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    Films where the law is moving to slow, and characters take justice into their own hands to become vigilantes. WatchMojo presents the Top 10 Movies where characters go full vigilante and fight crime on their own. But what will make the top spot? The renegade cop from Dirty Harry, or the delusional Taxi Driver Travis Bickle? Watch to find out!
    00:57 #10. “Prisoners” (2013)
    01:43 #9. “Falling Down” (1993)
    02:43 #8. “The Equalizer” (2014)
    03:30 #7. “Drive” (2011)
    04:24 #6. “Gran Torino” (2008)
    05:24 #5. “The Boondock Saints” (1999)
    06:21 #4. “Taken” (2008)
    07:27 #3, #2, #1 ???
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  • @chidibede2417
    @chidibede2417 Před 4 lety +298

    "Forgiveness is between them and God, My Job is to arrange the meeting."

  • @EfrainQuezada
    @EfrainQuezada Před 4 lety +50

    9:55 "forgiveness is between them and god, my job is to arrange the meeting." Best line on this list

  • @RogueAndroid
    @RogueAndroid Před 7 lety +65

    The prayer in Boondock Saints during that scene... gets me every time.

    • @zadok23
      @zadok23 Před 3 lety +3

      no matter the scene

  • @bakkedal24
    @bakkedal24 Před 3 lety +31

    Personally, I would place 'Falling down' higher on the list, that is a fantastic movie.

  • @thephantomoftheparadise5666
    @thephantomoftheparadise5666 Před 7 lety +162

    Clint Eastwood is more terrifying now than he ever was when he was young.

    • @smexehcougah3
      @smexehcougah3 Před 4 lety +3

      I can tell ya I definitely would not want to be a chair around him. I've never seen a piece of furniture so thoroughly berated.

    • @deputydog239
      @deputydog239 Před 4 lety +1

      Spiral Feathek

    • @deputydog239
      @deputydog239 Před 4 lety +1

      Spiral Fea

    • @thephantomoftheparadise5666
      @thephantomoftheparadise5666 Před 4 lety +1

      @Metal Jack That movie is awesome!

    • @KelticTim
      @KelticTim Před 4 lety +1

      Eddie Gooden so bad ass he was a draft dodger. He fired ppl on Heartbreak Ridge because the military personnel who were on it were giving the actual vets who were the advisors more respect than Clint. Just another make believe HWood tough guy

  • @rileys6901
    @rileys6901 Před 6 lety +121

    The Boondock saints was honestly pretty awesome

  • @ElectricNate1
    @ElectricNate1 Před 6 lety +63

    Boondock Saints is fucking legendary......I watch that movie religiously,hehe get it?

  • @AngelicFireIce
    @AngelicFireIce Před 6 lety +36

    Boondock Saints is my all time favorite vigilante movie.

  • @riokamichika1101
    @riokamichika1101 Před 7 lety +91

    My favorite movies are The Boondock Saints, Punisher: War Zone, and John Wick.

  • @Buttonstastica
    @Buttonstastica Před 4 lety +55

    Sir Michael Caine in "Harry Brown" deserves a mention here.

    • @drumkombat161
      @drumkombat161 Před 4 lety +1

      An amazing performance and supporting cast too.

    • @rickoshay5525
      @rickoshay5525 Před 2 lety

      Same for John Doe: Vigilante, as well as Boy Wonder.

  • @ianstewartclan
    @ianstewartclan Před 7 lety +16

    Boondock saints is #1. Death Sentence should have been on this list, one of the best Vigilante movies out there imo.

  • @nuntiuso7347
    @nuntiuso7347 Před 6 lety +79

    "Arguably the career highlight of Charles Bronson"
    Ahem, Once Upon a Time in the West would like to have a conversation.

    • @eileensmyth4688
      @eileensmyth4688 Před 4 lety +6

      "Keep ya loving brother happy"

    • @rickoshay5525
      @rickoshay5525 Před 2 lety

      Once upon a Time in the West dragged on way too long.
      You want to watch an excellent Western with Charles Bronson, watch Red Sun. That movie is starring the John Wayne of Japan.

    • @nuntiuso7347
      @nuntiuso7347 Před 2 lety

      @@rickoshay5525 Oh I agree it is a little overlong, but Bronson’s role fit him like a glove

    • @frankuraku5622
      @frankuraku5622 Před 2 lety

      @@rickoshay5525 I can tell you're obviously an american western fan with those soft John Wayne westerns.

  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  Před 7 lety +8

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    • @mrcreepypasta5067
      @mrcreepypasta5067 Před 7 lety

      Why Dexter isn't on this list?Did i miss something?

    • @deviltaco1
      @deviltaco1 Před 7 lety +1

      Mr CreepyPasta Dexter is a TV show. This is for movies.

    • @pious83
      @pious83 Před 7 lety +1

      No mention of Sympathy for Mr Vengeance or Lady Vengeance? Although Oldboy isn't strictly a vigilante movie, either of the remaining films in the Vengeance Trilogy could be considered such.

