Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "death-squad"

1. Narcos (2015–2017)

TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.

Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann

Votes: 470,001

2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

PG-13 | 157 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Harry Potter finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Eric Sykes

Votes: 681,240 | Gross: $290.01M

3. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody

Votes: 886,146 | Gross: $59.10M

4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Sci-Fi

The early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolverine.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Danny Huston

Votes: 530,309 | Gross: $179.88M

5. American Sniper (2014)

R | 133 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis

Votes: 529,036 | Gross: $350.13M

6. Captain America: Civil War (2016)

PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Political involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.

Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan

Votes: 849,615 | Gross: $408.08M

7. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

TV-MA | 87 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).

Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi

Votes: 64,193

8. Magnum Force (1973)

R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan pursues a conspiracy of vigilante cops, who are not above going beyond the law to kill San Francisco's undesirables.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul

Votes: 66,607 | Gross: $4.56M

9. The Act of Killing (2012)

Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.

Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Stars: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik

Votes: 40,799 | Gross: $0.49M

10. Collateral Damage (2002)

R | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

After his family is killed by a terrorist act, a firefighter goes in search of the one responsible.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Leguizamo, Francesca Neri, Elias Koteas

Votes: 77,964 | Gross: $40.08M

11. Salvador (1986)

R | 122 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage

Votes: 23,136

12. Killing Season (2013)

R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, find their unlikely friendship tested when one of them reveals their true intentions.

Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Milo Ventimiglia, Liz Olin

Votes: 38,842 | Gross: $0.03M

13. Veronica Guerin (2003)

R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker, Ciarán Hinds

Votes: 21,888 | Gross: $1.57M

14. Underworld: Endless War (2011)

18 min | Animation, Short, Action

Follows Selene across 3 separate periods in history as she hunts a group of Lycan brothers.

Stars: Laura Harris, Trevor Devall, Paul Dobson, Mark Oliver

Votes: 1,852

15. Ganz normale Männer - Der 'vergessene Holocaust' (2022 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary, History, War

The Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen trial of 1947/1948 is considered the largest murder trial in history against members of four death squads from the security police and SD (the security service ... See full summary »

Directors: Manfred Oldenburg, Oliver Halmburger | Stars: Brian Cox, Benjamin Ferencz, Christopher Browning, Harald Welzer

Votes: 1,660

16. Escape from the Bronx (1983)

R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A rag-tag group of people must fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Mark Gregory, Henry Silva, Valeria D'Obici, Giancarlo Prete

Votes: 3,033 | Gross: $1.41M

17. Carnosaur (1993)

R | 83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A genetically manipulated and very hungry dinosaur escapes from a bioengineering company and wreaks havoc on the local desert town. A security guard and a girl environmentalist try to stop both it and the company's doomsday bioweapon.

Directors: Adam Simon, Darren Patrick Moloney | Stars: Diane Ladd, Raphael Sbarge, Jennifer Runyon, Harrison Page

Votes: 4,360 | Gross: $1.75M

18. The Third Generation (1979)

111 min | Crime, Drama

A wildly anarchic satire of urban guerrilla warfare in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla, Volker Spengler, Margit Carstensen

Votes: 2,805

19. Apartment Zero (1988)

R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In early 1980s Buenos Aires, a struggling movie theater owner takes in a roommate but suspects he is responsible for a series of political assassinations.

Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith

Votes: 4,236 | Gross: $0.67M

20. Extreme Justice (1993)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A rogue cop joins an elite L.A.P.D. unit who secretly operate as a vigilante death squad, but soon begins to question their methods.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn, Chelsea Field, Yaphet Kotto

Votes: 1,386

21. The True Story of Killing Pablo (2002 TV Movie)

43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The career and death of notorious Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.

Director: David Keane | Stars: David Jeremiah, Mark Bowden, Morris Busby, George Bush

Votes: 359

22. Toy Soldiers (1984)

R | 85 min | Action, Drama

While on a vacation in Central America, some American teenagers are kidnapped by terrorists. A rescue mission is sent after them, but they manage to escape and join up with a mercenary fighting the terrorists.

