Dark Hero
"dark hero" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Sri Asih
Synopsis:
Alana discover the truth about her origin: she’s not an ordinary human being. She may be the gift for humanity and become its protector as Sri Asih. Or a destruction, if she can’t control her anger.
Starring:
Dimas Anggara,
Jenny Zhang,
Pevita Pearce
#2
Angel
Synopsis:
The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Starring:
James Marsters,
David Boreanaz,
Amy Acker
#3
Batman: Gotham Knight
Synopsis:
A collection of key events mark Bruce Wayne's life as he journeys from beginner to Dark Knight.
Starring:
Andrea Romano,
Corey Burton,
Jim Meskimen
#4
La Femme Nikita
Synopsis:
La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The series was first telecast in North America on the USA Network cable channel on January 13, 1997, and ran for five television seasons—until March 2001. …
Starring:
Matthew Ferguson,
Peta Wilson,
Roy Dupuis
Plot:
undercover agent,
espionage,
spy,
secret organization,
secret agent,
secret life,
double agent,
operative,
love,
spying
...
#5
X-Men
Synopsis:
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Starring:
James Marsden,
Ray Park,
Ian McKellen
#6
X2
Synopsis:
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.
Starring:
James Marsden,
Ian McKellen,
Hugh Jackman
#7
Wuthering Heights
Synopsis:
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the moors and despite the con…
Starring:
David Niven,
Laurence Olivier,
Flora Robson
Plot:
grief,
dog,
marriage,
jealousy,
ghost,
based on novel,
national film registry,
afi,
monster movie,
gothic
...
#8
Unforgiven
Synopsis:
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Morgan Freeman,
Frances Fisher
#9
The Searchers
Synopsis:
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Starring:
Ken Curtis,
Harry Carey, Jr.,
John Wayne
#10
The Omega Man
Synopsis:
Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain - sensitive to light, and homicidally psychotic.
Starring:
Charlton Heston,
Anthony Zerbe,
Brian Tochi
Plot:
plague,
post apocalypse,
based on novel,
global pandemic,
antidote,
albino,
dystopia,
mutant,
survival,
last man on earth
...
#11
The Dead Zone
Synopsis:
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
Starring:
Tom Skerritt,
Nicholas Campbell,
Christopher Walken
#12
The Crow
Synopsis:
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven—watched over by a hypnotic crow—returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Starring:
Anna Levine,
Ernie Hudson,
Bai Ling
#13
The Animatrix
Synopsis:
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between man and machines. The shorts include Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance, Kid's Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A D…
Starring:
John DiMaggio,
Keanu Reeves,
Pamela Adlon
#14
Taxi Driver
Synopsis:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Albert Brooks,
Jodie Foster
#15
Spawn
Synopsis:
After being murdered by corrupt colleagues in a covert government agency, Al Simmons makes a pact with the devil to be resurrected to see his beloved wife Wanda. In exchange for his return to Earth, Simmons agrees to lead Hell's Army in the destruction of mankind.
Starring:
Michael Jai White,
Theresa Randle,
Martin Sheen
Plot:
image comics,
based on comic book,
devil,
hell,
clown,
assassin,
mercenary,
dark hero,
north korea,
child gagged
...
#16
Pitch Black
Synopsis:
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes…
Starring:
Keith David,
Radha Mitchell,
Cole Hauser
Plot:
darkness,
desert,
gun,
ship,
eclipse,
survival,
spaceship,
desert planet,
crashed starship,
alien creature
...
#17
Phantom of the Paradise
Synopsis:
Fledgling singer-songwriter Winslow Leach finds himself double-crossed by the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both his music and the girl Winslow wants to sing it, Phoenix, for the grand opening of his rock palace, the Paradise. After Swan has Winslow sent to prison for trespassing, Winslow endures a freak accident that leaves him disfigured, after which he seeks revenge on both Swan an…
Starring:
Gerrit Graham,
Paul Williams,
Jessica Harper
#18
Paycheck
Synopsis:
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – an…
Starring:
Colm Feore,
Ben Affleck,
Aaron Eckhart
#19
Once Upon a Time in the West
Synopsis:
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
Starring:
Keenan Wynn,
Henry Fonda,
Claudia Cardinale
#20
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Synopsis:
Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Starring:
Johnny Depp,
Danny Trejo,
Eva Mendes