    • @Vindicator12Music
      @Vindicator12Music Před 7 lety +3

      i absolutely adore most of these movies. but this list is too short to name all of the best ones. needs a 2nd list. as you can probably tell by my name alone, i'm a firm advocate of vigilante justice =}

    • @karlepaul6632
      @karlepaul6632 Před 7 lety +2

      Mad Max

  • @JeremyGill-xz6bd
    @JeremyGill-xz6bd Před 7 lety +23

    My #1 movie The Boondocks Saints! LOVE IT 😇😊😀

  • @rebeccaclarke1570
    @rebeccaclarke1570 Před 6 lety +8

    Boondock saints my all-time favorite. So many memorable scenes and original content. Suprised Rocco hasn't been in more movies.

  • @KevyB1990
    @KevyB1990 Před 2 lety +8

    Law Abiding Citizen is intense...Gerard Butler was phenomenal in that role.

  • @MadelaineNB
    @MadelaineNB Před 6 lety +224

    Leon - The Professional is missing here very very badly.

  • @TheChameleon703
    @TheChameleon703 Před 7 lety +68

    "The Crow" starring the late Brandon Lee!!!!!!

  • @richardgoulette2135
    @richardgoulette2135 Před 4 lety +33

    "Payback" with Mel Gibson is one of my favorite movies.

    • @vxy357
      @vxy357 Před 4 lety +2

      That wasn't a vigilante movie. That was bad guys vs worse guys.

    • @xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606
      @xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606 Před 3 lety +1

      Edge Of Darkness my favorite by Mel Gibson

    • @VonWenk
      @VonWenk Před 2 lety +1

      @@vxy357 Could that description apply to Drive as well?

  • @iiHavok
    @iiHavok Před 7 lety +23

    The cat scene in The Boondock Saints had me laugh harder than pretty much any movie I have every seen.

  • @hhhsks
    @hhhsks Před 7 lety +37

    Boondock Saints, one of the best movies EVER in my opinion. I remember watching it for the first time when I was 6, loved it since, still watch it a few times a year.

  • @GAdawg2k8
    @GAdawg2k8 Před 7 lety +12

    Boondock Saints, Man on Fire, and Taken are three of my favorite movies. I love Boondock Saints because it's endlessly quotable and just plain fun to watch. I think that it is way too low on the list. Taxi driver is a good number one because of the iconic status of the film. But most of these vigilantes are former soldiers, Spec Ops, CIA operatives, etc. They are trained killers either coming out of retirement or forced back into action (Taken). Boondock Saints involves two ordinary blue collar Boston boys who were simply defending themselves against the Russian Mob before their epiphany. No real formal military training; just a few hookups and a very "connected" friend (Rocko).

  • @mrdaniel911
    @mrdaniel911 Před 6 lety +70

    Dirty Harry and Taxi Driver were NOT vigilante movies. Dirty Harry was a rogue cop, and Deniro's character was a guy developing into a suicidal terrorist (unless you'd say that someone like the Unibomber was a vigilante, and not a psychopath, of course).

    • @CardCaptorDeadpool
      @CardCaptorDeadpool Před 5 lety +9

      Wholeheartedly agree on both points. Especially with Taxi Driver, the idea is that we aren't supposed to be rooting for Travis or even look at him like a vigilante.
      There's nothing particularly heroic in his actions or motivation. He's a tragic figure with a fragile psyche. He can't view the world in a clear and balanced light. It's even shot that way especially in the scenes where Travis is driving in his cab.
      The colours are muted and New York looks disgusting. Because that's all he sees. When scenes are framed from other character's perspectives the few times it happens. Scorsese shows so much more light and beauty. Illustrating the city isn't the black and white mess Travis sees. But Travis lacks the mental faculties to make this separation.
      While I'm at it, his impetus for helping Iris is influenced by his Madonna Whore complex as opposed to a wholly sincere moral objection to children being exploited by adults. I don't believe Travis is implied to be paedophilic but again his inspiration for saving her is relative to the black and white viewing of society he experiences.
      Additionally Travis regime was sparked by his fall from grace. Again because of his Madonna Whore complex. Betsy one of the campaigners for Palentine rejects Travis after taking her to a porn movie. (Another point showing he lacks conventional social integration) she was where he poured all his hopes, his last chance to connect with society. Her rejection isn't just her rejection, it's society itself. In his mind he's decided the whole world has abandoned him. And if the whole world is against him he'll be against the world.
      So he develops an obsession with a militarily precise exercise regime. He goes clean "no more destroyers of my body". He works out intensely, eats clean, and reiterates his manifesto to himself.
      Travis needs to be clean in order to clean the world but he doesn't actually know what that means. He buys guns illegally and us offered cocaine. The pinnacle of disgust to him and refuses.
      Eventually he decides on killing Palentine probably because of his tangential connection to the source of his current obsession Betsy. The attempt ends in failure and here's where the movie diverges from your unibomber comment and whiplashes into the vigilante justice people view it as.
      In the end Travis decides to revert to his other obsession. The Madonna whore complex. If he can't destroy the ugliness in society (what he designated in making Palentine to figurehead) he could cleanse it instead by saving the ultimate victim of its ugliness (in his pure black and white viewing of Iris)
      You know the rest he goes on his rampage killing all the pimps in front of Iris traumatising her. If he cared about her sincerely, he'd not force a child to witness violent murder needlessly. Anything Travis does regardless of any good that came form it was down for his own benefit.
      Taxi driver is a great movie but not a vigilante one.

