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The '''vigilante film''' is a [[film genre]] in which the protagonist or protagonists engage in [[vigilante]] behavior, taking the law into their own hands. Vigilante films are usually [[revenge]] films in which the [[legal system]] fails protagonists, leading them to become vigilantes. The vigilante film has in recent years often crossed over with the [[Superhero film|Superhero]] genre, due to character origin stories frequently involving an injustice having been committed against them.
The '''vigilante film''' is a [[film genre]] in which the protagonist or protagonists engage in [[vigilante]] behavior, taking the law into their own hands. Vigilante films are usually [[revenge]] films in which the [[legal system]] fails protagonists, leading them to become vigilantes. The vigilante film has in recent years often crossed over with the [[Superhero film|superhero]] genre, due to character origin stories frequently involving an injustice having been committed against them.


==History==
==History==


In United States cinema, vigilante films gained prominence during the 1970s with "touchstones" like ''[[Death Wish (1974 film)|Death Wish]]'' and ''[[Dirty Harry]]'', both of which received multiple sequels. The 1974 film ''Death Wish'' has been described as officially starting the genre, causing many cheap imitations and [[Mockbuster|knockoffs]] such as ''[[Vigilante (film)|Vigilante]]'' and ''[[Vigilante Force]]'', with the most financially successful being 1980's ''[[The Exterminator]]''.<ref>Richard B. Armstrong, Mary Willems Armstrong. (2010). ''Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series''. McFarland. p. 216. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4572-1}}</ref>
In United States cinema, vigilante films gained prominence during the 1970s with "touchstones" like ''[[Death Wish (1974 film)|Death Wish]]'' and ''[[Dirty Harry]]'', both of which received multiple sequels. The 1974 film ''Death Wish'' has been described as officially starting the genre, causing many cheap imitations and [[Mockbuster|knockoffs]] such as ''[[Vigilante (1982 film)|Vigilante]]'' and ''[[Vigilante Force]]'', with the most financially successful being 1980's ''[[The Exterminator]]''.<ref>Richard B. Armstrong, Mary Willems Armstrong. (2010). ''Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series''. McFarland. p. 216. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4572-1}}</ref>


The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported, "Vigilante vengeance was the cinematic theme of the decade, flourishing in the more respectable precincts of the new American cinema even as it fueled numerous [[exploitation film|exploitation]] flicks," referring to ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' as a respectable example of the genre.<ref name="lim"/> It reported in 2009 that such films were making a comeback after "the comparatively prosperous and peaceable 1990s", with examples like ''[[Walking Tall (2004 film)|Walking Tall]]'' (2004), ''[[Death Sentence (2007 film)|Death Sentence]]'' (2007) and ''[[Law Abiding Citizen]] (2009)''.<ref name="lim"/>
The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported, "Vigilante vengeance was the cinematic theme of the [1970s], flourishing in the more respectable precincts of the new American cinema even as it fueled numerous [[exploitation film|exploitation]] flicks," referring to ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' as a respectable example of the genre.<ref name="lim"/> It reported in 2009 that such films were making a comeback after "the comparatively prosperous and peaceable 1990s", with examples like ''[[Walking Tall (2004 film)|Walking Tall]]'' (2004), ''[[Death Sentence (2007 film)|Death Sentence]]'' (2007) and ''[[Law Abiding Citizen]] (2009)''.<ref name="lim"/>


