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Neon Genesis Evangelion
Voices of a Distant Star
The Lord of the Flies
The Running Man
Flame of Recca
Yu Yu Hakusho
Battle Royale
X TV (anime)
Gunbuster
Roujin Z
Akira
Going to be a bit clitched, but I really do love Battle Royale. I also love Scott Pilgrim. It's a rather tough question though with a lot of limitations
My favorite "fight-to-the-death" scene in a film is the Crazy 88's scene in Kill Bill Vol. I, but as far as an entire movie, I'd go with Gladiator and Battle Royale.
WHO CAN KILL A CHILD?
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075462/)
2 adults (a man and his pregnant wife) are stranded on an island where the children have gone psychopathic/become possessed and have murdered all of the adults.
LONG WEEKEND
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079482/)
2 adults are spending a weekend out in the australian wilderness to try and reconnect and have to face against Mother Nature herself, as well as each other.
The SAW series
(http://www.imdb.com/find?q=saw&s=all)
While a bit more "predictable" as far as what you would expect on this list, it does involve innocent people who are forced to hurt each other for their own survival.
Remember ladies and gentlemen, this is about movies depicting INNOCENT people being turned against each other, not hardened criminals, bad-ass action heroes or mass murdering anti-heroes (which I guess are the same as bad-ass action heroes).
Seriously, "Battle Royale." I like "The Running Man" but I don't think "Battle Royale" has been topped in that genre. Maybe "Hunger Games" will be a new entry in that category. I've heard the buzz is very strong for it.
