| Enough (2002) | 5.8 | |
| Straw Dogs (2011) | 5.8 | |
| Black Belt (2007) | 6.9 | |
| Viper's Creed (2009) | 6.6 | |
| Black and White Love (2017) | 7.9 |
Self defense movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant self defense movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, tense and psychological films and TV shows about / with self defense, murder, death, violence, revenge, blood, vengeance, rivalry, beating and chase plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Germany, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as self defense: The Brave One (2007), Enough (2002), The Sensei (2008), Black Ice (2007), A History of Violence (2005), 100 Feet (2008), Straw Dogs (2011), Cairo 678 (2010), 6ixtynin9 (1999), The Rainmaker (1997).
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List of self defense movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
Style:
suspense, detective, realistic, serious, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vigilante, vengeance, revenge, vigilantism, woman with a gun, female vigilante, corpse, death, self defense, police station, woman kills a man, kick-butt women ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Is relevant?
51K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
domestic violence, abusive husband, violence against women, self defense, abusive relationship, violent husband, strong female character, woman in danger, stalking, life is a bitch, training, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lonely gay teenager, McClain, struggles to fit in with his classmates in a small, conservative Colorado town. After he's severely beaten at school, Karen O'Neil, a martial arts Sensei, secretly trains him to defend himself. When the town ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, psychological, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
martial arts, gay, gay teenager, small town, family relations, high school, self defense, rivalry, society, teenager, mentor, aids ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Saara is a middle-aged doctor who one day finds out that her architect-husband Leo is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli. Instead of revealing her true identity, Saara pretends to be someone else and makes friends with Tuuli. At the same ...
Style:
erotic drama, psychological, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, older woman teenage boy sex, love triangle, lesbian seduction, self defense, dishonesty, mistrust, lesbian, pretense, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
europe, finland
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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:
disturbing, tense, neo noir, sexy, harsh ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
twists and turns, self defense, revenge, violent, small town, organized crime, sex scene, redemption, gangster, sex, murder, attempted robbery ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, philadelphia, columbus ohio, usa, pennsylvania ...
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, rough, atmospheric, demonic ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, vengeful ghost, abusive husband, house arrest, supernatural, woman in danger, murder, vengeance, haunted by the past, confined, confinement indoors ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife, Amy, to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.
Style:
psychological, tense, sexy, brutal, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, home invasion, sex scene, self defense, gang rape, cheerleader, small town, revenge, vigilante, rape and revenge, vengeance, teasing ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, new orleans, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Deals with the phenomenon of sexual harassment in Egypt. Film depicts the moving story of three women Atfguen in some way or another to address the disturbing fact, the phenomenon can not be overlooked in the Egyptian and Arab street and the ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
sexual harassment, self defense, injustice, rebellion, social decay, society, vigilantism, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, defiant, men hatred, women's rights ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt, persia, africa, middle east ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A woman, fired from a financial coorporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. However, the people that left it there soon want it back.
Style:
dark comedy, tense, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
money, gangster, crime gone awry, self defense, mistaken identity, disorder, woman in danger, chase, serial killer, murder, death, caper ...
Time:
90s
Place:
thailand, asia, bangkok thailand, tokyo, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, clever, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, lawyer, lawsuit, domestic violence, insurance company, self defense, justice, courtroom, legal investigation, investigation, corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
caribbean, memphis, new jersey
Is relevant?
259K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, survival horror, self defense, danger, violence spree, security system, dystopia, family in danger, society, killing spree, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s, year 2000 ...
Place:
california, usa
Is relevant?
8K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A high-class call girl kills a customer in self-defense. To avoid scandal, her parents try to have her declared mentally incompetent. Not helping matters is that she is very distrustful of everybody, including her court-appointed attorney, and is ...
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, hilarious, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, mental health, courtroom, lawyer, court, murder, flashback, sex worker, self defense, prostitution, child abuse, insanity ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully, not realising he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.
Style:
humorous, teen, funny, melancholic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
high school, bullying, high school life, teacher, nerd, friendship, youth, adult child friendship, self defense, vengeance, parent child relationship, young heroes ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
TV show
Story:
Ferhat is a hitman working for his criminal uncle. Aslı is a young and idealistic doctor. One day, their roads crossed in the most unexpected way: Aslı is forced to operate on a man that Ferhat had shot.
Style:
emotional, touching, disturbing, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
opposites attract, forced marriage, power of love, fake marriage, jealousy, love, love story, marriage, self sacrifice, rescue, strong female character, doctor ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore – two churchgoing couples enjoying their small town Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
true crime, brutality, extramarital affair, self defense, violence, murder, courtroom drama, wife, violent, police, husband, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1978, 70s
Place:
texas
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.