==List of films==
==List of films==
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| ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' || 1938 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-adventures-of-robin-hood-v991|title=The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Michael Curtiz, William Keighley - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' || 1938 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-adventures-of-robin-hood-v991|title=The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Michael Curtiz, William Keighley - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
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|[[The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)|The Mark of Zorro]]
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| ''[[The Ox-Bow Incident]]'' || 1943 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-ox-bow-incident-v36976|title=The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) - William A. Wellman &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[The Ox-Bow Incident]]'' || 1943 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-ox-bow-incident-v36976|title=The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) - William A. Wellman &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Virgin Spring]]'' ||1960|| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-virgin-spring-v52855|title=The Virgin Spring (1959) - Ingmar Bergman - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[The Virgin Spring]]'' ||1960|| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-virgin-spring-v52855|title=The Virgin Spring (1959) - Ingmar Bergman - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Yojimbo (film)|Yojimbo]]'' || 1961 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/yojimbo-v55840|title=Yojimbo (1961) - Akira Kurosawa - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Treasure of the Silver Lake]]'' || 1962 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/treasure-of-silver-lake-v114408|title = Treasure of Silver Lake (1962) - Harald Reinl &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[Treasure of the Silver Lake]]'' || 1962 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/treasure-of-silver-lake-v114408|title = Treasure of Silver Lake (1962) - Harald Reinl &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Sons of Katie Elder]]'' || 1965 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-sons-of-katie-elder-v45688|title = The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) - Henry Hathaway &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[The Sons of Katie Elder]]'' || 1965 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-sons-of-katie-elder-v45688|title = The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) - Henry Hathaway &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]'' || 1966 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/django-v14098|title = Django (1966) - Sergio Corbucci &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Elusive Avengers]]'' || 1967 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/elusive-avengers-v170741|title = Elusive Avengers (1966) - Edmond Keosayan &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[The Elusive Avengers]]'' || 1967 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/elusive-avengers-v170741|title = Elusive Avengers (1966) - Edmond Keosayan &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Born Losers]]'' || 1967 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/born-losers-v6738|title=Born Losers (1967) - Tom Laughlin, T.C. Frank &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[The Born Losers]]'' || 1967 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/born-losers-v6738|title=Born Losers (1967) - Tom Laughlin, T.C. Frank &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Death Rides a Horse]]'' || 1967 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064208/|title=IMDB page|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
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| ''[[Coffy]]'' || 1973||
| ''[[Coffy]]'' || 1973||
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| ''[[Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia]]'' ||1973||
| ''[[The Violent Professionals]]'' ||1973||
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| '' [[Magnum Force]] '' || 1973 ||
| '' [[Magnum Force]] '' || 1973 ||
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| ''[[Mad Dog Morgan]]'' || 1976 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mad-dog-morgan-v30653|title = Mad Dog Morgan (1976) - Philippe Mora &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[Mad Dog Morgan]]'' || 1976 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mad-dog-morgan-v30653|title = Mad Dog Morgan (1976) - Philippe Mora &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Brotherhood of Death]]'' || 1976 || <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/brotherhood-of-death-vm12384 | title=Brotherhood of Death (1976) - Bill Berry &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie }}</ref>
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| ''[[An Average Little Man]]'' ||1977||
| ''[[An Average Little Man]]'' ||1977||
