Violent movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant violent movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, cult classic, rough, serious, stylized and bloody films and TV shows about / with violence, violent, murder, blood, brutality, death, gore, blood splatter, villain and badass plots mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Mexico and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as violent: The Boondock Saints (1999), Irreversible (2002), Bully (2001), Planet Terror (2007), Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Raid (2011), Natural Born Killers (1994), House of 1000 Corpses (2003), Django Unchained (2012), Dredd (2012).

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The Boondock Saints (1999)
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: suspense, neo noir, entertaining, independent film, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, mafia, revenge, vengeance, violent, shooting, fbi, vigilante, gunfight, morality, hitman, siblings relations ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa
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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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 6.9
 40K
Bully (2001)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, realistic, controversial, sexy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: bullying, sexual abuse, rape, teenager, murder, nudity, sex, drug, rivalry, revenge, youth, teenage sex ...
Time: year 2001, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, bronx new york city, florida
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 7.0
 222K
Planet Terror (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend Wray lead a ...
Style: bloody, black comedy, grindhouse, splatter, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: zombie, violent, dark humor, blood, zombie apocalypse, virus, apocalypse, survival horror, infection, military, infected, survival ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, year 2000
Place: texas, austin texas, mexico, usa
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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. ...
Style: suspense, absurd, atmospheric, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: world war two, vengeance, nazi, war, nazism, revenge, violent, dark humor, alternate history, violence, brutality, working undercover ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, germany, america, europe
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 7.6
 216K
The Raid (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under ...
Style: brutal, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, fight, swat, survival, trapped, kung fu, gunfight, death, fistfight, warrior, gang, swat team ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: middle east, east asia, indonesia
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Natural Born Killers (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Style: controversial, brutal, sadistic, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot: psychopath, dark humor, violence, serial killer, violent, insanity, killer, mass murder, satire, murderous pair, on the road, lovers on the run ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: new mexico, london, tokyo, nevada, arizona ...
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House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Style: bloody, disturbing, scary, brutal, splatter ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: halloween, psychopath, gory, macabre, urban legend, violent, supernatural, killer clown, brutality, murder, torture, evil wins ...
Time: year 2003, 70s, 2000s, y2k, year 2000 ...
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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Django Unchained (2012)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Style: suspense, talky, brutal, captivating, epic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: slavery, racism, revenge, violent, bounty hunter, old west, vengeance, african american, dark humor, gunfight, hitman, racial violence ...
Time: 19th century, year 2012, 2010s, 1850s
Place: usa, texas, tennessee, mississippi, america ...
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 7.1
 293K
Dredd (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, South Africa, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called ...
Style: futuristic, intense, neo noir, cyber, apocalyptic ...
Audience: manly, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, post apocalypse, one man army, dystopia, distopia, brutality, organized crime, dystopian future, violent, judge, lone hero, police ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, near future, distant future
Place: usa, america
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 8.9
 2.2M
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Style: neo noir, cult classic, exciting, witty, black comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: gangster, dark humor, organized crime, gunfight, violence, hitman, overdose, multiple storylines, violent, killings, drug, redemption ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, persia, america, peru ...
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 7.6
 463K
Saw (2004)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, twist ending, surprise ending ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: torture, gory, macabre, serial killer, mind game, plot twist, survival horror, violent, psychopath, fear, trapped, locked in a room ...
Time: year 2004, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An assassin is shot at the altar by her ruthless employer, Bill and other members of their assassination circle – but 'The Bride' lives to plot her vengeance. Setting out for some payback, she makes a death list and hunts down those who ...
Style: non-linear, bloody, tense, cult classic, suspense ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: revenge, vengeance, martial arts, mentor, one man army, female protagonist, heroine, yakuza, hitman, sword, dark hero, violence ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 80s, 90s ...
Place: japan, tokyo, persia, austin texas, texas ...
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A History of Violence (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style: neo noir, harsh, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Audience: date night, manly
Plot: gangster, self defense, revenge, sex scene, violent, small town, mobster, mafia, attempted robbery, organized crime, redemption, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: indiana, philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
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 7.8
 145K
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, ...
