Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "murder-of-a-rapist"

1. A Time to Kill (1996)

R | 149 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey

Votes: 181,709 | Gross: $108.77M

2. The Last House on the Left (2009)

R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller

After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.

Director: Dennis Iliadis | Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Bowen

Votes: 100,432 | Gross: $32.75M

3. I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)

R | 106 min | Horror, Thriller

When Katie innocently accepts an offer to have new photos taken for her portfolio, the experience quickly turns into a nightmare of rape, torture and kidnapping. Now, she will have to find the strength to exact her brutal revenge.

Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Jemma Dallender, Joe Absolom, Yavor Baharov, George Zlatarev

Votes: 32,892 | Gross: $0.00M

4. Class of 1984 (1982)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with a delinquent punk posse who run the institute with an iron fist.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 13,260

5. Broken City (2013)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.

Director: Allen Hughes | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 83,387 | Gross: $19.70M

6. I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance Is Mine (2015)

Unrated | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

Jennifer is still haunted by the memory of being gang raped and almost killed years ago. At her therapist's advice, she joins group therapy and meets similar women. She befriends one and they want more than just talk - justice/vengeance.

Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: Sarah Butler, Jen Landon, Doug McKeon, Gabriel Hogan

Votes: 15,557

7. Vengeance: A Love Story (2017)

TV-MA | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

One vigilante policeman comes to the aid of a single mother seeking to bring her rapists to justice.

Director: Johnny Martin | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Anna Hutchison, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Deborah Kara Unger

Votes: 8,887

8. Everly (2014)

R | 92 min | Action, Thriller

A kidnapped woman faces down hitmen sent by a mob boss/her captor while trying to protect her family from his wrath.

Director: Joe Lynch | Stars: Salma Hayek, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Laura Cepeda, Togo Igawa

Votes: 19,438

9. Megalomaniac (2022)

100 min | Horror

Megalomaniac questions the invisible line between victim and executioner and how it is crossed. A film about the weight of patriarchy and the illusion of Manichaeism.

Director: Karim Ouelhaj | Stars: Eline Schumacher, Benjamin Ramon, Hélène Moor, Wim Willaert

Votes: 955

10. Mom (I) (2017)

TV-MA | 146 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After her daughter is sexually assaulted at a party, a furious mother sets out to destroy the lives of the four perpetrators who walked away free.

Director: Ravi Udyawar | Stars: Sridevi, Sajal Ali, Akshaye Khanna, Adnan Siddiqui

Votes: 11,829

11. Recoil (I) (2011)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.

Director: Terry Miles | Stars: Steve Austin, Serinda Swan, Danny Trejo, Keith Jardine

Votes: 5,899

12. Cherry Falls (1999)

R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In the small town of Cherry Falls, a psychotic murderer is killing off the virgins of the local high school.

Director: Geoffrey Wright | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, Michael Biehn, Jesse Bradford

Votes: 14,766

13. In Hell (2003)

R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the wardens' entertainment.

Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lawrence Taylor, Lloyd Battista, Carlos Gómez

Votes: 21,501

14. Stiletto (II) (2008)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count.

Director: Nick Vallelonga | Stars: Stana Katic, Tom Berenger, Paul Sloan, Michael Biehn

Votes: 2,772

15. Apple Tree Yard (2017)

TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Thriller

A provocative thriller which sees an eminent scientist caught up in a damaging and compromising lie. Based on the novel by Louise Doughty.

Stars: Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, Mark Bonnar, Syreeta Kumar

Votes: 5,775

16. Violation (2020)

Unrated | 107 min | Drama, Horror

A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.

Directors: Dusty Mancinelli, Madeleine Sims-Fewer | Stars: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, Obi Abili

Votes: 4,382

17. Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)

R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Giancarlo Prete, Fred Williamson, George Eastman, Anna Kanakis

Votes: 3,093

18. The Second (2018)

94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.

Director: Mairi Cameron | Stars: Rachael Blake, Susie Porter, Vince Colosimo, Martin Sacks

Votes: 389

19. Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)

Unrated | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang, a brutal policewoman is released from jail and sent after them.

Director: Yukio Noda | Stars: Miki Sugimoto, Eiji Gô, Tetsurô Tanba, Hideo Murota

Votes: 1,010

20. Arjun Pandit (1999)

Not Rated | 150 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An unexpected betrayal transforms a meek college professor into a cold-blooded gangster who wants to marry a woman against her wishes.

Director: Rahul Rawail | Stars: Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla, Saurabh Shukla, Mukesh Rishi

Votes: 1,057

21. The Silent Mountain (2014)

Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, History

A young Austrian soldier in World War I fights his way through the Alps to rescue his first love and escape the impending explosion that will rock the mountain.

