Arch villain movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant arch villain movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, entertaining, humorous, fast, cult classic and stylized films and TV shows about / with arch villain, villain, heroes, rivalry, escapades, weapons, gun, danger, chase and good versus evil plots mostly in Action, Adventure and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as arch villain: Face/Off (1997), All Superheroes Must Die (2011), Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021), F.R.E.D.I. (2018), Thani Oruvan (2015), Casino Royale (1967), Drak Pack (1980), The Amazing Captain Nemo (1978), Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002), Licensed to Love and Kill (1979).
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look like the agent so he can get close to the agent's ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, clever ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, manly
Plot:
gunfight, prison, revenge, fbi, violence, transformation, master criminal, hidden identity, arch villain, switching bodies, death, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, hong kong
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Masked vigilantes Charge (Jason Trost), Cutthroat (Lucas Till), The Wall (Lee Valmassy), and Shadow (Sophie Merkley) are rendered powerless by their archenemy (James Remar) and are forced to complete a series of deadly tasks in order to save the ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, independent film, action thriller, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
superhero, save the day, deathtrap, contests and competitions, rivalry, danger, chases and races, arch villain, heroes, villain, comic book, vigilante ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden, Bulgaria, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, ...
Style:
action comedy, buddy comedy, exciting, captivating, saga ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
hitman, terrorism, mission, bodyguard, buddies, female agent, nun, heroic mission, mob boss, torture chamber, agent, killer ...
Time:
2020s, future, 1950s, 50s
Place:
russia, italy, florence, greece, london ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An intelligent, lovable robot known as "F.R.E.D.I." is stolen from a secret research facility by the project's lead scientist. The robot is found by a 15 year old teenager, James. Soon the two begin to communicate and create a bond in ...
Style:
entertaining, teen, light, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, teenage life, children, friendly alien, friendship, teenager, childhood, arch villain, villain, good versus evil, coming of age ...
Place:
arkansas
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
An idealistic cop and an ambitious scientist-businessman indulge in a high-stake battle of wits.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
good versus evil, police, gangster, criminal heroes, violence, scientist, heroes, rivalry, arch villain, crime boss, revenge, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take ...
Style:
parody, spoof, psychedelic, saga, spy comedy ...
Plot:
007, espionage, spy spoof, spy, satire, james bond, auction, woman fights a man, sexual attraction, secret agent, james bond spoof, farce ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, scotland, india, highlands, france ...
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281
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Drak Pack is an animated television series. It aired in the United States on CBS Saturday Morning between September 6, 1980 and September 12, 1982. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera's Australian subsidiary, listed in the credits as ...
Style:
gothic, lighthearted, heroic, spooky
Audience:
kids, family friendly, horror for children
Plot:
superhero, werewolf, dracula, monster, vampire, frankenstein, team, transformation, teamwork, friendship, redemption, villain ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Captain Nemo (José Ferrer) is found in suspended animation under the sea and revived by modern-day people in order to battle the King of Atlantis, who is under the control of a fiendish mad scientist (Burgess Meredith).
Style:
psychotronic, fairy tale, exciting, tense, semi serious
Plot:
ocean, underwater, creature, disaster, animal, adventurer, battles, exotic island, obsessive quest, danger, escapades, mad scientist ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978, 1860s
Place:
washington d.c., pacific ocean, fictional island
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together.
As the main character, The Chosen One, ...
Style:
parody, spoof, cult classic, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, martial artist, vengeance, brutality, silly humor, dumb, female martial artist, heroes, kung fu fighting, kung fu master, violence ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A British secret agent sent to America to rescue a nobleman comes up against an evil genius who is replacing people in important positions with clones who will do his bidding.
Style:
spy comedy, independent film, spoof, parody, eurospy
Plot:
bond girl, covert operation, secret agent, secret, agent, gender bender, evil, evil genius, clone, spying, prospector, disguise ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Number One Gun
Style:
parody, independent film, spoof, eurospy
Plot:
spy, gender bender, gender disguise, james bond spoof, covert operation, automobile, spying, agent, woman, villainy, soviet spy, weapons ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Computer genius and chess champion Ted Danson is lured into service by secret agent Eleanor Parker and becomes a reluctant hero thanks to a number of exploits with villainous Christopher Lee and his army of lethal blue-eyed blonde women.
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
spy, male protagonist, albert einstein, escape, maze, jealousy, amusement park, arrogance, observatory, spy thriller, martial arts, super villain ...
Place:
houston texas
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Paul, a computer whiz who spends more time with his machine than with his girlfriend, finds that he has been chosen as a worthy opponent for Mestema, and evil wizard who has spent centuries searching for a challenging foe. After having his computer ...