Style: bleak, psychological, disturbing, dark, tense ...
Audience: date night, manly, adult
Plot: serial killer, revenge, vengeance, murder, psychopath, violence, macabre, extreme violence, gory, mercilessness, brutality, torture ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, asia, east asia
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 8.4
 705K
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter ...
Style: bleak, psychological, disturbing, surreal, visual ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: vietnam war, insanity, jungle, mission, anti war, army, military, violence, secret mission, soldier, violent, river ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 60s, year 1969
Place: vietnam, cambodia, southeast asia, asia, the philippines
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The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she ...
Style: bloody, suspense, scary, slasher, suspenseful ...
Plot: gory, serial killer, photographer, psychopath, violent, butcher, subway, violence, twists and turns, obsession, torture, train ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, america
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 6.7
 101K
Hardcore Henry (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through ...
Style: exciting, stylized, intense, grindhouse, action packed ...
Plot: cyborgs, one man army, murder, violent, good versus evil, violence, point of view, gunfight, terrorist, psychopath, memory loss, car chase ...
Time: near future, year 2015, year 2016, 2010s
Place: moscow russia, russia
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From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive ...
Style: bloody, cult classic, grindhouse, offbeat, scary ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vampire, hostage, violent, gory, brothers, stripper, priest, blood, crime gone awry, survival, supernatural, monster ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: texas, mexico, austin texas, midwest, latin america ...
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style: disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: insanity, psychology, surrealism, gang, dystopia, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, brutality, sociopath ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1971, year 1995, 70s ...
Place: britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
Is relevant ?
 8.4
 262K
The Punisher (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 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: brutal, exciting, disturbing, suspense, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: vigilante, revenge, justice, vengeance, vigilantism, fight scenes, violence, superhero, one man army, murder, violent, gunfight ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, new york
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American History X (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style: dramatic, serious, cerebral, rough, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: skinhead, prison, racism, gang, neo nazi, racial slur, nazism, character change, juvenile delinquency, rape, african american, racial prejudice ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place: los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
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 6.4
 170K
The Punisher (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, vengeance, vigilante, lone hero, vigilantism, violence, superhero, tough guy, one man army, comic hero, mafia, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, year 2003
Place: florida, puerto rico, virginia, miami
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 7.3
 546K
Split (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant ...
Style: suspense, psychological, twist ending, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, mental illness, murder, psychopath, psycho, dissociative identity disorder, split personality, insanity, paranoia, serial killer, schizophrenia, violence ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, year 2017
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, america
Is relevant ?
 8.1
 378K
Raging Bull (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his ...
Style: black and white, stylized, atmospheric, visual, bloody ...
Audience: adult
Plot: character study, boxing, redemption, rise and fall, violent, boxer, biopic, bad temper, tragedy, jealousy, gangster, paranoia ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 1980, 60s, 1940s ...
Place: new york, chicago, bronx new york city, italy, miami ...
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 3.3
 376
Vampire Virus (2020)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A young woman contracts a deadly virus after an unusual sexual encounter, and soon develops a taste for human blood.
Style: gothic, stylized, serious, psychotronic, intense ...
Plot: violent, cannibalism, demon, virus, sex scene, brutality, strong violent content, gory, torment, violence, murder, blood ...
Time: 21st century
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Style: stylized, grindhouse, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: drug lord, gangster, violent, revenge, assassination attempt, hitman, dark hero, vengeance, murder, assassin, gunfighter, spy ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Style: action packed, harsh, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: one man army, revenge, rambo, weapons, vietnam war, violent, prisoner, prison, chase, violence, soldier, military ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, arizona, asia
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Gangs of New York (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 167 min.
Story: It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by ...
Style: epic, rough, tense, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: revenge, gang, gangster, vengeance, organized crime, street gang, racism, crime boss, betrayal, violent, courage, gang war ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, edwardian era, 50s ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 7.7
 387K
Man on Fire (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style: suspense, tense, brutal, exciting, emotional ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: revenge, kidnapping, vengeance, vigilante, cia, vigilantism, friendship, mercenary, lone hero, redemption, justice, child in peril ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, mexico city, latin america
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