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Rolling Thunder
Why this pick
Like Death Wish, it channels grief into a stark vigilante revenge story, but with a bleaker postwar mood and deliberate, hard-edged escalation.
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MOVIE1974 1h 33m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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The Exterminator
Why this pick
A grimy New York revenge thriller that shares Death Wish’s lone-avenger premise, urban decay, and uneasy blend of catharsis and social anger.
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Taxi Driver
Why this pick
Its nocturnal New York, alienated protagonist, and mounting impulse toward violent self-appointed justice echo the unsettling psychological side of Death Wish.
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Ms .45
Why this pick
A raw, confrontational variation on the vigilante-revenge film, retaining the New York grime and moral discomfort while shifting the perspective decisively.
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Why this pick
It shares Death Wish’s unsentimental 1970s crime-world realism and weary moral atmosphere, though its tension comes from betrayal rather than vigilantism.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Charles Bronson
Paul Kersey
Vincent Gardenia
Det. Frank Ochoa
William Redfield
Sam Kreutzer
Stuart Margolin
Ames Jainchill
Stephen Elliott
Police Commissioner
Kathleen Tolan
Carol Toby
Robert Kya-Hill
Joe Charles
Christopher Guest
Patrolman Reilly