    • @calebhu6383
      @calebhu6383 Před 5 lety +2

      @@CardCaptorDeadpool Boondocks is also a vigilante film but the two brothers are essentially psychopaths with a twistes moral code. Terrible film, not sure why it's a cult classic. It's just discount Tarantino with none of the clever dialogue or plot.

    • @WilliamBKeck
      @WilliamBKeck Před 5 lety

      @@CardCaptorDeadpool holy shit!!! Did you go to film school or something? I was gonna make a few of those points, but you just went beyond. Only Hinckley could have been more obsessed with this movie.

    • @mikehilbert9349
      @mikehilbert9349 Před 5 lety +4

      Falling Down was not a vigilante movie either, unless you consider killing golfers and shooting up fast food restaurants to be vigilante justice.

    • @jplosts
      @jplosts Před 5 lety +3

      It doesnt matter who we should root for on taxi driver, its for us to get in his mind, and his idead is exactly that of a vigilante, even if its not justified at the end . That gis legacy and what he wants to do, clean the streets because cops dont do the job.

  • @beatspopo
    @beatspopo Před 6 lety +19

    Falling down breaks my heart 😭

  • @archivedaccount5990
    @archivedaccount5990 Před 7 lety +240

    The Boondock Saints is so underrated.

    • @LunaticSmile88
      @LunaticSmile88 Před 7 lety

      Matthew Cool Init it's so good

    • @Azzataky
      @Azzataky Před 7 lety

      Best F scene in moving pictures ever. Loved it.

    • @archivedaccount5990
      @archivedaccount5990 Před 7 lety +5

      Fucking Brilliant.

    • @jamalcalypse
      @jamalcalypse Před 7 lety +6

      More like overrated. I've met trailer trash with Boondock Saints tattoos on more than one occasion. It's about as "underrated" as The Big Lebowski. Didn't make a huge impression when released, but gained a huge cult following over the years.

    • @heisenberg3024
      @heisenberg3024 Před 7 lety +4

      This is stupid. The movie has a huge cult following. It's far from underrated

  • @SexyButCurious
    @SexyButCurious Před 7 lety +119

    You forgot to mention the Kevin Bacon film Death Sentence. Love Taxi Driver!

    • @PictureProductStudio
      @PictureProductStudio Před 7 lety +6

      "Death Sentence" is very loosely based on the sequel novel to "Death Wish" source material, by the way. Loved it, and it also homages "Taxi Driver" as well.

    • @simplejack891
      @simplejack891 Před 7 lety +1

      thats more revenge than justice

    • @Arealdruid
      @Arealdruid Před 7 lety +15

      The dude's son gets murdered, and the people that kill him go free, so he takes it into his own hands. It is pretty much the definition of Vigilante Justice.

    • @earlphillips1468
      @earlphillips1468 Před 6 lety

      RckerMom87 that is a great movie. I forgot all about it

    • @Edjedoe666
      @Edjedoe666 Před 6 lety

      RckerMom87 such a good one!! Kevin bacon was bad ass i swear.

  • @liammcmars6512
    @liammcmars6512 Před 4 lety +14

    Hard Candy was a great film, I love almost any movie with Ellen Page. She also played that movie with such a great sociopathic personality while embodying the characteristics of a true vigilante. Also, although I'm bias, Boondock Saints is my favorite on this list. Pure vigilante movie. "Destroy all that which is evil, so the good may flourish.

  • @Detman101
    @Detman101 Před 5 lety

    I've seen 90% of these movies...and I'll be watching the others over the holiday.
    This is my all time FAVORITE compilation video from you guys!

  • @shizuwolf
    @shizuwolf Před 7 lety +109

    I was hoping "Hobo with a shotgun" would be on here

  • @livingdeadfitness1528
    @livingdeadfitness1528 Před 4 lety +68

    Charles Bronson: "Do you believe in Jesus?"
    Thug: "Yes, I do."
    Charles Bronson: "Well you're gona meet him." (Shoots thug)

  • @mikejohnson6495
    @mikejohnson6495 Před 4 lety +3

    Also, Law Abiding Citizen would have been a top three if not for the foolish end in which he was caught. Had he escaped, it's easily a contender for the top spot.

  • @GumbootZone
    @GumbootZone Před 4 lety +59

    Where's "Death Sentence" with Kevin Bacon hunting down a gang that killed his son?

    • @HorFell
      @HorFell Před 4 lety

      Its somewhat of rehash of Death Wish which is why The Brave One also only gets an honorable mention

    • @RAYMOND75600
      @RAYMOND75600 Před 3 lety +4

      THAT MOVIE WAS GOLD

    • @asandwich6823
      @asandwich6823 Před 3 lety +2

      The ending was so sad for me

    • @whateverwhatever860
      @whateverwhatever860 Před 3 lety +1

      @@HorFell Actually, Death Wish was originally a Brian Gardner book and he made a sequel novel called Death Sentence. Death Sentence is part of the series, though the movie is a standalone adaptation that wasn't a sequel to any of the Death Wish movies.

  • @asunayuuki8710
    @asunayuuki8710 Před 7 lety +11

    I loved The Boondock Saints and Dirty Harry. They're my favorite films.

