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Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
Style: humorous, exciting, psychotronic, tense, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, date night, adult
Plot: superhero, female protagonist, female warrior, anti heroine, tough girl, superhero team, woman fights a man, female assassin, superheroine, one woman army, young girl, female vigilante ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york, sicily, new jersey
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Justice League: Doom (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.
Style: witty, light, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: justice league, batman, superhero team, superman, heroes, superhero, green lantern, transformation, good versus evil, superpower, save the world, comic book ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 70K
Dead Man Down (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, gangster, secrets, blackmail, mob boss, kidnapping, vengeance, mafia, guilt, vigilantism, deception, mystery woman ...
Time: year 2013, year 2012, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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 7.2
 253K
Lawless (2012)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.
Style: intense, suspense, harsh, stylized, entertaining ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, bootlegging, smuggling, corruption, greed, gang, vigilante, prohibition, great depression, violence, robbery ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s, year 1940 ...
Place: virginia, usa, america, appalachia
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 6.6
 204K
Machete (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Style: parody, brutal, grindhouse, stylized, dark comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: hitman, blood, vigilante, revenge, vengeance, machete, corruption, immigrant, tough heroes, tough guy, sword fight, violent ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, mexico, usa, austin texas
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 6.2
 78K
Cold Pursuit (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Norway, China, Canada, USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Nels Coxman's quiet life comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth soon becomes a quest for revenge as he seeks coldblooded justice against a drug lord and his inner circle.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, harsh, action comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, snow, winter, one man army, snowstorm, vigilante justice, vigilante, vigilantism, skiing, drug cartel, final showdown, life turned upside down ...
Time: 2010s
Place: colorado, denver colorado
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family ...
Style: psychological thriller, neo noir, psychological, suspense, mindfuck ...
Audience: adult
Plot: writers, revenge, husband wife relationship, divorce, loss of family, infidelity, abortion, rape, rape and murder, symbolism, ex husband, grief ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: texas, los angeles, new york
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 5.4
 3K
Indian (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story: DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks cushier than the Buckingham Palace. However, this gets Raj promoted, and he is congratulated by ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, vigilantism, one man army, arrest, terrorist, dishonesty, partners against crime, confined, danger, frame up, tough heroes, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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 4.4
 6K
Dragon Eyes (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In St. Jude, drug dealers and corrupt cops have destroyed an urban neighborhood. But newcomer, Hong, has the fighting skills and moral vision to save this town from itself.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, rough, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fight, martial arts, rivalry, vigilantism, small town, police corruption, master warrior, gang, righting the wronged, tough heroes, good versus evil, attempted murder ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
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Street Fighters (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, action adventure, psychotronic, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, jail, home invasion, gangster, vigilante justice, rape, urban, rape and revenge, underground ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: new york, usa
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series, mainly set in New York City. It first aired on February 8, 2003 and ended on February 28, 2009. The series marked the revival of the franchise as a Saturday morning cartoon on ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, anime, dark ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens, toddlers
Plot: animal that acts human, ninja, ninja turtle, heroes, good versus evil, mutant, vigilantism, mutant animal, talking animal, friends, allies, heroic mission ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2003
Place: new york, usa
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Quigley Down Under (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia, USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even ...
Style: suspense, entertaining, exciting, harsh, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: genocide, vengeance, cowboy, australian outback, vigilantism, friendship, culture clash, fish out of water, gunfight, against the odds, modern west, modern western ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: australia, texas, wyoming, pacific ocean
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 4.8
 56K
Texas Chainsaw (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her deceased grandmother. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound ...
Style: scary, slasher, intense, suspense, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, masked killer, psychopath, murder, chainsaw, halloween, gory, survival, blood, cannibalism, torture, texas chainsaw massacre ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 90s, 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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Justice League: War (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: The world is under attack by an alien armada led by the powerful Apokoliptian, Darkseid. A group of superheroes consisting of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Cyborg, and Shazam must set aside their differences and gather ...
Style: exciting, serious, anime, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: superhero, superhero team, justice league, batman, superman, comic book, violence, betrayal, good versus evil, save the world, vigilantism, chases and races ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., paris france
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 5.9
 164K
Saw IV (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through ...
Style: scary, bloody, twist ending, disturbing, slasher ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: torture, game of death, trap, deathtrap, gory, violence, mind game, violent, game, serial killer, plot twist, blood ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
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The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (1997)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: Joker goes to Metropolis with an offer and plan to kill Superman for Lex Luthor while Batman pursues the clown to Superman's turf
Style: stylized, witty, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: superhero, good versus evil, vigilantism, super villain, secret identity, killer clown, save the world, save the day, fighting crime, heroic mission, superhuman powers, dystopian future ...
Time: 90s, future
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 7.3
 147K
Irreversible (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring ...
Style: art house, bleak, disturbing, surreal, offbeat ...
Audience: adult
Plot: rape, sexual abuse, revenge, violence, violent, rape and revenge, vengeance, brutality, sex, sexual perversion, sadism, vigilante ...
