Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "vigilante-killing"

1. Reacher (2022– )

TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Itinerant former military policeman Jack Reacher solves crimes and metes out his own brand of street justice. Based on the novels by Lee Child.

Stars: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald

Votes: 211,195

2. The Batman (2022)

PG-13 | 176 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.

Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell

Votes: 786,651 | Gross: $369.35M

3. The Last House on the Left (2009)

R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller

After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.

Director: Dennis Iliadis | Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Bowen

Votes: 100,360 | Gross: $32.75M

4. The Untouchables (1987)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith

Votes: 330,745 | Gross: $76.27M

5. The Toxic Avenger (2023)

R | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

A horrible toxic accident transforms downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze into a new evolution of hero: The Toxic Avenger.

Director: Macon Blair | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Peter Dinklage, Jane Levy, Elijah Wood

Votes: 415

6. Zorro (2024– )

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Zorro is set in 1834 and follows Diego de la Vega determined to find out who killed his father, he will discover family secrets that will change his destiny forever.

Stars: Miguel Bernardeau, Renata Notni, Dalia Xiuhcoatl, Emiliano Zurita

Votes: 2,058

7. Memory (I) (2022)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Taj Atwal, Harold Torres

Votes: 35,052

8. Runaway Jury (2003)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: John Cusack, Rachel Weisz, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman

Votes: 104,570 | Gross: $49.44M

9. The Crying Game (1992)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A British soldier kidnapped by the IRA soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson

Votes: 60,050 | Gross: $62.55M

10. Southern Comfort (1981)

R | 106 min | Action, Thriller

During a routine exercise, a team of National Guardsmen are threatened by angry and violent locals.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Franklyn Seales

Votes: 21,902 | Gross: $5.00M

11. In Order of Disappearance (2014)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After his son is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver starts seeking revenge.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jakob Oftebro

Votes: 29,136 | Gross: $0.05M

12. Apple Tree Yard (2017)

TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Thriller

A provocative thriller which sees an eminent scientist caught up in a damaging and compromising lie. Based on the novel by Louise Doughty.

Stars: Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, Mark Bonnar, Syreeta Kumar

Votes: 5,772

13. Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)

PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In the early 1970s, a young woman passing through rural Tennessee unintentionally gets caught in a feud between two local neighboring clans, the Feathers and the Gutshalls.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Rod Steiger, Katherine Squire, Scott Wilson, Timothy Scott

Votes: 845

14. Thirteen Women (1932)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Ursula plots to murder 12 women with her supernatural powers.

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond, Myrna Loy

Votes: 1,869

15. They Won't Forget (1937)

Passed | 95 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

A politically ambitious district attorney, unscrupulous tabloid journalists, and regional prejudice combine to charge a teacher with the murder of his student.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris, Otto Kruger

Votes: 1,941

16. Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)

Not Rated | 115 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A group of university employees arrive in a small village during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being university students who're attempting to spread communism and mobilizes the townspeople to lynch them.

Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Roberto Sosa

Votes: 1,869

17. The Broken Shore (2013 TV Movie)

103 min | Crime

An evocative crime thriller that captures the chilling action and sharp wit of Peter Temple's acclaimed novel The Broken Shore. In this gripping adaptation, Detective Joe Cashin uncovers a ... See full summary »

Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: Don Hany, Claudia Karvan, Anthony Hayes, Erik Thomson

Votes: 809

18. The Murder Man (1935)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a crooked businessman is fatally shot, a hotshot New York newspaper reporter specializing in murder stories narrows in on the dead man's associate.

Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill

Votes: 1,282

19. Without Mercy (2005)

113 min | Horror

After terrorizing the people of Nodaway County and repeatedly escaping justice for years, the town bully finally meets his demise at the hands of the townspeople of Skidmore, Missouri. ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Server | Stars: Bob Burghardt, Coleen Callahan, Elize Caraballo, Sara Fineran

Votes: 52

20. The System (II) (2009)

33 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A group called The System find, torture and kill rapists, pedophiles and other violent offenders who have escaped justice because of a loophole or flaw in the justice system.

Director: Marcos Zavitsanos | Stars: Michael P. Byrne, Matt Carmody, Jack Conley, Mike Diaz

21. Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990)
Episode: Midnight Riders (1990)

TV-MA | 46 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

History repeats itself when a gang of bikers return from the dead to wreak small-town terror.

Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: Louise Robey, Steve Monarque, Chris Wiggins, Dennis Thatcher

Votes: 104

22. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Cell Within (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Tubbs is held prisoner by a "reformed" psycho he put away years ago, who is obsessed with eradicating crime through extreme methods.

Director: Michael B. Hoggan | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 285

23. Hawkeye (2021)
Episode: Echoes (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

After escaping a new threat, Clint and Kate join forces against an expanding criminal conspiracy.

Directors: Bertie Ellwood, Amber Templemore | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Vera Farmiga, Tony Dalton

Votes: 12,073

24. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Enough (2008)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Three drug dealers who are facing trial for killing a man are all shot and killed before their trial within minutes of each other.

Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 287

25. Secret Invasion (2023)
Episode: Home (2023)

TV-14 | 37 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

All hope for humanity rests on Fury's shoulders.

Director: Ali Selim | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Olivia Colman, Martin Freeman, Emilia Clarke

Votes: 7,050

26. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Billy the Kid (2011)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

On April 28, 1881, just days from being hanged for murder, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the last in a long line of daring escapes.

Director: John Maggio | Stars: Michael Murphy, Hampton Sides, Denise Chávez, Michael Wallis

Votes: 105

27. Chicago P.D. (2014– )
Episode: Sisterhood (2018)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Intelligence tracks down a vigilante killing rapists and Burgess questions whether the men who attacked her sister have really been punished.

Director: Rohn Schmidt | Stars: Jason Beghe, Jon Seda, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos

Votes: 455

28. Jessica Jones (2015–2019)
Episode: A.K.A. Hellcat (2019)

TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Trish revisits her troubled childhood with Dorothy while plotting to stop Sallinger and stamp out evil across the city.

Director: Jennifer Getzinger | Stars: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, Benjamin Walker

Votes: 1,961

29. Jessica Jones (2015–2019)
Episode: A.K.A. A Lotta Worms (2019)

TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As Trish makes a move on Sallinger, Jessica intervenes -- and ends up caught in a harrowing dance with the killer.

Director: Sarah Boyd | Stars: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, Benjamin Walker

Votes: 1,986