  • @assassinstudent840
    @assassinstudent840 Před 7 lety +162

    Boondock Saints is my favorite movie

    • @LunaticSmile88
      @LunaticSmile88 Před 7 lety

      Anthony Hayes Init!!!!

    • @miked9466
      @miked9466 Před 7 lety +1

      I love that movie. Part 2 not good

    • @assassinstudent840
      @assassinstudent840 Před 7 lety +2

      Mike Dobinson I liked the second one, but I loved the first one

    • @miked9466
      @miked9466 Před 7 lety +5

      I hear we might get a part 3, by 2019

    • @assassinstudent840
      @assassinstudent840 Před 7 lety +5

      Mike Dobinson I hope so I've been waiting for what? 7 years now? granted the first and second one were 10 years apart

  • @dragonagegirl
    @dragonagegirl Před 7 lety +21

    BOONDOCK SAINTS!! :DDD YASSSSS. Love those movies!! I want a third XD hahah

    • @drthomaslight4066
      @drthomaslight4066 Před 5 lety

      They announced in 2017 they were making a 3rd one.

    • @bullshark3771
      @bullshark3771 Před 5 lety

      Sydney MacDonald song we all

    • @MissSlovakia2
      @MissSlovakia2 Před 3 lety +1

      Hey! Me too!!! 🙋 Fabulous movies!!! First one was a little bit better than the second one, but both are amazing! That scene with toilet from the first movie is iconic!

  • @marshallschaffer3721
    @marshallschaffer3721 Před 4 lety +5

    "The Limey" deserves a place in this list, with Terence Stamp as the vigilante. Won't be stopped, refused to give up.

  • @Venserql
    @Venserql Před 7 lety +75

    Taxi Driver gonna be #1, I'm calling it

    • @jacklucas5908
      @jacklucas5908 Před 7 lety +8

      Nice call

    • @HamanKarn567
      @HamanKarn567 Před 7 lety +2

      You know you can see what is number one without even watching the video. It may have been a nice call but it could have easily been him peeking too lol hahaha

    • @tehidiotboys3010
      @tehidiotboys3010 Před 7 lety +5

      I thought the punisher or some other shit was going to be number one knowing watch mojo but I'm glad Taxi Driver made it

    • @rtubbs77
      @rtubbs77 Před 7 lety +3

      i was thinking about Punisher as well, but it said ii the begenning they were not including super heroes on the list....cause then Batman would be #1 for sure

    • @Coolrockndad
      @Coolrockndad Před 5 lety

      Fuck De Niro!

  • @Terry.W
    @Terry.W Před 7 lety +5

    Death Wish is such a great film ...much underrated.

  • @AnotherBeerMovie
    @AnotherBeerMovie Před 5 lety +12

    I loved the punisher in daredevil and when he got his own show, i hope it will be renewed, they had the balls to deliver an uncompromising character. I must say the comic's kills feel way more violent than the show. I didn't read the comics but I've known him for some time. He delivered something real. Some karmic justice. Watching every takedown in the show i thought about all the filth that populates the Earth and makes honest people living's hell. I'd say about 10 to 15 percent of human population has to go and we need more Franks.
    The good guys finish last. Think about it for a bit and extend it to our societies. Why is it always the honest loving caring compassionate people that get screwed over? One day i asked myself "Don't you feel stupid, simply DUMB, being good, honest and following the rules?" I asked myself the same question when i started to watch the Netflix Narcos show" Those drug lords made so much money back in the 80's that IT JUST DOESN'T FIT IN YOUR BRAIN !!! And i am talking about 80's $ not today's $. It was almost 40 years ago and we know that the prices weren't the same as today. That makes it even more astounding !
    NOBODY besides the honest loving caring compassionate people follows the rules ! Criminals don't follow the rules and they have it good, why is that the police arrives AFTER the crime has been committed, a simple question, no illuminati site here but why can't we put some pressure on these assholes? The police knows who they are and where they live, can't we then get rid of crime and maintain order? Big Businesses don't follow the rules. Those who are in power don't follow the rules, there is a scandal over some shady deal almost every week on tv. Criminals, Big Corporations, Lobby's and politicians know each other. Up high it's a small world and they make illegal deals every day ... It's everywhere, from the lowest banger on the corner to the highest seat in power, it's rotten. If you want the truth listen to them talking over tv, radio and ads and switch to the opposite, that will be the truth.
    An epiphany.

  • @azrielhopkins7795
    @azrielhopkins7795 Před 5 lety +12

    Clint Eastwood
    Is a all time
    Great actor
    In movies &
    TV shows.

  • @ryancox9281
    @ryancox9281 Před 7 lety +163

    The Boondock Saints is a hell of a lot better than Taken. It should be somewhere in the top 3.

    • @miked9466
      @miked9466 Před 7 lety +3

      I really do like The Boondock Saints. I wish I could say the same for, part 2

    • @alantonix213
      @alantonix213 Před 7 lety +4

      Yeah the first one was good. The second one...eh not so good. Should have been placed higher than what it placed.

    • @ryancox9281
      @ryancox9281 Před 7 lety +3

      I liked the second one as a stand alone, but it didn't touch the original one.

