| Man Bites Dog (1992) | 7.4 | |
| Sicario (2015) | 7.7 | |
| Lilya 4-Ever (2002) | 7.8 | |
| The Raid (2011) | 7.6 | |
| Warrior (2019) | 8.4 |
Brutal movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, splatter, brutal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, gory, kidnapping, masked killer, trap, torture, massacre, sadistic horror, serial murder, survival, maniac, mysterious villain ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
"The Passion of the Christ" is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his explicit depiction of and focus on violence and on christs suffering, ...
Style:
biblical, christian film, controversial, spiritual, brutal ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, adult
Plot:
jesus, christianity, jesus christ, redemption, religion, religious, bible, torture, suffering, betrayal, death, roman ...
Time:
ancient times, year 2004, 2000s, 1930s, 1st century ...
Place:
holy land, jerusalem, greece, ancient greece, middle east ...
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In the menacing inferno of the old American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.
Style:
suspense, epic, brutal, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mute, church, obsession, sign language, violence, rape, father daughter incest, preacher, plot twist, religious, pedophile ...
Time:
19th century, year 2016, victorian era
Place:
netherlands
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In this fifth installment, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to ...
Style:
brutal, suspenseful, slasher, splatter, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, death, characters killed one by one, premonition, no survivors, gory, survival, death of protagonist, a vision, strong violent content, psychic, precognition ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 2000, 2000s, future ...
Place:
usa
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203K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
torture, gory, psychopath, survival, danger, captivity, sadistic horror, revenge, blood, tourist, torment, dismemberment ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam, slovakia, europe, iceland
Is relevant?
295K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight ...
Style:
scary, slasher, brutal, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, torture, gory, trap, sadistic horror, mind game, serial murder, antidote, killer, violent, insanity, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Lilya lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilya hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working ...
Style:
sad, bleak, depressing, harsh, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
poverty, human trafficking, prostitution, friendship, sexual abuse, prostitute, life is a bitch, suicide, teenage prostitution, teenage life, depression, rape ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
denmark, estonia, europe, russia, eastern europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation's abandoned towns and cities, and it's up to Mister, a death ...
Style:
brutal, tense, horrifying, sexy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vampire, post apocalypse, vampire hunter, apocalypse, monster, survival, coming of age, religious fanaticism, blood, infected, vengeance, depression ...
Time:
future, 2010s, distant future
Place:
canada, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A young woman is found brutally murdered in a Copenhagen playground. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Adapted from the acclaimed novel.
Style:
brutal, enigmatic, tense, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, serial murder, murderer, unsolved crime, missing person, forest, police protagonist, female detective ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Is relevant?
175K
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, twist ending, brutal, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, game of death, trap, plot twist, deathtrap, mind game, gory, violent, killer, game, blood, master criminal ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. However, once they arrive in this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone… and that no good deed goes unpunished.
Style:
bloody, scary, disturbing, brutal, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jungle, cannibal, cannibalism, torture, gory, eating human flesh, sadistic horror, survival, ant, decapitation, sadistic violence, amazon ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
south america, peru, america, chile, latin america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, brutal, suspenseful, intense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, violence, mafia, organized crime, gangster, hitman, poker, brutality, crime gone awry, assassin, murder, sex ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida, new orleans
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Style:
suspense, brutal, sexy, rough, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pandemic, infection, fear, post apocalypse, murder, interracial couple, dog, desperation, disease, paranoia, apocalypse, infected ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic future where population control is dictated by a high-school aptitude test, two students discover the test is smoke and mirrors hiding a larger conspiracy.
Style:
brutal, touching, disturbing, cynical, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
overpopulation, protest, youth, eugenics, dystopian future, dishonesty, love, danger, rivalry, high school, dystopia, distopia ...
Time:
near future
Is relevant?
226K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate ...
Style:
scary, brutal, twist ending, frightening, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, serial killer, mind game, game of death, sadism, trap, violent, mutilation, gory, sadistic horror, killer, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
118K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
home invasion, survival, gory, masked killer, murder, massacre, twists and turns, strong female lead, deathtrap, masked man, parents and children, blood ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
missouri, usa
Is relevant?
461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
Style:
brutal, exciting, independent film, neo noir, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, female warrior, female protagonist, female vigilante, female assassin, justice, dark heroine, revenge killing, one woman army, corruption, mercilessness ...
Time:
year 2017, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
usa, los angeles
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21K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When high school misfits Rickie and JT decide to ditch school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face with a gruesome discovery: a body of a woman stripped naked, chained to a table ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, sexy, creepy, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, necrophilia, zombie, sexual abuse, high school, violent, moral dilemma, best friend, depravity, mentally unstable, rape, bullying ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, year 2008, 80s, 21st century
Place:
spain
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bloody, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, revenge, race against time, police detective, investigation, pursuit, violent, murder, missing person, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, korea, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A remake of the 1988 film.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
evil doll, killer doll, characters killed one by one, macabre, murder, neighbor, danger, creepy doll, friendship, doll, puppet, terror ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
vietnam, chicago, japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a ...
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, violence, vigilante, serial killer, violent, vengeance, vigilantism, death, brutality, murder, torture, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, tel aviv israel
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Style:
controversial, disgusting, erotic, extreme horror, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot:
torture, atrocity, sexual perversion, sex, fascism, sexual abuse, sexual torture, sadism, brutality, rape, libertine, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1943, year 1944 ...
Place:
italy, europe, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, 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, brutal, slasher, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
masked killer, chainsaw, masked man, cannibalism, halloween, murder, gory, survival, torture, blood, texas chainsaw massacre, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Is relevant?
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: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After the vicious slaughter of his family by stone-cold mercenary Sub-Zero, Hanzo Hasashi is exiled to the torturous Netherrealm. There, in exchange for his servitude to the sinister Quan Chi, he’s given a chance to avenge his family – and is ...
Style:
brutal, adult animation, anime, intense, exciting ...
Plot:
fight to the death, martial arts tournament, ninja, revenge, master warrior, villain, monster, blood, sorcerer, fight, martial arts, contests and competitions ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Is relevant?
226K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Style:
psychological horror, dark, tense, cult classic, intense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
revenge, high school, prank, bullying, telekinesis, prom, social misfits, female protagonist, cruelty, coming of age, supernatural horror, stephen king ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 70s, year 1979, future ...
Place:
maine, usa
Is relevant?
135K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally ...
Style:
bloody, slasher, psychological, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, plot twist, trap, game of death, mind game, gory, violent, killer, vigilante, police investigation, sadism, serial killer ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, europe
Is relevant?
147K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends.
Style:
psychological, brutal, slasher, disturbing, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, torture, game of death, violent, trap, kidnapping, blood, gory, killer, violence, escape attempt, race against time ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Is relevant?
150K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, erotic, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private detective, obsession, male nudity, videotaped sex, revenge, murder mystery, private investigator, sexual abuse, investigation, violent, serial killer, sex ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, usa, pennsylvania ...
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