🏷 Discover The Best Sadism Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

96 titles with this tag

Unraveling the Dark Side: Exploring Sadistic Movies and TV Shows

Delve into the realm of the macabre and the unsettling, where sadistic themes reign supreme. This curated selection of films and television series will take you on a journey through the twisted minds of characters who derive pleasure from the pain and suffering of others. From psychological thrillers to horror masterpieces, discover the most iconic and thought-provoking sadistic movies and TV shows that will leave you on the edge of your seat.

Cast

Christian Bale

Heath Ledger

Aaron Eckhart

Michael Caine

The Dark Knight (2008)

8.5 36.1K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 152 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

Plot: sadism, chaos, secret identity, crime fighter, superhero, anti hero, scarecrow, based on comic, ...

Cast

Robert De Niro

James Woods

Elizabeth McGovern

Joe Pesci

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

8.4 6.1K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, Italy

Duration: 229 min.

Audience: R

Story: A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Plot: new york city, regret, lovesickness, rape, life and death, sexual abuse, street gang, corruption, ...

Time: prohibition era, 1920s, 1960s, ...

Cast

John Cassini

8.4 23.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: rage and hate, police, s.w.a.t., sadism, self-fulfilling prophecy, psychopath, detective, investigation, ...

Cast

Donnie Yen

Simon Yam

Lynn Hung Doi-Lam

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Ip Man (2008)

7.8 4.2K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, History

Country: China, Hong Kong

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.

Plot: martial arts, kung fu, sports, foreigner, bravery, rice, katana, market, ...

Higurashi: When They Cry (2006) TV Show

7.7 234 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 50

Audience: TV-MA

Story: After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem.

Style: psychological

Plot: mass murder, trauma, baseball bat, sadism, village, supernatural, murder, rampage, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Sean Connery

Harry Andrews

Ian Bannen

Alfred Lynch

The Hill (1965)

7.5 253 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: NR

Story: North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.

Plot: prison, libya, sadism, africa, heat, british army, sahara desert, military prison, ...

Time: world war ii, 1940s

Place: north africa

Cast

Mason Thames

Madeleine McGraw

Ethan Hawke

Jeremy Davies

The Black Phone (2022)

7.5 5.9K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

Plot: mask, small town, child abuse, dreams, sibling relationship, kidnapping, sadistic, supernatural, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Klaus Kinski

Frank Wolff

Luigi Pistilli

The Great Silence (1968)

7.5 461 votes

Genre: Drama, Western

Country: Italy, France

Duration: 107 min.

Story: A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.

Plot: dying and death, gunslinger, sheriff, bounty hunter, saloon, desolateness, winter, utah, ...

Cast

Brandon Lee

Rochelle Davis

Ernie Hudson

Michael Wincott

The Crow (1994)

7.5 4.6K votes

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.

Plot: martial arts, superhero, supernatural, halloween, crow, based on comic, revenge, arson, ...

Cast

Sharon Horgan

Eva Birthistle

Sarah Greene

Eve Hewson

Bad Sisters (2022) TV Show

7.5 279 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-MA

Story: The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for one another. But when the toxic brother-in-law they all wanted dead actually dies, it turns their lives upside down and tests their bond like nothing before.

Plot: sadistic, brother-in-law, dublin, ireland, bullying, dark comedy, domestic abuse, insurance investigator, ...

Cast

Daniel Craig

Rooney Mara

Christopher Plummer

Stellan Skarsgu00e5rd

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

7.4 7.7K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Sweden, United States of America

Duration: 158 min.

Audience: R

Story: Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Plot: journalist, island, rape, hacker, based on novel or book, nazi, journalism, investigation, ...

Place: sweden, scandinavia

Cast

Susanne Lothar

Ulrich Mu00fche

Arno Frisch

Frank Giering

Funny Games (1997)

7.3 2.1K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: Austria

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

Plot: lake, sadism, psychopath, hostage-taking, remote control, sociopath, breaking the fourth wall, serial killer, ...

Cast

Denzel Washington

Marton Csokas

Chlou00eb Grace Moretz

David Harbour

The Equalizer (2014)

7.3 10.0K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 132 min.

Audience: R

Story: McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

Plot: assassin, corruption, hitman, call girl, sadism, hostage, gangster, fbi, ...

Cast

Marilyn Burns

Allen Danziger

Paul A. Partain

William Vail

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

7.3 3.9K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 83 min.

Audience: R

Story: Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: van, gas station, sadistic, leatherface, hitchhiker, slaughterhouse, slasher, chainsaw, ...

Place: texas

Cast

Tobin Bell

Shawnee Smith

Synnu00f8ve Macody Lund

Steven Brand

Saw X (2023)

7.2 2.4K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: R

Story: Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.

Plot: mexico city, mexico, sadism, riddle, gore, sequel, con artist, cancer, ...

Place: mexico

Cast

Jeremy Irons

Geneviu00e8ve Bujold

Heidi von Palleske

Barbara Gordon

Dead Ringers (1988)

7.1 1.0K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: R

Story: Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

Style: romantic

Plot: bondage, based on novel or book, nurse, sadism, obsession, toronto, canada, sadomasochism, ...

Cast

Matt Dillon

Bruno Ganz

Uma Thurman

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

The House That Jack Built (2018)

7.1 3.1K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror

Country: Denmark, France

Duration: 152 min.

Audience: R

Story: Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

Plot: van, sadism, psychopath, child murder, architect, artist, visions of hell, flashback, ...

Time: 1970s, 1980s

Audition (2000)

7.1 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror

Country: Japan

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: R

Story: Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

Plot: sadism, man looking for wife, psychological thriller, torture, pretty woman

Cast

Carmen Maura

Luis Hostalot

👤

Ryo Hiruma

u00c1ngel de Andru00e9s Lu00f3pez

What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)

7.1 270 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Spain

Duration: 102 min.

Story: A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.

Plot: prostitute, husband wife relationship, madrid, spain, sadism, taxi driver, hustler, dark comedy, ...