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| ''[[1990: The Bronx Warriors]]'' || 1982 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/1990-the-bronx-warriors-v132|title = 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1983) - Elisa Livia Brighanti, Enzo G. Castellari, Dardana Sachetti, Enzo Castellari &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[1990: The Bronx Warriors]]'' || 1982 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/1990-the-bronx-warriors-v132|title = 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1983) - Elisa Livia Brighanti, Enzo G. Castellari, Dardana Sachetti, Enzo Castellari &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[First Blood]]'' || 1982 || <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/teenagers-from-outer-space-vm1072267 | title=Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) - Tom Graeff &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie }}</ref>
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| ''[[Burst City]]'' || 1983 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/burst-city-v347753|title = Burst City (1982) - Sogo Ishii &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[Burst City]]'' || 1983 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/burst-city-v347753|title = Burst City (1982) - Sogo Ishii &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Escape from the Bronx]]'' ||1983|| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/escape-2000-v16039|title = Escape 2000 (1985) - Enzo G. Castellari &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[Escape from the Bronx]]'' ||1983|| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/escape-2000-v16039|title = Escape 2000 (1985) - Enzo G. Castellari &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Vigilante (film)|Vigilante]]'' || 1983 || <ref name="lichtenfeld" />
| ''[[Vigilante (1982 film)|Vigilante]]'' || 1983 || <ref name="lichtenfeld" />
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| ''[[Alley Cat (film)|Alley Cat]]'' || 1984 ||
| ''[[Alley Cat (film)|Alley Cat]]'' || 1984 ||
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| ''[[Blastfighter]]'' || 1984 || <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/blastfighter-v6019 | title=Blastfighter (1984) - Lamberto Bava &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie }}</ref>
| ''[[Blastfighter]]'' || 1984 || <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/blastfighter-v6019 | title=Blastfighter (1984) - Lamberto Bava &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie }}</ref>
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| ''[[Death Wish 3]]'' ||1985||
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| ''[[Naked Vengeance]]'' ||1985||
| ''[[Naked Vengeance]]'' ||1985||
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| ''[[The Seventh Curse]]'' || 1986 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-seventh-curse-v139428|title=The Seventh Curse (1986) - Ngai Kai Lam, Lan-Wei Tsang - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[The Seventh Curse]]'' || 1986 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-seventh-curse-v139428|title=The Seventh Curse (1986) - Ngai Kai Lam, Lan-Wei Tsang - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Death Wish 4: The Crackdown]]'' || 1987 ||
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| ''[[Man on Fire (1987 film)|Man on Fire]]'' || 1987 ||
| ''[[Man on Fire (1987 film)|Man on Fire]]'' || 1987 ||
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| ''[[Miami Connection]]'' || 1987 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/miami-connection-v318124|title = Miami Connection (1987) - Y.K. Kim, Richard W. Park, Park Woo-Sang &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[Miami Connection]]'' || 1987 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/miami-connection-v318124|title = Miami Connection (1987) - Y.K. Kim, Richard W. Park, Park Woo-Sang &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Her Vengeance]]'' || 1988 ||
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| ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]'' || 1988 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/im-gonna-git-you-sucka-v24180|title=I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) - Keenen Ivory Wayans &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]'' || 1988 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/im-gonna-git-you-sucka-v24180|title=I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) - Keenen Ivory Wayans &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Dark Angel: The Ascent]]'' || 1994 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/dark-angel-the-ascent-v134589|title=Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994) - Linda Hassani, J. Hassani - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[Dark Angel: The Ascent]]'' || 1994 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/dark-angel-the-ascent-v134589|title=Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994) - Linda Hassani, J. Hassani - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Death Wish V: The Face of Death]]'' || 1994 ||
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| ''[[Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie]]''||1995 ||
| ''[[Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie]]''||1995 ||
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| ''[[One Tough Bastard]]'' || 1995 || <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/one-mans-justice-v162200 | title=One Man's Justice (1995) - Kurt Wimmer &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie }}</ref>
