| No (2012) | 7.4 | |
| Night of the Pencils (1986) | 7.3 | |
| Salvador (1986) | 7.3 | |
| Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 8.1 | |
| Invisible Heroes (2019) | 7.7 |
Death squad movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant death squad movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, suspense and cult classic films and TV shows about / with death squad, violence, murder, death, betrayal, brutality, gun, blood, torture and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as death squad: Death Squad (2019), The Last Trial (2018), Internal Affairs (2009), Mazinkaiser SKL (2010), Salvador (1986), Narcos (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Escape from the Bronx (1983), The Third Generation (1979), Night Over Chile (1977).
Best films
New films
| Chile '76 (2022) | 6.7 | |
| Narcos (2015) | 8.7 | |
| Civil War (2024) | 7.0 | |
| Post Mortem (2010) | 6.5 | |
| Trees of Peace (2021) | 6.6 |
List of death squad movies
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A grizzled ex-military team battles monsters in a Soviet bio-weapons lab. Yep, it's that kind of show.
Style:
rough, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
death squad, doctor, scientist, distopia, exploitation, terminal illness, experiment, desert island, post apocalypse, extinction, violent content, apocalypse ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The house of culture “Mir” (from Russian: “Peace”) is being taken over by masked people. People who came to the premiere of the show have to face death. Now they are to pass a dreadful challenge, preserving their dignity and courage. This is ...
Style:
suspense, tense, realistic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, terrorist attack, terror, tragic event, fight to the death, bravery, brutality, celebration, war on terror, heroes, saving a life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Força-Tarefa is a Brazilian television series directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and Mário Márcio Bandarra and written by Fernando Bonassi
Marçal Aquino. The series aired two season since April 16, 2009 on Rede Globo.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, workplace, workplace situations, police, police corruption, corruption, investigation, police procedural, internal affairs, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, brazil, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
Mazinkaizer SKL (マジンカイザースカル Majinkaizā Sukaru?) is a Japanese OVA spinoff of Go Nagai's Mazinkaiser, which was in itself a spinoff of Mazinger Z. The first episode was released on November 27, 2010 and was first screened on ...
Style:
anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
giant robot, heavy metal, save the day, battles, save the world, technology, special agent, agent, fight, saving a life, spectacle, extreme violence ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Mexico, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A second rated journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
Style:
suspense, political, thought provoking, factual, harsh ...
Plot:
civil war, photojournalist, revolution, dictator, war correspondent, politics, journalism, war, dictatorship, reporter, assassination, cold war ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1986, 70s
Place:
latin america, central america, san francisco, south america
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Harry starts his fourth year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Triwizard Tournament and faces the evil Lord Voldemort. Ron and Hermione help Harry manage the pressure – but Voldemort lurks, awaiting his chance to destroy Harry and all that ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, atmospheric, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, magical, witch, harry potter, boarding school, friendship, good versus evil, dragon, chosen one, school, wizards and magicians, wizard ...
Time:
year 1994, year 2005, year 1995, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug cartel, drug dealer, cartel, drug dealing, drug lord, rise to the top, master criminal, sex, cia agent, illegal drugs, dea, drug ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, south america, latin america, mexico, panama ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Iceland, UK
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, ...
Style:
saga, humorous, action adventure, epic, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
superhero, revenge, disagreement, vigilante, costumed hero, ex soldier, heroes, super powers, female agent, friendship between men, supernatural power, chase ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 1991, future, 90s
Place:
africa, eastern europe, vienna, europe, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A ragtag group of people have to fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.
Style:
grindhouse, apocalyptic, cult classic, grim, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, kidnapping, gunfight, warning, gang, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, biker, motorcycle, death squad, urban setting, profanity ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The second of two theatrically released follow-ups to the Neon Genesis Evangelion series. Comprising of two alternate episodes which were first intended to take the place of episodes 25 and 26, this finale answers many of the questions surrounding ...
Style:
anime, psychological, mecha, ambiguous ending, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
loneliness, depression, philosophy, insanity, misanthropy, suicide, alienation, hate, surrealism, infiltration, stream of consciousness, death ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms, after crippling of the violent Red Army Faction. Released ...
Style:
political, black comedy, cult classic, postmodern, art house ...
Plot:
transvestism, businessman, junkie, terrorism, politics, satire, raf, gender bending, anarchist, female nudity, elimination, kidnapped man ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, europe, west germany, germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Soviet docudrama chronicling the events surrounding the military coup which toppled the leftists Chilean government of Salvador Allende. This film confines its efforts to the main events themselves and is based on interviews with eyewitnesses, ...
Style:
social, intellectual
Plot:
military coup, dictatorship, capitalism, operation condor, dictator, coup d'etat, exile, prison, migration, government, convict, boss ...
Time:
70s, year 1973
Place:
soviet union, chile, europe, south america, colombia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Mexico, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973.
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
coup d'etat, military coup, ambassador, politics, society, life is a bitch, political unrest, injustice, human spirit, revolution, diplomacy, human rights ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, europe, south america
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Genre: Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic undertaker Zé do Caixão is back on the streets, haunted by ghostly visions and spirits of past victims but still set upon the goal that sent him ...
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
favela, hanged woman, crucifix, grave, cannibal, mortician, flashback, priest, pig, guts, death squad, pregnancy ...