Director: Ernst Gossner | Stars: William Moseley, Eugenia Costantini, Claudia Cardinale, Emily Cox

Votes: 801

22. Lapwing (2021)

89 min | Drama, History

England 1555. An isolated group of salt farmers arrange illegal passage to Europe for an Indian Gypsy family in hiding. But a love affair between Patience, a mute English girl, and Rumi, ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Stevens | Stars: Emmett J Scanlan, Sebastian De Souza, Javed Khan, Hannah Douglas

Votes: 235

23. Shredded (2000 Video)

78 min | Horror

A man discovers his wife cheating on him and takes brutal revenge.

Director: Heini Grünbaum | Stars: Thomas Bo Larsen, Josephine Akvama, Michael Brendstrup, Tusnelda Frellesvig

Votes: 310

24. La diosa del puerto (1989)

90 min | Drama

A woman teacher in a rural village is raped. Her mother kills the rapist, and helped by circumstantial evidence, her daughter claims she did it, is arrested and condemned to serve twenty ... See full summary »

Director: Luis Quintanilla Rico | Stars: Fernando Almada, Lina Santos, Raúl Meraz, Alejandro Ruiz

Votes: 22

25. A Night for Dying Tigers (2010)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

There's no place like home. Thank god. A Night for Dying Tigers is a dark, heartfelt and ultimately revealing portrait of a family on the edge of disintegration.

Director: Terry Miles | Stars: Jennifer Beals, Gil Bellows, John Pyper-Ferguson, Leah Gibson

Votes: 446

26. Scarewaves (2014)

TV-MA | 82 min | Horror

From the director of Babysitter Massacre and Haunted House on Sorority Row comes a shocking new film critics are calling "fresh and original" and "what horror audiences want" In his final ... See full summary »

Director: Henrique Couto | Stars: Erin R. Ryan, Iabou Windimere, Tonjia Atomic, Haley Madison

Votes: 204

27. Phoolan Devi (1985)

Action

This movie was loosely based on the life of Indian bandit turned politician Phoolan Devi. Young Phoolan was forced to marry an old man Puttilal by her parents. Puttilal has another wife who... See full summary »

Director: Ashok Roy | Stars: Rita Bhaduri, Joy Mukherjee, Suresh Oberoi, Abhijeet Sen

Votes: 9

28. Sodomaniac (2015)

82 min | Comedy, Horror

A group of degenerate serial date rapists have the tables turned on them when a masked killer begins to hunt them down one by one, and killing them in the most painful, degrading way possible.

Director: Anthony Catanese | Stars: Craig Kelly, Allan Sconza, Steve Bump, Diana Caraccio

Votes: 63

29. Na Violência do Sexo (1978)

75 min | Crime

Marta and Rodrigo have just got married and arrive home for the honeymoon. However, a gang led by the sadistic Carlos breaks in their house and three thieves rape Marta. However, one of ... See full summary »

Director: Antonio Bonacin Thome | Stars: Edgard Franco, Novani Novakoski, Ewerton de Castro, Clayton Silva

Votes: 35

30. Stain (III) (2017)

6 min | Short, Drama

Stain is a gripping dramatic short about power, violence, trauma, and abuse. The short film traces the haunting few moments after Izzy (van Rees) loses her virginity to Thomas (Adamo).

Director: Robert Misovic | Stars: Carlo Adamo, Tara Redmond van Rees

Votes: 11

31. I Am a Mother (2012)

90 min | Crime, Drama

Ava is sentenced to capital punishment for the murder of saeed, the friend of his father and her lover who had raped her.

Director: Fereydoun Jeyrani | Stars: Baran Kosari, Farhad Aslani, Habib Rezaei, Hengameh Ghaziani

Votes: 1,212

32. Cruel Justice (1999 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama

A man seeks revenge after his daughter's rapist is found not guilty in court.

Director: Gregory Goodell | Stars: A Martinez, Nicki Aycox, Mimi Kuzyk, Christian Campbell

Votes: 280

33. Picture Brides (1934)

Passed | 66 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance

Four "Picture Brides" from New Orleans arrive in the Brazilian jungle on a riverboat, brought there to marry workers at Lottagrasso, a remote mining site of the Standard Diamond Mines. On ... See full summary »

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Regis Toomey, Dorothy Libaire, Alan Hale

Votes: 112

34. Sha Fu (1986)

100 min | Drama

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Director: Chuang-Hsiang Tseng | Stars: Patricia Ha, Ying Bai, Shu-Fang Chen, Chien-liang Chen

Votes: 122

35. Depraved (2008 Video)

Unrated | 26 min | Short, Crime, Drama

The story of a young woman who is run down and kidnapped. Barely alive, she makes her escape. Now, unable to walk and refusing to speak, she goes on a violent campaign of revenge.