| ''[[One Tough Bastard]]'' || 1995 || <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/one-mans-justice-v162200 | title=One Man's Justice (1995) - Kurt Wimmer &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie }}</ref>
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|[[Rumble in the Bronx]]
| ''[[Rumble in the Bronx]]'' || 1995 ||
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| ''{{sortname|A|Time to Kill|dab=1996 film}}'' || 1996 || <ref name="lim" />
| ''{{sortname|A|Time to Kill|dab=1996 film}}'' || 1996 || <ref name="lim" />
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| ''{{sortname|A|Man Apart}}'' || 2003 || <ref name="lichtenfeld" />
| ''{{sortname|A|Man Apart}}'' || 2003 || <ref name="lichtenfeld" />
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| ''[[The Hebrew Hammer]]''|| 2003 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-hebrew-hammer-v273167|title = The Hebrew Hammer (2003) - Jonathan Kesselman &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[The Hebrew Hammer (film)|The Hebrew Hammer]]''|| 2003 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-hebrew-hammer-v273167|title = The Hebrew Hammer (2003) - Jonathan Kesselman &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Hellboy (2004 film)|Hellboy]]'' || 2004 ||
| ''[[Hellboy (2004 film)|Hellboy]]'' || 2004 ||
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| ''[[Four Brothers (film)|Four Brothers]]'' || 2005 || <ref name="lichtenfeld" />
| ''[[Four Brothers (film)|Four Brothers]]'' || 2005 || <ref name="lichtenfeld" />
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| ''[[Sin City (film)]]'' || 2005 ||
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| ''[[Hard Candy (film)|Hard Candy]]'' || 2006 || <ref name=Stringer>{{cite journal|last1=Stringer|first1=Rebecca|title=From Victim to Vigilante|url=https://www.academia.edu/4417088|journal=Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema| date=January 2011 |publisher=Routeledge|access-date=8 November 2014}}</ref>
| ''[[Hard Candy (film)|Hard Candy]]'' || 2006 || <ref name=Stringer>{{cite journal|last1=Stringer|first1=Rebecca|title=From Victim to Vigilante|url=https://www.academia.edu/4417088|journal=Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema| date=January 2011 |publisher=Routeledge|access-date=8 November 2014}}</ref>
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| ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' || 2009 || <ref name="lim" />
| ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' || 2009 || <ref name="lim" />
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| ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' || 2009 || <ref name="rt" />
| ''[[Watchmen (2009 film)|Watchmen]]'' || 2009 || <ref name="rt" />
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| ''[[13 Assassins (2010 film)|13 Assassins]]'' || 2010 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/13-assassins-v525028|title=13 Assassins (2010) - Takashi Miike - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[13 Assassins (2010 film)|13 Assassins]]'' || 2010 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/13-assassins-v525028|title=13 Assassins (2010) - Takashi Miike - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[Super (2010 American film)|Super]]'' || 2010 || <ref name="rt" />
| ''[[Super (2010 American film)|Super]]'' || 2010 || <ref name="rt" />
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| ''[[Batman: Under the Red Hood]]'' || 2010 || <ref>https://www.allmovie.com/movie/batman-under-the-red-hood-v511823</ref>
| ''[[Batman: Under the Red Hood]]'' || 2010 || <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/batman-under-the-red-hood-v511823 | title=Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010) - Brandon Vietti &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie }}</ref>
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| ''[[Drive Angry]]'' || 2011 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/drive-angry-v498833|title=Drive Angry (2011) - Patrick Lussier - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[Drive Angry]]'' || 2011 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/drive-angry-v498833|title=Drive Angry (2011) - Patrick Lussier - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Man with the Iron Fists]]'' || 2012 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-man-with-the-iron-fists-v532648|title=The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) - the Rza &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[The Man with the Iron Fists]]'' || 2012 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-man-with-the-iron-fists-v532648|title=The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) - the Rza &#124; Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related &#124; AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Last Stand (2013 film)|The Last Stand]]'' || 2013 ||
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| ''[[Snitch (film)|Snitch]]'' || 2013 ||
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| ''[[Prisoners (2013 film)|Prisoners]]'' || 2013 || <ref>{{cite news |title=Hugh Jackman to Star in Vigilante Thriller ''PRISONERS'' for November 2013 Release |url=http://collider.com/hugh-jackman-prisoners |access-date=March 4, 2013 |newspaper=Collider.com |date=March 15, 2012}}</ref>
