Best Self-defense Movies & TV Series

3eyedraven's 35 top-rated self-defense movies and TV series — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Love & Death 2023 ★ 7.8
Thelma & Louise 1991 ★ 7.6
First Blood 1982 ★ 7.5
The Great Silence 1968 ★ 7.5
A History of Violence 2005 ★ 7.2
Marnie 1964 ★ 7.1
Young Mr. Lincoln 1939 ★ 7.2
Candy 2022 ★ 7.1
Life After Fighting 2024 ★ 7.3
Harry Brown 2009 ★ 6.8
Niagara 1953 ★ 6.8
Green Room 2016 ★ 6.7
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 1983 ★ 7.0
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer 2003 ★ 6.7
Enough 2002 ★ 6.7
Safe in Hell 1931 ★ 6.7
Cold in July 2014 ★ 6.5
Pursued 1947 ★ 6.6
Chato's Land 1972 ★ 6.5
The Story of Temple Drake 1933 ★ 6.5
Cry Terror! 1958 ★ 6.5
Illegal 1955 ★ 6.5
20,000 Years in Sing Sing 1932 ★ 6.4
Gun Glory 1957 ★ 6.2