Gran Torino (2008)

The Running Man (1987)

Summary: In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.

Release Date: November 13, 1987

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Paul Michael Glaser

Writers: Stephen King

, Steven E. de Souza

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: TAFT Entertainment Pictures, Keith Barish Productions, Home Box Office (HBO), Braveworld Productions

Distributor: TriStar Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Artisan Home Entertainment, Avid Home Entertainment, CBS, Home Box Office (HBO), Image Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Live Distributing Inc., Live Entertainment, Live Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Olive Films, Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 27,000,000

Domestic: $ 38,122,105

Taxi Driver (1976)

Summary: A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.

Release Date: February 09, 1976

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writer: Paul Schrader

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Bill/Phillips, Italo/Judeo Productions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Fathom Events, Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, GoodTimes Home Video, Netflix, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,300,000

Domestic: $ 28,262,574

International: $ 310,749

Candyman (1992)

Summary: The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Release Date: October 16, 1992

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: Bernard Rose

Writers: Clive Barker

, Bernard Rose

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Propaganda Films, Candyman Films

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Scream Factory

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 25,792,310

International: $ 3,587

Falling Down (1993)

Summary: An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

Release Date: February 26, 1993

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Joel Schumacher

Writer: Ebbe Roe Smith

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: Alcor Films, Canal+, New Regency Productions

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, France, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 40,903,593

Dredd (2012)

Summary: In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.

Release Date: September 21, 2012

Genres: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

Director: Pete Travis

Writers: John Wagner

, Carlos Ezquerra

, Alex Garland

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: DNA Films, Peach Trees, Rena Films, Reliance Big Pictures

Distributor: Lionsgate

Countries: United Kingdom, South Africa, India

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 50,000,000

Domestic: $ 13,414,714

International: $ 27,623,028

RoboCop (1987)

Summary: In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.

Release Date: July 17, 1987

Genres: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Writers: Edward Neumeier

, Michael Miner

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: Orion Pictures

Distributor: Orion Pictures, Orion Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Orion Pictures Television, Philips Interactive Media of America (PIMA), The Criterion Collection, Image Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Robocop

Movie budget: $ 13,000,000

Domestic: $ 53,424,681

International: $ 708

Killing Them Softly (2012)

Summary: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

Release Date: November 30, 2012

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Andrew Dominik

Writers: Andrew Dominik

, George V. Higgins

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: R

Production: Plan B Entertainment, 1984 Private Defense Contractors, Annapurna Pictures

Distributor: Inferno Distribution, Anchor Bay Entertainment, KVH Media Group

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 15,026,056

International: $ 22,904,409

Death Wish (1974)

Summary: A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks. In self-defense, the vengeful man kills muggers on the mean streets after dark.

Release Date: July 24, 1974

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Michael Winner

Writers: Brian Garfield

, Wendell Mayes

, Gerald Wilson

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dino De Laurentiis, Landers-Roberts Productions, Scimitar Films

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Italy

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 22,000,000

Batman Begins (2005)

Summary: After witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.

Release Date: June 15, 2005

Genres: Action, Adventure

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writers: Bob Kane

, David S. Goyer

, Christopher Nolan

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Syncopy, DC Comics, Legendary Entertainment, Patalex III Productions Limited

Distributor: IMAX, Warner Bros., American Broadcasting Company (ABC), HBO Max

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Franchise: Batman

Movie budget: $ 150,000,000

Domestic: $ 206,863,479

International: $ 166,809,514

Looper (2012)

Summary: In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassin...

Release Date: September 28, 2012

Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Director: Rian Johnson

Writer: Rian Johnson

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: R

Production: TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict, Endgame Entertainment, Ram Bergman Productions

Countries: United States, China

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 66,486,205

International: $ 110,020,614

Candyman (2021)

Summary: A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.

Release Date: August 27, 2021

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: Nia DaCosta

Writers: Jordan Peele

, Win Rosenfeld

, Nia DaCosta

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), BRON Studios

Distributor: Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: Canada, United States, Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 22,000,000

Domestic: $ 61,186,570

International: $ 16,225,000

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Barbarian (2022)

Summary: A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems.

Release Date: September 09, 2022

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Director: Zach Cregger

Writer: Zach Cregger

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: BoulderLight Pictures, Hammerstone Studios, Almost Never Films Inc., Regency Enterprises, Vertigo Entertainment, Dare Films

Distributor: 20th Century Studios, Disney Movies Anywhere

Countries: Bulgaria, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,500,000

Domestic: $ 40,842,944

International: $ 4,509,393

Black and Blue (2019)

Summary: A rookie New Orleans police officer is forced to balance her identity as a black woman after she witnesses two corrupt cops committing murder.

Release Date: October 25, 2019

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Deon Taylor

Writer: Peter A. Dowling

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hidden Empire Film Group (HEFG), Ireland Entertainment Productions, Royal Viking Entertainment, Screen Gems

Distributor: Screen Gems

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 22,055,313

International: $ 685,748

Double Dragon (1994)

Summary: Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.

Release Date: November 04, 1994

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: James Yukich

Writers: Paul Dini

, Neal Shusterman

, Michael Davis

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Greenleaf Productions, Imperial Entertainment, Les Films du Scarabée, Scanbox International

Distributor: Gramercy Pictures (I), GoodTimes Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, MVD Rewind Collection, Moonstone Entertainment

Countries: United States, France, Denmark

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,850,000

Domestic: $ 2,341,309

Out for Justice (1991)

Summary: With his partner executed in broad daylight by a psychotic mafia enforcer, a veteran Brooklyn officer vows revenge. But is the unstoppable detective prepared to face the truth and pay the price of blood?

Release Date: April 12, 1991

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: John Flynn

Writer: R. Lance Hill

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: Arnold Kopelson Productions, Seagal/Nasso Productions, Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 14,000,000

Domestic: $ 39,673,161

Death Wish (2018)

Summary: Dr. Paul Kersey is an experienced trauma surgeon, a man who has spent his life saving lives. After an attack on his family, Paul embarks on his own mission for justice.

Release Date: March 02, 2018

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Eli Roth

Writers: Joe Carnahan

, Brian Garfield

, Wendell Mayes

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cave 76, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Annapurna Distribution, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Netflix

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 34,017,028

International: $ 15,545,682

Le Pont du Nord (1981)

Summary: Young unhinged female ex-con with a motorcycle helps a sickly young homeless woman in red discover what the map of Paris she took from her gangster boyfriend leads to.

Release Date: March 24, 1982

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Crime

Director: Jacques Rivette

Writers: Bulle Ogier

, Pascale Ogier

, Suzanne Schiffman

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Les Films du Losange, Lyric International, La Cecilia

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 17,110

Black Mass (2015)

Summary: The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

Release Date: September 18, 2015

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Scott Cooper

Writers: Mark Mallouk

, Jez Butterworth

, Dick Lehr

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cross Creek Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Grisbi Productions, Le, Head Gear Films, Vendian Entertainment

Distributor: Warner Bros., KVH Media Group, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 53,000,000

Domestic: $ 62,575,678

International: $ 37,400,000