Style:
grindhouse, fantasy adventure, independent film, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sword and sorcery, computer, magic, damsel in distress, heavy metal, sorcery, rock concert, monster, jack the ripper, magical power, dream, villain ...
Time:
year 2016
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and James Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers ...
Style:
spoof, spy comedy, sex comedy, parody, black and white ...
Plot:
carry on, satire, espionage, intelligence agency, belly dancer, secret headquarters, cold war, villain, secret service, undercover agent, train, top secret ...
Time:
60s
Place:
britain, vienna, algeria, london, north africa ...
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15K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel ...
Style:
parody, sitcom, spoof, retro, detective ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
espionage, satire, secret agent, villain, cold war, kickass women, gadget, woman with a gun, hot and sexy, cold war era, telephone call, female spy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
usa
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465K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead – and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
plot twist, superhero, father son relationship, invulnerability, security guard, swimming pool, self discovery, twists and turns, train crash, good versus evil, supernatural power, a vision ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, y2k, future, 20th century ...
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell ...
Style:
parody, funny, feel good, stylized, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
blaxploitation, satire, sexy girl, spy, racism, dumb, secret agent, heroic mission, black, hidden identity, fighting the system, double life ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. A Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, visually stunning, action packed, visual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
secret identity, female assassin, vigilante, heroes, superhero, comic book, vigilantism, fighting crime, samurai, villain, police officer killed, existentialism ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, West Germany, France, Bahamas
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 one more time to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, ...
Style:
saga, entertaining, exciting, cult classic, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, 007, assassin, female killer, espionage, car chase, terrorism, tough girl, female assassin, secret agent, agent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
south of france, monte carlo, caribbean, bahamas, french riviera ...
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116K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
During the transportation of a Space Shuttle a Boeing 747 crashes in the Atlantic Ocean yet when they go to look for the destroyed shuttle it is not there. James Bond investigates the missing mission space shuttle and soon learns that the shuttles ...
Style:
saga, entertaining, exciting, stylized, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, space travel, 007, space shuttle, astronaut, amazon, secret agent, agent, secret service, space opera, espionage, murder ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
venice, brazil, rio de janeiro, california, italy ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Jamaica
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.
Style:
saga, retro, exciting, humorous, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, james bond, 007, espionage, snake, fictional country, virginity, human sacrifice, interracial romance, cia, occult, british ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
caribbean, west indies, louisiana, united kingdom, fictional island ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.
Style:
detective, humorous, exciting, biting, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
mouse, talking animal, investigation, good versus evil, rescue, sherlock holmes, kidnapping, animal that acts human, private detective, disguise, animal protagonist, birthday ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, year 1986, 1800s, edwardian era ...
Place:
london, big ben london, united kingdom, europe, britain ...
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215K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Special agent 007 (Sean Connery) comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the ...
Style:
suspenseful, saga, entertaining, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, 007, vigilante, hot and sexy, golf, espionage, secret agent, woman with a gun, conspiracy, weapons, car, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
kentucky, switzerland, england, miami, florida ...
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237K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the ...
Style:
humorous, action comedy, entertaining, spoof, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, teens ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret service, spy spoof, unlikely partners, goofy hero, secret agent, save the day, chases and races, treason, government agency, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, chechnya, moscow russia, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing ...
Style:
spy action, saga, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, agent, 007, cold war, spy hero, train, vigilante, assassin, secret service, secret agent, espionage ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
turkey, russia, istanbul turkey, venice, europe ...
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193K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Jamaica
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the film that launched the James Bond saga, Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey ...
Style:
sexy, saga, witty, action packed, stylized ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, 007, spy, sex, blood, vigilante, cold war, fight, spider, woman with a gun, mad scientist, undercover ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 60s, future
Place:
caribbean, west indies, jamaica, fictional island, england ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works for the CIA. But when he successfully fends off hostile agents, he earns the respect of the beautiful Natalia, who requests his assistance for her ...
Style:
spoof, humorous, cult classic, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, car chase, cold war, comic book, chase, superhero, villain, cartoonist, spying, american football, mission ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
former yugoslavia, los angeles, russia, switzerland, italy ...
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738K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Bahamas, Italy
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
007, spy, poker, james bond, espionage, secret service, chase, casino, cia, undercover, terrorist, heroic mission ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, britain, bahamas, italy, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, stylized, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
chase, heroes, society, rivalry, dishonesty, secret identity, escapades, fighting crime, master criminal, danger, power relations, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Edited version of the 1940 Universal serial "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe", released in a syndication package to TV in 1966.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, epic, stylized, suspenseful
Plot:
flash gordon, alien invasion, space opera, space and aliens, superhero, plague, outer space, dystopian future, dystopia, escapades, save the world, imaginary ...
Time:
60s, 1930s
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