| Watchmen (2009) | 7.6 | |
| The Dark Knight (2008) | 9.1 | |
| Deadpool (2016) | 8.0 | |
| Breaking Bad (2008) | 9.5 | |
| Hellsing (2001) | 7.7 |
Anti hero movies and TV shows – page 2
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1.2M
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, entertaining, parody, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, manly ...
Plot:
superhero, revenge, fight scenes, comic book, superhuman powers, immortality, anti hero, invulnerability, dark hero, regeneration, sarcasm, mutant ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
america, usa, new york
Is relevant?
25K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning ...
Style:
humorous, cult classic, controversial, cynical, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
violence, satire, adultery, lesbian sex, dirty old man, female nudity, caught having sex, group sex, promiscuous woman, heist, anti hero, danger ...
Time:
2000s, september 11 2001
Place:
new york, arizona, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
2.5M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cancer, criminal, peril, drug lord, master criminal, drug dealing, drug, unlikely partners, drug cartel, life turned upside down, meth lab, family problems ...
Time:
y2k, year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, south america, usa, north america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle ...
Style:
serious, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, mafia, violence, organized crime, vengeance, anti hero, murder, yakuza, gang war, one man army ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, australia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, including Vlad's son, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, scary, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, dracula, medieval, legends and myths, immortality, vampirism, immortal, monster, mythology, bloodlust, fight scenes ...
Time:
15th century, medieval times, year 2014, year 2000, 19th century ...
Place:
romania, transylvania, london, ottoman empire
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, visually stunning, colorful, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, space opera, dystopia, cyberpunk, space and aliens, good versus evil, dystopian future, space travel, save the world, end of the world, space adventure, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, year 1997, 90s, 1910s, 23rd century ...
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, egypt, new york
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Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.
Style:
spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, gunfight, anti hero, wild west, old west, shootout, cash, gunfighter, violence, gambling, bank robbery, heist ...
Time:
19th century, year 1969
Place:
usa, texas
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Genre: Drama, 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:
suspense, atmospheric, spaghetti western, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, revenge, small town, anti hero, desert, greed, justice, murder, rape, mysterious man, vengeance, gang ...
Time:
19th century, year 1973, 1880s
Place:
arizona, usa, california
Is relevant?
297K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.
Style:
disturbing, brutal, suspense, bloody, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, justice, vengeance, one man army, avenger, fight scenes, violence, vigilantism, murder, hacker, gunfight ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, new york
Is relevant?
467K
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and ...
Style:
anime, manga, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
mind game, anti hero, secret identity, law enforcement, rivals, heart attack, battle of wits, fighting crime, supernatural, vigilante, serial killer, supernatural ability ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
818K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
corruption, justice, revenge, comic book, vengeance, gory, vigilante, redemption, dark hero, hitman, dystopia, distopia ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
texas, iran
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
Story:
Zombieland follows four survivors outwitting zombies and searching for a place to call home.
Style:
horror comedy, absurd, humorous, road movie, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, zombie apocalypse, escapades, walking dead, anti hero, post apocalypse, dark humor, survival horror, chaos and mayhem, survival, danger, road trip ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
Whether it's having Mario in his birthday suit, teaching guides, or being idolized by a cloak, SMG4 is filled with endless possibilities!
Style:
parody, dark comedy, 3d animation, sitcom, sketch comedy ...
Plot:
castle, anti hero, super mario, toad, meme, thug, coin, gamer, criminal, italian food, surrealism, absurdism ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, sex scene, hitman, haunted by the past, bomb, vengeance, femme fatale, murder, redemption, assassination, anti hero, ex cia agent ...
Time:
year 1994, year 1984, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
Is relevant?
1.4M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir, confusing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory, vengeance, memory loss, plot twist, revenge, murder, amnesia, whodunit, twists and turns, paranoia, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While Bonaro and Madigan follow up on various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, police, police detective, psychopath, fugitive, informant, anti hero, police procedural, hierarchy, police commissioner, extramarital affair, grief ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. Doc knows Jack Benyon, a rich "business"-man, is up to something big, so he tells his wife (Carol ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, suspense, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lovers on the run, sex scene, hitman, prison, sexual favor, anti hero, making love, heist, chase, betrayal, murder, lust ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 70s
Place:
el paso texas, texas, latin america, sonora, phoenix arizona ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
In a world where heroism is a punishment, Xylo Forbartz, a condemned goddess killer, battles endless hordes of monstrous abominations as part of Penal Hero Unit 9004. Death is no escape, only a cycle of resurrection and relentless combat. But when ...
Style:
dark fantasy, bleak, grim, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
anti hero, criminal, resurrection, redemption, survival, penal colony, violent, dystopia, rebellion, goddess, oppression, battlefield ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
With a God-inspired moral obligation to act against evil, twin brothers Conner and Murphy set out to rid Boston of criminals. However, rather than working within the system, these Irish Americans decide to take swift retribution into their own hands.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, entertaining, sexy, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, revenge, violent, mafia, vengeance, twins, shootout, shooting, police, vigilante, twists and turns, fbi ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Is relevant?
159K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.
Style:
bloody, sexy, grindhouse, action packed, cult classic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, one man army, dark humor, shootout, sex scene, gun fu, violent, corruption, anti hero, rescue, prostitute, assassin ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
23K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of ...
Style:
cult classic, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, anti hero, hostage, train, shootout, bandit, landowner, manhunt, violence, murder, small town, civil war ...
Time:
19th century, year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, usa, arizona, mexico, texas ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, rough, depressing, intense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
prison, escape, prisoner, prison break, death, prison life, runaway, convict, prison escape, egg, freedom, fugitive ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1967, 60s, 50s
Place:
florida, southern usa
Is relevant?
5K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
To bring down a global human trafficking ring, an Interpol agent recruits the help of a brutal criminal with inside knowledge of the yakuza.
Style:
tense, serious, intense, exciting, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, lone hero, justice, vengeance, tough heroes, interpol, martial arts, fight scenes, brutality, revenge, violence, life philosophy ...
Place:
asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style:
tense, realistic, clever, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, drug lord, mob boss, drug traffic, heroin, violence, smuggling, crime boss, ghetto, police ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 1968, year 1970, year 2007 ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, vietnam, brooklyn new york city, cuba ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Yuuichi Katagiri believes that friends are more important than money, but he also knows the hardships of not having enough funds. He works hard to save up in order to go on the high school trip, because he has promised his four best friends that ...
Style:
anime, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, game, betrayal by friend, friends, money, betrayal, group of friends, mind game, survival, anti hero, needing money, money problems ...
Is relevant?
404K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of ...
Style:
dark fantasy, gothic, suspense, satanic, dark ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, demon, devil, angel, occult, good versus evil, demonic possession, exorcism, heaven and hell, hell, one man army, god or devil ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, mexico
Is relevant?
209K
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:
grindhouse, stylized, parody, dark comedy, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
hitman, vigilante, revenge, blood, machete, corruption, vengeance, violence, dark humor, tough guy, bodyguard, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all the money. They are actually expecting Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, so our ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, witty, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
weed, drug, buddies, stoner, anti hero, mistaken identity, nothing goes right, misfit, goofy hero, disorder, fish out of water, drug abuse ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
europe, amsterdam, netherlands, holland
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, humorous, realistic, funny ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
car chase, anti hero, hitchhiker, gangster, dishonesty, odd couple, partner, disorder, drug dealing, chase, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, paris france, france, naples italy, southern italy ...
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