Antihero
"antihero" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Empire
Synopsis:
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
Starring:
Gabourey Sidibe,
Vivica A. Fox,
Terrence Howard
#2
They Live
Synopsis:
Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking dis…
Starring:
Keith David,
Roddy Piper,
Meg Foster
#3
The Frighteners
Synopsis:
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the…
Starring:
Troy Evans,
Michael J. Fox,
Jake Busey
Plot:
ghost,
black comedy,
serial killer,
supernatural horror,
grim reaper,
hell,
haunted house,
car,
architect,
talking to a ghost
...
#4
The Breakfast Club
Synopsis:
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
Starring:
Paul Gleason,
Anthony Michael Hall,
Judd Nelson
Plot:
high school,
detention,
antihero,
teenage rebellion,
chicago illinois,
teenage girl,
misfit,
brat pack,
geek,
white panties
...
#5
Sunset Boulevard
Synopsis:
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Starring:
Franklyn Farnum,
Fred Clark,
William Holden
#6
Paper Moon
Synopsis:
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl—who may or may not be his daughter—and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Starring:
Noble Willingham,
Tatum O'Neal,
Randy Quaid
Plot:
amusement park,
bible,
con man,
carnival,
great depression,
little girl,
adult child bonding,
door to door,
con artist,
1930s
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#7
In the Line of Fire
Synopsis:
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
John Malkovich,
Gary Cole
#8
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Synopsis:
In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.
Starring:
Jean Marais,
Robert Dalban,
Louis de Funès
#9
Django
Synopsis:
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a half-breed prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries.
Starring:
Franco Nero,
Eduardo Fajardo,
José Bódalo
Plot:
spaghetti western,
coffin,
revisionist western,
django,
cowboy,
gunslinger,
grindhouse film,
small town,
gatling gun,
shootout
...
#10
Desperado
Synopsis:
Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his best friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, the Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves a trail of blood of his own.
Starring:
Danny Trejo,
Steve Buscemi,
Quentin Tarantino
#11
Cool Hand Luke
Synopsis:
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and…
Starring:
Harry Dean Stanton,
Paul Newman,
Dennis Hopper
Plot:
prison,
fugitive,
escape,
bet,
hard boiled egg,
death,
loss of mother,
eating contest,
egg,
nickname
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#12
Conan the Destroyer
Synopsis:
Conan is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis to safely escort a teen princess and her powerful bodyguard to a far away castle to retrieve the magic Horn of Dagoth. Unknown to Conan, the queen plans to sacrifice the princess when she returns and inherit her kingdom after the bodyguard kills Conan. The queen's plans fail to take into consideration Conan's strength and cunning and the abilities o…
Starring:
Tracey Walter,
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Olivia d'Abo
Plot:
conan the barbarian character,
10000s b.c.,
princess,
wizard,
queen,
virgin,
thief,
barbarian,
staff,
dual wield
...
#13
Carrie
Synopsis:
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Starring:
Amy Irving,
John Travolta,
P.J. Soles
#14
American Graffiti
Synopsis:
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Starring:
Charles Martin Smith,
Ron Howard,
Harrison Ford
Plot:
rock 'n' roll,
car,
california,
street racing,
high school,
drag racing,
drive in restaurant,
brunette,
girl,
blonde
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#15
A Fistful of Dollars
Synopsis:
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Marianne Koch,
Gian Maria Volonté
Plot:
spaghetti western,
dollars trilogy,
showdown,
yojimbo plot,
two gun holster,
army,
italo western,
wild west,
bar,
drifter
...
#16
The Grissom Gang
Synopsis:
The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her captors are the Grissoms, a family comprised of sadists and morons, and headed by Ma Barker clone Irene Dailey. One of the Grissoms, played by Scott Wilson, takes a liking to his prisoner, which results in a bloody break…
Starring:
Scott Wilson,
Kim Darby,
Tony Musante
#17
Pet
Synopsis:
A man bumps into an old crush and becomes obsessed. After several failed attempts at winning her over, he kidnaps her and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.
Starring:
Dominic Monaghan,
Jennette McCurdy,
Ksenia Solo
Plot:
stalker,
psychopath,
murder,
police,
kidnapping,
dog,
locked in a cage,
abduction,
captivity,
cheating boyfriend
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#18
White Collar
Synopsis:
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.
Starring:
Matt Bomer,
Willie Garson,
Tim DeKay
#19
The Witcher
Synopsis:
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
Starring:
Henry Cavill,
Anya Chalotra,
Freya Allan
#20
The Book of Boba Fett
Synopsis:
Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.
Starring:
Temuera Morrison,
Ming-Na Wen
Plot:
star wars,
spin off,
space western,
sci fi western,
gunfighter,
desert,
clone,
bounty hunter,
boba fett character,
crime lord
...