Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fighting-back"

1. Get Out (I) (2017)

R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.

Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener

Votes: 695,077 | Gross: $176.04M

2. Nobody (I) (2021)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A docile family man slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss.

Director: Ilya Naishuller | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd

Votes: 323,630 | Gross: $27.27M

3. It (I) (2017)

R | 135 min | Fantasy, Horror

In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.

Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis

Votes: 605,196 | Gross: $327.48M

4. Beauty and the Beast (I) (2017)

PG | 129 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.

Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad

Votes: 334,194 | Gross: $504.01M

5. The Lion King (2019)

PG | 118 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.

Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Votes: 266,629 | Gross: $543.64M

6. The Jungle Book (2016)

PG | 106 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.

Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba

Votes: 291,825 | Gross: $364.00M

7. Savages (I) (2012)

R | 131 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro

Votes: 134,448 | Gross: $47.38M

8. The Boogeyman (I) (2023)

PG-13 | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it's too late.

Director: Rob Savage | Stars: Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, David Dastmalchian

Votes: 43,687

9. Cinderella (1950)

G | 74 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton

Votes: 173,744 | Gross: $85.00M

10. The Time Machine (1960)

G | 103 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi

A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.

Director: George Pal | Stars: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot

Votes: 44,790

11. Little Giants (1994)

PG | 107 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

Misfits form their own opposing team to an elite peewee football team, coached by the elite team coach's brother.

Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, Shawna Waldron, Devon Sawa

Votes: 30,820 | Gross: $19.29M

12. Lady Vengeance (2005)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.

Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Nam-mi Kang, Jeong-nam Choi, Hye-Sook Go, Bok-hwa Baek

Votes: 85,984 | Gross: $0.21M

13. Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987)

R | 74 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In the future, two slaves in a distant galaxy escape prison and crash-land on a strange planet. They meet Zed, whose hospitality attempts to hide the fact they are to be hunted for sport.

Director: Ken Dixon | Stars: Elizabeth Kaitan, Cindy Beal, Don Scribner, Brinke Stevens

Votes: 2,322

14. The Brave One (2007)

R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt

Votes: 63,459 | Gross: $36.79M

15. My Bodyguard (1980)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.

Director: Tony Bill | Stars: Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon, Paul Quandt

Votes: 10,826 | Gross: $22.48M

16. Fortress (1985)

TV-MA | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After being kidnapped for ransom by four criminals, a schoolteacher and her students flee into a cave and build fortifications in anticipation of a decisive battle with their captors.

Director: Arch Nicholson | Stars: Sean Garlick, Rachel Ward, Elaine Cusick, Laurie Moran

Votes: 3,536

17. Gor (1987)

PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his barbarian henchmen.

Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: Urbano Barberini, Rebecca Ferratti, Jack Palance, Paul L. Smith

Votes: 2,344

18. Rust Creek (2018)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An overachieving college student gets lost on her way to a job interview. A wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the Kentucky forest.

Director: Jen McGowan | Stars: Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson, Sean O'Bryan, Micah Hauptman

Votes: 12,874

19. The North Star (1943)

Passed | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War

A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the German invasion of June 1941.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan

Votes: 1,782

20. Tenement (1985)

X | 94 min | Action, Crime, Horror

A drug selling and violent street-gang terrorize the renters of a big trashy apartment-house.

Director: Roberta Findlay | Stars: Joe Lynn, Mina Bern, Walter Bryant, Corinne Chateau

Votes: 1,014

21. Liverleaf (2018)

Not Rated | 114 min | Horror

As if bullied by her classmates everyday is not enough, Nozaki finds her house burnt to the ground and her parents dead. Knowing that the fire is not an accident, she sneaks off to punish those responsible one by one.

Director: Eisuke Naitô | Stars: Anna Yamada, Hiroya Shimizu, Rinka Ôtani, Rena Ôtsuka

Votes: 1,167

22. The Zero Boys (1986)

Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Thriller, Horror

A group of friends travel to a wilderness area to play a survival game. Soon they unexpectedly find themselves in a real-life survival situation.

Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Daniel Hirsch, Kelli Maroney, Nicole Rio, Tom Shell

Votes: 2,774

23. Savage Dawn (1985)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Action

A vicious biker gang is intent on destroying a small town in Arizona. A war veteran visiting an old friend and a few locals with nothing to lose go to war with the gang's ruthless leader.