| ''[[Prisoners (2013 film)|Prisoners]]'' || 2013 || <ref>{{cite news |title=Hugh Jackman to Star in Vigilante Thriller ''PRISONERS'' for November 2013 Release |url=http://collider.com/hugh-jackman-prisoners |access-date=March 4, 2013 |newspaper=Collider.com |date=March 15, 2012}}</ref>
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| ''[[Taken 3]]'' || 2015 ||
| ''[[Taken 3]]'' || 2015 ||
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| ''[[Vendetta (2015 film)|Vendetta]]'' || 2015 ||
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| ''[[Elle (film)]]'' || 2016 ||
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| ''[[I Am Wrath]]'' || 2016 ||
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| ''[[The Accountant (2016 film)|The Accountant]]'' || 2016 ||
| ''[[The Accountant (2016 film)|The Accountant]]'' || 2016 ||
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| ''[[The Foreigner (2017 film)|The Foreigner]]'' || 2017 ||
| ''[[The Foreigner (2017 film)|The Foreigner]]'' || 2017 ||
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|''[[Burning (film)|Burning]]'' || 2018 ||
|''[[Burning (2018 film)|Burning]]'' || 2018 ||
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| ''[[Peppermint (2018 film)|Peppermint]]'' || 2018 ||
| ''[[Peppermint (2018 film)|Peppermint]]'' || 2018 ||
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| ''[[Mandy (2018 film)|Mandy]]'' || 2018 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mandy-v685452|title=Mandy (2018) - Panos Cosmatos - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
| ''[[Mandy (2018 film)|Mandy]]'' || 2018 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mandy-v685452|title=Mandy (2018) - Panos Cosmatos - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
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| ''[[War (film)|War]]'' || 2019 ||
| ''[[War (2019 film)|War]]'' || 2019 ||
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| ''[[Rambo: Last Blood]]'' || 2019 ||<ref name="urlLast Blood Isnt a Rambo Story, Its An Old Man Punisher Movie">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/rambo-last-blood-old-man-punisher/ |title=Last Blood Isn't a Rambo Story, It's An Old Man Punisher Movie |date=22 September 2019 }}</ref>
| ''[[Rambo: Last Blood]]'' || 2019 ||<ref name="urlLast Blood Isnt a Rambo Story, Its An Old Man Punisher Movie">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/rambo-last-blood-old-man-punisher/ |title=Last Blood Isn't a Rambo Story, It's An Old Man Punisher Movie |date=22 September 2019 }}</ref>
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|''[[Promising Young Woman]]'' || 2020 ||
|''[[Promising Young Woman]]'' || 2020 ||
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|''[[Nobody (2021 film)|Nobody]]'' || 2021 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/nobody-trailer-bob-odenkirk |title=Nobody Trailer Turns Bob Odenkirk Into a Brutal Vigilante|website=Movieweb}}</ref>
|''[[Nobody (2021 film)|Nobody]]'' || 2021 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/nobody-trailer-bob-odenkirk |title=Nobody Trailer Turns Bob Odenkirk Into a Brutal Vigilante|website=Movieweb|date=10 December 2020 }}</ref>
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|''[[The Protégé]]'' || 2021 ||
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|''[[The Batman (film)|The Batman]]'' || 2022 ||
|''[[The Batman (film)|The Batman]]'' || 2022 ||
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|''[[The Baker (2022 film)|The Baker]]'' || 2022 ||
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| ''[[The Equalizer 3]]'' || 2023 ||
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| ''[[Jawan (film)|Jawan]]'' || 2023 ||
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| ''[[The Beekeeper (2024 film)|The Beekeeper]]'' || 2024 ||
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| ''[[Monkey Man (film)|Monkey Man]]'' || 2024 ||
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| ''[[The Crow (2024 film)|The Crow]]'' || 2024 ||
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| ''[[From the World of John Wick: Ballerina]]'' || 2025 ||
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*{{cite book | last=Hoppenstand | first=Gary | year=1993 | chapter=Lethal weapons: The gun as icon in the popular urban vigilante film | editor1-last=Loukides | editor1-first=Paul | editor2-last=Fuller | editor2-first=Linda K. | title=Beyond the Stars 3: The Material World in American Popular Film | publisher=Popular Press | isbn=978-0-87972-623-2 }}
*{{cite book | last=Hoppenstand | first=Gary | year=1993 | chapter=Lethal weapons: The gun as icon in the popular urban vigilante film | editor1-last=Loukides | editor1-first=Paul | editor2-last=Fuller | editor2-first=Linda K. | title=Beyond the Stars 3: The Material World in American Popular Film | publisher=Popular Press | isbn=978-0-87972-623-2 }}
*{{cite journal | last=Novak | first=Glenn D. |date=November 1987 | url=http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED301896 | title=Social Ills and the One-Man Solution: Depictions of Evil in the Vigilante Film | publisher=International Conference on the Expressions of Evil in Literature and the Visual Arts }}
*{{cite web| last=Novak | first=Glenn D. |date=November 1987 | url=http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=ED301896 | title=Social Ills and the One-Man Solution: Depictions of Evil in the Vigilante Film | publisher=International Conference on the Expressions of Evil in Literature and the Visual Arts }}


