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

1. The Boys (2019– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.

Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 653,886

2. Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

R | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Following Kick-Ass' heroics, other citizens are inspired to become masked crusaders, but Red Mist leads his own group of evil super-villains to get revenge, kill Kick-Ass, and destroy everything he stands for.

Director: Jeff Wadlow | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey

Votes: 288,705 | Gross: $28.80M

3. Hunters (2020–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1977 New York City, a troubled young Jewish man bent on revenge is taken in by a secret group of Nazi hunters fighting a clandestine war against a cell of high-ranking Nazi officials in hiding who work to create the Fourth Reich.

Stars: Al Pacino, Logan Lerman, Lena Olin, Josh Radnor

Votes: 52,624

4. 6 Underground (2019)

R | 128 min | Action, Thriller

Six individuals from all around the globe, each the very best at what they do, have been chosen not only for their skill, but for a unique desire to delete their pasts to change the future.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ben Hardy

Votes: 196,755

5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.

Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Noel Fisher

Votes: 220,099 | Gross: $191.20M

6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Turtles get into another battle with their enemy the Shredder, who has acquired new allies: the mutant thugs Bebop and Rocksteady and the alien being Krang.

Director: Dave Green | Stars: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Tyler Perry, Laura Linney

Votes: 99,869 | Gross: $82.05M

7. Halloween Kills (2021)

R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Surviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney

Votes: 98,413 | Gross: $92.00M

8. Vigilante (2023– )

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

The drama tells the story of a Metropolitan Investigation Team Unit tracking an organization called Vigilante, which judges the wicked people who escaped the law which has become a social phenomenon.

Stars: Nam Joo-hyuk, Yoo Ji-tae, Lee Jun-hyuk, Yoon Kyung-ho

Votes: 2,246

9. Seeking Justice (2011)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score. Then he discovers they want a 'favor' from him in return.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce, Harold Perrineau

Votes: 48,022 | Gross: $0.04M

10. Band of the Hand (1986)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Five juvenile lost causes are sent to the Everglades where a war veteran tries to reform them using survival tactics. Their new skills and resolve are tested when a Miami drug lord targets them for trying to clean up their neighborhood.

Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Stephen Lang, Michael Carmine, Lauren Holly, John Cameron Mitchell

Votes: 3,245 | Gross: $4.87M

11. Vigilante (1982)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After his wife and son got brutalized by a street gang, and a corrupt criminal justice system puts the perpetrators back on the street, a NYC factory worker teams up with a vigilante group to find some measure of bloody justice.

Director: William Lustig | Stars: Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright, Rutanya Alda

Votes: 4,546

12. Fighting Back (I) (1982)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Philadelphia shop owner forms a civilian patrol to stop neighborhood crime. The patrol's actions are seen as racially discriminatory, leading to escalating conflict.

Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Patti LuPone, Michael Sarrazin, Yaphet Kotto

Votes: 774 | Gross: $3.34M

13. Dangerously Close (1986)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A rebel without a cause at an elite uptight High School discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique hell-bent on ridding the school of what they deem to be its undesirables because of ethnicity, politics, etc.

Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: John Stockwell, J. Eddie Peck, Carey Lowell, Bradford Bancroft

Votes: 1,555 | Gross: $2.39M

14. Superman vs. The Elite (2012 Video)

PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

The Man of Steel finds himself outshone by a new team of ruthless superheroes who hold his idealism in contempt.

Director: Michael Chang | Stars: George Newbern, Pauley Perrette, Robin Atkin Downes, Dee Bradley Baker

Votes: 15,023

15. Young Warriors (1983)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, sparking her brother Kevin to take up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes from his fraternity, ... See full summary »

Directors: Lawrence David Foldes, Deran Sarafian | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Richard Roundtree, Lynda Day George, James Van Patten

Votes: 609 | Gross: $0.24M

16. Between Two Rivers (2012)

98 min | Documentary

Between Two Rivers is a feature documentary about Cairo, Illinois, a historic river-town with a dark and turbulent past; isolated at the confluence of the Ohio & Mississippi rivers, where North meets South in the heartland of America.

Directors: Jacob Cartwright, Nick Jordan | Stars: Robert G. Streit Jr., Bob Streit

Votes: 26

17. No Place to Hide (1992)

R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A tough L.A. cop and the teen sister of the ballerina whose murder he's investigating become targeted by a sinister cult that secretly runs the city.

Director: Richard Danus | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Drew Barrymore, Illana Diamant, Martin Landau

Votes: 784 | Gross: $0.14M

18. The Two Escobars (2010)

104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A look at how the lives of Colombian footballer Andres Escobar and drug lord Pablo Escobar were intertwined, alongside the mysterious events that led to Andres' murder in 1994.

