Reluctant hero movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant reluctant hero movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, humorous, exciting, entertaining, stylized and suspense films and TV shows about / with reluctant hero, heroes, chase, violence, redemption, murder, dialogue, fight, friendship and revenge plots mostly in Action, Drama and Adventure genres shot in USA, Japan, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as reluctant hero: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Willow (1988), Fright Night (2011), Convoy (1978), Cadillac Man (1990), Paper Moon (1973), Pale Rider (1985), Chain Reaction (1996), Army of Darkness (1992), 2307: Winter's Dream (2016).
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List of reluctant hero movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be ...
Style:
visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the ...
Style:
cerebral, epic, saga, entertaining, futuristic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, date night, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
space opera, star wars, outer space, robot, spaceship, rebellion, intergalactic, space station, space, wilhelm scream, space travel, space wars ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, year 1977, year 2016 ...
Place:
space western
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Fearful of a prophecy stating that a girl child will be born to bring about her downfall, the evil Queen Bavmorda imprisons all pregnant women within the formidable stronghold of Nockmaar. A child, Elora Danan, is born in the Nockmaar dungeons and ...
Style:
fairy tale, epic, scenic, cult classic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, kids ...
Plot:
sword and sorcery, prophecy, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, magic, baby, black magic, wizard, destiny, mother daughter relationship, castle, heroic mission ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 20th century, future, 1900s ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician in this remake of the 1985 comedy-horror classic.
Style:
horror comedy, gothic, dark, bloody, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, vampire hunter, blood, transformation, suspicion, monster, outcast, vampirism, love, murder, celebrity, violence ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
Style:
road movie, dark comedy, surprise ending, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, car chase, on the road, chase, rebellion, on the run, desert, police brutality, highway, car, corrupt sheriff, state trooper ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, arizona, new mexico, austin texas, albuquerque new mexico ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ...
Style:
black comedy, humorous, dark comedy, intense, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
car salesman, hostage, jealousy, gangster, workplace, vulgar language, stupidity, telephone call, vengeance, suspicion of adultery, adultery, argument ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Style:
road movie, sentimental, black and white, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
father daughter relationship, friendship, great depression, mischievous children, girl, tomboy, road trip, funeral, little girl, childhood trauma, bible, carnival ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1973, 70s
Place:
missouri, kansas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A small gold mining camp is terrorised by a ruthless land owner wanting to take their land. Clint Eastwood arrives riding a pale horse just as a young girl is praying to God to help the miners. He is revealed to be a preacher with mysterious and ...
Style:
spaghetti western, suspense, realistic, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, teenage girl, mysterious stranger, greed, courage, murder, drifter, revenge, gunfight, wild west, u.s. marshal, man with no name ...
Time:
20th century, 1800s, year 1985, 80s, 1880s ...
Place:
california, sacramento california
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, frame up, chase, fugitive, murder, disaster, conspiracy theory, fbi, on the run, hacking, cia, paranoia ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
chicago, usa, wisconsin, langley virginia, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.
Style:
cult classic, dark fantasy, horror comedy, spooky, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, time travel, evil dead, one man army, siege, possession, doppelganger, chainsaw, medieval, supernatural, sword and sorcery, sword fight ...
Time:
medieval times, 13th century, year 1992, middle ages, 20th century ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In 2307, a future soldier is sent on a mission to hunt down the leader of the humanoid rebellion.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, independent film
Plot:
cold, reluctant hero, humanoid, avalanche, near death experience, human versus robot, post apocalypse, winter, dystopian future, humanity in peril, manhunt, humanoid robot ...
Time:
future, 24th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
Style:
humorous, captivating, saga, perverse, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
spy, top secret, secret service, world war one, spy hero, closeted gay, traitor, espionage, war, female warrior, master criminal, mysterious villain ...
Time:
1910s, 2020s, future, 1900s, year 1914 ...
Place:
london, south africa, buckingham palace, washington d.c., germany ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After a devastating toxic snowfall kills millions, Juan Salvo and a group of survivors in Buenos Aires must resist an invisible threat from another world.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak, heroic
Plot:
snow, alien invasion, survival, post apocalyptic, reluctant hero, alien, resistance, desperation, snowstorm, isolation, claustrophobia, dystopia ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man with a troubled past decides to turn his life around after a heroic act by training for a mixed martial arts tournament.
Style:
motivational, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
redemption, reluctant hero, underdog, competition, mixed martial arts, perseverance, determination, second chance, rivalry, violence, urban, isolation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, Iraq
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Before Snowfall starts with a dramatic escape: Eighteen year-old Nermin runs away from her wedding in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan. Being the elder of the family, her younger brother Siyar becomes responsible for finding her and restoring the family ...
Style:
road movie, realistic, serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
wedding, chase, young heroes, survival, on the run, family relations, family life, on the road, reluctant hero, winter, boy, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kurdistan, iraq, turkey, germany, greece ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Shoebox Zoo is a children's fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal figurines. It was first broadcast in 2004 by CBBC. ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, captivating, touching
Audience:
kids
Plot:
reluctant hero, friendship, toy comes to life, girl, fish out of water, father daughter relationship, journey, chosen one, good versus evil, bravery, heroine, supernatural power ...