Director: Simon Nuchtern | Stars: George Kennedy, Richard Lynch, Karen Black, Claudia Udy

Votes: 823

24. Scar (2007)

R | 83 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Joan Burrows returns to her hometown for her niece's graduation, only to be confronted by the serial killer she thought she offed years ago -- after he kidnapped and tormented her and killed her best friend.

Director: Jed Weintrob | Stars: Angela Bettis, Brittney Wilson, Tegan Moss, Ben Cotton

Votes: 2,962

25. SafeWord (2011)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Thriller

Sabina is trapped with a masked madman with little hope of escape, finding herself in even greater dread the more she tries to get away.

Director: Chris Soth | Stars: Stéphanie Edmonds, Daniel Allen Kent, Justus Zimmerman, Jill Evyn

Votes: 200

26. Lowlife (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.

Director: Ryan Prows | Stars: Nicki Micheaux, Mark Burnham, Jon Oswald, Ricardo Adam Zarate

Votes: 2,647

27. Patterns (1956)

Approved | 83 min | Drama

When Fred Staples is recruited onto the board of a high-powered New York corporation, he finds his ethics and ambition at odds.

Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Beatrice Straight

Votes: 3,533

28. Hurry Sundown (1967)

Approved | 146 min | Drama

Drama of a ruthless Southern opportunist who tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Diahann Carroll

Votes: 1,386 | Gross: $9.00M

29. The Aggression Scale (2012)

R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Four heavily armed hitmen and two unusual teenagers go to war over $500,000 of stolen cash.

Director: Steven C. Miller | Stars: Ryan Hartwig, Fabianne Therese, Ray Wise, Dana Ashbrook

Votes: 3,507

30. Future Shock (1994)

PG-13 | 98 min | Sci-Fi, Horror

Horror anthology about a psychiatrist who uses virtual reality to probe the minds of three unsuspecting patients, a paranoid woman home alone, a meek man with a roommate from hell (Paxton) and a man obsessed with his own death.

Directors: Eric Parkinson, Matt Reeves, Oley Sassone | Stars: Vivian Schilling, Martin Kove, Brion James, Sydney Lassick

Votes: 535

31. The Cross of Lorraine (1943)

Approved | 90 min | War, Drama

A group of French soldiers during WWII are captured by German troops and sent to a POW camp. There they have to make use of his best resources to stay alive - and sane, while at the same time scheming a way out.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Whorf

Votes: 959

32. Angel's Dance (1999)

R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A young hitman is asked to prove himself by killing an innocent woman.

Director: David L. Corley | Stars: Jim Belushi, Sheryl Lee, Kyle Chandler, Frank John Hughes

Votes: 1,456

33. The Lightship (1985)

PG-13 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Robert Duvall, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michal Skolimowski, Tom Bower

Votes: 1,060

34. Fist of the Warrior (2007)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A hit-man, a mobster and a corrupt detective confront each other when events come to a head for them.

Director: Wayne Kennedy | Stars: Ho-Sung Pak, Peter Greene, Roger Guenveur Smith, Robin Paul

Votes: 428

35. Luster (2010)

R | 81 min | Horror, Thriller

A troubled businessman trying to make sense of a life out-of-control, discovers that the man working against him is another side of his own personality. As he fights back against his manipulative alter-ego, murder madness and mayhem ensue.

Director: Adam Mason | Stars: Andrew Howard, Tess Panzer, Matthew Rhys, Ian Duncan

Votes: 394

36. The Devastator (1986)

R | 79 min | Action, War

This war's in your own backyard. Violent warfare erupts in Northern California when Vietnam vet Deacon Porter reassembles his Combat Strike Force to avenge the death of a commanding officer.