    • @ryancox9281
      @ryancox9281 Před 7 lety +2

      ***** Rotten Tomatoes will never be reliable.

    • @Kehwanna
      @Kehwanna Před 6 lety +1

      I don't know, anything to do with killing human-traffickers is pretty satisfying. Of course killing hot-shot big crime bosses is almost as nice.

  • @h8rraider227
    @h8rraider227 Před 4 lety +19

    "the punisher" nuff said

    • @vxy357
      @vxy357 Před 4 lety +1

      Uh.. He's in the superhero genre. He wasn't gonna be included on this list.

    • @assembled1855
      @assembled1855 Před 4 lety

      It's a comic book adaptation. He said no comic book adaptation in this video.

  • @sifridbassoon
    @sifridbassoon Před 6 lety +5

    FALLING DOWN!!! I love that movie. watching it is a guilty pleasure.

  • @RoosterIB
    @RoosterIB Před 4 lety +25

    Denzel's "Man on Fire" is equal or even better than Denzel's "Equalizer.'

  • @lizard450
    @lizard450 Před 7 lety +139

    How in the hell is law abiding citizen just an honorable mention? ... I'm going to fix this Mojo.. it's going to be Biblical

    • @FantasticOtto
      @FantasticOtto Před 5 lety +3

      Law Abiding Citizen is more the story of a sadistic psycho who mostly wages war against the law enforcement, rather than being a classic vigilante.

    • @josephburchill7347
      @josephburchill7347 Před 4 lety +2

      Law Abiding Citizen was a great movie, but a vigilante does not kill innocent people. He started out as a vigilante, but ended as a man trying to drive his point home at any cost

    • @michaelpalmieri7335
      @michaelpalmieri7335 Před 4 lety

      @@josephburchill7347 "...a vigilante does not kill innocent people..."
      Tell that to the Ku Klux Klan.

    • @Deadpool-rm7nz
      @Deadpool-rm7nz Před 4 lety

      Love the movie but would have been a lot cooler if the lawyers daughter's instrument would have set off some bomb at the end. Just saying.

    • @Gobtik
      @Gobtik Před 4 lety +2

      @@michaelpalmieri7335 They aren't vigilantes, just racist murderers

  • @farakhhanif
    @farakhhanif Před 7 lety +124

    I would have put "Man on Fire" on the list. That movie is fantastic!

    • @philb707
      @philb707 Před 7 lety +3

      Damn rite!

    • @danthurston5264
      @danthurston5264 Před 6 lety +4

      Agreed. Taxi driver shouldn't even have made the list - let alone the top. I tried to watch it once -found it boring and started watching South Park instead.

    • @sycario6373
      @sycario6373 Před 6 lety

      YES! Absolutely amazing movie!

    • @zanethezaniest274
      @zanethezaniest274 Před 6 lety +6

      Dan Thurston okay man no offence , but u must remember Taxi Driver is not an action movie most of us pay our houses to see , it is a rare cinematic Neo Noir , it’s not the action that might intrigue someone but it’s themes

    • @kdingo2909
      @kdingo2909 Před 5 lety +6

      taxi driver is a classic wtf you talking about

  • @johnlaslow3074
    @johnlaslow3074 Před 4 lety +4

    Death Wish started the whole vigilante genre. And in Magnum Force Dirty Harry actually goes after and kills vigilantes.

  • @TheChameleon703
    @TheChameleon703 Před 6 lety +6

    "The Crow", " I Spit On Your Grave (70's version), & "V For Vendetta".

  • @p44doyle44
    @p44doyle44 Před 7 lety +68

    Boondock saints should be higher than 5th

    • @dunn172
      @dunn172 Před 7 lety

      Pete Doyle so agree

    • @solarvortex13
      @solarvortex13 Před 7 lety

      Pete Doyle Should be one of the top two.

    • @Drlaveller
      @Drlaveller Před 7 lety +1

      I don't know, I don't think it has any place on this list!

    • @imafreak6925
      @imafreak6925 Před 7 lety

      Why not?

    • @happysatisfaction6349
      @happysatisfaction6349 Před 7 lety +2

      it has alot more right to this list than dirty harry. after all harry is a fucking cop. not a vigilante.

  • @Drigger00100
    @Drigger00100 Před 7 lety +76

    What about Law Abiding Citizen?

    • @joesephking8036
      @joesephking8036 Před 6 lety +12

      Did you watch the video? It got an honourable mention.

  • @danielburch478
    @danielburch478 Před 3 lety +4

    Really expected John Wick to be on this list

  • @kyanevans992
    @kyanevans992 Před 5 lety +48

    Leon, The Professional needs a well deserved shout out.

  • @captainamericasentinelofli9699

    Death Wish was the bases for The Punisher in Marvel comics.

    • @captainamericasentinelofli9699
      @captainamericasentinelofli9699 Před 7 lety +1

      cacable7 I meant that it inspired his creation in the amazing spider man #129 ( not sure if that's the right number).

    • @SexyButCurious
      @SexyButCurious Před 7 lety +4

      I had no idea. I watched Death Wish for the first time last November. Funny how Jeff Goldblum and Denzel Washington were in it.

    • @michaelnorman3393
      @michaelnorman3393 Před 7 lety +1

      RckerMom87 Not Denzel. It was actor, and director Eric Laneuville, who costars with Denzel, on St Elsewhere.

