List of vigilantes in popular culture

This is a list of vigilantes featured in popular culture and entertainment media. For commentary, see the main vigilante article.

Film

• A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
• Broncho Billy and the Vigilante (1915), Broncho Billy
• The Vigilantes (1918)
• The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
• The Purple Vigilantes (1938), The Three Mesquiteers
• Border Vigilantes (1941), Hopalong Cassidy
• Lone Star Vigilantes (1942)
• The Vigilantes Ride (1943)
• Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944), Red Ryder
• Vigilantes of Boomtown (1947), Red Ryder
• The Vigilantes Return (1947)
• The Vigilante (1947)
• Desert Vigilante (1949), Durango Kid
• Vigilante Hideout (1950)
• Dirty Harry series (1971, 1973, 1976, 1983, 1988)
• Coffy (1973)
• High Plains Drifter (1973)
• The Seven-Ups (1973)
• Walking Tall (1973) and its sequels Walking Tall Part 2 (1975) and Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977)
• Death Wish (1974) and its sequels Death Wish II (1982), Death Wish 3 (1985), Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), and Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
• Street Law (1974)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• Trackdown (1976)
• Vigilante Force (1976)
• Lipstick (1976)
• Deadbeat (1977), (aka: Tomcats; Getting Even; Avenged)
• The Exterminator (1980) and its sequel Exterminator 2 (1984)
• The Star Chamber (1983)
• Vigilante (1983)
• Lethal Weapon (1987) and its sequels Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), and Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
• Mr. India (1987)
• Raising Arizona (1987)
• Above the Law (1988)
• Shahenshah (1988)
• Batman (1989) and sequels Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), Batman Begins (2005), and The Dark Knight (2008)
• The Punisher (films) (1989, 2004 and 2008)
• Vigilante Cop (aka Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance, TV 1991)[1]
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
• Falling Down (1993)
• The Crow (1994)
• Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
• Leon aka The Professional (1994)
• Eye for an Eye (1996)
• A Time to Kill (1996)
• The Boondock Saints (1999) and its sequel The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)
• The Limey (1999)
• Chopper (2000)
• Unbreakable (2000)
• Skins (2002)
• Daredevil (2003)
• A Man Apart (2003)
• 4 the People (2004)
• Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
• Man on Fire (2004)
• Saw (2004) and its sequels Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), Saw V (2008), Saw VI (2009), and Saw 3D (2010)
• Suspect Zero (2004)
• Walking Tall (2004)
• Anniyan (2005)
• The Devil's Rejects (2005)
• Four Brothers (2005)
• Hard Candy (2005)
• Sin City (2005)
• V for Vendetta (2006)
• Vagabond Vigilante (2006)
• The Brave One (2007)
• Death Sentence (2007)
• Hot Fuzz (2007)
• Ghost Rider (2007)
• Outlaw (2007)
• Shooter (2007)
• Straightheads (2007)
• TMNT (2007)
• Taken (2008)
• Hancock (2008)
• Iron Man (2008)
• Beer for My Horses (2008)
• Watchmen (2009)
• Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
• Harry Brown (2009)
• Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
• The Reverend: Vigilante Vampire (2009)
• Defendor (2010)
• Edge of Darkness (2010)
• Kick-Ass (2010)
• Super (2010)
• Hobo With A Shotgun (2011)

