Security guard movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant security guard movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, exciting and tense films and TV shows about / with security guard, murder, gun, security camera, violence, blood, police, danger, punched in the face and disorder plots mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as security guard: Security (2017), Wrath of Man (2021), Night Eyes (1990), Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), London Boulevard (2010), The Night Watchmen (2015), Empire State (2013), Observe and Report (2009), Abandoned Dead (2015), Five Nights at Freddy's (2023).

List of security guard movies

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 5.7
 22K
Security (2017)
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: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: security guard, gunfight, female warrior, shopping mall, danger, brutality, warrior, tough law enforcer, hand to hand combat, machismo, unlikely partners, job seeking ...
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 7.1
 204K
Wrath of Man (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate ...
Style: suspense, humorous, action thriller, hood, crime drama ...
Plot: revenge, heist, crime boss, lone hero, fighting crime, security guard, working undercover, robbery, criminal gang, gang, father son relationship, fight ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, north america
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 4.2
 764
Night Eyes (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Beverly Hills home-security guard is seduced by a rock star's wife he monitors by video.
Style: sexy, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot: femme fatale, rock star, investigation, crumbling marriage, love and romance, couple relations, dishonesty, law enforcement, obsession, love affair, strong sexual content, erotica ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mild-mannered Paul Blart (Kevin James) has always had huge dreams of becoming a State Trooper. Until then, he patrols the local mall as a security guard. With his closely cropped moustache, personal transporter and gung-ho attitude, only Blart seems ...
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, hilarious, light ...
Audience: family outing, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: shopping mall, fall in love, father daughter relationship, security guard, goofy hero, heist, workplace situations, disorder, unlikely hero, single parent, law enforcement, die hard ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa, boston
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London Boulevard (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A parolee battles a gangster for the affections of a reclusive movie star.
Style: melancholic, visually appealing, rough, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fall in love, gangster, violence, love and romance, organized crime, going straight, mentor, runaway, criminal heroes, dishonor among criminals, brother sister relationship, starting over ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, los angeles
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The Night Watchmen (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Times have changed a lot for Franck who is a night watchman. About a decade ago he was a specialized worker. Today he feels bored but would jump at any chance to prove his bravery and courage.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: life turned upside down, dull life, starting over, disorder, hopes, unfulfillment, police, security guard, loneliness, car accident, monster, coworker relationship ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: france
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 5.2
 23K
Empire State (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis (Hemsworth), settles for a security guard job with the EMPIRE STATE Armored Truck Company. He makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to his best friend, Eddie ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, surprise ending ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: armored car robbery, robbery, armored truck, unlikely criminals, heist, chases and races, chase, embezzlement, police officer, police academy, employee employee relationship, money ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new orleans, bronx new york city, new york
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Observe and Report (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, disturbing, satirical ...
Plot: shopping mall, workplace, farce, security guard, unrequited love, justice, delusion, police investigation, thief, workplace situations, adolescence vs adulthood, mental illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, mexico
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Abandoned Dead (2015)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A security guard, trapped in a run-down inner-city medical clinic, is terrorized by supernatural forces which threaten to overtake her.
Style: bleak, suspense, psychological, scary, suspenseful
Plot: security guard, medical clinic, clinic, assignment, blood, little girl, woman in danger, twists and turns, woman in jeopardy, caucasian, handgun, darkness ...
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Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy's won't be so easy to make it through.
Style: supernatural thriller, scary, suspenseful, dread, captivating ...
Plot: restaurant, supernatural horror, pizzeria, security guard, doll, video game, monster, terror, job, night, dinner, robot ...
Time: 80s, year 2000, 2000s, year 1980
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 6.9
 2K
Museum Hours (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: At the Kunsthistorisches Art Museum in Vienna, a museum guard and a visiting out-of-towner find refuge in life, art, and each other, in Jem Cohen’s painterly rumination on how art influences and echoes contemporary society.
Style: realistic, contemplative, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: art, friendship, tour guide, security guard, city life, art history, painting, painter, old man, anarchist, artist, inspiration ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: austria, vienna
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 5.8
 489
Insecure (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Chérif, struggling to pass the entrance exam for nursing school, takes on a side job as a security guard. On duty there, he faces off with a group of hostile teenagers who constantly harass him, and gradually ends up an accomplice to a robbery gone ...
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, sentimental, serious ...
Plot: couples, society, fall in love, working class, immigrant, life is a bitch, misfit, security guard, gang, pursuit, youth, danger ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france
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White House Down (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is ...
Style: exciting, suspense, action packed, action thriller, intense ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot: secret service, terrorism, president, white house, save the day, conspiracy, treason, hostage, rescue, nuclear threat, head of state, siege ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., north america, pentagon, paris france
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 5.0
 476
Surveillance (2006)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of an security guard whose spotless record at crime prevention marks the horrifying reality of deception, blackmail and murder.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, psychopath, murder, rivalry, dishonesty, manipulation, security guard, police, obsession, xmas, surveillance, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.1
 387K
Snowpiercer (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot: post apocalypse, train, survival, distopia, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, end of the world, social differences, winter, capitalism, snow ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place: britain, south korea, east asia
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 6.8
 2K
Giant (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, clever, sincere ...