    • @TYONEification
      @TYONEification Před 7 lety +1

      Sorry But the Punisher is a Rip-Off of the Executioner Novels, Which Were First Published in 1969, Five Years Before Death Wish and the Punisher Made Their Appearance.

    • @celticrocker13
      @celticrocker13 Před 6 lety +1

      cacable The movie Death Wish is based on a 1972 novel of the same name. So, some inspiration could have been taken from the novel for the Punisher.

  • @SolinoOruki
    @SolinoOruki Před 7 lety +39

    Wait. Man on fire is Far better than the Equalizer!!

    • @ccalhoun23
      @ccalhoun23 Před 4 lety

      Both are great movies but The Equalizer was better

  • @michaeljohn1462
    @michaeljohn1462 Před 6 lety +37

    Dirty Harry is a cop though

    • @ekramer2478
      @ekramer2478 Před 5 lety +1

      He is but he is that much not a system cop. He breaks the rules. And kills. A lot.

    • @McCaler
      @McCaler Před 4 lety

      Doesn't Bruce Willis's character John McClane do the same?

    • @eileensmyth4688
      @eileensmyth4688 Před 4 lety

      Otherwise mojo may as well said "RoboCop" Given Alex Murphy and RoboCop are technically/ obviously 2 different police officers! If they going to allow "Dirty Harry" lol

  • @joselegaspi2549
    @joselegaspi2549 Před 7 lety

    Oh man, a lot of good films in here. I really digged Prisoners & Boondock Saints.

  • @thebestanswers5733
    @thebestanswers5733 Před 7 lety +40

    Payback is not even an honorable mention?

    • @alissa6
      @alissa6 Před 7 lety

      I know, it's one of my favorites for a reason.

    • @beren082
      @beren082 Před 7 lety +2

      That's not really vigilante justice, more like a gentleman criminal movie.

    • @alissa6
      @alissa6 Před 7 lety +1

      beren082 Well if John Wick wasn't here, then I guess you're right.

    • @jonathanbethards3689
      @jonathanbethards3689 Před 5 lety

      More revenge than Vigilante Justice, but was a good movie. The book (and the whole series) it was based off of is great too, after I read the first one, I just HAD to read the rest. Funny enough, the book that Payback was based off of ( The Hunter by Richard Stark {Donald E. Westlake}) has been made into a movie before, "Point Blank" starring the ever awesome Lee Marvin. Other novels in the series have also been made into various movies and TV shows with stars such as Jim Brown, Jason Statham, and Peter Coyote as the main character. Check it out, you won't be disappointed.

  • @sajinokami
    @sajinokami Před 7 lety +4

    Falling Down... i need to watch that again.

  • @OutlawMantis
    @OutlawMantis Před 4 lety +1

    I'm so glad that Taxi Driver made it onto this list, and at #1 too!

  • @randybrechbiel9748
    @randybrechbiel9748 Před 4 lety +5

    For more recent movies "Peppermint" is at the top of my list

  • @IronheadOfScroteus
    @IronheadOfScroteus Před 7 lety +4

    I liked "The Exterminator", 1980, by James Glickenhaus. The meat grinder scene was epic.

  • @trickyvikk5658
    @trickyvikk5658 Před 7 lety +91

    What about John Wick?

    • @HTHTucoTheRat
      @HTHTucoTheRat Před 7 lety +2

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @KazzKobb
      @KazzKobb Před 7 lety +20

      He's an assassin/hitman

    • @heisenberg3024
      @heisenberg3024 Před 7 lety +5

      Equalizer was on here though.

    • @Scallycowell
      @Scallycowell Před 6 lety +13

      Yeah, but Equalizer was about fighting for another persons sake. John Wick is just a mad hitman killing the people who wronged him.

    • @jonathanbethards3689
      @jonathanbethards3689 Před 5 lety +1

      I know, that and the scene from "I Am Legend" where Will Smith has to kill Sam. Shit tears me up every single time.

  • @tigerlilly876
    @tigerlilly876 Před 3 lety +2

    I LOVE THIS 💕💕💕💕✌

  • @erikjohnson7576
    @erikjohnson7576 Před 5 lety

    I agree with the list. Gave me some ideas for films i need to watch. I was hoping Django was on there though.

  • @PeterEhik
    @PeterEhik Před 7 lety +3

    suggestion: top 10 movies starring New York City. Movies like 25th hour, Taxi Driver etc

  • @PictureProductStudio
    @PictureProductStudio Před 7 lety +8

    I was hoping for "Death Wish" to be #1, but as both it and "Taxi Driver" are among my 25 all-time favorite movies, it is still nice. A good list, although "Death Sentence" and "The Exterminator" (1980) deserve at least honorable mention and "Dirty Harry", as rough as it is, is still a cop movie, while two of its sequels deal with vigilantes in different way.

    • @nicklubrino2606
      @nicklubrino2606 Před rokem

      Death Wish should’ve been #1 vigilante movie. “Dirty Harry” is more about a tough cop movie. I’ve never seen Taxi Driver in its entirety, but isn’t about a pschyo trying to assisinate a political candidate?

