Vengeance movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant vengeance movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense, realistic, intense and bloody films and TV shows about / with murder, revenge, vengeance, death, brutality, violence, vigilante, violent, dialogue and storytelling plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
vengeance movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as vengeance: V for Vendetta (2005), Death Sentence (2007), I Saw the Devil (2010), I Spit on Your Grave (2010), The Punisher (2004), Payback (1999), The Last House on the Left (2009), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), Man on Fire (2004), 7 Days (2010).

List of vengeance movies

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 8.1
 1.2M
V for Vendetta (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he ...
Style: futuristic, philosophical, intense, captivating, neo noir ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: revolution, distopia, revenge, vengeance, fighting the system, dystopia, vigilante, freedom, anti hero, protest, society, masked man ...
Time: future, year 2005, 2000s, distant future, near future ...
Place: london, england, britain, big ben london, europe ...
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 6.7
 78K
Death Sentence (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, harsh, tense, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vengeance, violence, revenge, gang, vigilante, justice, vigilantism, gangster, brutality, violent, character change, tragic event ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: bolivia
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 7.8
 163K
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, ...
Style: disturbing, bloody, dark, twist ending, psychological ...
Audience: date night, manly, adult
Plot: revenge, serial killer, vengeance, murder, violence, psychopath, violent, extreme violence, gory, mercilessness, murderer, brutality ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea, east asia
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I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A remake of the 1979 controversial cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer's presence in ...
Style: disturbing, brutal, scary, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: vengeance, rape and revenge, torture, violence, rape, revenge, rapist, sexual abuse, serial killer, danger, female vigilante, woman in danger ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
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 6.4
 179K
The Punisher (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.
Style: serious, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, vengeance, vigilante, lone hero, violence, vigilantism, superhero, one man army, tough guy, mafia, crime fighter, hitman ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, year 2003
Place: florida, puerto rico, miami, virginia
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 7.0
 153K
Payback (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, black comedy, visually stunning, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: vengeance, revenge, money, mafia, robbery, violence, betrayal, organized crime, twists and turns, greed, anti hero, prostitute ...
Time: future, 70s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, new york
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The Last House on the Left (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a ...
Style: scary, slasher, brutal, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: rape, revenge, psychopath, torture, murder, kidnapping, serial killer, violence, vengeance, sexualized violence, rape and revenge, violence against women ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, ...
Style: suspense, exciting, costume drama, period piece, sexy ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: vengeance, revenge, sword fight, treason, treasure, lone hero, twists and turns, corruption, prison, confined, betrayal, arrest ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2002, 18th century, 1800s ...
Place: france, ireland, marseille, europe, paris france
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 7.7
 416K
Man on Fire (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style: suspense, tense, brutal, bloody, harsh ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: revenge, vengeance, kidnapping, vigilante, vigilantism, child in peril, lone hero, mercenary, cia, justice, violence, bodyguard ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city
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 6.5
 9K
7 Days (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Bruno Hamel is a thirty eight year old surgeon. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie, and their eight year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, he is leading an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter ...
Style: gloomy, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: police, vengeance, revenge, kidnapping, rape, rape and revenge, child killer, torture, vigilante, rape and murder, anger, male nudity ...
Time: turn of the century
Place: canada, quebec
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 6.4
 114K
Colombiana (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: revenge, hitman, female assassin, vengeance, assassin, female killer, strong female lead, vigilantism, vigilante, female protagonist, haunted by the past, kick-butt women ...
Time: year 2011, year 1992, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: colombia, chicago, latin america, south america, usa ...
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Edge of Darkness (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to ...
Style: tense, brutal, suspenseful, political thriller, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: vengeance, revenge, violence, uncover truth, father daughter relationship, vigilantism, fighting the system, investigation, corruption, riddles and clues, political corruption, conspiracy ...
Time: 2000s, year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa
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 8.3
 709K
Oldboy (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style: twist ending, psychological, bleak, neo noir, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, vengeance, incest, violence, psychopath, captivity, older man younger woman relationship, hypnosis, mind game, plot twist, psychological torture, torture ...
Time: year 2003, 80s, distant future, near future, y2k ...
Place: south korea, korea, stockholm sweden, oceania, east asia ...
