With the long-awaited sequel to the cult-favorite vigilante film The Boondock Saints in theaters, we thought we'd celebrate with a list of the Top 10 Best Vigilante Films in history. Don't get on their bad side!

The Dark Knight

Christopher Nolan set the fake rubber nipples and flashy spandex aside to make a Batman film that far outshines the lighter-hearted fare the Caped Crusader was previously featured in onscreen. Featuring a central struggle over the concept that "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain," Christian Bale's take on Batman is a much darker, much more troubled and philosophically burdened approach. Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker is every bit as captivating and powerful as you've heard, and he pushes the very limits of a man who refuses to kill for justice.

Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese's dark masterpiece stars Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle, an ex-Marine insomniac who - you guessed it - drives taxis late at night. Sickened by the thug scum he encounters daily, Travis is finally pushed over the edge in his quest to save a young prostitute - Jodie Foster's Iris - from a life on New York's streets. It's hard to believe that this is the same guy who played Ben Stiller's dad in Meet The Fockers - DeNiro's performance is absolutely, brilliantly terrifying and won him a Best Actor Oscar - one of four the film received.

V for Vendetta 

The Wachowskis' dark, politically-soaked thriller centers on a corruption-assassin named "V" who wears the mask of Guy Fawkes, the man who many years ago famously attempted to blow up the House of Parliament on the fifth of November. Spouting elegant prose and killing with brutal grace, V fine-tunes the image of a vigilante hero who stands up to society's most powerful and the corrupt elite. The sociopolitical parallels are jarring, given the Orwellian spin on our modern-day security and surveillance technologies, and the film's depiction of ruthless revenge against deadly corruption is one an ever-increasing number can relate to in today's socioeconomic imbalance and corporate imperialism.