Meet Joe Black (1998)
Brest's 1998 three-hour fantasy drama. Anthony Hopkins plays William Parrish, a media mogul approaching his sixty-fifth birthday.
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1990sThe Sixth Sense (1999)
M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 ghost story with the most-quoted twist of its decade. Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, a script that earns its reveal twice.
1990sGhost (1990)
Jerry Zucker's 1990 supernatural romance. The pottery scene, the subway ghost.
AmbiguityDeath Wish (1974-1994)
Architect-turned-vigilante across two decades of declining quality. The series follows Paul Kersey, an architect whose wife is murdered and daughter assaulted in the original film, after which he becomes a vigilante.
2010sDeath Wish (2018)
Eli Roth's 2018 Death Wish remake with Bruce Willis. Updates the original to Chicago.
American DecayNobody 1 & 2 (2021, 2025)
Derek Kolstad screenplay, John Wick adjacent action. Nobody (2021) and Nobody 2 (2025) form a two-film series starring Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell, a former government intelligence operative who has retired into suburban anonymity and returns to violent action when…
2000sThe Brave One (2007)
Neil Jordan's 2007 NYC vigilante film. Jodie Foster as a radio host transformed by trauma.
2000sFour Brothers (2005)
John Singleton's 2005 Detroit revenge film. Wahlberg, Tyrese, André Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund as adopted brothers.
2010sRage (2014)
Paco Cabezas's 2014 Nicolas Cage vehicle. Competent later-career Cage work that does not exceed established conventions.
2010sAssault on Wall Street (2013)
Uwe Boll's 2013 post-financial-crisis vigilante film. Dominic Purcell as a security guard ruined by Wall Street.
AssassinsJohn Wick 1-4 (2014-2023)
Keanu Reeves as the retired assassin. Action choreography that reshaped contemporary American action cinema.
2010sFaster (2010)
George Tillman Jr.'s 2010 Dwayne Johnson revenge thriller. Three damaged men in parallel tracks.