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style: twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, justice, prison, vigilante, revenge, master criminal, lawyer, retribution, fighting the system, twists and turns, murder ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
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 7.2
 94K
Harry Brown (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style: suspense, realistic, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, vigilante, violence, vigilante justice, murder, gang, revenge, investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, violent ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, y2k, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, persia, europe ...
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 7.4
 386K
Nobody (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark ...
Style: brutal, suspense, entertaining, funny, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: one man army, tough guy, secret identity, retribution, revenge, martial arts, one against many, home invasion, twists and turns, vigilante, chase, vengeance ...
Time: 2020s
Place: america, usa, pentagon
Is relevant?
 8.0
 940K
The Revenant (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Argentina
Duration: 156 min.
Story: In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, harsh, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, violent, bear attack, wilderness survival, winter, hunter, wild west ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, distant future, 90s ...
Place: los angeles, north america, usa
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 7.8
 129K
Revenge (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.
Style: captivating, serious, soap opera, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: high society, vengeance, hidden identity, pretense, strong female character, twists and turns, suspicion, enemy, revenge, haunted by the past, half sister, victim ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.1
 86K
Blue Ruin (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: vengeance, violence, revenge, vigilante, vigilantism, murder, violent, brutality, car, storytelling, character study, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2013, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: virginia, ethiopia, usa, delaware
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Road to Perdition (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time ...
Style: harsh, atmospheric, suspense, visually stunning, period piece ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mafia, vengeance, hitman, revenge, criminal's revenge, gangster, violence, road trip, murder, coming of age, on the road, on the run ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1931, year 2002
Place: illinois, chicago, persia, michigan, usa
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 6.7
 214K
Hanna (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: teenage girl, hitman, spy, strong female lead, assassin, cia, vengeance, female warrior, chase, female protagonist, woman with a gun, espionage ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: finland, berlin germany, africa, germany, europe ...
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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 153 min.
Story: In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. ...
Style: suspense, breathtaking, inspirational, atmospheric, witty ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: world war two, nazism, nazi, war, vengeance, dark humor, alternate history, working undercover, violence, dialogue, violent, blood ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place: paris france, france, germany, america, europe
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I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Naturally beautiful, Katie has just settled into New York where she, like many other young women, is trying to make it as a model. But what starts out as an innocent and simple photo shoot soon turns into something disturbingly unthinkable! Raped, ...
Style: brutal, bloody, disturbing, grindhouse, splatter ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: vengeance, rape and revenge, rape, revenge, sexual abuse, violence, torture, rapist, rape victim, nudity, gang rape, female vigilante ...
Time: year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, europe, bulgaria
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 6.2
 81K
Hummingbird (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.
Style: atmospheric, sexy, exciting, serious, talky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, redemption, ex military, haunted by the past, gangster, homeless, revenge, mafia, fight scenes, guilt, vigilante, anti hero ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: england, london, afghanistan, new orleans
Is relevant?
 7.0
 174K
Hard Candy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style: disturbing, psychological, independent film, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: vengeance, revenge, torture, manipulation, pedophile, vigilantism, age difference, female vigilante, pedophilia, justice, sexual abuse, home invasion ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2016, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
 7.5
 818K
John Wick (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style: stylized, exciting, neo noir, serious, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: hitman, vengeance, revenge, one man army, assassin, vigilante, shooting, gunfight, lone hero, tough guy, dog, killer ...
Time: year 2014, 60s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, north america
Is relevant?
 6.7
 46K
The Salvation (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Denmark, UK, South Africa, Sweden, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Style: suspense, atmospheric, brutal, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: revenge, vengeance, lone hero, rape, violence, old west, murder, small town, rape and revenge, wild west, gang, murderer ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, year 2014, victorian era, 2010s
Place: america, usa, australia, mexico
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: obsession, home invasion, nanny, suicide, vengeance, sexual abuse, malice, female psychopath, parenthood, breast feeding, rivalry, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa ...
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 7.5
 229K
The Crow (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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.
Style: gothic, suspenseful, dark fantasy, rough, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: vengeance, supernatural, vigilante, good versus evil, goth, halloween, murder, superhero, afterlife, justice, revenge, vigilantism ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, near future, 20th century
Place: michigan, seattle, detroit
Is relevant?
 6.7
 66K
The Brave One (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
Style: suspense, detective, realistic, serious, melancholic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: vigilante, vengeance, revenge, vigilantism, woman with a gun, female vigilante, corpse, death, self defense, police station, woman kills a man, kick-butt women ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
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