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Theme: Vigilantes

10 to Midnight (1983)

10 March 200619 January 2020

Rating: ★

Cop Pursues Serial Killer

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Charles Bronson, Andrew Stevens, Lisa Eilbacher, Wilford Brimley, …
Category: Horror

ABCs of Death 2 (2014)

1 November 20143 December 2019

Rating: ★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: E.L. Katz, Julian Barratt, Julian Gilbey, Robert Morgan, …
Actors: Andy Nyman, Julian Barratt, Tristan Risk, Conor Sweeney, …
Category: Horror

And Then There Were None (2015)

13 February 20163 September 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Agatha Christie Murder Mystery

Director: Craig Viveiros
Actors: Maeve Dermody, Aidan Turner, Charles Dance, Burn Gorman, …
Category: Horror

Assault on Wall Street (2013)

1 March 20148 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Man Goes on a Shooting Rampage Against Bankers

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluk, Edward Furlong, John Heard, …
Category: Horror

Batman (1989)

26 March 200019 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, …
Category: Fantasy

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part I (2012)

22 December 201230 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Director: Jay Oliva
Actors: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby, Gary Anthony Williams, …
Category: Fantasy

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part II (2013)

6 May 201330 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Director: Jay Oliva
Actors: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, Mark Valley, Michael Emerson, …
Category: Fantasy

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

27 March 201619 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

DC Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Jesse Eisenberg, Amy Adams, …
Category: Science Fiction

Big Bad Wolves (2013)

8 October 201310 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Parent Tortures Suspected Child Killer

Director: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado
Actors: Tzahi Grad, Lior Ashkenazi, Rotam Keinan, Dov Glickman, …
Category: Horror

Bloody Knuckles (2014)

12 October 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Disembodied Hand/Bad Taste Comedy

Director: Matt O, O'Mahoney
Actors: Adam Boys, Kasey Mazak, Ken Tsui, Gabrielle Giraud, …
Category: Horror

Bound to Vengeance (2015)

7 August 201726 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Imprisoned Girl Seeks Revenge

Director: J.M. Cravioto
Actors: Tina Ivlev, Richard Tyson, Bianca Malinowski
Category: Horror

Boy Wonder (2010)

28 July 20124 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Teenage Vigilante

Director: Michael Morrissey
Actors: Caleb Steinmeyer, Zulay Henao, Bill Sage, Chuck Cooper, …
Category: Horror

The Brave One (2007)

21 October 20076 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Female Vigilante

Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Nicky Katt, Naveen Andrews, …
Category: Horror

Cross Fire (2000)

17 February 20011 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Pyrokinesis

Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Actors: Akiko Yada, Hideaki Ito
Category: Horror

Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994)

6 December 20137 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Female Demon Visits Earth

Director: L. Hassani
Actors: Angela Featherstone, Nicholas Worth, Charlotte Stewart, Milton James
Category: Fantasy

Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)

15 January 202015 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Scarecrow Enacts Supernatural Retribution

Director: Frank De Felitta
Actors: Charles Durning, Claude Earl Jones, Lane Smith, Larry Drake
Category: Horror

Deadpool (2016)

14 February 201620 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Marvel Comics Superhero

Director: Tim Miller
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction

Death Kiss (2018)

8 June 202015 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Vigilante Film

Director: Rene Perez
Actors: Robert Kovacs, Daniel Baldwin, Richard Tyson, Eva Hamilton, …
Category: Horror

Death Sentence (2007)

23 November 20082 July 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Vigilante Film

Director: James Wan
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Aisha Tyler, …
Category: Horror

Death Wish (1974)

15 June 20083 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Vigilante Film

Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, Hope Lange, Steven Keats, …
Category: Horror

Death Wish (2018)

22 September 201830 July 2019

Rating: ★

Vigilante Film

Director: Eli Roth
Actors: Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Norris, Camilla Morrone, …
Category: Horror

Death Wish II (1981)