Director: Henry Weintraub | Stars: Lorien Emmerich, Absalom Bittner, Lloyd Kaufman, Shane Cohn

Votes: 17

36. God's Prayer (2007)

90 min | Thriller

A mysterious serial killer is hunting and violently killing sex offenders in the Philadelphia area - and detective Joshua Frank, single father and husband of a wife that was raped and ... See full summary »

Director: Curtis Nichouls | Stars: Tammy Anderson-Brown, Thomasina A. Atkins, Michael Baden, David Bell

Votes: 10

37. Sinner (II) (2018)

16 min | Short, Crime

Sinner is a story of two criminals, one rapist who rapes and kills a woman and one father who kills the rapist of his daughter. The film runs through the doubts and mental dilemma of both the characters.

Director: Tathagata Chatterjee | Star: Ayan Mukherjee

Votes: 7

38. Mudhal Thedi (1955)

145 min

Sivagnanam (Sivaji Ganesan) works as a bank clerk. Though his pay is meager, he deals with a lot of cash at the bank. His family consists of wife Lakshmi (Anjali Devi), a daughter whose ... See full summary »

Director: P. Neelakantan | Stars: Anjali Devi, Shivaji Ganesan, N.S. Krishnan, T.A. Mathuram

Votes: 15

39. One Night at Susie's (1930)

Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A woman who owns a boarding house winds up being the "mother hen" to the assorted mobsters and racketeers who live there. Her foster son takes the blame for a murder that was actually ... See full summary »

Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helen Ware, Tully Marshall

Votes: 188

40. Huntsmen (2017)

14 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A young girl attends an open frat house party and finds herself stalked by a wanted serial killer.

Director: Ryan Orizabal | Stars: Santana Doran, Reece Presley, Rowen Barnes, Sergio Arangio

Votes: 12

41. 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

42. Virginie Despentes on Killing Rapists (2015)

Documentary, Short

Virginie Despentes is a radical feminist writer and filmmaker whose work has inspired hatred and country-wide censorship as well as devoted fans. Her memoir/manifesto King Kong Theory, her ... See full summary »

Director: Drew Denny | Star: Virginie Despentes

43. Flower (2010)

2 min | Short, Crime, Fantasy

Flowers is a silent horror film that explores the issue of date rape with a supernatural bite.

Director: Raziq Brown | Stars: Yasmine Al-Bustami, Ethan de Nolf, Sara Gebresilassie, Nelson Martinez

44. Take Back the Night (2014)

6 min | Short, Drama, Horror

The stalker, a young man in his twenties, has just graduated from peeping and stalking to breaking into homes and killing women. With no one around to see him, the Stalker takes his chance ... See full summary »

Director: Lymari Graciano | Stars: Victoria Gregg, Forest Welton

45. Der Andher (2011)

15 min | Short, Crime, Mystery

When the police fail to find the man who raped and murdered his daughter, an honest cop, driven crazy by the need for revenge, hires a hit on the man he suspects, her boyfriend. But a man's... See full summary »

Director: Ashwin Rai Shetty | Stars: Eesha Danait, Saurabh Goyal, Bikramjeet Kanwarpal, Akshay Mittal

46. A Son of the Sea (1915)

Short, Drama

A sailor kills a rapist launderer, breaks jail and catches a spy.

Director: Ernest G. Batley

47. Thriller (1973–1976)
Episode: Screamer (1974)

TV-14 | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A young American girl on her way to visit friends in rural England is brutally attacked and raped. After spending the next few months in a mental institution trying to recover from her ... See full summary »

Director: Shaun O'Riordan | Stars: Pamela Franklin, Donal McCann, Frances White, Jim Norton

Votes: 206

48. Brimstone (1998–1999)
Episode: Encore (1998)

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

Stone hunts an escapee who has a personal connection to him. The Devil changes the rules in this one case.

Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Elizabeth Barris, John Cassini, Alex Datcher, Joseph Della Sorte

Votes: 74

49. Dark Justice (1991–1993)
Episode: Bump in the Night (1992)

Crime, Drama

A female private investigator is assaulted by some cops. She files charges and Nick is about to let the case push through when the police provide them with an alibi. So he dismisses the ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Freilich | Stars: Bruce Abbott, Clayton Prince, Janet Gunn, Dick O'Neill

50. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Angels (2002)

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

While investigating the death of a young Hispanic boy found in a bus at an airport, the detectives find another boy hiding there, and it soon becomes apparent that the two boys are victims of the same child sex ring.

Director: Arthur W. Forney | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March

Votes: 994