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The vigilante film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists engage in vigilante behavior, taking the law into their own hands. Vigilante films are usually revenge films in which the legal system fails protagonists, leading them to become vigilantes. The vigilante film has in recent years often crossed over with the superhero genre, due to character origin stories frequently involving an injustice having been committed against them.

History

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In United States cinema, vigilante films gained prominence during the 1970s with "touchstones" like Death Wish and Dirty Harry, both of which received multiple sequels. The 1974 film Death Wish has been described as officially starting the genre, causing many cheap imitations and knockoffs such as Vigilante and Vigilante Force, with the most financially successful being 1980's The Exterminator.[1]

The Los Angeles Times reported, "Vigilante vengeance was the cinematic theme of the [1970s], flourishing in the more respectable precincts of the new American cinema even as it fueled numerous exploitation flicks," referring to Taxi Driver as a respectable example of the genre.[2] It reported in 2009 that such films were making a comeback after "the comparatively prosperous and peaceable 1990s", with examples like Walking Tall (2004), Death Sentence (2007) and Law Abiding Citizen (2009).[2]

List of films

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Pre-1965 vigilante films

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Film Year Ref.
Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek 1904
The White Caps 1905 [3]
The Birth of a Nation 1915
Judex 1916
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 [4]
The Mark of Zorro 1940
The Ox-Bow Incident 1943 [5]
The Big Heat 1953 [6]
The Bravados 1958 [7]
The Virgin Spring 1960 [8]
Treasure of the Silver Lake 1962 [9]
Youth of the Beast 1963 [10]

Late 60s-mid 80s vigilante film wave

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Film Year Ref.
The Sons of Katie Elder 1965 [11]
The Elusive Avengers 1967 [12]
The Born Losers 1967 [13]
Death Rides a Horse 1967 [14]
The Bride Wore Black 1968
The Wild Bunch 1969 [15]
Cold Sweat 1970 [16]
Joe 1970
Ned Kelly 1970 [17]
Violent City 1970
Billy Jack 1971 [18]
Chrome and Hot Leather 1971
Dirty Harry 1971 [2]
Straw Dogs 1971
Shaft 1971 [19]
Execution Squad 1972
Ulzana's Raid 1972 [15]
Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion 1972 [20]
The No Mercy Man 1973 [21]
Coffy 1973
The Violent Professionals 1973
Magnum Force 1973
Revolver 1973
Robin Hood 1973 [22]
Thriller – A Cruel Picture 1973
Tony Arzenta 1973
Walking Tall 1973 [23]
What Have They Done to Your Daughters? 1974
Death Wish 1974 [2]
Street Law 1974
Foxy Brown 1974
Three the Hard Way 1974
The Street Fighter 1974
The Black Six 1974 [24]
Black Belt Jones 1974 [25]
Act of Vengeance 1974 [26]
The Black Gestapo 1975
Syndicate Sadists 1975
The Common Man 1975
Kidnap Syndicate 1975
Manhunt in the City 1975
The "Human" Factor 1975
The Big Racket 1976
Taxi Driver 1976 [2]
Colt 38 Special Squad 1976
Vigilante Force 1976
Zebra Force 1976
The Enforcer 1976
Lipstick 1976
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room 1976
Trial by Combat 1976
Keoma 1976 [27]
The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 [28]
Mad Dog Morgan 1976 [29]
Brotherhood of Death 1976 [30]
An Average Little Man 1977
Double Game 1977
Rolling Thunder 1977 [31]
I Spit on Your Grave 1978 [22]
A Dangerous Toy 1979
Mad Max 1979 [32]
Defiance 1980
The Exterminator 1980 [2]
Ms. 45 1981
Lovely But Deadly 1981 [33]
Death Wish II 1982
Krodham 1982
1990: The Bronx Warriors 1982 [34]
First Blood 1982 [35]
Burst City 1983 [36]
The Graduates of Malibu High 1983
The Star Chamber 1983
Sudden Impact 1983
Escape from the Bronx 1983 [37]
Vigilante 1983 [15]
Alley Cat 1984
The Toxic Avenger 1984 [38]
Exterminator 2 1984
Savage Streets 1984
Streets of Fire 1984 [39]
Blastfighter 1984 [40]
Death Wish 3 1985
Naked Vengeance 1985
The Last Dragon 1985 [41]
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except 1985 [42]

