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Movies: Best "self defense" Movies


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First Blood(1982)

R
| 1h 33min | Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
3.7/5 (with 2,872 votes)

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

Thelma & Louise(1991)

R
| 2h 10min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Adventure
3.8/5 (with 1,488 votes)

Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.

A History of Violence(2005)

R
| 1h 36min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
3.6/5 (with 1,424 votes)

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

Enough(2002)

PG-13
| 1h 54min | Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 489 votes)

Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden possessive dark side, a controlling and abusive alter ego that can turn trust, love and tranquility into terror. Terrified for her child's safety, Slim flees with her daughter. Relentless in his pursuit and enlisting the aid of lethal henchmen, Mitch continually stalks the prey that was once his family.

Marnie(1964)

3.6/5 (with 464 votes)

Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.

Green Room(2015)

R
| 1h 35min | Horror, Crime, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 1,183 votes)

A punk rock band becomes trapped in a secluded venue after finding a scene of violence. For what they saw, the band themselves become targets of violence from a gang of white power skinheads, who want to eliminate all evidence of the crime.

Niagara(1953)

NR
| 1h 32min | Thriller
3.4/5 (with 153 votes)

Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.

Eye for an Eye(1996)

R
| 1h 41min | Thriller, Crime
3.1/5 (with 147 votes)

It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.

The Great Silence(1968)

NR
| 1h 46min | Western, Action
3.7/5 (with 169 votes)

A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.

Harry Brown(2009)

R
| 1h 43min | Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
3.4/5 (with 434 votes)

An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.

Cold in July(2014)

R
| 1h 49min | Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 322 votes)

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

Beautiful Creatures(2000)

R
| 1h 25min | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 30 votes)

When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom.

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Nuts(1987)

1h 56min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 47 votes)

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

Pursued(1947)

NR
| 1h 41min | Western
3.3/5 (with 31 votes)

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.

The Curse of Downers Grove(2015)

2.4/5 (with 29 votes)

The town of Downers Grove looks like your average suburban neighborhood -- but Downers Grove has a disturbing secret.... For the past eight years, one senior from every high school graduating class has met a bizarre death right before graduation day. And this year, Chrissie Swanson has a terrible feeling that she is going to be the one to die. Can Chrissie survive the curse of Downers Grove or will she, like those seniors before her, fall prey to the town's deadly secret?

Cry Terror!(1958)

NR
| 1h 36min | Crime, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

A mad bomber holds an innocent family hostage.

A Killing in a Small Town(1990)

1h 40min | TV Movie, Drama
2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

The gory ax-murder of one mousy, suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense. Could it be so?

The Pearl(1947)

NR
| 1h 25min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 18 votes)

A poor Mexican diver discovers a valuable pearl in the ocean, but it brings his family only trouble.

The Accused(1949)

NR
| 1h 41min | Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 9 votes)

A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.

Directed by William Dieterle - With Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Ann Doran, Billy and Bobby Mauch, Douglas Dick, Francis Pierlot, ...

20,000 Years in Sing Sing(1932)

NR
| 1h 18min | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

Black Ice(2007)

1h 47min | Thriller, Drama
2.6/5 (with 15 votes)

Saara is a middle-aged doctor who one day finds out that her architect-husband Leo is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli. Instead of revealing her true identity, Saara pretends to be someone else and makes friends with Tuuli. At the same time she is planning the best way to revenge her husband and his lover.

Fatal Defense(2017)

1h 26min | Thriller, Drama, TV Movie
3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

A single mother signs up for self-defense classes from a handsome instructor. But he develops a frightening obsession with her and orchestrates an increasing deadly array of "tests" to see if she has truly learned from his lessons.

Self Defense(1932)

1h | Drama

Katy Devoux runs a gambling-drinking joint in British Columbia. She is a fair-playing business woman, but is ashamed of the source of her income, so she has had her daughter Nona raised in the states. Jeff Bowman, an unprincipled scoundrel and business rival, arranges for her daughter to come to town in hope of bringing shame to the mother. He overplays his hand and is killed by Tim Reed, a faithful retainer of Katy's and in love with Nona. The plea is self defense.

Directed by Phil Rosen - With Pauline Frederick

The Inheritors(1998)

R
| 1h 35min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

In a small farming valley in Austria in the beginning of the 20th century a tyrannical farmer is found dead, and all the farmhands are relieved to be free of their tyrant. But the farmer was childless, so suddenly they all inherit the farm together. Now conflicts begin, as nobody is the boss and nobody has to obey.

Thou Shalt Not Kill(1982)

1h 40min | TV Movie, Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A man is wrongly convicted for murder and sent to prison, where he is accused of murdering a brutal guard he killed in self-defense.

Beauty Bites Beast(2016)

1h 30min | Documentary

Beauty Bites Beast aims to 'normalize' the idea of women's self-defense - and by extension, kids' self-defense - as a human need and right.

Shadow of the Law(1930)

NR
| 1h 9min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her apartment suite when a man steps out of the shadows and angrily demands to know where she has been. The embarrassed Nelson excuses himself and goes to his rooms in the same hotel. The woman rushes into his apartment followed by the man who met her in the hall. The man threatens her with violence and Nelson comes to her defense. In the ensuing fight, the man is knocked out of the window and falls to his death to the pavement many stories down. He is charged with the killing and his only witness that can prove self-defense for him has disappeared, and can not be found.

Black Nuisance(1998)

31min | Drama

An ode to Rogelio Sikat’s classic Filipino short story “Impeng Negro,” about a boy who is both Filipino and Black.

Surviving Edged Weapons(1988)

1h 24min | Documentary, Action, Crime
3.8/5 (with 3 votes)

In an intense action-filled 85 minutes, you will learn to defend yourself against the mounting threat of “knife culture” offenders.

Small Arms(2017)

22min | Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A college student in Northern Michigan, harassed with anonymous homophobic threats, seeks out shooting lessons with a reclusive survivalist in an effort to prove his manhood.

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