Las películas de justicieros o de vigilantes anónimos son un género cinematográfico en el que la o el protagonista o protagonistas se comportan como justicieros, tomándose la ley por su mano. Las películas de justicieros suelen ser películas de venganza en las que el sistema legal falla a los protagonistas, lo que los lleva a convertirse en justicieros.
En el cine de los Estados Unidos, las películas de justicieros ganaron prominencia durante la década de 1970 con "piedras angulares" como Death Wish o Harry el sucio, ambas con múltiples secuelas. Dennis Lim escribió para Los Angeles Times que: "La venganza de justicieros fue el tema cinematográfico de la década, floreciendo en los recintos más respetables del nuevo cine estadounidense incluso si alimentó numerosas películas de explotación,"[1] refiriéndose a Taxi Driver como un respetable ejemplo del género. Según Lim, para 2009 tales películas estaban regresando tras "los comparativamente prósperos y pacíficos años 90," con ejemplos como Walking Tall (2004), Death Sentence (2007), Law Abiding Citizen (2009) o Rambo: Last Blood (2019).
Películas de justicieros anteriores a 1965
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Finales de la década de 1980 hasta el presente
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Película
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Año
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Ref.
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El Gladiador
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1986
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[21]
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The Seventh Curse
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1986
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[36]
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Man on Fire
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1987
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Rolling Vengeance
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1987
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[21]
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Miami Connection
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1987
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[37]
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
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1988
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[38]
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Pumpkinhead
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1988
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[39]
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Batman
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1989
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The Punisher
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1989
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[40]
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Darkman
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1990
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Total Recall
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1990
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[41]
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
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1991
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[42]
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Falling Down
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1993
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[21]
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Crow, TheThe Crow
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1994
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[21]
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Dark Angel: The Ascent
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1994
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[43]
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Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie
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1995
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Blood and Donuts
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1995
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[44]
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Time to Kill, AA Time to Kill
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1996
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[18]
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Ojo por ojo
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1996
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[18]
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Night Hunter
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1996
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[45]
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Spawn
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1997
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[46]
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Blade
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1998
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[47]
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Boondock Saints, TheThe Boondock Saints
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1999
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[22]
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Shaft
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2000
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Faust: Love of the Damned
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2000
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[48]
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Collateral Damage
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2002
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[49]
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Spider-Man
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2002
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[50]
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Kill Bill
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2003
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[21]
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Man Apart, AA Man Apart
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2003
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[14]
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The Hebrew Hammer
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2003
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[51]
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Hellboy
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2004
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Man on Fire
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2004
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[52]
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Walking Tall
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2004
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[18]
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Punisher, TheThe Punisher
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2004
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[14]
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Batman Begins
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2005
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[22]
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Constantine
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2005
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[53]
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V for Vendetta
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2005
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[22]
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Munich
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2005
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[14]
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Four Brothers
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2005
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[14]
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Hard Candy
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2006
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[54]
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Death Note
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2006
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Brave One, TheThe Brave One
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2007
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[18]
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Death Sentence
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2007
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[18]
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Urban Justice
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2007
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El Muerto
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2007
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[55]
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Dark Knight, TheThe Dark Knight
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2008
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[52]
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Taken
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2008
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[21]
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Gran Torino
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2008
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[22]
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The Horseman
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2008
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Gutterballs
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2008
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[56]
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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
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2009
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Defendor
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2009
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[57]
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Law Abiding Citizen
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2009
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[18]
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Harry Brown
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2009
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[22]
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Inglourious Basterds
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2009
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[18]
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Watchmen
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2009
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[21]
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13 Assassins
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2010
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[58]
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The Man from Nowhere
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2010
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[59]
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Red: Werewolf Hunter
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2010
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[60]
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22 Bullets
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2010
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[61]
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Faster
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2010
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[21]
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Machete
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2010
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[21]
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Kick-Ass
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2010
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[62]
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Super
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2010
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[21]
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Drive Angry
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2011
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[63]
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Hobo with a Shotgun
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2011
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[21]
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Drive
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2011
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Scary or Die
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2012
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[64]
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The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse
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2012
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[65]
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Amazing Spider-Man, TheThe Amazing Spider-Man
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2012
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[21]
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Dark Knight Rises, TheThe Dark Knight Rises
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2012
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[21]
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Bad Ass
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2012
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Taken 2
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2012
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Fire with Fire
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2012
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[66]
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The Man with the Iron Fists
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2012
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[67]
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Prisoners
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2013
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[68]
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Avenged
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2013
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[69]
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Kick-Ass 2
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2013
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[70]
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The Outlaw Michael Howe
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2013
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Skin Trade
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2014
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[71]
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John Wick
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2014
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In Order of Disappearance
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2014
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Equalizer, TheThe Equalizer
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2014
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[72]
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Mr. X
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2015
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Taken 3
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2015
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The Accountant
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2016
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Vengeance: A Love Story
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2017
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The Foreigner
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2017
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Death Note
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2017
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Burning
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2018
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Peppermint
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2018
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The Equalizer 2
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2018
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Death Wish
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2018
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Mandy
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2018
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[73]
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War
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2019
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Rambo: Last Blood
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2019
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[74]
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6 Underground
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2019
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Birds of Prey
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2020
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Promising Young Woman
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2020
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Nobody
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2021
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- ↑ «I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) - Keenen Ivory Wayans | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie».
- ↑ «Pumpkinhead (1988) - Stan Winston - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related». AllMovie.
- ↑ «The Punisher (1989) - Mark Goldblatt | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie».
- ↑ «Total Recall (1990) - Paul Verhoeven | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie».
- ↑ «Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) - Kevin Reynolds - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related». AllMovie.
- ↑ «Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994) - Linda Hassani, J. Hassani - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related». AllMovie.
- ↑ «Blood & Donuts (1996) - Holly Dale - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related». AllMovie.
- ↑ «Night Hunter (1995) - Rick Jacobson, Rik Jacobson - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related». AllMovie.
- ↑ «Spawn (1997) - Mark A.Z. Dippe - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related». AllMovie.
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