    • @whatno3145
      @whatno3145 Před rokem

      ​@@nicklubrino2606 Damn you really haven't seen it. Travis isn't a psycho, he's sick of the scum of the city and wants to rid the world of it. Don't get me wrong, he's extremely mentally ill and flawed, and as one of the characters says:
      "A walking contridiction."
      But he tries his hardest. Spoilers ahead but:
      He ends up saving a 12 year old girl from a human trafficking ring. Sure, he only did this because he was unable to kill the candidate. But it was a good and decent thing to do. And in the end he tries to rid the last piece of filth on this earth: Himself, by trying to shoot himself. And he's hailed as a hero by the public.

    • @nicklubrino2606
      @nicklubrino2606 Před rokem

      @@whatno3145 mentally ill=psycho

    • @ishmaelwilson6702
      @ishmaelwilson6702 Před 9 měsíci

      Got-Damn RIGHT!!!!! "Taxi Driver" Definitely a FAVORITE!!!!!!

  • @Julian-bq9qv
    @Julian-bq9qv Před 6 lety +1

    Amazingly, I agree with every one of these!

  • @tingley428
    @tingley428 Před 4 lety +3

    Law Abiding Citizen woulda been my #1 pick that movie was masterfully done, only thing bad about it is they killed hope of a sequel

  • @kakashi101able
    @kakashi101able Před 7 lety +51

    Wow and I just seen Taxi Driver in theaters 2 days ago for it's 40th anniversary!!

  • @BroodallyHonest
    @BroodallyHonest Před 7 lety +44

    Where are Death Sentence, John Wick and Oldboy?

    • @davidgatica4921
      @davidgatica4921 Před 7 lety +5

      BroodallyHonest revenge more than justice

    • @SexyButCurious
      @SexyButCurious Před 7 lety

      I wondering where Death Sentence was also. That and Brave One are decent films.

    • @SteveOliver13
      @SteveOliver13 Před 7 lety +3

      Good point, they better do a revenge list, Death Sentence was pretty great.

    • @Arealdruid
      @Arealdruid Před 7 lety +1

      I will give you Oldboy and John Wick being revenge more than justice, but Death Sentence was Vigilante Justice because his son had been killed and the people that killed him had gotten off.

    • @badmudafucka4448
      @badmudafucka4448 Před 5 lety

      john wick is shit

  • @whateverwhatever860
    @whateverwhatever860 Před 3 lety

    Falling Down, 8mm, Death Sentence, Drive, You Were Never Really Here, Darkman and the animated Spawn trilogy are some of my favorites in the category

  • @aroom101
    @aroom101 Před 5 lety +2

    Honorable mentions; Ms .45 (1981), Super (2010), Rolling Thunder (1977), Coffy (1973)

    • @johnolson733
      @johnolson733 Před 4 lety

      Yes,I thought I was the only one who saw Rolling Thunder,Devane and Jones kick ass in the brothel.

  • @kenadams9781
    @kenadams9781 Před 7 lety +10

    God bless America should at least have been in the honorable mentions

  • @mariic2
    @mariic2 Před 7 lety +10

    Does _God Bless America_ count as a vigilante movie?

  • @elkensteyin
    @elkensteyin Před 4 lety

    Decent list - few important snubs, however: Leon (The Professional); Peppermint; Munich; & John Wick

  • @phoeniximperator
    @phoeniximperator Před 6 lety +1

    The Equalizer, Taken and Death Wish are my favourites. Prisoners I think is more of obstruction of justice rather than vigilante movie, because he hinders more than he helps.

  • @kharsis666
    @kharsis666 Před 7 lety +32

    Why was Harry brown not included?
    This is a classic British vigilante film.

  • @Shadowfire204
    @Shadowfire204 Před 7 lety +19

    I kinda feel like the first Boondock Saints film is highly underrated.

  • @nerdly44
    @nerdly44 Před 5 lety +3

    Pretty good list for the most part, although Man on Fire, John Wick, and Leon the Professional are missing. I agree with Taxi Driver being #1

    • @Gobtik
      @Gobtik Před 4 lety +2

      Wick was an assassin who just went after people who wronged him, Leon was a Hitman

  • @eriktruchinskas3747
    @eriktruchinskas3747 Před 6 lety +1

    Deathwish is a beautiful movie who everyone should watch once.
    Its a damn shame that theyre remaking it

  • @13vanhalen
    @13vanhalen Před 7 lety +10

    the boon dock saints it an awesome movie

  • @marc07112
    @marc07112 Před 7 lety +9

    prisoners was AWESOME

  • @ariell6489
    @ariell6489 Před 6 lety

    Boondock Saints is one of the most underrated and best movies I've ever seen :-)

  • @vxy357
    @vxy357 Před 4 lety +1

    Here are a few forgotten Vigilante movies from the 80's you should add to the list:
    The Guardian (1984)- the HBO movie which starred Louis Gosset jr .
    The Star Chamber (1983) ,
    the Omega Syndrome (1987)
    Ms .45 (1981).
    Exterminator 1 & 2
    Stand Alone.

  • @meepmeepimajeep
    @meepmeepimajeep Před 7 lety +122

    guys... boondocks saints on 5? really?