See also: Category:Vigilante films

Television

• The Green Hornet (1966–7)
• CHiPs (1977-83) season 4, episode 19, "Vigilante" (15 March 1981)
• Knight Rider (1982–6)
• The A-Team (1983–7)
• The Equalizer (1985–9)
• MacGyver (1985–92)
• Bubblegum Crisis (1987)
• Tales from the Crypt (1989–96) episode "The Man Who Was Death"
• The Simpsons episode "Homer the Vigilante" (1994)
• Bubblegum Crash (1991)
• Dark Justice (1991–3)
• Batman: The Animated Series (1992–5)
• SWAT Kats (1993–5)
• "Code Geass"
• You're Under Arrest! (1996–2008), Strike Man often distributes divine punishment upon wrong doers who illegally park their cars or smoke in smoking-free zones
• Bubblegum Crisis 2040 (1997–8)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987–96)
• The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1997–8)
• Vengeance Unlimited (1998–9)
• Mezzo Forte (1998)
• Batman Beyond (1999–2001)
• Dark Angel (2000–2)
• Mezzo DSA (2001)
• Murder in Mind episode "Vigilante" (2001)
• Birds of Prey (2002–3)
• Death Note (2003–6)
• The 4400 (2004–present), season 1, episode 2, an improved Carl Morrissey cleans the Bradley Park in order to bring it back to its old state
• The Batman (2004-8)
• Jericho (2006–8)
• Dexter (2006–present)
• Knight Rider (2008)
• Casualty series 23 episode "Farmead Menace" (2008)
• Homeland (2011–present)

See also: Category:Vigilante episodes

Literature

• Crossfire by Miyuki Miyabe
• The Virginian by Owen Wister (1902), the first American western novel based on the theme of "frontier justice"
• Blue Belle (1988) by Andrew Vachss
• Without Remorse by Tom Clancy, explicitly about an ex-US Navy SEAL wiping out a gang of drug dealers
• Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004), Dearly Devoted Dexter (2005), and Dexter in the Dark (2007) by Jeff Lindsay, with adapted TV series Dexter (2006), all about fictional character Dexter Morgan who by day is a blood splatter expert for the Miami-Dade Police Department and by night hunts down and kills those who he feels "deserve to die"
• A Stout Cord and a Good Drop by James Gaitis (Globe Pequot, 2006), a lengthy literary work of historical fiction based on a rigorous analysis of the facts associated with the Montana Vigilantes, the infamous Montana hanging spree of 1863-64, and the foundation of the Montana Territory in the midst of the American Civil War
• The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, The Vigils, a semi-private group (students and teachers know of them but do not speak of them) who run the school, giving students "assignments" that bend or break school rules and regulations
• The Executioner by Don Pendleton, a book series about an ex-US Army Master Sergeant sniper named Mack Bolan and his "war" against the Mafia
• For All the Rude People, the protagonist kills people that are rude to young or less fortunate people
• Khabardar Shahri (rough Hindi translation of "vigilante"), one of the most famous vimal series of novels by Surender Mohan Pathak in which the hero, a serious offender on brink of reform takes up arms once again to punish five rapists one of whom is nephew of the kingpin of the local crime syndicate which results in a new gang war and the unfortunate Vimal find himself back in world of violence
• Dirty Weekend (1991) by Helen Zahavi is about a young woman who kills seven predatory males over three nights. It was later made into a movie (1993) by film director Michael Winner.

Comic books

• Americop
• Batman
• Black Cat (Marvel Comics)
• Casey Jones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Catwoman
• Daredevil
• Death Note
• Doc Savage
• The Foolkiller
• Ghost Rider (comics)
• Green Arrow
• Moon Knight
• Nightwing (Dick Grayson)
• The Punisher
• The Question (comics)
• Red Robin (DC Comics)
• Rorschach
• The Shadow
• Spawn (comics)
• Speedy (DC Comics)
• Spider-Man
• V from V for Vendetta
• Sam & Max

Video games

• Renegade (1986)
• Double Dragon (1987)
• Vigilante (1988)
• River City Ransom (1989)
• Final Fight (1989)
• Streets of Rage (1991)
• Final Fight 2 (1993)
• Final Fight 3 (1995)
• Interstate '76 (1997)
• Deus Ex (2000)
• Vigilante 8 (2000)
• Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (2001)
• Max Payne (2001)
• Manhunt (2003), Manhunt 2 (2007)
• The Punisher (2005)
• Condemned: Criminal Origins (2005)
• Total Overdose (2005)
• Tales of Vesperia (2008)
• Watchmen: The End is Nigh (2009)
• Batman Arkham Asylum (2009)
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009)
• Grand Theft Auto series, the player has the opportunity to steal a police vehicle and play as a vigilante