Director: David Fisher | Stars: Jason Miller, Cleavon Little, Rodolfo de Anda, Terri Garber

Votes: 676

23. 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: 2,200

24. Lumumba (2000)

Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo Patrice Lumumba.

Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto

Votes: 2,082 | Gross: $0.68M

25. The Flying Guillotine (1975)

Not Rated | 111 min | Action, Drama

An assassin, trained in the use of a throwing weapon that can behead its victims from a distance, questions the morality of his missions and becomes a fugitive hunted by his former comrades.

Director: Meng-Hua Ho | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Feng Ku, Hung Wei, Wu Chi Liu

Votes: 1,644

26. Embodiment of Evil (2008)

Not Rated | 94 min | Horror

The gravedigger Zé do Caixão continues his search for the perfect woman to bear his son.

Director: José Mojica Marins | Stars: José Mojica Marins, Jece Valadão, Adriano Stuart, Milhem Cortaz

Votes: 1,799

27. Gang in Blue (1996 TV Movie)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.

Directors: Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Josh Brolin, Cynda Williams, J.T. Walsh

Votes: 508

28. Area 51 (2005 Video Game)

M | Action, Horror, Mystery

In a routine mission, Soldier Ethan Cole must survive a degenerative contamination and find out what is behind everything, which includes events and cases about UFO's and non-terrestrial life covered by the government.

Stars: David Duchovny, Powers Boothe, Marilyn Manson, Ian Abercrombie

Votes: 569

29. Parole de flic (1985)

98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Retired police officer Daniel Pratt's teenage daughter is killed by a gang of hooded men. Pratt begins his own investigation to find the killers and who ordered them to do it - and take personal revenge out of the judicial system.

Director: José Pinheiro | Stars: Alain Delon, Jacques Perrin, Fiona Gélin, Éva Darlan

Votes: 1,250

30. Death Squad (2019–2020)

Horror

When all communication is severed with a clandestine scientific research facility located in a former Soviet biochemical laboratory, a private military company is formed to enter the facility to find and extract the lead doctor.

Stars: Mike Markoff, Elyssia Koulouris, Arsen Grigoryan, Dan Goldman

Votes: 54

31. Revival of Evangelion (1998)

159 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A compilation of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth and Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion.

Directors: Hideaki Anno, Ken Andô, Naoyasu Habu, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Masayuki, Shôichi Masuo, Seiji Mizushima, Tensai Okamura, Keiichi Sugiyama, Akira Takamura, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Tetsuya Watanabe, Minoru Ôhara, Masahiko Ôtsuka | Stars: Tiffany Grant, Megumi Hayashibara, Akira Ishida, Tetsuya Iwanaga

Votes: 365

32. The Vengeful Beauty (1978)

82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After her whole family was slaughtered under the order of the emperor, a pregnant martial artist is on the run, and struggles to avoid being caught or back-stabbed by even her closest friends.

Director: Meng-Hua Ho | Stars: Ping Chen, Hua Yueh, Lieh Lo, Norman Chu

Votes: 279

33. Harvest of Empire (2012)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History

A powerful documentary that exposes the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. From the territorial ... See full summary »

Directors: Peter Getzels, Eduardo Lopez | Stars: Junot Diaz, Luis Enrique, Juan Gonzalez, Maria Hinojosa

Votes: 165 | Gross: $0.06M

34. Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort (1988)

97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

This movie tells the story of a group of right-wing cops have begun carrying out vigilante justice on drug dealers and other crime figures who might otherwise avoid punishment for their ... See full summary »

Director: José Pinheiro | Stars: Alain Delon, Michel Serrault, Xavier Deluc, Patrick Catalifo

Votes: 882

35. Melancholia (1989)

87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Art critic Keller was once part of a far-left radical group. They contact him again 10 years later and ask him to assassinate a Chilean doctor and war criminal, who's visiting London, but Keller has lost his ideals and feels conflicted.

Director: Andi Engel | Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Susannah York, Ulrich Wildgruber, Jane Gurnett

Votes: 139

36. Cruelty Squad (2021 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

After being discharged from the SEC Death Squad, A hitman is recruited to join the Cruelty Squad; A private sector death squad that is sent out to kill corporate rivals for the financial good of its host company.