Place:
sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After Laura's husband James is murdered, she decides to find out who did it and why. She finds herself in a fight against an anti-terrorist organization in her desire for revenge.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, independent film
Plot:
school shooting, loss of husband, revenge, death of husband, car chase, conspiracy, simpleton, covert operation, cia, deception, death squad, commando unit ...
Time:
80s
Place:
indiana
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After being driven to extinction, great bloodthirsty dinosaurs come back to life with the assistance of a demented genetic scientist. She plans to replace the human race with a super-race of dinosaurs who will not pollute the planet.
Style:
scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
dinosaur, mad scientist, tyrannosaurus rex, creature feature, virus, genetics, danger, creature, kaiju, deadly creature, chaos, imaginary ...
Time:
90s, prehistory, prehistoric times, jurassic
Place:
nevada, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
While on a vacation in Central America, some American teenagers are kidnapped by terrorists. A rescue mission is sent after them, but they manage to escape and join up with a mercenary fighting the terrorists.
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
exploitation, woman with a gun, kidnapping, nudity, violent content, missing person, heroic mission, political unrest, college, on the road, basic training, officers and cadets ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
central america, beverly hills
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Art critic Krabbé, a German ex-pat living in London, is confronted by his radical 1960s past when he's asked to assassinate a Chilean murderer who is on a visit to London. Krabbé's anti-hero is spot on and his increasing struggle with ...
Style:
political thriller, noir, independent film
Plot:
frustration, assassination, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, alienation, political intrigue, suspicion, mature, loneliness, war crime, espionage, paranoia ...
Place:
london, chile
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Despite its stand-alone title, this mixture of martial arts and exploitation is a semi-sequel to Shaw Brothers's Flying Guillotine series. This time, the focus is Rong Qui-yan (Chen Ping), a kung fu student turned dutiful wife whose life falls ...
Style:
surprise ending
Plot:
flying guillotine, kung fu, martial arts, topless woman, female fight, artist, family relations, bare chested male, qing dynasty, female warrior, mass murder, subterfuge ...
Time:
18th century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Haiti
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and ...
Style:
political, realistic, serious, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
imperialism, politics, assassination, intrigue, colonialism, capitalism, politician, greed, revolution, scapegoat, betrayal, political corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
africa, congo, belgium, south africa, tokyo ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
"Engwkentro" follows two teenage brothers attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run from rival gang leaders and the state's ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, politics, mayor, juvenile delinquency, vigilantism, moral dilemma, social decay, dishonesty, youth, rivalry, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Argentina
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The owner of a failing cinema and his mysterious boarder are caught up in the political intrigue of Argentina.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, homoerotic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
homoerotic friendship, homosexual subtext, closeted homosexual, mental illness, neighbor, dark humor, serial killer, loneliness, closeted gay, murder, twists and turns, lgbt ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina, latin america, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
racism, serial killer, racial discrimination, interracial, corruption, police, investigation, police corruption, violent content, special agent, juvenile delinquency, society ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After seeking to live a normal life, Logan sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine.
Style:
sexy, intense, exciting, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, manly, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, mutant, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, avenger, destruction, x men, good versus evil, revenge, superpower, comic hero, immortality ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 20th century, future, 1840s ...
Place:
new orleans, canada, usa, north america, las vegas ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Cop's Honor (Parole de Flic) is a 1985 French crime movie directed by José Pinheiro and starring Alain Delon as retired police officer Daniel Pratt. His teenager daughter was killed by a gang of mysterious hooded killers so Pratt began his own ...
Style:
neo noir, fast, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bad guy, good guy, guy, vigilantism, police corruption, murder, violent content, tough heroes, violence spree, rivalry, one man army, heroes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
africa, france, europe, congo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This movie tells the story of a group of right-wing cops have begun carrying out vigilante justice on drug dealers and other crime figures who might otherwise avoid punishment for their misdeeds. Police inspector Grindel (Delon) understands the ...
Style:
neo noir
Plot:
vigilante, good guy, guy, cop, bad guy, suicide, bazooka, ambush, torture, massacre, fascist, police officer ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop ...
Style:
perverse, suspenseful, tense, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vigilantism, vigilante, police corruption, police, police detective, serial killer, female nudity, murder of a nude woman, visceral, violent, brutality, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
Style:
psychological, suspense, sexy, disturbing, cerebral ...
Plot:
revenge, torture, politics, haunted by the past, brutality, dictatorship, doctor, humiliation, lawyer, justice, storytelling, attempted murder ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, eastern europe, barcelona ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, witty, surreal, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
hotel, art theft, mentor, mentor protege relationship, prison escape, murder, escapades, twists and turns, gunfight, painting, fictional country, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, year 2014, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
eastern europe, alps, europe, persia, america ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After 30 years in a cell for the mentally ill, Coffin Joe is finally freed. Back on the streets, the sadistic gravedigger is set on fulfilling that for which he was imprisoned: find the woman who can give him the perfect child. During his wanderings ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, atmospheric, rough, serious ...
Plot:
violence against women, gory, curses spells and rituals, woman in danger, obsession, danger, supernatural, vengeance, kidnapping, disorder, ghost, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, brazil, sao paulo brazil, sao paulo, brazil
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