Plot: security guard, janitor, supermarket, nightshift, video surveillance, stalking, obsession, dishonesty, suburbs, voyeurism, uncle nephew relationship, boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: uruguay, latin america
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 7.2
 416K
The Equalizer (2014)
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, suspense, exciting, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, organized crime, justice, lone hero, brutality, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, moscow russia, usa, massachusetts
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the ...
Style: scary, parody, horror comedy, surprise ending, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, adult ...
Plot: monster, creature, mad scientist, skyscraper, gremlin, science runs amok, creature feature, electrocution, giant spider, satire, laboratory, scientist ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous ...
Style: light, funny, humorous, detective, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: teacher, fish out of water, children, kindergarten, police, education, mischievous children, small town, bullying, undercover, elementary school, school ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990
Place: astoria oregon, california, oregon, los angeles
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 5.9
 36K
P2 (2007)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Angela, a corporate climber, gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
Style: psychological, slasher, scary, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: obsession, survival, psychopath, kidnapping, woman in danger, escape attempt, maniac, danger, stalker, hostage, stalking, torment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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 5.1
 24
V-Focus (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: Chiang Chih-heng, a former mercenary now known as “The Bodyguard,” is the owner of Krisis, a security consultancy company that protects public figures who are chased by the paparazzi. Ting Ruo-chin is nicknamed the “Variety Queen” for her ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: security guard, paparazzi, survival, relationships, teamwork, ambition, journalism, competitor, bodyguard, problem, female journalist, healing ...
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The Lion's Secret (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story: The story of the lion and the lazy cat follows two people who get married first before falling in love. Mu WanQing is a successful lady CEO and Liu Qing is an unemployed former soldier. Mu WanQing (Yang ZiShan) and Liu Qing's (Zhu YaWen) first ...
Style: entertaining, funny, humorous, captivating, light ...
Plot: business, marriage of convenience, city, security guard, soldier, couple relations, love and romance, male female relationship, relationships, escapades, marriage, couples ...
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 4.5
 405
Sky on Fire (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The chief security officer at a top-secret medical facility finds himself caught in an explosive battle when a young thief and his accomplices steal a groundbreaking curative medicine. After discovering the true origins of the medicine, the officer ...
Style: suspenseful, intense, harsh, tense
Plot: security guard, police shootout, police officer, fistfight, scuffle, high speed chase, police chase, weapons, fight, gunfight, car chase, chase ...
Place: china
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 8.3
 575K
Prison Break (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: prison, fugitives, escape, prison life, conspiracy, determination, confined, fbi, scheme, brother, self sacrifice, siblings relations ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, california, texas, usa
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The Security Men (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 43 min.
Story: Duckers, Jimmy and Ray are three work-shy security guards at a shopping mall who spend much of their time mocking their Jobsworth boss Kenneth. One night they bunk off to watch and bet on a boxing match at the electrical shop, only to find on their ...
Style: humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic, sitcom
Plot: workplace, workplace situations, working class, shopping mall, disorder, robbery, security guard, nightshift
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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 7.5
 97K
Richard Jewell (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and ...
Style: tense, sad, factual, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: lawyer, false accusation, wrongful arrest, scapegoat, media frenzy, investigation, fbi, terrorist, biopic, federal bureau of investigation, newspaper reporter, friendship between men ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century ...
Place: atlanta georgia, georgia, usa
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 7.9
 304
Toren C (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: MargĂ´t Ros and Maike Meijer play 40 different characters working in office tower Toren C, an office hell of eight flours, filled with a plethora of ridiculous situations.
Style: humorous, light, exciting, funny, entertaining ...
Plot: sex, elevator, satire, office, security guard, workplace, office worker, chore, worker, job, coworker, co worker co worker relationship
Place: netherlands
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 6.7
 1K
Laugh or Die (2018)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed for the atrocities committed during the Civil War in Finland. Jaeger Lieutenant Nyborg, an admirer of Parikka, suspects a definite miscarriage of ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, thought provoking, captivating, tense ...
Plot: prisoner of war camp, finnish civil war, firing squad, humour, theater, prisoner, stage play, escape attempt, pow, disguise, theatre group, actor ...
Time: year 1918, 1910s
Place: germany, finland
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 6.9
 265
The Daltons (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: France
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story: The Daltons are back in jail. And they want out. Real bad. Every episode is a new chance to escape.
Style: entertaining, satirical, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: prison, jail, brother brother relationship, prison escape, escape attempt, escape plan, prisoner, escape, prison warden, prison guard, warden, arrest ...
Time: 19th century
Place: nevada
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 4.5
 236
Night Class (2001)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Jake, a security guard in a small hotel, inadvertently helps out a beautiful burglar, he becomes a primary suspect and is quickly fired. Jake decides to track down the burglar himself and retrieve the stolen property.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: jewelry, security guard, jewel theft, heist, theft, investigation, encounter, burglar, robbery, unlikely criminals, crime investigation, automobile ...
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