4 September 20033 July 2020

Rating: ★

Vigilante Film

Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia, Robin Sherwood, …
Category: Horror

The Demolisher (2015)

15 October 201513 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho Vigilante

Director: Gabriel Carrer
Actors: Ry Barrett, Jessica Varno, Tianni Nori, Duncan McLellan, …
Category: Horror

Desierto (2015)

15 January 201714 January 2021

Rating: ★★½

White Vigilante Hunts Mexican Illegal Immigrants

Director: Jonas Cuaron
Actors: Gael Garcia Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo, Diego Cataño, …
Category: Horror

Eternal Revenge (1999)

6 April 200415 October 2020

Rating: ★

Woman Takes Revenge on Men

Director: Marc S. Greiner
Actors: Alexandra Paul, Anthony Michael Hall, Vlasta Vrana, Michelle Johnson, …
Category: Horror

The Expert (1995)

14 April 19995 November 2020

Rating: ★

Courtoom Serial Killer/Prison Break-In

Director: Rick Avery
Actors: Jeff Speakman, James Brolin, Elizabeth Gracen, Michael Shaner, …
Category: Horror

The Exterminator (1980)

19 January 20125 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Ultra-Violent Vigilante Film

Director: James Glickenhaus
Actors: Robert Ginty, Christopher George, Samantha Eggar, Steve James
Category: Horror

Final Girl (2015)

20 September 201510 December 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Girl Vigilante Turns the Tables on Killers

Director: Tyler Shields
Actors: Abigail Breslin, Alexander Ludwig, Wes Bentley, Cameron Bright, …
Category: Horror

Guilty as Charged (1991)

19 April 20092 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Vigilante Executioner Black Comedy

Director: Sam Irvin
Actors: Rod Steiger, Heather Graham, Lyman Ward, Lauren Hutton, …
Category: Horror

Harold’s Going Stiff (2011)

11 October 20189 September 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Zombie Comedy

Director: Keith Wright
Actors: Stan Rowe, Sarah Spencer, Andy Pandini, Phil Gascoyne, …
Category: Horror

Harry Brown (2009)

14 December 201014 January 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Aging Vigilante

Director: Daniel Barber
Actors: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Charlie Creed-Miles, David Bradley, …
Category: Horror

Hectic Knife (2016)

6 January 20177 June 2019

Rating: 0­

Gonzo Vigilante Film

Director: Greg DeLiso
Actors: Peter Litvin, J.J. Brine, Georgia Haege, John Munnelly, …
Category: Fantasy

Hobo With a Shotgun (2011)

27 March 20119 May 2019

Rating: ★★★

Vigilante Derelict/Gonzo Exploitation Homage

Director: Jason Eisener
Actors: Rutger Hauer, Molly Dunsworth, Gregory Smith, Jeremy Akerman, …
Category: Horror

Holy Hell (2015)

28 July 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Vigilante Catholic Priest/Gonzo Ultra-Violence

Director: Ryan LaPlante
Actors: Ryan LaPlante, Alysa King, Michael Rawley, Shane Patrick McClurg, …
Category: Horror

I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine (2015)

20 December 201512 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Female Vigilante

Director: R.D. Braunstein
Actors: Sarah Butler, Doug McKeon, Gabriel Hogan, Harley Jane Kozak, …
Category: Horror

iBoy (2017)

22 April 201729 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Teen Gets the Power to Mentally Access Internet Traffic

Director: Adam Randall
Actors: Bill Milner, Maisie Williams, Miranda Richardson, Rory Kinnear
Category: Science Fiction

Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

17 August 201315 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Superhero Wannabes

Director: Jeff Wadlow
Actors: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Morris Chestnut, …
Category: Fantasy

Kick-Ass (2010)

18 April 20102 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Superhero Wannabes

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, …
Category: Fantasy

Kite (2014)