Time:
10th century
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland
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459
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, cliffhanger
Plot:
hostage, terrorist group, reluctant hero, tough guy, terrorist, wilderness, captive, showdown, violence, money, heroic bloodshed, gunfight ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Monique, the owner of a New Orleans voodoo shop wakes up from a disturbing dream. When a series of seeming coincidences forces her to lead a group of tourists into the bayous for a tour, she finds that she is actually part of a sinister bargain ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
voodoo, strong female lead, folk horror, good versus evil, reluctant hero, monster, chase, swamp, supernatural, danger, friendship, trapped ...
Place:
new orleans, nashville tennessee
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Australia, India, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save ...
Style:
fairy tale, visually appealing, stylized, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, chick flick, adult
Plot:
magic, childhood, fantasy world, pirate, pirate ship, good versus evil, young heroes, mischievous children, child hero, heroes, youth, treasure hunt ...
Time:
1940s, future, year 2015, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
fictional island, vietnam, london
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218K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Style:
futuristic, visually stunning, entertaining, exciting, visual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, archaeology, space opera, alien, slavery, pyramid, creature, stargate, archaeologist, teleportation, alien planet, ancient egypt ...
Time:
future, 90s, near future, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
egypt, colorado, space western, middle east, africa ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of military prisoners must fight off a terrorist attack on their prison which, unbeknownst to them, is a cover for a secret drone control facility.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, disturbing, f word
Plot:
prison, drone, reluctant hero, battles, prisoners of war, military prison, pow, secret organization, terrorist group, secret, top secret, military ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When mailman Bridd Takes his sexy date Charlotte home, they find their boss on the floor with a mail opener stuck in his chest. The assailants are also after Bridd and he has to use all his talents to foil an extra-terrestrial complot.
Style:
romantic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual content, sex scene, extraterrestrial, alien, sex, murder, reluctant hero, secret, superhero, runaway, spacecraft, love affair ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
Style:
intense, stylized, rough, suspenseful, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, police corruption, kung fu, reconnaissance, asian man white woman relationship, conspiracy, heroin, murder, one man army, fight, one against many, framed for murder ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, hong kong, china
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Kuzumi Kenta is a lowlife moocher whose tendency to always do absolutely nothing because he thinks doing anything is troublesome, is a sure sign that he is NOT a hero. However, upon eating mysterious candy, Kenta discovers that his physical strength ...
Style:
light, captivating, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
superhero, reluctant hero, police officer, friends, fighting crime, heroes, police, superhuman powers, magical object, humour, supernatural power, superpower ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Dayashanker Pandey is a slacker, a man who does not want to put his life under any risk, and is quite comfortable sharing tall tales, and a desk job. Fate has other plans for him, for whenever he goes on duty outside, he somehow ...
Style:
tense, detective, suspense, tension, comedy drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, reluctant hero, underworld, police procedural, smuggling, investigation, moral dilemma, corruption, danger, publicity, drug traffic, anti hero ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
This sequel to the popular spaghetti western "Clint the Stranger" was released four years after the success of the first film and essentially uses the same plot. George Martin returns as Clint (renamed Trinity in some countries), an ...
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, action drama, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gunslinger, violence, getting home, redemption, anti hero, reluctant hero, revenge, desperation, showdown, family drama, forgiveness, bounty hunter ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A disgruntled Batman finally retires. While adjusting to a normal life and dating Catwoman, the Dark Knight's happiness is threatened not only by supervillains, but his own compulsive need to be a hero.
Style:
psychological, humorous, captivating, tense, sincere ...
Plot:
secret identity, batman, superhero, dating, reluctant hero, heroism, retirement, masked vigilante, vigilante, coercion, millionaire, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Pulled into an otherworldly adventure with cute sidekicks and superpowers, you’d think Osamu hit the jackpot. Nope! From a time before pixels, the early 20th-century gloomy author just wants to find a quiet place to meet his maker, not to rack up ...
Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, dark fantasy, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
isekai, suicide, slice of life, existential crisis, reluctant hero, bittersweet, existentialism, anti hero, loneliness, misanthropy, magic realism, literary ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Everything about college student Amamiya Yuuhi is average: grades, looks and his blasé outlook on life. So what happens when he awakens one day to a talking lizard, who informs him that there is a gigantic hammer in outer space, poised to split the ...
Style:
anime, psychological, tense, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
power, boy, supernatural, reluctant hero, rescue, disorder, escapades, fight, youth, heroes, moral ambiguity, quest ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Six childhood friends make a vow one day to become treasure hunters, and eventually grow to be the strongest heroes in the world. During his first quest, Krai Andrey realizes he isn’t cut out for the job. Even so, his friends make him their ...
Style:
light hearted, satirical, hilarious, anime
Audience:
teens
Plot:
treasure hunt, reluctant hero, friendship, quest, self discovery, retirement, underdog, young adult, burnout, exploration, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
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