Tough guy movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant tough guy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, entertaining and surprise ending films and TV shows about / with gun, tough guy, chase, violence, fight, gunfight, pistol, death, shootout and fistfight plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Germany, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tough guy: The Transporter (2002), Nobody (2021), The Gentlemen (2019), Lock Up (1989), The Punisher (2004), Crank: High Voltage (2009), Den of Thieves (2018), Reacher (2022), The Hunter's Prayer (2017), Safe (2012).
Best films
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of ...
Style:
action thriller, sexy, stylized, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
car chase, chase, tough guy, one man army, lone hero, tough heroes, escapades, car, transportation, martial arts, fight scenes, revenge ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
france, nice france, saint tropez, cannes, europe ...
Is relevant?
386K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, entertaining, funny, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
one man army, tough guy, secret identity, retribution, revenge, martial arts, one against many, home invasion, twists and turns, vigilante, chase, vengeance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
america, usa, pentagon
Is relevant?
452K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A drug lord tries to sell off his highly profitable empire.
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, stylized, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, marijuana, money, gang, criminal underworld, british, crime boss, tough guy, gang war, sarcasm, swearing ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by ...
Style:
suspense, intense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prison, revenge, prison escape, prison warden, corruption, vengeance, prisoner, prison life, tough guy, electric chair, jail, self sacrifice ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
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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
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Style:
stylized, entertaining, breathtaking, cult classic, absurd ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
violence, revenge, lone hero, tough guy, sex scene, hitman, sexual content, outdoor sex, murder of a nude woman, voyeur, assassin, one man army ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, police brutality, violence, tough guy, strip club, bank vault, shootout, armored truck, police, criminal, ex marine ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, california, london, usa
Is relevant?
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
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.
Style:
satanic, suspense, suspenseful, action thriller, independent film ...
Plot:
assassin, escape, tough guy, female assassin, contract killer, escape attempt, survival, planned murder, orphan, security guard, innocent person killed, rescue ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
yorkshire, new york, switzerland, france, england
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124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chase, gunfight, protector, lone hero, on the run, triad, child in peril, martial arts, bodyguard, tough heroes, outsmarting, ex military ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iran, new york, brooklyn new york city, north america ...
Is relevant?
185K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK, Ukraine
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe ...
Style:
exciting, road movie, entertaining, serious, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
car chase, one man army, car, chase, martial arts, tough guy, driving, tough heroes, mercenary, assassin, murder, fistfight ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, odessa ukraine, france, budapest, ukraine
Is relevant?
256K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Iceland, Germany, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, action thriller, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing
Plot:
spy, espionage, black ops, hitman, cia, chase, assassin, rogue agent, cia agent, secret service, one man army, assassination ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, berlin germany, washington d.c., reykjavik iceland, greece ...
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389K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher ...
Style:
detective, exciting, suspenseful, serious, saga ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
loner, sniper, one man army, investigation, murder, vigilante, vigilantism, lone hero, hitman, tough guy, expert, gunfight ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania, usa ...
Is relevant?
148K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's rival for the affections of Mariana, a mysterious Brazilian woman. With his steely ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, jungle, treasure, buddy, bounty hunter, lone hero, chase, tough guy, fight, gold, amazon rainforest, respect ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america, los angeles, south america, california
Is relevant?
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
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A retired special forces officer is trapped in a never-ending time loop on the day of his death.
Style:
ambiguous ending, perverse, intense, smart, action comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
time loop, repeated event, one against many, tough guy, time travel, time traveler, time paradox, dying repeatedly, brutality, death, trapped, martial arts ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Spain, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert, heavy weapons specialist, demolitionist, and a loose-cannon sniper. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church ...
Style:
exciting, bloody, suspenseful, action thriller, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
martial arts, gunfight, mercenary, tough guy, assassin, sniper, shootout, chase, showdown, hotshot, bodyguard, unstoppable ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, new orleans, somalia, fictional island
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, romantic, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
secret agent, hitman, spy, secret identity, secret service, couples, battle of the sexes, cia, strong female lead, female killer, tough girl, female assassin ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iran, italy, coney island brooklyn new york city, new york ...
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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
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, India, Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation ...
Style:
suspense, tense, action thriller, entertaining, satanic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot:
cia, conspiracy, spy, amnesia, espionage, hitman, revenge, on the run, chase, assassin, dark past, lone hero ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
russia, europe, berlin germany, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Thor is on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the prophecy of destruction to his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new ...
Style:
entertaining, action comedy, saga, funny, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family friendly
Plot:
superhero, female villain, alien planet, monster, supernatural power, warrior, rebellion, goddess, deity, norse mythology, norse god, medieval ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Plot under wraps
Style:
futuristic, exciting, saga, action adventure, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
star wars, outer space, space travel, space opera, bounty hunter, warrior, loner, space and aliens, one man army, alien civilization, tough guy, space adventure ...
Time:
90s, future
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Malta, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Style:
intense, tense, suspenseful, realistic, factual ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
war, terrorism, cia, courage, mercenary, rescue mission, combat, soldier, commando, embassy, navy seal, cia agent ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2016, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
libya, middle east, africa, pentagon, langley virginia ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA, South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, clever, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
cia, espionage, secret service, secret agent, cia agent, on the run, gunfight, betrayal, mercenary, conspiracy, covert operation, traitor ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
cape town south africa, africa, south africa, iran, paris france ...
Is relevant?
182K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But ...
Style:
suspenseful, clever, suspense, action packed, brutal ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hitman, chase, assassin, mentor, martial arts, loner, lone hero, tough guy, expert, vigilante, revenge, killer ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, colombia, usa, new orleans
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Bulgaria, Germany, Thailand
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, lone hero, chase, assassin, assassination, murder, killer, one against many, tough guy, martial arts, criminal's revenge, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, usa, bangkok thailand, cambodia, kurdistan ...
Is relevant?
131K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA, India, Switzerland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, harsh, independent film, action thriller ...
Plot:
revenge, terrorism, bomb, ira, tough guy, one against many, ex special forces, justice, terrorist, hand to hand combat, obsession, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
northern ireland, united kingdom, ireland, scotland yard, afghanistan ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, scenic, saga, perverse ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, kids ...
Plot:
dinosaur, creature, killer animal, animal attack, dangerous animal, chase, tyrannosaurus rex, monster, human animal relationship, giant monster, velociraptor, jurassic park ...
Time:
jurassic, 2010s, year 2015, future, 20th century ...
Place:
fictional island, caribbean, costa rica
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, ...
Style:
action packed, saga, exciting, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
dystopia, alien, bounty hunter, lone hero, outer space, space and aliens, one man army, distant planet, space opera, one against many, tough guy, space ...
Time:
future, year 2004, near future, 2000s
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
24K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ex-special services veteran, down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the door to a distraught and desperate young girl who has ...
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
security guard, tough guy, shopping mall, brutality, gunfight, tough law enforcer, female warrior, ex soldier, warrior, hand to hand combat, danger, escape attempt ...
Time:
2010s
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