Time: year 2002, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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 6.8
 220K
Mad Max (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Style: road movie, futuristic, grindhouse, apocalyptic, stylized ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, chase, dystopia, vengeance, post apocalypse, revenge, biker, car chase, dystopic future, chaos, car, violence spree ...
Time: future, 20th century, near future, year 1979, distant future ...
Place: australia, oceania
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High Plains Drifter (1973)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Style: spaghetti western, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, small town, anti hero, revenge, justice, greed, murder, cowboy, vengeance, rape, gang, gunfight ...
Time: 19th century, year 1973, 1880s
Place: arizona, usa
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Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Australia, Greece
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Manos, a Greek school teacher, is forced to travel to Melbourne, Australia when the man who murdered his grandfather 57 years ago surfaces there. While the reluctant Manos is tutored in the art of revenge by old friend Stephanos, he also attempts to ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Plot: vengeance, twins, murder, teacher, vigilantism, rivalry, couples, family relations, couple relations, old friend, fascism, vendetta ...
Time: 20th century, year 1971, 2000s, year 1943
Place: australia, melbourne, crete, hellas, greece
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One-Eyed Horse (2008)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Hadley, Missouri 1887. Justin Gatewood has recently been released from prison for attempting to kill an old adversary, William Curry. Twenty-five years earlier, Gatewood and his brother were Confederate prisoners-of-war, and the death of ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, vigilantism, tough heroes, vengeance, rivalry, obsessive quest, chase, soldier, chases and races, old west, road not taken, civil war ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 1880s
Place: missouri
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 6.2
 6K
Sweetwater (2013)
Genre: Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader, a renegade Sheriff, and a former prostitute collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the New Mexico Territory.
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot: revenge, murder, vigilantism, investigation, life turned upside down, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, life is a bitch, danger, small town, modern west, modern western ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: new mexico, arizona, usa
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 5.6
 2K
Already Dead (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When Thomas Archer's happy & successful life is all but ruined following a horrific attack he is presented with a perfect opportunity to exact physical revenge upon the man who caused all his grief. However the immediate consequences of ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: grief, vigilantism, dishonesty, life is a bitch, family problems, couple relations, loss of son, death, murder, babysitter, secrets, revenge ...
Place: los angeles
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The Watchers: Beginning (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Night in the center of Moscow hit by a girl, she urgently needs complex operations. Her friend Kira finds the culprit, arrogant and cynical tycoon Sergei Polanski, who refuses to admit his guilt and help the injured. He does not care, he has ...
Style: suspense, emotional, tense, intense
Plot: justice, vigilantism, good versus evil, computer cracker, youth, group of friends, couples, gunfight, pursuit, revenge, danger, fraud ...
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 7.4
 78K
Open Range (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
Style: atmospheric, stylized, intense, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: old west, cowboy, gunfight, violence, shootout, revenge, showdown, gunslinger, civil war veteran, vengeance, friendship, corruption ...
Time: 19th century, year 2003, 1800s, 2000s, 1880s
Place: montana
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 7.4
 115K
Frequency (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal ...
Style: psychological, feel good, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: time travel, radio, father son relationship, investigation, parallel universe, butterfly effect, time, altering history, murder, serial killer, changing the past or future, rescue ...
Time: future, year 1969, year 1999, year 2000, y2k ...
Place: new york, usa
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 4.1
 286
Duke (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Duke is a modern day telling of a classic western film. Dare and Roost are brothers who have been raised in a reformatory, taught to survive and conditioned to trust no one. They have moved to West Los Angeles, where Dare moonlights himself as a ...
Style: rough, exciting, realistic, serious, independent film
Plot: vigilantism, vigilante, police investigation, fighting crime, police detective, law enforcement, family relations, tough law enforcer, urban, siblings relations
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Gardener of Eden (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When a young deli-counter clerk and general slacker in New Jersey accidentally saves a young woman from a serial rapist, he becomes convinced that his new role in life is to become a vigilante.
Style: rough, psychological, realistic, semi serious, biting ...
Plot: vigilantism, fighting crime, frame up, strong sexual content, dark humor, hostage, rape victim, father son relationship, mother son relationship, dialogue, prostitute, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey
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Mission of Justice (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mayoral candidate Dr. Rachel Olsen (Brigitte Nielsen) has a dangerous plan for swift justice in the form of a band of ex-convicts, called the Peacemakers, who roam the streets to do her bidding. When a boxer friend (Tony Burton) is killed by ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vigilantism, rivalry, injustice, tall woman, criminal heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement, police detective, tough heroes, working undercover, vigilante ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles
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Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999)
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
Story: Fueled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis revives the role of Batman. Under supervision of an elderly Bruce Wayne, he fights crime in a harsh futuristic Gotham.
Style: exciting, stylized, futuristic, light, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vigilantism, murder, fighting crime, heroic mission, secret identity, undercover, danger, good versus evil, teenage life, dystopian future, cartoon violence, revenge ...
Time: future, 2030s, 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
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