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Movies Like Act of Vengeance

If you liked Act of Vengeance (1974), a crime and drama movie directed by Bob Kelljan, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Savaged

    Savaged (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and horror

    After thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.

  2. 2Vice Squad

    Vice Squad (1982)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.

  3. 3The Last House on the Left

    The Last House on the Left (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and horror

    When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no…

  4. 4I Spit on Your Grave 2

    I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and crime

    Broke, and in desperate need to update her portfolio, New York City model Katie calls a number from a tear-off flyer offering free photos. But this innocent attempt quickly turns into an unthinkable kidnapping…

  5. 5Frenzy

    Frenzy (1972)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and horror

    London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the…

  6. 6I Spit on Your Grave

    I Spit on Your Grave (2010)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and horror

    A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject her to a nightmare of degradation, rape, and violence.

  7. 7Hounds of Love

    Hounds of Love (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama

    When Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple, she soon observes the dynamic between her captors and quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.

  8. 8Strange Darling

    Strange Darling (2024)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and horror

    Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.

  9. 9Bully

    Bully (2001)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and drama

    A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

  10. 10Death Wish II

    Death Wish II (1982)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.

  11. 11Day of the Woman

    Day of the Woman (1978)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and drama

    A young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge.

  12. 12The New Kids

    The New Kids (1985)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and crime

    A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.

  13. 13The Devil's Rejects

    The Devil's Rejects (2005)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and horror

    The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.

  14. 14Chopper

    Chopper (2000)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama

    The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

  15. 15The Born Losers

    The Born Losers (1967)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama

    A biker gang incites a reign of terror in a California coastal town that culminates in four teenage girls being raped. Vietnam veteran Billy Jack has had enough, however, and takes on the depraved bikers…

  16. 16Frank and Penelope

    Frank and Penelope (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also horror and crime

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…

  17. 17God Is a Bullet

    God Is a Bullet (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and horror

    Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the…

  18. 18Snowtown

    Snowtown (2011)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.

  19. 19The Woman

    The Woman (2011)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and horror

    A lawyer puts his family in jeopardy when he captures the last member of a violent clan and tries to forcibly tame her.

  20. 20Saw V

    Saw V (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and crime

    Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome…

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