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Rick Hill, Katt Shea, Crofton Hardester, Terrence O'Hara

Votes: 308

37. Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009 TV Movie)

Drama

In 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world's first defense of "state terror" - claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film ... See full summary »

Director: Carl Hindmarch | Stars: Stephen Hogan, Vasile Albinet, David Andress, Martin Hancock

Votes: 67

38. Lost Valley (1998)

96 min | Adventure, Thriller

When Mary-Ann Compton and Sandy Franzetti from Los Angeles fulfill their childhood dream of a journey through New Zealand's countryside in a motor home, it turns into a nightmare. Not only ... See full summary »

Director: Dale G. Bradley | Stars: Tamati Patuwai, Jeff Bollow, Brock Davis, John Doubleday

Votes: 41

39. Matsi Khvitia (1966)

90 min | Adventure, Romance

Fascinated with Matsi's fancy riding, a slaver queen offers him a job in her retinue. Matsi turns the offer down as he fights against slave trading and migrates towards Svaneti with his beloved Eka to flee from queen's vengeance.

Director: Giorgi Shengelaia | Stars: Aleko Gabechava, Manana Abazadze, Georgi Kavtaradze, Dodo Abashidze

Votes: 44

40. Das ist Dein Ende (1995 TV Movie)

92 min | Drama

Doris Donath is just one doorstep away from making a career as a successful banker. Currently she has the position of team leader, but as assistant director Stracher claims to like her and ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Keusch | Stars: Jennifer Nitsch, Max Volkert Martens, Hansa Czypionka, Jochen Schroeder

Votes: 11

41. Surviving an Active Shooter (2015 Video)

6 min | Documentary, Short

Techniques for dealing with an active shooter: run -- hide -- fight.

Star: Adam Tabor

42. The Rise of Jake Thomas: The Suburban Times Chronicles (2003)

60 min | Action, Drama

The town that J.W. (Joe Hammerstone) lives in is in chaos. A group of ex-football players and local felons called the Mob Crew are terrorizing the town. It seems there is no chance to bring... See full summary »

Director: Tyler Shaw | Stars: Romeo Riebisi, Joe Hammerstone, Grant Hulett, Tyler Shaw

43. Violet (IV) (2016)

4 min | Short, Drama

When two young Brazilian girls are captured by a human trafficker, they find hope and strength in a fellow inmate - and a way out.

Director: Amir Malekpour | Stars: Brint Baker, Salma Pacheco, Bia Quintanilla, Carol Quintanilla

44. Present Fighter (2009)

40 min | Short, Action, Drama

Terry is a young fighter in the underground fighting world. He has to decide between his combat life and his new family life with Jessica. Also, his fighting rival, Dan, will do anything to win and hurt Terry this year.

Directors: Samuel Saulnier, Max Laferriere | Stars: Max Laferriere, Tessa Soltendieck, Anoulith Sintharaphone, Constantine Kourtidis

Votes: 12

45. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Fear Itself (1998)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Bernard Selden has always had a paralyzing fear which is cured by isolating his brain from the fear. After recovery he finds that he can project fear into others.

Director: James Head | Stars: Arye Gross, Tanya Allen, Lorena Gale, Ben Immanuel

Votes: 239

46. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Evolution (1989)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Wesley's latest science project escapes the lab, threatening the Enterprise and an eminent scientist's life-long project.

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,457

47. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode: Cooper's Dreams (1990)

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

Cooper and company have tea with the Log Lady, who tells them there was a third man following after Leo and Jacques the night Laura died. At Jacques Renault's cabin Cooper, Hawk, and Truman find Waldo the bird.

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook

Votes: 5,273

48. Mujer, casos de la vida real (1985–2007)
Episode: La rebelde (2002)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Francisco Franco Alba | Stars: Angelina Peláez, Silvia Pinal, Rafael Mercadante, Gabriela Cano

49. Eyes on the Prize (1987–1990)
Episode: Fighting Back: 1957-1962 (1987)

TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary, History

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown Vs the Board of Education decision, the civil rights movement presses the issue of desegregation in schools. From Little Rock High School and ... See full summary »

Director: Judith Vecchione | Stars: Lindsay Almond Jr., Melvin Bailey, Ross Barnett, Lucius Christopher Bates

Votes: 42

50. For Love or Money (2019–2022)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2019)

44 min | Documentary, Crime

Kym and Ashley meet a man conned out of his life savings by a woman claiming to be in the U.S. military. A woman is scammed a second time when she thought she was bringing a fraudster to justice.

Directors: Jay Ahmed, Channing Brankin, Matthew Lees, Bill Mohin | Stars: Kym Marsh, Ashley John-Baptiste