Votes: 55

37. Viper (1988)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama

After Laura's husband James is murdered, she decides to find out who did it and why. She finds herself in a fight against an anti-terrorist organization in her desire for revenge.

Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Linda Purl, James Tolkan, Jeff Kober, Chris Robinson

Votes: 133

38. Roses in December (1982)

Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary

Detailing the rape, torture and murder of four American missionaries in El Salvador by members of the El Salvador National Guard, as well as the subsequent attempts by the government to cover up the story.

Directors: Ana Carrigan, Bernard Stone | Stars: John Houseman, Douglas Cable, Maura Clarke, Eldon Cummings

Votes: 25

39. Engkwentro (2009)

60 min | Drama

"Engwkentro" follows two teenage brothers attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run ... See full summary »

Director: Pepe Diokno | Stars: Celso Ad. Castillo, Felix Roco, Daniel Medrana, Zyrus Desamparado

Votes: 108 | Gross: $0.03M

40. The Man on the Shore (1993)

106 min | Drama, History, War

Haiti during papa Doc's reign: not a fun place!

Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Jennifer Zubar, Toto Bissainthe, Patrick Rameau, Jean-Michel Martial

Votes: 132

41. The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis (1987 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, History, War

This special report by Bill Moyers illustrates and evidences about the contradictions revolving U.S. government when it comes to actually follow and obey the Constitution and its rulings. ... See full summary »

Stars: Scott Armstrong, Richard Bissell, Jackson Browne, Carl Channel

Votes: 39

42. Imburnal (2008)

212 min | Drama

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Director: Sherad Anthony Sanchez | Stars: Brian Monterola, Jelieta Mariveles-Ruca, Allen Lumanog, Lawrence Garrido

Votes: 66

43. Monsenor: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero (2011)

97 min | Documentary, Biography, History

In the 1970s, as El Salvador moved irrevocably closer to civil war, one man was known as the voice of the poor, the disenfranchised, the disappeared. Appointed Archbishop in 1977, Monsenor ... See full summary »

Directors: Ana Carrigan, Juliet Weber | Stars: Pablo Alvarenga, Alberto Arene, Salvador Carranza, Marta Cerna

Votes: 31

44. Hitler's Victory (2002 TV Movie)

PG | 95 min | Documentary, War

What if the Nazis had invaded and occupied Britain during World War II?

Director: Richard Bond | Stars: Diego Matamoros, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, King George VI

Votes: 168

45. Executions II (1995 Video)

56 min | Documentary

Documentary examining the many forms of execution that take place in the world today.

Stars: Jeff Doucet, Anatoly Golovkin, Pietro Pacciani, Gary Plauche

Votes: 36

46. The Front Line (1984)

78 min | Documentary

A documentary about the civil war in El Salvador in the 1980, told from the points of view of the rebels, the soldiers fighting them, and civilians who just want all the fighting and killing to end.

Directors: Jeff B. Harmon, Max Stahl | Stars: Alberto, Eduardo D'Aubuisson, Roberto D'Aubuisson, Jaime Ernesto Flores

Votes: 9

47. Im Visier der Zielfahnder (2002– )

55 min | Crime

A cop series produced for a german network ProSieben Television. In fact the production company tried to save their catastrophic tv-rates of this series by re-casting the two main parts by ... See full summary »

Stars: Ina Weisse, Giulio Ricciarelli, Jophi Ries, Julia Richter

Votes: 9

48. The Path of the Shadows (2018)

58 min | Drama

Professor Carlos Mauricio finds himself persecuted by government death squads during the Salvadoran Civil War.

Director: Baltazar Lopez | Stars: Oscar Suncín, Mónica Aguilez, Leandro Sanchez Arauz, Javier Elenilson Arevalo

Votes: 13

49. The Patriot Game (1979)

93 min | Documentary, History

A history of the Northern Irish conflict from 1922 until the 1970s.

Director: Arthur MacCaig | Star: Winnie Marshall

Votes: 177

50. Karasevdah: Srebrenica Blues (2007)

46 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

A young man and a boy within him, return to the town of the childhood, 12 years after the genocide. It is Lyrical Soulessencia. 'This cinematic document is truthful and this rare quality ... See full summary »

Director: Saidin Mido Salkic | Star: Saidin Mido Salkic