    • @nikhall1832
      @nikhall1832 Před 6 lety +6

      MeepMeep ImAJeep I was hoping for at least top 3

    • @OldieBugger
      @OldieBugger Před 6 lety +1

      The ordering does not really matter, I like all of them. At least all I've seen to date.

    • @kevinburdine7452
      @kevinburdine7452 Před 6 lety +12

      Boondock Saints should have been number 1

    • @ChrisJD44Gaming
      @ChrisJD44Gaming Před 5 lety +2

      @@kevinburdine7452 Agreed. I just rewatched it for the 3rd or 4th time and wow

    • @Jortiz59
      @Jortiz59 Před 5 lety +4

      They should have cut in the prayer they say before killing someone.

  • @PT111111
    @PT111111 Před 7 lety +4

    Boondock Saints, nuff said.

  • @11C1P
    @11C1P Před 4 lety

    Some very good ones mentioned, but very good ones left off; First Blood, The Exterminator, Billy Jack, Yojimbo, Mr. Majestyk, just to name a few.

  • @chrisnelson6991
    @chrisnelson6991 Před 4 lety +2

    Falling down is one of my favorites.

  • @squishfaceofsaryrn
    @squishfaceofsaryrn Před 7 lety +3

    The first movie that came to mind before the video started was "Death Sentence". Didnt even have an honorable mention...

  • @DahCrafters
    @DahCrafters Před 7 lety +42

    Why was the boondock saints not #1

    • @drthomaslight4066
      @drthomaslight4066 Před 5 lety

      Don't know man.

    • @KreyzMcKormik
      @KreyzMcKormik Před 5 lety

      They hate the Irish, but the movie is so bad ass, they had to put it at least in the top 5

    • @jplosts
      @jplosts Před 5 lety

      You have terrible tastee if you think that goofy ass movie is above taxi driver.

  • @DuckpondProductions
    @DuckpondProductions Před 7 lety

    Great list guys! If you're keen to check out a new indie web series, tune into our channel for 'Riot Girl,' a ten parter about a vigilante who infiltrates a crime ring in order to take down the man responsible for her sister's death. Teaser up now!

  • @jasontemple9602
    @jasontemple9602 Před 6 lety

    The Crow? Anyone?
    Love that Hard candy got an honorable mention, great flcik

  • @nerodeathstep5239
    @nerodeathstep5239 Před 7 lety +12

    How about John Wick?...... They killed a man's dog .

  • @criticalbill2090
    @criticalbill2090 Před 7 lety +20

    Kinda miffed Harry Brown and Death Sentence were not on this list

    • @TimDavies3842
      @TimDavies3842 Před 7 lety

      Same here they should have at least had a honorable mention

    • @burntsyder
      @burntsyder Před 7 lety

      Not many people know about death sentence, Kevin bacon can kick some ass!

    • @SexyButCurious
      @SexyButCurious Před 7 lety

      Yeah people need to watch it. Law Binding Citizen reminded me of Death Sentence.

    • @HubertCumbadale02
      @HubertCumbadale02 Před 7 lety +2

      "You forgot to maintain your weapon son"

    • @pfksr64
      @pfksr64 Před 6 lety +2

      Oh yeah Harry Brown was flawless top 5 easy

  • @rwfrench66GenX
    @rwfrench66GenX Před 6 lety +1

    Tom Skerrit did an awesome movie called "Fighting Back" that needs to be in the top 3.

  • @danielainslie3374
    @danielainslie3374 Před 2 lety

    Falling Down, Boondock Saints and Taxi Driver my favorites on the list.

  • @ShadetheUmbrai
    @ShadetheUmbrai Před 7 lety +56

    They show V For Vendetta in the intro, yet it's not on the list. Not even an honorable mention.

    • @j.ackermann9110
      @j.ackermann9110 Před 7 lety +31

      They said no superpowers and no masked / costumed crime fighters

    • @brendancolquitt3029
      @brendancolquitt3029 Před 7 lety +9

      it was also a comic book which help to distinguish v as just as much a superhero, super as Batman and hero as deadpool

    • @capscaps04
      @capscaps04 Před 6 lety

      lectric gaming everybody in this list is vigilante, v for vendett is a superheroe.

    • @Jadguy24
      @Jadguy24 Před 6 lety

      they said no super heroes, V is a comic book character so therefore a super hero

    • @jackfables3470
      @jackfables3470 Před 5 lety

      The movie version of V is a freedom fighter . The graphic novel version of Codename V is both a terrorist and an anarchist (though he also looks like a freedom fighter at times). In neither case is he a vigilante. He just happened to save this one girl, by chance and that's it. The rest is about his revenge and his anarchist ideals. He only appears as a vigilante because his fascist enemies are infinitely worse than him. Also, what kind of vigilante tortures the only person they save ? Excellent story, though.

  • @1nONLY_DRock
    @1nONLY_DRock Před 7 lety +7

    Desperado wasn't in the list?

  • @itkojecockot
    @itkojecockot Před 7 lety

    "Law Abiding Citizen" was intense...... awesome movie !!!

  • @jordanmondesir9439
    @jordanmondesir9439 Před 3 lety +1

    Denzel Washington and Clint Eastwood: Two Legends in the Cinema!!! 2 Movies on this list by 2 Legends!!!!!