Style:
tense, scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
woman in danger, survival, manhunt, self defense, escapades, human prey, friends, confined, strong violent content, chase, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Italian jeweller Matteo Belmonte and his wife Christine are robbed for the third time in the space of a few months. With Christine in danger, Matteo fires two shots. The robber Rufin dies at the feet of Romy, the couple's daughter. ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, emotional, intense
Plot:
self defense, robbery, murder, moral dilemma, guilt, social relations, male female relationship, family relations, relationships, husband wife relationship, heist, couple relations ...
Place:
italy
Is relevant?
183K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
Style:
slasher, suspense, slasher horror, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
masked killer, serial killer, characters killed one by one, homicidal maniac, whodunit, mystery killer, threatening telephone call, killing spree, characters murdered one by one, sister sister relationship, murder mystery, gory violence ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a nature photographer explains to the Police how she fought her way out of the Watchatoomy Valley, they dismiss her crazed and violent story as a meth-induced nightmare. But when they discover that she's telling the truth, it's too ...
Style:
disturbing, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, violence, female protagonist, rape and revenge, woods, corrupt sheriff, decapitation, survival, captive, murder, woman in jeopardy, self defense ...
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Elena Micheals thought she left the world of supernatural behind when she left Stonehaven behind 'for good this time' she thought. Until the night she got the mysterious call from her pack leader asking her to come back. So now she is ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, supernatural thriller, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, danger, wolf, transformation, female protagonist, female werewolf, self defense, strong female character, blood, double life, secret identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, new york, toronto ontario canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A fictional movie star, Gray Evans, goes through the disintegration of his marriage, his gradual mental breakdown, and his increasing obsession with a young film student who reminds Gray of his own life before becoming famous. A dark psychological ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, gloomy, crying ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, obsession, self defense, actor's life, showbiz, couples, rise and fall, ambition, lifestyle, desire for fame, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, rape and revenge, rape, roadblock, machismo, self defense, american abroad, mind game, danger, twists and turns, life is a bitch, woman in danger ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place:
europe, south of france, paris france, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Brooks, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
gunfight, old west, cancer, wild west, widow, self defense, small town, haunted by the past, cowboy, retirement, human nature, danger ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, year 1976, turn of the century, 19th century ...
Place:
tucson arizona, el paso texas, nevada, california
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172K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
Style:
bleak, harsh, brutal, sexy, sad ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, lesbian, female serial killer, homeless, prostitute, lesbian love, murder, mental illness, female killer, couples, rape, vengeance ...
Time:
80s, year 2003, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
florida, usa, michigan, miami, ohio
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Belarus
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Vasilisa returns to her hometown for the wedding of her school friend Inna. Inna’s groom “Chistiy” with his two friends “Lambada” and “Kolbasa” organize a unplanned bachelor party on the eve of the wedding. Inna and Vasilisa show up ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, atmospheric, dark comedy ...
Plot:
bad trip, drug trip, bachelor party, buddies, psychedelia, self defense, isolation, couple relations, drug overdose, bickering couple, fiance fiancee relationship, relationship problems ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Viper's Creed is a Mecha action anime series created by Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan with animation by AIC Spirits and Digital Frontier. Though Hiroyuki Kanbe is the main director of the show, Shinji Aramaki is solely responsible for the ...
Style:
anime, exciting, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
save the day, rivalry, heroes, man versus machine, military base, life is a bitch, save the planet, dystopian future, apocalypse, danger, escapades, technology gone awry ...
Time:
future
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The action never stops in this stunt-packed karate extravaganza of a black belt instructor who proves that his talents and expertise can be used to defend instead of destroy. The Instructor runs a local karate school and tries to impart to his ...
Style:
crime drama, independent film
Plot:
martial arts, karate, self defense, rivalry, fight scenes, hand to hand combat, dojo, showdown, discipline, honor, underdog, student ...
Place:
ohio
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A group of teachers must defend themselves from a gang of murderous kids when their school comes under siege after hours.
Style:
scary, slasher, disturbing, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
high school, danger, murder, juvenile delinquency, vengeance, isolation, high school life, violence spree, hardcase students, self defense, violent content, high school teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney (Jolene Blalock) and a cryptic stranger.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, interracial relations, murder, premarital sex, cons and scams, investigation, betrayal, dishonesty, gang, law enforcement, self defense, who to trust ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, vigilante, revenge, secret organization, conspiracy, vengeance, rape, conspiracy theory, vigilantism, life turned upside down, chess, murder ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, california
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