Movies and TvShows featuring "vigilantism" theme.

Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department, leads a double life. During the day, he helps solve crimes by analyzing blood splatter patterns. But at night, Dexter satisfies his dark urges by tracking down and killing other murderers who have evaded the justice system. As Dexter struggles to maintain his so-called 'code' and keep his activities hidden, he navigates relationships, grapples with his own dark past, and tries to balance his 'normal' life with his compulsions.

MacGyver, a secret agent, uses his scientific knowledge and clever improvisation to take down criminals and solve complex problems. With his unique set of skills, he becomes a one-man army against crime and injustice.

Itinerant former military policeman Jack Reacher gets arrested for a murder he did not commit. With nothing but his wits, he must unravel a deadly conspiracy involving dirty cops, shady businessmen, and scheming politicians in Margrave, Georgia.

In Spider-Man (1994), Peter Parker, a photographer, gains supernatural powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider. He dons a mask and becomes Spider-Man, fighting crime in New York City while trying to maintain a normal life.

The Batman is a TV show about a masked vigilante, Batman, who fights crime in the city. The show revolves around the double life of Bruce Wayne, the billionaire behind the mask, and his butler Alfred Pennyworth. With high-tech gadgets and martial arts skills, Batman takes on super-villains and maintains justice in the city.

Robert McCall, a man with a mysterious past, becomes involved in a dangerous game when he meets a young girl under the control of Russian gangsters. Determined to save her, McCall uses his skills to take on the gangsters and bring them down.

A retired CIA agent, Bryan, must rely on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, Kim, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris. With limited time, Bryan tracks down the kidnappers and takes out their leader, Marko. He discovers that Kim has been sold to Saint Clair and must infiltrate an auction to save her. After a thrilling chase, Bryan rescues Kim and brings her home safely.

Black Lightning follows the story of Jefferson Pierce, a retired superhero known as Black Lightning. After hanging up his costume and mask, Pierce becomes a high school teacher and principal in the city of Freeland. However, he is forced to return to crime-fighting when a local gang threatens his daughters' safety. Using his superhuman abilities to control electricity, Black Lightning must navigate the challenges of balancing his dual identities while protecting his family and the community from various threats.

In the year 2039, Gotham City has become a high-tech metropolis plagued by crime. When a new Batman is needed, teenage Terry McGinnis takes on the mantle under the mentorship of the retired Bruce Wayne. Together, they face off against super villains, unravel mysteries, and fight for justice.

Akame ga Kill! is set in a dystopian world where corruption runs rampant. A group of assassins, known as Night Raid, fight against the oppressive forces and work towards bringing justice to the people. The story follows Tatsumi, a young fighter who joins Night Raid and becomes involved in their battle against the corrupt empire. As Tatsumi navigates the dangerous world of politics and revolution, he learns the true cost of fighting for what he believes in.

