Antihero Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 106 films led by an antihero, spanning 1940–2022. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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3:10 to Yuma
Desert · Wildernessdir. James Mangold - 1971
A Clockwork Orange
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 1964
A Fistful of Dollars
Urban · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone - 2009
A Prophet
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jacques Audiard - 2002
About Schmidt
Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog - 1988
Akira
Urbandir. Katsuhiro Otomo - 1984
Amadeus
Urbandir. Miloš Forman - 1999
American Beauty
Suburbandir. Sam Mendes - 1979
Apocalypse Now
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1975
Barry Lyndon
Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick - 2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 1982
Blade Runner
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 2014
Blue Ruin
Rural · Suburbandir. Jeremy Saulnier - 1981
Body Heat
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Lawrence Kasdan - 1967
Bonnie and Clyde
Ruraldir. Arthur Penn - 1960
Breathless
Urbandir. Jean-Luc Godard - 1995
Casino
Desert · Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2006
Children of Men
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón - 1974
Chinatown
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1967
Cool Hand Luke
Ruraldir. Stuart Rosenberg - 2019
Corpus Christi
Ruraldir. Jan Komasa - 1975
Dog Day Afternoon
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1944
Double Indemnity
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1999
Election
Urban · Suburbandir. Alexander Payne - 1999
Fight Club
Urbandir. David Fincher - 2018
First Reformed
Ruraldir. Paul Schrader - 1970
Five Easy Pieces
Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson - 2012
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
Urbandir. Anurag Kashyap - 2000
Gladiator
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 1990
GoodFellas
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2008
Gran Torino
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1993
Groundhog Day
Ruraldir. Harold Ramis - 2017
Hostiles
Wildernessdir. Scott Cooper - 2005
Hustle & Flow
Urbandir. Craig Brewer - 2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 2002
Insomnia
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Urbandir. Shaka King - 2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2012
Killing Them Softly
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik - 1997
L.A. Confidential
Urbandir. Curtis Hanson - 2005
Lady Vengeance
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 1962
Lawrence of Arabia
Desertdir. David Lean - 1967
Le Samouraï
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 2017
Logan
Desert · Ruraldir. James Mangold - 1997
Lost Highway
Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch - 1981
Mad Max 2
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 2000
Memento
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2003
Memories of Murder
Ruraldir. Bong Joon Ho - 1968
Memories of Underdevelopment
Urbandir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea - 1990
Miller's Crossing
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 2021
Nightmare Alley
Ruraldir. Guillermo del Toro - 2007
No Country for Old Men
Desert · Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 2003
Oldboy
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 1954
On the Waterfront
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Elia Kazan - 1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Undergrounddir. Miloš Forman - 1959
Pickpocket
Urbandir. Robert Bresson - 2013
Prisoners
Suburbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 2020
Promising Young Woman
Suburbandir. Emerald Fennell - 1980
Raging Bull
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1985
Ran
Mountain · Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 1992
Reservoir Dogs
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino - 2008
RocknRolla
Urbandir. Guy Ritchie - 1985
Runaway Train
Wildernessdir. Andrei Konchalovsky - 1998
Satya
Urbandir. Ram Gopal Varma - 1989
Sea of Love
Urbandir. Harold Becker - 1977
Sorcerer
Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin - 2022
TÁR
Urbandir. Todd Field - 1976
Taxi Driver
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Ruraldir. Andrew Dominik - 2021
The Card Counter
Urbandir. Paul Schrader - 1971
The Conformist
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 2008
The Dark Knight
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2006
The Departed
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1971
The French Connection
Urbandir. William Friedkin - 1977
The Gauntlet
Urban · Desertdir. Clint Eastwood - 1974
The Godfather Part II
Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1966
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Desert · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone - 1940
The Great Dictator
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin - 2015
The Hateful Eight
Mountain · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 1980
The Long Good Friday
Urbandir. John Mackenzie - 1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 2012
The Master
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2022
The Northman
Island · Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers - 1992
The Player
Urbandir. Robert Altman - 2006
The Prestige
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2015
The Revenant
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 1956
The Searchers
Wilderness · Desertdir. John Ford - 2010
The Social Network
Urbandir. David Fincher - 1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella - 2010
The Town
Urbandir. Ben Affleck - 1995
The Usual Suspects
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Bryan Singer - 2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2008
The Wrestler
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 2007
There Will Be Blood
Ruraldir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2009
Thirst
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 1958
Touch of Evil
Urbandir. Orson Welles - 1996
Trainspotting
Urbandir. Danny Boyle - 2005
Tsotsi
Urbandir. Gavin Hood - 2018
Tumbbad
Ruraldir. Rahi Anil Barve - 1995
Twelve Monkeys
Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam - 2019
Uncut Gems
Urbandir. Benny Safdie - 1992
Unforgiven
Rural · Wildernessdir. Clint Eastwood - 1975
Xala
Urbandir. Ousmane Sembène - 1961
Yojimbo
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa
Frequently asked
How many movies are led by an antihero?
Kinora's catalogue lists 106 films led by an antihero, spanning 1940–2022.
What are some movies led by an antihero?
Films led by an antihero in our catalogue include 3:10 to Yuma (2007), A Clockwork Orange (1971), A Fistful of Dollars (1964), A Prophet (2009), and About Schmidt (2002).
What is the oldest movie led by an antihero?
The Great Dictator (1940) is the earliest film led by an antihero in our catalogue; the most recent is The Northman (2022).