Antihero Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 233 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 - 2005
A Bittersweet Life
Urbandir. Kim Jee-woon - 1971
A Clockwork Orange
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 1957
A Face in the Crowd
Urban · Ruraldir. Elia Kazan - 1964
A Fistful of Dollars
Urban · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone - 1951
A Place in the Sun
Urban · Ruraldir. George Stevens - 2009
A Prophet
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jacques Audiard - 2002
About Schmidt
Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 1961
Accattone
Urbandir. Pier Paolo Pasolini - 1951
Ace in the Hole
Desert · Ruraldir. Billy Wilder - 1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog - 1988
Akira
Urbandir. Katsuhiro Otomo - 1949
All the King's Men
Rural · Urbandir. Robert Rossen - 1984
Amadeus
Urbandir. Miloš Forman - 1999
American Beauty
Suburbandir. Sam Mendes - 2007
American Gangster
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 1992
American Me
Urbandir. Edward James Olmos - 2000
American Psycho
Urbandir. Mary Harron - 1979
Apocalypse Now
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1998
Apt Pupil
Suburbandir. Bryan Singer - 1992
Army of Darkness
Rural · Wildernessdir. Sam Raimi - 1992
Bad Lieutenant
Urbandir. Abel Ferrara - 2010
Barney's Version
Urbandir. Richard J. Lewis - 1975
Barry Lyndon
Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick - 1992
Basic Instinct
Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven - 2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 1998
Blade
Urban · Undergrounddir. Stephen Norrington - 1982
Blade Runner
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 2014
Blue Ruin
Rural · Suburbandir. Jeremy Saulnier - 1956
Bob le Flambeur
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1981
Body Heat
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Lawrence Kasdan - 1967
Bonnie and Clyde
Ruraldir. Arthur Penn - 1967
Branded to Kill
Urbandir. Seijun Suzuki - 1960
Breathless
Urbandir. Jean-Luc Godard - 1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Rural · Urbandir. Sam Peckinpah - 1997
Brother
Urbandir. Aleksei Balabanov - 1998
Buffalo '66
Urbandir. Vincent Gallo - 1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Rural · Wildernessdir. George Roy Hill - 1993
Carlito's Way
Urbandir. Brian De Palma - 1995
Casino
Desert · Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1973
Charley Varrick
Rural · Desertdir. Don Siegel - 2006
Children of Men
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón - 1974
Chinatown
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 2000
Chopper
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik - 1967
Cool Hand Luke
Ruraldir. Stuart Rosenberg - 2019
Corpus Christi
Ruraldir. Jan Komasa - 1999
Cruel Intentions
Urbandir. Roger Kumble - 2016
Deadpool
Urbandir. Tim Miller - 1974
Death Wish
Urbandir. Michael Winner - 1997
Deconstructing Harry
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 1971
Dirty Harry
Urbandir. Don Siegel - 1961
Divorce Italian Style
Ruraldir. Pietro Germi - 1966
Django
Ruraldir. Sergio Corbucci - 1975
Dog Day Afternoon
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1944
Double Indemnity
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 2011
Drive
Urbandir. Nicolas Winding Refn - 1989
Drugstore Cowboy
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant - 1971
Duck, You Sucker
Rural · Desertdir. Sergio Leone - 1969
Easy Rider
Ruraldir. Dennis Hopper - 1999
Election
Urban · Suburbandir. Alexander Payne - 1981
Escape from New York
Urbandir. John Carpenter - 1993
Falling Down
Urbandir. Joel Schumacher - 1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Urban · Desertdir. Terry Gilliam - 2016
Fences
Urbandir. Denzel Washington - 1999
Fight Club
Urbandir. David Fincher - 1982
First Blood
Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 2018
First Reformed
Ruraldir. Paul Schrader - 1972
Fist of Fury
Urbandir. Lo Wei - 1970
Five Easy Pieces
Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson - 1965
For a Few Dollars More
Desert · Ruraldir. Sergio Leone - 2012
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
Urbandir. Anurag Kashyap - 1999
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch - 2000
Gladiator
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 1990
GoodFellas
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2008
Gran Torino
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
Suburbandir. George Armitage - 1993
Groundhog Day
Ruraldir. Harold Ramis - 1986
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Urbandir. John McNaughton - 1973
High Plains Drifter
Desert · Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 1941
High Sierra
Mountain · Urbandir. Raoul Walsh - 2017
Hostiles
Wildernessdir. Scott Cooper - 1963
Hud
Ruraldir. Martin Ritt - 2005
Hustle & Flow
Urbandir. Craig Brewer - 2010
I Saw the Devil
Urbandir. Kim Jee-woon - 1999
I Stand Alone
Urbandir. Gaspar Noé - 1950
In a Lonely Place
Urbandir. Nicholas Ray - 1967
In Cold Blood
Ruraldir. Richard Brooks - 2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 2002
Insomnia
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 1997
Insomnia
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Erik Skjoldbjærg - 1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Urbandir. Elio Petri - 2014
John Wick
Urbandir. Chad Stahelski - 2019
Joker
Urbandir. Todd Phillips - 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Urbandir. Shaka King - 2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2012
Killing Them Softly
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik - 1996
Kingpin
Rural · Urbandir. Bobby Farrelly - 1955
Kiss Me Deadly
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Aldrich - 1997
L.A. Confidential
Urbandir. Curtis Hanson - 2005
Lady Vengeance
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 1962
Lawrence of Arabia
Desertdir. David Lean - 1962
Le Doulos
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1967
Le Samouraï
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1994
Léon: The Professional
Urbandir. Luc Besson - 2017
Logan
Desert · Ruraldir. James Mangold - 1962
Lolita
Suburbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 1997
Lost Highway
Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch - 1970
M*A*S*H
Ruraldir. Robert Altman - 1979
Mad Max
Ruraldir. George Miller - 1981
Mad Max 2
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 1973
Magnum Force
Urbandir. Ted Post - 1992
Man Bites Dog
Urbandir. Rémy Belvaux - 2004
Man on Fire
Urbandir. Tony Scott - 1978
Martin
dir. George A. Romero - 2000
Memento
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2003
Memories of Murder
Ruraldir. Bong Joon Ho - 1968
Memories of Underdevelopment
Urbandir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea - 1993
Menace II Society
Urbandir. Albert Hughes - 1990
Miller's Crossing
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1947
Monsieur Verdoux
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin - 2003
Monster
Urbandir. Patty Jenkins - 1994
Natural Born Killers
Desertdir. Oliver Stone - 2014
Nightcrawler
Urbandir. Dan Gilroy - 2021
Nightmare Alley
Ruraldir. Guillermo del Toro - 1947
Nightmare Alley
Urban · Ruraldir. Edmund Goulding - 2007
No Country for Old Men
Desert · Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 2021
Nobody
Suburban · Urbandir. Ilya Naishuller - 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 - 2013
Only God Forgives
Urbandir. Nicolas Winding Refn - 1947
Out of the Past
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Jacques Tourneur - 1970
Patton
Desert · Ruraldir. Franklin J. Schaffner - 1960
Peeping Tom
Urbandir. Michael Powell - 2000
Peppermint Candy
Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong - 1959
Pickpocket
Urbandir. Robert Bresson - 1953
Pickup on South Street
Urbandir. Samuel Fuller - 1967
Point Blank
Urbandir. John Boorman - 2013
Prisoners
Suburbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 2020
Promising Young Woman
Suburbandir. Emerald Fennell - 2009
Public Enemies
Urban · Ruraldir. Michael Mann - 1960
Purple Noon
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. René Clément - 1996
Pusher
Urbandir. Nicolas Winding Refn - 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 - 1986
Salvador
Urban · Ruraldir. Oliver Stone - 1962
Sanjuro
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 1998
Satya
Urbandir. Ram Gopal Varma - 1983
Scarface
Urbandir. Brian De Palma - 1945
Scarlet Street
Urbandir. Fritz Lang - 1989
Sea of Love
Urbandir. Harold Becker - 2005
Sin City
Urbandir. Robert Rodriguez - 1993
Sonatine
Coastal Seadir. Takeshi Kitano - 1977
Sorcerer
Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin - 2014
St. Vincent
Urbandir. Theodore Melfi - 1953
Stalag 17
Ruraldir. Billy Wilder - 1957
Sweet Smell of Success
Urbandir. Alexander Mackendrick - 2002
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 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 - 1979
The Castle of Cagliostro
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2008
The Chaser
Urbandir. Na Hong-jin - 1971
The Conformist
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 1969
The Cremator
Urbandir. Juraj Herz - 1994
The Crow
Urbandir. Alex Proyas - 2008
The Dark Knight
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2006
The Departed
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1967
The Dirty Dozen
Ruraldir. Robert Aldrich - 1978
The Driver
Urbandir. Walter Hill - 2016
The Founder
Suburbandir. John Lee Hancock - 1971
The French Connection
Urbandir. William Friedkin - 1977
The Gauntlet
Urban · Desertdir. Clint Eastwood - 1972
The Getaway
Urban · Ruraldir. Sam Peckinpah - 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 - 1990
The Grifters
Urbandir. Stephen Frears - 1972
The Harder They Come
Urbandir. Perry Henzell - 2015
The Hateful Eight
Mountain · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 1961
The Hustler
Urbandir. Robert Rossen - 1989
The Killer
Urbandir. John Woo - 1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Urbandir. John Cassavetes - 1982
The King of Comedy
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1980
The Long Good Friday
Urbandir. John Mackenzie - 2010
The Man from Nowhere
Urbandir. Lee Jeong-beom - 2021
The Many Saints of Newark
Urbandir. Alan Taylor - 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 - 1976
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 1996
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Urbandir. Miloš Forman - 1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Urbandir. Albert Lewin - 1992
The Player
Urbandir. Robert Altman - 2006
The Prestige
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2005
The Proposition
Desert · Wildernessdir. John Hillcoat - 2015
The Revenant
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 1956
The Searchers
Wilderness · Desertdir. John Ford - 2010
The Social Network
Urbandir. David Fincher - 2017
The Square
Urbandir. Ruben Östlund - 1966
The Sword of Doom
Rural · Urbandir. Kihachi Okamoto - 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 - 2021
The White Tiger
Urban · Ruraldir. Ramin Bahrani - 1969
The Wild Bunch
Desert · Ruraldir. Sam Peckinpah - 1953
The Wild One
Ruraldir. László Benedek - 2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2008
The Wrestler
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 2007
There Will Be Blood
Ruraldir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 1981
Thief
Urbandir. Michael Mann - 1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Urbandir. Gary Fleder - 2009
Thirst
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 1985
To Live and Die in L.A.
Urban · Desertdir. William Friedkin - 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 - 1971
Vanishing Point
Desertdir. Richard C. Sarafian - 1989
Violent Cop
Urbandir. Takeshi Kitano - 1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Urbandir. Otto Preminger - 1949
White Heat
Urbandir. Raoul Walsh - 1975
Xala
Urbandir. Ousmane Sembène - 1961
Yojimbo
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa
Frequently asked
How many movies are led by an antihero?
Kinora's catalogue lists 233 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 Bittersweet Life (2005), A Clockwork Orange (1971), A Face in the Crowd (1957), and A Fistful of Dollars (1964).
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).