Eighteen months after the destructive battle in Metropolis (Man of Steel), Superman has become a controversial figure. Billionaire Bruce Wayne, who has covertly operated in Gotham City as vigilante Batman for nearly two decades, blames Superman for the mass casualties that resulted from his fight with General Zod. Among the casualties were many people working in Wayne Enterprises headquarters when the tower collapsed. Superman, in his public identity as Daily Planet journalist Clark Kent, sees Batman as dangerous and seeks to expose him. LexCorp's mogul Lex Luthor also sees Superman as a threat and convinces Senator June Finch to help him recover kryptonite from Zod's failed terraforming attempt in the Indian Ocean. Finch later stonewalls Luthor's efforts to use Zod's DNA and the Kryptonian scout ship recovered from the battle to create a biological weapon. Wayne successfully infiltrates a fundraiser promoted by Luthor to retrieve data from LexCorp's mainframe, but his flash drive is stolen by mysterious antiques dealer Diana Prince, who learns that Luthor has files on several 'metahumans'; beings with superhuman abilities; herself, as well as a man with superhuman speed (Flash), a cybernetic body (Cyborg), and a man that lives underwater (Aquaman). Wayne later receives the drive back from her after she copies it. While decrypting the drive, he has a vision of a dystopian future where he sees a gigantic omega symbol etched into a desert landscape. Armed with a pistol, he leads a force of rebels against Superman. Batman is betrayed by his own men, captured and held prisoner by Superman's army. Superman approaches him, rips off his cowl and tells him he took everything from him. Superman then rips out Batman's heart. Wayne is snapped out of the vision by a mysterious time traveler, who warns him that Lois Lane has a crucial role to an impending threat, and that he must find the others. Before he vanishes, the time traveler yells that he's 'too soon' with his message. He later learns not only of Luthor's experiments with kryptonite, but also his ongoing investigation about metahumans including Prince herself, who is an immortal warrior. Batman attempts to retrieve Luthor's kryptonite in the Batmobile, but is intercepted by Superman, who orders him to cease his activities. Later, Finch summons Superman to a Congressional hearing at the U.S. Capitol to debate the validity of his actions. Using a man who was paralyzed by Superman's battle with Zod in Metropolis, Luthor masterminds a bombing that kills dozens of people by hiding the bomb in the man's wheelchair. Everyone in the chamber is killed, including Finch. Despite being seen carrying the injured out of the blast-zone, the public blames the bombing on Superman, who goes into self-imposed exile. Batman retrieves the kryptonite and prepares to launch a strike against Superman; building a powerful exoskeleton and kryptonite-powered arsenal. With Batman now having the kryptonite, Luthor activates the Genesis Chamber aboard the scout ship and splices his own DNA and Zod's. Luthor endangers Lois to lure Superman to LexCorp Tower, where he reveals that he has been aware of Superman's secrets for some time. Luthor blackmails Superman into confronting Batman by holding his adoptive mother, Martha Kent, hostage at an undisclosed location, anticipating that Batman would kill Superman with his kryptonite. Superman tries to reason with Batman, revealing that he knows his secrets, but leads to a fight in which Batman nearly kills Superman with a spear he'd fashioned from the kryptonite. Superman pleads for Batman to 'save Martha', which was also the latter's late mother's name, prompting him to come to his senses and realize Superman is not a threat. Upon learning of Luthor's plan, Batman leaves to rescue Martha while Superman confronts Luthor, who unleashes a monstrous artificially-bred creature (Doomsday) made with Kryptonian technology on the crashed ship. Superman and Batman join forces to fight him and are aided by an arriving Prince in her Amazonian attire, but are outmatched due to the creature's ability to absorb and redirect energy, becoming indestructible in the process. Realizing that their shared Kryptonian DNA results in shared vulnerabilities, Superman retrieves the kryptonite spear and impales the creature with it, while the creature stabs Superman with his bony spike, seemingly killing him. Luthor is arrested after Lane exposes his numerous crimes; when he is visited by Batman in prison, he gloats that Superman's death has made the world vulnerable to powerful threats, of which he was taught about while manipulating the Kryptonian ship's technology. Batman threatens Luthor, and promises that he will always be watching him. A memorial is held for Superman in Metropolis, and as Clark is also declared dead. Wayne, Lane, Martha, and Prince attend a private funeral for Clark in Smallville. Martha passes an envelope to Lane, which contains an engagement ring from Clark. After the funeral, Wayne reveals to Prince that he plans to form a team (the Justice League) from Luthor's file subjects to protect the world in Superman's absence. Later, a faint heartbeat begins echoing from Clark's grave and the dirt around it begins to levitate.

In 1977 New York City, a diverse band of Nazi hunters discovers that hundreds of high-ranking officials of the Nazi party have secretly immigrated to the United States and are living among us, plotting a Fourth Reich.

Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear. Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human—the Batman. His one-man crusade for justice attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications.

Travis Bickle, a Vietnam War veteran, becomes a taxi driver in New York City. Lonely and disturbed, Travis becomes infatuated with a campaign volunteer named Betsy. As Travis's mental state deteriorates, he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the city's moral decay and decides to take violent action. His obsession with saving a child prostitute leads him on a path of bloodshed and chaos. Ultimately, Travis's irrationality resurfaces, leaving his sanity in question.

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron follows the adventures of two vigilante pilots, T-Bone and Razor, who battle evil in their high-tech fighter jet, the Turbo Kat. Set in the fictional city of Megakat City, the show combines action, adventure, animation, and sci-fi elements. With their sleek aircraft and impressive weaponry, T-Bone and Razor protect the city from various villains and monsters while maintaining their secret identities as mechanics by day.

Koichi Haimawari is a dull college student who aspires to be a hero but has given up on his dream. Although 80% of the world’s population has superhuman powers called Quirks, few are chosen to become heroes and protect people. Everything changes for Koichi when he and Pop☆Step are saved by the vigilante Knuckleduster and get recruited to become vigilantes themselves!

The New Batman Adventures follows the crime-fighting adventures of Batman and his allies, including Nightwing, Robin, and Batgirl, as they battle the various villains of Gotham City. Set in the 1990s, the show explores themes of vigilantism, urban decay, and heroism.

In Persona 5: The Animation, a group of teenagers in Tokyo discover that they have supernatural powers and use them to fight against corruption. They become masked vigilantes known as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, and through their actions, they aim to change the hearts of corrupt individuals.

The drama tells the story of a Metropolitan Investigation Team Unit tracking an organization called Vigilante, which judges the wicked people who escaped the law which has become a social phenomenon.

After his wife is brutally murdered, a man named Paul Kersey becomes a vigilante, taking matters into his own hands to seek justice. He embarks on a mission to bring down criminals and avenge his wife's death, becoming a one-man army against crime.