Hunting and Killing People for Sport
These movies involve hunting humans for sport with the intention of killing them. They don't include law enforcement manhunts, war, hunting strictly for revenge or profit such as bounty hunting, hunting for cannibalism, psychopathic serial killers, etc.
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- DirectorsIrving PichelErnest B. SchoedsackStarsJoel McCreaFay WrayLeslie BanksA psychotic big game hunter deliberately strands a luxury yacht on a remote island, where he begins to hunt its passengers for sport.A madman arranges for ships to be wrecked on his island so he can hunt down and kill the passengers for sport.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsMarcello MastroianniUrsula AndressElsa MartinelliIn a future where a human vs. human "Big Hunt" is used as an alternative to war, a veteran huntress' plan to kill a "victim" for a major TV sponsorship deal is compounded by romance.In a future non-violent society, a club of bored thrill-seekers organize a game in which humans hunt and kill other humans for sport, which is shown on television. Club members are alternately the hunter and the victim in the games, until they die or survive their tenth hunt, after which they win fame and fortune.
- DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeGert van den BerghKen GampuDuring the 1800s, a safari guide, two elephant hunters and their crew run into trouble with the natives in the South African veld when they refuse to offer gifts to the tribesmen.The last surviving member of a hunting party who offended an African tribe is given a chance to survive. He is let loose naked and without weapons, then hunted in the wilderness by the tribe's warriors who try to kill him.
- DirectorPaul BartelStarsDavid CarradineSylvester StalloneSimone GriffethIn a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.In a dystopian future, contestants in a cross-country car race hunt for innocent pedestrians to run over and kill in order to win points in the contest.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsMichael YorkJenny AgutterRichard JordanA police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.In an idyllic future society inhabitants are killed when they reach the age of 30. Those who try to escape are hunted down and killed by professional killers. This isn't really hunting for exactly, but they do seem to enjoy it.
- DirectorJohn GlenStarsRoger MooreMaud AdamsLouis JourdanA fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base.James bond is hunted by men during a tiger hunt.
- DirectorsTed V. MikelsRay Dennis StecklerStarsJannina PoynterDavid O'HaraMacka FoleyA young woman newly arrived in a small town comes up against a crazed group of survivalists who have killed a party of motorcyclists in the desert. They capture and rape her, but she escapes and makes plans to take her vengeance on them.A woman is given a two hour start before a group of survivalists begin to hunt her down to kill her.
- DirectorPaul Michael GlaserStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerMaria Conchita AlonsoYaphet KottoIn a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.A policeman framed for the mass killing of unarmed civilians escapes from prison but is captured and forced to participate in a government propaganda TV game show called The Running Man, the number one television show in the world. The rules are simple - the unarmed victims try to run away from the Stalkers, bulked-up hunters who try to kill them with chainsaws, flamethrowers, exploding hockey pucks, and other sadistic weapons.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerCarl WeathersKevin Peter HallA team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.An extraterrestrial warrior has traveled to Earth's Central American jungle to hunt humans for sport and take trophies.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsJean-Claude Van DammeLance HenriksenYancy ButlerA woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.An organization sells rich hunters the opportunity to hunt and kill people for sport.
- DirectorGeorge ErschbamerStarsLorenzo LamasKathleen KinmontAnthony De LongisAfter a recruiter sees him winning a bar fight, Tyler Verdiccio is kidnapped and thrown into an abandoned industrial complex which has been converted into the arena. Along with his lover, Jordan, and another kidnapped man, Verdiccio is hunted by mercenaries in a televised death duel which is the main event for a multi-million dollar gambling racket.Men are kidnapped and hunted by mercenaries for sport in a televised event.
- DirectorErnest R. DickersonStarsRutger HauerIce-TCharles S. DuttonA homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.A group of rich men bring homeless people into the wilderness to hunt and kill them for sport, saving their heads in jars as trophies.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô YamamotoIn the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.Ninth-grade students at a Japanese high school are forced by law to compete in a contest in which they are released on an island where they must hunt each other down until only one student is left alive.
