story of a fierce rebel who rises against the brutal oppression in Kolar Gold Fields and becomes the symbol of hope to legions of downtrodden people.
Style:
suspense, realistic, tense, intense, serious ...
Plot:
gold, gold mine, undercover, mission, slave, rags to riches, greed, heroism, organized crime, mob boss, rise and fall, ambition ...
Time:
70s
Place:
kannada, india
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany, USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Style:
spaghetti western, epic, breathtaking, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, manly, date night, kids ...
Plot:
old west, civil war, treasure hunt, gunfight, greed, american civil war, moral ambiguity, desert, anti hero, shootout, hitman, cowboy ...
Time:
19th century, year 1966, 20th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place:
texas, arizona, austin texas, usa, north america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Explore a gang world we've never seen before: gangs that are made up of the very men and women sworn to uphold the law – cops. Only select officers make the cut, but once inside, gang members will do what they must to protect each other from ...
Style:
rough, crime drama, bleak, bloody, thought provoking ...
Plot:
propaganda, police, gangster, thief, frame up, corruption, police corruption, corrupt system, drug, casino, organized crime, loyalty ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, jungle adventure, police investigation, fighting crime, supernatural ability, unlikely partners, a vision, partners against crime, law enforcement, ex military, partner, die hard ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., washington state
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A married pair of former spies is forced to face their past when asked to surrender their son to Russian Intelligence to become a spy himself. Will he choose to betray his parents or his native country?
Style:
tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, moral dilemma, betrayal, double agent, parents and children, who to trust, family relations, workplace situations, dishonesty, manipulation, secret agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
An anthology series that delves into the players, the crime and the media circus, detailing the day-to-day battles of the trial and unveiling the shocking truth of what really went down when the cameras stopped rolling.
Style:
anthology, suspense, suspenseful, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, family drama, legal, law and order, stereotypes, lawyers and clients, life & death, defense attorney, justice, murder, law enforcement, human nature ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A rancher fighting for his land and family stumbles upon an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness, forcing a confrontation with the Unknown in ways both intimate and cosmic in the untamable American West.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, disturbing, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
time travel, wilderness, rancher, parallel universe, secret, family relations, supernatural, cop, monster, apocalypse, time, time loop ...
Place:
wyoming
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens is now based in Miami, balancing life as a marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. A chance encounter on a Florida highway sends him to Detroit and he crosses paths with ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
nypd, law enforcement, father daughter relationship, police, car, handgun, automobile, shooting, scuffle, shooter, handheld weapon, con man ...
Place:
miami, florida, detroit, michigan
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
DI Ray is set in Birmingham and follows Leicester-born Rachita Ray, a police officer who takes on a case that forces her to confront a lifelong personal conflict between her British identity and her South Asian heritage.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, detective, psychological
Plot:
female detective, murder investigation, police investigation, police detective, homicide detective, uncover truth, policewoman, crime solving, crime investigation, investigation, forensics, police ...
Place:
united kingdom, britain, england
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436
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lawrence Jackson and Eddie Myers could not be more different. Jackson is an ambitious young police officer saddled with the responsibilities of a wife and children. Myers is an escaped criminal turned informer, presumed dead. But as Jackson ...
Style:
detective, realistic, psychological, serious, stylized
Plot:
informant, 007, police, hidden identity, law enforcement, criminal heroes, rivalry, mind game, holiday, witness protection, isolation, arrest ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
spain, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Space: Above and Beyond is a short-lived mid-1990s American science fiction television show on the FOX Network, created and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Originally planned for five seasons, it ran only for the single 1995–1996 season. It ...
Style:
apocalyptic, atmospheric, thrilling, cliffhanger, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space and aliens, alien, space wars, evil alien, space, space opera, alien invasion, space program, space adventure, spaceship, military, battles ...
Time:
future, 90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on ...
Style:
detective, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, partner, police investigation, law enforcement, fighting crime, parents and children, family problems, rivalry, single parent, workplace, investigation, best friend ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, south america, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with the ability to become anyone he wants to be, i.e., to flawlessly impersonate ...
Style:
atmospheric, exciting, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
goodhearted, secret hideout, righting the wronged, justice, genius, secret place, undercover, hopes, prodigy, good versus evil, self discovery, encounter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
delaware
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Profiler is an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the FBI's fictional Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ally Walker starred as ...
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, mind bending, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, profiler, fbi, forensics, investigation, murder, female detective, law enforcement, fighting crime, investigator, danger, supernatural ability ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
atlanta georgia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Profit is an American television series that originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in 1996 on Monday Night at 9:00 PM EST. The series was created by David Greenwalt and John McNamara, and stars Adrian Pasdar as the eponymous character Jim ...
Style:
cult classic, controversial, realistic, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot:
blackmail, bribery, female on male rape, seduction, computer cracker, villain as protagonist, revenge, psychopath, gambling, yuppie, child abuse, incest ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.
Style:
serious, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot:
legal, courtroom, legal action, workplace, law enforcement, dedicated lawyer, lawsuit, workplace situations, jury, cop witness relations, lawyer, nypd ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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