25 January 201620 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Anime Adaptation/Teenage Girl Vigilante

Director: Ralph Ziman
Actors: India Eisley, Samuel L. Jackson, Callan McAuliffe, Deon Lotz, …
Category: Science Fiction

Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

2 November 20093 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Jailed Genius Enacts Vigilante Justice

Director: F. Gary Gray
Actors: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Bruce McGill, Colm Meaney, …
Category: Horror

Massacre at Central High (1976)

6 December 20028 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

High School Brutality and Revenge

Director: Renee Daalder
Actors: Derrel Maury, Andrew Stevens, Robert Carradine, Kimberley Beck, …
Category: Horror

Miss Meadows (2014)

22 March 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Perfectly Mannered and Polite Vigilante

Director: Karen Leigh Hopkins
Actors: Katie Holmes, James Badge Dale, Callan Mulvey, Jean Smart, …
Category: Horror

Ms 45 (1981)

6 January 200030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Raped Woman on a Killing Spree

Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Zoe Tamerlis, Edita Sherman, Albert Sinkys, S. Edward Singer, …
Category: Horror

Oily Maniac (1976)

30 December 20149 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Hong Kong Avenging Superhero

Director: Ho Meng-Hua
Actors: Li Hsiu-Hsien, Chen Ping, Lily Li, Wang Hsia, …
Category: Fantasy

Outlaw (2007)

31 December 200730 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Vigilante Film

Director: Nick Love
Actors: Sean Bean, Lennie James, Danny Dyer, Sean Harris, …
Category: Horror

Paparazzi (2004)

31 December 200430 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Celebrity Eliminates Paparazzi

Director: Paul Abascal
Actors: Cole Hauser, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Farina, Robin Tunney, …
Category: Horror

Princess (2006)

24 July 20076 February 2019

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Anti-Porn Vigilante

Director: Anders Morgenthaler
Actors: Thure Lindhardt, Mira Hallund, Tommy Kentner, Søren Lenander, …
Category: Horror

Prisoners (2013)

23 September 20136 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Vigilante Parent Tortures Child Abduction Suspect

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard, Maria Bello, …
Category: Horror

The Punisher (1990)

6 July 200112 March 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Comic-Book Vigilante

Director: Mark Goldblatt
Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Jeroen Krabbe, Louis Gossett Jr, Kim Miyori, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Punisher (2004)

15 June 200422 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Vigilante

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Actors: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Will Patton, Rebecca Romijn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Punisher: War Zone (2008)

21 March 20106 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Vigilante

Director: Lexi Alexander
Actors: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Doug Hutchison, Colin Salmon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pussy Kills (2017)

28 April 202028 April 2020

Rating: ★

Woman Avenger

Director: Gabriel Black
Category: Horror

Snowtown (2011)

10 November 202010 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

True-Life Serial Killings

Director: Justin Kurzel
Actors: Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway, Louise Harris, Aaron Viergever, …
Category: Horror

Superheroes (2011)

20 November 20117 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Real-Life Superheroes Documentary

Director: Michael Barnett
Category: Science Fiction

Taxi Driver (1976)

14 June 200210 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Urban Psychosis

Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, …
Category: Horror

The Tortured (2010)

30 June 201226 November 2019

Rating: ★

Couple Torture Paedophile

Director: Robert Lieberman
Actors: Erika Christensen, Jesse Metcalfe, Bill Moseley, Fulvio Cecere, …
Category: Horror

Undocumented (2010)

2 December 201214 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Vigilantes Torture Mexican Illegal Immigrants

Director: Chris Peckover
Actors: Peter Stormare, Scott Mechlowicz, Kevin Weisman, Greg Serano, …
Category: Horror

The VelociPastor (2018)

2 February 20204 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Priest Who Transforms Into a Dinosaur

Director: Brendan Steere
Actors: Gregory James Cohan, Alyssa Kempinski
Category: Science Fiction

Watchmen (2009)

8 March 200923 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earl Haley, Malin Akerman, …
Category: Science Fiction

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