Self Defense Movies

In a small farming valley in Austria in the beginning of the 20th century a tyrannical farmer is found dead, and all the farmhands are relieved to be...

A college student in Northern Michigan, harassed with anonymous homophobic threats, seeks out shooting lessons with a reclusive survivalist in an...

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most...

A young lawyer defends a drifter accused of a murder that he has already confessed to. He asks his mentor, a retired, legendary lawyer for help.

A man is wrongly convicted for murder and sent to prison, where he is accused of murdering a brutal guard he killed in self-defense.

Saara is a middle-aged doctor who one day finds out that her architect-husband Leo is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli. Instead of...

In an intense action-filled 85 minutes, you will learn to defend yourself against the mounting threat of “knife culture” offenders.

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who...

Stern, intelligent Sylvia, a lawyer, finally met her match. Only that the person is a woman, and was convicted of murder.

Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the...

An exploration of the misery of youth. A student, his friends, and the girl he loves all suffer due to the harsh and unforgiving nature of the adults...

A single mother signs up for self-defense classes from a handsome instructor. But he develops a frightening obsession with her and orchestrates an...

John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her apartment suite when a man steps out of the...

Katy Devoux runs a gambling-drinking joint in British Columbia. She is a fair-playing business woman, but is ashamed of the source of her income, so...

A newlywed Sol learns that her husband Roy is a psychotic who alternated between treating her tenderly and beating her up when she disobeys his...

A training film that teaches girls easily-learned methods for defense against attack and injury.

Scenes illustrating assaults or assault attempts are shown, and advice on preventing or escaping from such incidents is given by Jeanne Bray, a...

Master John Tsai began his Kung Fu training in Kasshiung, Taiwan, at the age of 7. His life long talents for developing potential go beyond the reach...

Beauty Bites Beast aims to 'normalize' the idea of women's self-defense - and by extension, kids' self-defense - as a human need and right.

Five women are black belts in karate, which to them is more than self-defense, it's a philosophy for life.