- DirectorDaniel MinahanStarsBrooke SmithMarylouise BurkeMark WoodburyA TV program selects people at random to kill one another for fame and their freedom.Six contestants on a TV program are given weapons to hunt each other in a kill or be killed contest until only one survives.
- DirectorGreg McLeanStarsNathan PhillipsCassandra MagrathKestie MorassiThree backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.Three travelers stranded in an isolated location encounter a sadistic madman who hunts and kills people for sport.
- DirectorMel GibsonStarsGerardo TaracenaRaoul Max TrujilloDalia HernándezAs the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.Native American warriors hunt a white man for sport.
- DirectorScott WiperStarsSteve AustinVinnie JonesNathan JonesJack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.A television producer buys a death row convict and takes him to a deserted island where he is forced to participate in a televised show where he is forced to hunt down and kill nine other armed condemned killers in order to gain his freedom, as each of the other killers tries to do the same.
- DirectorAndrew PrendergastStarsGeorge StultsDawn OlivieriMichael Shamus WilesA former Marine has been kidnapped with three convicts, taken to a deserted island, and forced to participate in a deadly game. The super-rich pay a fortune to hunt human prey. But the island isn't deserted--it's home to Hydra the Beast.Rich men hunt human prey for sport on a deserted island, not knowing that a monster lives on the island.
- DirectorGary RossStarsJennifer LawrenceJosh HutchersonLiam HemsworthKatniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.A nationally televised competition selects two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of the country and forces them to hunt and kill each other until only one survives.
- DirectorJonás CuarónStarsGael García BernalJeffrey Dean MorganAlondra HidalgoA group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a racist man who has taken border patrol duties into his own hands.An American vigilante with a rifle and a dog that is trained to kill humans, hunts and kills illegal border crossers along the US Mexican border, just because he likes to do it.
- DirectorsMatt Bettinelli-OlpinTyler GillettStarsSamara WeavingAdam BrodyMark O'BrienA bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.A family of devil-worshipers plays a game of hide and seek with the bride of one of their sons on their wedding night. They hunt her with assorted weapons with the intent to capture her then kill her in a ritual sacrifice.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsPaul NewmanVittorio GassmanFernando ReyDuring a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called "Quintet." For one small group, this obsession is not enough; they play the game with living pieces ... and only the winner survives.In the remains of a ruined post-apocalyptic ice-age city where the dead are left outside to be eaten by wild dogs, and nobody has children anymore or cares about anybody else, the remaining people play a board game called Quintet in which the players' board pieces are "killed" until only one player remains. At a casino, some of the regular players are chosen to play the game for real. They are given a list of names of the other players who they must hunt down kill in order to win the game. There is no prize. They play only for the thrill of it. The game's adjudicator calls Quintet the only expression left of art, philosophy, and all the elements of life, of anything of value.
- DirectorWilliam WiardStarsAnthony GearyShelley HackTom MasonA wealthy man with a penchant for living on the edge and engaging in dangerous, life-threatening activities becomes romantically involved with a female university professor who has the same proclivities.A rich and crazy game-loving man seduces a thrill-seeking woman with dangerous games that culminate in one last game in which he hunts her with a rifle, just for his own enjoyment, trying to kill her before she completes a task he has given her in the old prison on Alcatraz Island.
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsSteve RailsbackOlivia HusseyMichael CraigIn a dystopian future where deviants are held in "re-education" camps, a freedom fighter and an innocent prisoner try to survive their decadent oppressors' game of kill-or-be-killed.Social deviants in a totalitarian society are sent to a re-education behavior modification camp to make them an asset to society. The guards torture the male and female prisoners, but the camp commander brings in his perverted friends who get their kicks by selecting, hunting, and killing prisoners, who are set free and given a head start but no weapons.
- DirectorCraig ZobelStarsBetty GilpinHilary SwankIke BarinholtzTwelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt.A group of rich liberal elitists joke in a group text about hunting and killing "deplorables" for sport and the text goes viral, with conspiracy theorists and other online liberal-haters believing it and creating a scandal which gets all of them fired in order to protect the reputations of the progressive corporations they work for. So they decide to kidnap 12 of the people whose online attacks got them fired, and actually hunt and kill them for sport.