Directors: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist | Stars: María Ester Escobar, Francisco Maturana, Alexis García V., Jaime Gaviria Gómez

Votes: 2,204

19. The Iron Heart (2022–2023)

TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An undercover agent goes on a dangerous mission to bring down a crime ring. Fueled by a bitter and painful past, Apollo and his allies face the grueling task that will challenge his resolve and strength.

Stars: Richard Gutierrez, Sue Ramirez, Albert Martinez, Anthony Jennings

Votes: 65

20. Institute for Revenge (1979 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Thriller

A computer run gang of good doers is out to stop a Palm Springs bad guy played by George Hamilton and they concoct a land deal scam to swindle him out of all his ill gotten goods and land him in jail.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Sam Groom, Lauren Hutton, Lane Binkley, T.J. McCavitt

Votes: 36

21. The Sweeper (1996 Video)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Mark Goddard, a Los Angeles cop with a penchant for violence, is recruited by a secret police society who deliver justice outside of the law.

Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Jeff Fahey, Ed Lauter, Kristen Dalton

Votes: 632

22. John Doe: Vigilante (2014)

R | 93 min | Crime, Thriller

An ordinary man fights violence the only way he knows how - by killing one criminal at a time. Hero or villain? Justice or vengeance? You decide.

Director: Kelly Dolen | Stars: Jamie Bamber, Lachy Hulme, Gary Abrahams, Sam Parsonson

Votes: 8,699

23. The Paedophile Hunter (2014 TV Movie)

70 min | Documentary

A look at the work of Stinson Hunter and his gang who pose as underage girls in order to catch pedophiles.

Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Keiron Parsons, David Cooper, Hugh Davies, Jim Gamble

Votes: 588

24. Pablo Escobar: Countdown to Death (2017 TV Movie)

68 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Through rare interviews, images and wiretap audio, this documentary reconstructs the last nine years of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's life.

Director: Santiago Diaz Oso | Stars: María Isabel Santos, Sebastian Marroquín, Alba Marina Escobar, Germán Castro Caycedo

Votes: 265

25. The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)

73 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

Drummond leads a black-shirted platoon of men from his former unit against foreign interlopers trying to pull England into dangerous overseas entanglements.

Director: Walter Summers | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Joyce Kennedy, Francis L. Sullivan

Votes: 382

26. Brutal Fury (1993)

98 min | Thriller

Shy young high school girl joins a secretive vigilante group of female high school students called "The Sisterhood."

Director: Fred P. Watkins | Stars: Tom Campitelli, Lisa-Gabrielle Greene, Annette Gebron, Karen Eppers

Votes: 63

27. 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

28. Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode: The Prescott Campaign (1961)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

Bat's old friend from Dodge City, Marshal Ben Holt, asks him to help fight a scheme plotted by the power-grabbing land baron General Silas Guild. When he arrives, Bat isn't sure that the Marshal is on the side of law and order.

Director: Elliott Lewis | Stars: Gene Barry, John Dehner, Philip Ober, Valerie Allen

Votes: 30

29. Huset på Christianshavn (1970–1977)
Episode: Man danner et vagtværn (1970)

21 min | Comedy, Family

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Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Helle Virkner, Poul Reichhardt, Ove Sprogøe, Paul Hagen

Votes: 18

30. The Sentinel (1996–1999)
Episode: Neighborhood Watch (1998)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Crime

The murder of a friend of Jim's spurs an investigation into crooked FBI agents, Federal Witness Protection clients, and gung-ho Neighbourhood Watch vigilantes. Much amusement, shenanigans and violence ensues.

Director: Scott Williams | Stars: Richard Burgi, Garett Maggart, Bruce A. Young, Anna Galvin

Votes: 18

31. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Homer the Vigilante (1994)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

An outbreak of burglaries inspires Homer to lead a vigilante group.

Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,397

32. Without a Trace (2002–2009)
Episode: Trials (2004)

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

Jack and the team search for Peter Dusek, a wealthy, 72-year-old murder trial juror, whose disappearance could cause a mistrial. Although the agents initially suspect that the defendant may... See full summary »

Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Enrique Murciano

Votes: 153

33. The Boys (2019– )
Episode: The Big Ride (2020)

TV-MA | 63 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

With Butcher still missing, Hughie, Mother's Milk, Frenchie, and Kimiko are now fugitives, and Homelander and Vought are more powerful than ever. But just as the Boys are about to leave the country, they are pulled back into the fray.

Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 13,632

34. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: Deadly Summer (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

In the summer of 1976, the NYPD are chasing a man shooting at couples in parked cars with a gigantic, .44 caliber handgun. He taunts the city with terrifying letters until police get a lead about a suspect who has shot a neighbor's dog.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: William Gardella, Richard Paul, Lawrence Klausner, Joseph Borrelli

Votes: 13

35. Huset på Christianshavn (1970–1977)
Episode: Feltråb Fire bajere (1974)

24 min | Comedy, Family

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Director: Tom Hedegaard | Stars: Kirsten Walther, Willy Rathnov, Helle Virkner, Poul Reichhardt

Votes: 10

36. The Boys (2019– )
Episode: Nothing Like It in the World (2020)

TV-MA | 68 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Milk, Hughie, and Annie go on a road trip to find Liberty. Frenchie has relationship problems, and Homelander continues to unravel.

Director: Frederick E.O. Toye | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 12,588

37. The Boys (2019– )
Episode: Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men (2020)

TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The Boys take to the high seas to safeguard their prisoner. Homelander plays house, then pushes Ryan over the edge. Starlight is forced to make an impossible choice. Stormfront reveals her true character.

Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 15,175

38. The Boys (2019– )
Episode: Proper Preparation and Planning (2020)

TV-MA | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Butcher is back with the Boys, but tensions flare with Hughie. Homelander spends quality time with his new "family." Starlight and Stormfront bond at a press junket and the Boys hunt down a super terrorist with a startling identity.

Director: Liz Friedlander | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 12,979

39. The New Adam-12 (1990–1991)
Episode: Vigilante (1990)

Crime, Drama

A vigilante group attempts to capture a rapist.

Director: Charles Bail | Stars: Jonathan Prince, Ethan Wayne, Peter Parros, Miguel Fernandes

40. The Boys (2019– )
Episode: What I Know (2020)

TV-MA | 67 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Becca shows up on Butcher's doorstep and begs for his help. The Boys agree to back Butcher, and together with Starlight, they finally face off against Homelander and Stormfront. But things go very bad, very fast.

Director: Alex Graves | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 20,035

41. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Escobar Goes to War (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Pablo Escobar goes to war against the authorities and his rivals, the Cali cartel.

Stars: Luis Ospina, Ken Cook, Bob Sears, William Rodriguez Abadia

Votes: 30

42. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Narco Cult (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Meth kingpin Nazario Moreno turns a drug cartel into Mexico's first narco cult.

Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Carl Pike, Ioan Grillo, Philippa Levine, Servando Gómez Martínez

Votes: 23

43. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Last Don (2021)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In the mid-1990s, left-wing guerrillas and far-right paramilitaries plunge Colombia into a civil war financed by the profits from cocaine trafficking.

Stars: Carlos Ramón Zapata, Chris Feistl, Jeremy McDermott, Salud Hernandez Mora

Votes: 19

44. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Bullseye (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Benson and Stabler reluctantly get help from a neighborhood vigilante group leader to help find out which registered sex offender may have raped two young girls.

Director: Peter Leto | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T

Votes: 1,065

45. Britain's Underworld (2010– )
Episode: Dublin Gangland (2011)

Documentary, Crime, History

Lifting the lid on Dublin's brutal history of organised gangs, including leader Larry Dunne who became Ireland's first millionaire drug kingpin.

Director: Anouk Curry | Stars: Gerry O'Carroll, Cathal Cryan, Christy Dunne, Tony Hickey

46. The Kyle Files (2015–2019)
Episode: Internet (2016)

Documentary

Jeremy investigates the dangers of the internet. He speaks to members of an online vigilante group targeting paedophiles. Learns how anything from fake documents to lethal weapons can be bought online and confronts an online troll.

Star: Jeremy Kyle

47. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter Thirty-Three: Shadow of a Doubt (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Betty turns to Cheryl for help when she has a suspicion about the Black Hood; A mysterious message leaves everyone on edge.

Director: Gregory Smith | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 1,576

48. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: The Invisible Hand (No. 63) (2018)

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

Red points the Task Force toward a group that targets people with reprehensible but legal actions. As Red helps one of his employees, Liz discovers a clue about Tom's investigation.

Director: Andrew McCarthy | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison

Votes: 1,213

49. The Boys (2019– )
Episode: The Name of the Game (2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When a Supe kills the love of his life, A/V salesman Hughie Campbell teams up with Billy Butcher, a vigilante hell-bent on punishing corrupt Supes -- and Hughie's life will never be the same again.

Director: Dan Trachtenberg | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty

Votes: 18,622

50. Drug Lords (2018)
Episode: Pablo Escobar (2018)

TV-MA | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar leads a horrific war against his own country until a team of politicians and police end his reign of terror.

Stars: Jhon Jairo Velásquez, Javier Pena, Steve Murphy, Hugo Martínez Poveda

Votes: 197