Late 1980s to the present

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Film Year Ref.
The Gladiator 1986 [22]
The Seventh Curse 1986 [43]
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown 1987
Man on Fire 1987
Rolling Vengeance 1987 [22]
Miami Connection 1987 [44]
Her Vengeance 1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1988 [45]
Pumpkinhead 1988 [46]
Traxx 1988 [47]
Batman 1989
The Punisher 1989 [48]
Darkman 1990
Total Recall 1990 [49]
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991 [50]
Falling Down 1993 [22]
The Crow 1994 [22]
Dark Angel: The Ascent 1994 [51]
Death Wish V: The Face of Death 1994
Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie 1995
Blood and Donuts 1995 [52]
One Tough Bastard 1995 [53]
Rumble in the Bronx 1995
A Time to Kill 1996 [2]
Eye for an Eye 1996 [2]
Night Hunter 1996 [54]
Spawn 1997 [55]
Blade 1998 [56]
The Boondock Saints 1999 [23]
Shaft 2000
Faust: Love of the Damned 2000 [57]
Collateral Damage 2002 [58]
Spider-Man 2002 [59]
Kill Bill 2003 [22]
A Man Apart 2003 [15]
The Hebrew Hammer 2003 [60]
Hellboy 2004
Man on Fire 2004 [61]
Walking Tall 2004 [2]
The Punisher 2004 [15]
Bad Reputation 2005 [62]
Batman Begins 2005 [23]
Constantine 2005 [63]
V for Vendetta 2005 [23]
Munich 2005 [15]
Four Brothers 2005 [15]
Sin City (film) 2005
Hard Candy 2006 [64]
Death Note 2006
The Brave One 2007 [2]
Death Sentence 2007 [2]
Urban Justice 2007
El Muerto 2007 [65]
The Dark Knight 2008 [61]
Taken 2008 [22]
Gran Torino 2008 [23]
The Horseman 2008
Gutterballs 2008 [66]
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day 2009
Defendor 2009 [67]
Law Abiding Citizen 2009 [2]
Harry Brown 2009 [23]
Inglourious Basterds 2009 [2]
Watchmen 2009 [22]
13 Assassins 2010 [68]
The Man from Nowhere 2010 [69]
Red: Werewolf Hunter 2010 [70]
22 Bullets 2010 [71]
Faster 2010 [22]
Machete 2010 [22]
Kick-Ass 2010 [72]
Super 2010 [22]
Batman: Under the Red Hood 2010 [73]
Drive Angry 2011 [74]
Hobo with a Shotgun 2011 [22]
Drive 2011
Gallowwalkers 2012 [75]
Scary or Die 2012 [76]
The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse 2012 [77]
The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 [22]
The Dark Knight Rises 2012 [22]
Bad Ass 2012
Taken 2 2012
Fire with Fire 2012 [78]
The Man with the Iron Fists 2012 [79]
The Last Stand 2013
Snitch 2013
Prisoners 2013 [80]
Avenged 2013 [81]
Kick-Ass 2 2013 [82]
The Outlaw Michael Howe 2013 [83]
Skin Trade 2014 [84]
John Wick 2014
John Doe: Vigilante 2014
In Order of Disappearance 2014
The Equalizer 2014 [85]
Mr. X 2015
Taken 3 2015
Vendetta 2015
Elle (film) 2016
I Am Wrath 2016
The Accountant 2016
Vengeance: A Love Story 2017
The Foreigner 2017
Burning 2018
Peppermint 2018
The Equalizer 2 2018
Death Wish 2018
Mandy 2018 [86]
War 2019
Rambo: Last Blood 2019 [87]
6 Underground 2019
Birds of Prey 2020
Promising Young Woman 2020
Nobody 2021 [88]
The Protégé 2021
The Batman 2022
The Baker 2022
The Equalizer 3 2023
Jawan 2023
The Beekeeper 2024
Monkey Man 2024
The Crow 2024
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina 2025

See also

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  40. ^ "Blastfighter (1984) - Lamberto Bava | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  41. ^ "The Last Dragon (1985) - Michael Schultz | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  42. ^ "Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1987) - Josh Becker | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
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  45. ^ "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) - Keenen Ivory Wayans | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  46. ^ "Pumpkinhead (1988) - Stan Winston - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  47. ^ "Traxx (1988) - Jerome Gary | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  48. ^ "The Punisher (1989) - Mark Goldblatt | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  49. ^ "Total Recall (1990) - Paul Verhoeven | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  50. ^ "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) - Kevin Reynolds - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  51. ^ "Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994) - Linda Hassani, J. Hassani - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  52. ^ "Blood & Donuts (1996) - Holly Dale - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  53. ^ "One Man's Justice (1995) - Kurt Wimmer | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  54. ^ "Night Hunter (1995) - Rick Jacobson, Rik Jacobson - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
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  56. ^ "Blade (1998) - Stephen Norrington, Steve Norrington - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  57. ^ "Faust: Love of the Damned (2000) - Brian Yuzna - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  58. ^ "Collateral Damage (2001) - Andrew Davis | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  59. ^ "Spider-Man (2002) - Sam Raimi | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
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