Violence
26 films on FilmAbouts return to this idea.
The Shining
1980 · Horror / Drama · Stanley Kubrick
“A haunted-house film in which the haunting is a family already broken before it arrives.”
A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Crime / Sci-Fi / Satire · Stanley Kubrick
“A charismatic young thug is 'cured' of violence by the state — and loses the one thing that made him human: the ability to choose.”
Chinatown
1974 · Neo-noir / Mystery · Roman Polanski
“A private eye hired for an adultery case uncovers a conspiracy over Los Angeles' water — and a crime too deep to fix.”
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Drama · Miloš Forman
“A rebel fakes insanity to avoid prison work and starts a war of nerves with the ward's quiet tyrant.”
Jaws
1975 · Thriller / Adventure · Steven Spielberg
“A beach town keeps its summer open while a shark keeps feeding.”
Taxi Driver
1976 · Drama / Crime · Martin Scorsese
“An insomniac veteran drives through New York's night until his loneliness becomes a mission.”
Apocalypse Now
1979 · War / Drama · Francis Ford Coppola
“A captain travels upriver to assassinate a colonel who has gone beyond the war's rules.”
Alien
1979 · Sci-Fi / Horror · Ridley Scott
“A tired commercial crew answers a distress call and brings back something perfect.”
Raging Bull
1980 · Drama / Sport · Martin Scorsese
“Boxer Jake LaMotta wins in the ring and loses everything outside it.”
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Adventure / Action · Steven Spielberg
“An archaeologist races Nazis to find the Ark of the Covenant.”
The Thing
1982 · Horror / Sci-Fi · John Carpenter
“An Antarctic crew discovers a creature that can imitate any of them.”
Scarface
1983 · Crime / Drama · Brian De Palma
“A Cuban refugee builds a cocaine empire in Miami and wants the world.”
The Terminator
1984 · Sci-Fi / Action · James Cameron
“A cyborg from the future hunts a waitress whose unborn son will lead humanity's resistance.”
Blue Velvet
1986 · Mystery / Neo-noir · David Lynch
“A young man finds a severed ear and descends into his small town's hidden underworld.”
Full Metal Jacket
1987 · War / Drama · Stanley Kubrick
“Marines are built in boot camp and tested in the ruins of Huế.”
Akira
1988 · Animation / Sci-Fi · Katsuhiro Otomo
“In Neo-Tokyo, a biker gang member gains psychic powers he cannot control.”
Do the Right Thing
1989 · Drama / Comedy · Spike Lee
“On the hottest day of the year, a Brooklyn block reaches boiling point.”
Goodfellas
1990 · Crime / Drama · Martin Scorsese
“Henry Hill always wanted to be a gangster — and the film lets us feel why, until it doesn't.”
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Thriller / Horror / Crime · Jonathan Demme
“An FBI trainee asks one monster to help her catch another.”
Reservoir Dogs
1992 · Crime / Thriller · Quentin Tarantino
“A heist goes wrong and the survivors try to find the rat — without ever showing the heist.”
Léon: The Professional
1994 · Crime / Thriller / Drama · Luc Besson
“A lonely hitman takes in a girl whose family was murdered by a corrupt cop.”
Se7en
1995 · Crime / Thriller / Mystery · David Fincher
“Two detectives track a killer staging the seven deadly sins.”
Fargo
1996 · Crime / Thriller / Comedy · Joel and Ethan Coen
“A car salesman arranges his wife's kidnapping; a pregnant police chief cleans up the mess.”
Oldboy
2003 · Thriller / Mystery / Drama · Park Chan-wook
“Imprisoned for fifteen years without reason, a man is released and given five days to find out why.”
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Crime / Thriller / Western · Joel and Ethan Coen
“A hunter takes drug money; a killer with a coin follows.”
The Dark Knight
2008 · Action / Crime / Drama · Christopher Nolan
“Batman faces a criminal who wants to prove anyone can be corrupted.”
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