Revenge motive movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant revenge motive movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, captivating, dark, psychological and disturbing films and TV shows about / with revenge motive, revenge, vengeance, betrayal, justice, murder, vigilante, violence, investigation and moral ambiguity plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as revenge motive: Promising Young Woman (2020), Trust (2010), Death Wish (2018), One Deadly Summer (1983), Tin Star (2017), I Saw the Devil (2010), Lady Snowblood (1973), Bullets, Fangs and Dinner at 8 (2015), Maleficent (2014), Crazed (2014).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young woman haunted by a tragedy in her past takes revenge on the predatory men unlucky enough to cross her path.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, rape and revenge, rape, violence, feminist, vengeance, murder, double life, death of friend, brutality, sexism, toxic masculinity ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, nebraska, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her ...
Style:
teen, sexy, controversial, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, bullying, teenager, father daughter relationship, child abuse, teenage life, youth, rape, innocence lost, child sexual abuse, rape and revenge, pedophile ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, cleveland ohio, chicago ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jennifer Hills is still tormented by the brutal sexual assault she endured years ago. She’s changed identities and cities, reluctantly joining a support group where she begins to piece together a new life. But when her new friend’s murderer goes ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, psychological, bleak, sexual ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, vengeance, revenge, female killer, female protagonist, rape victim, mad woman, female vigilante, rapist, rape, murder, violence ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Style:
detective, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vigilante, home invasion, vigilantism, dark hero, father daughter relationship, justice, attempted rape, death of wife, vengeance, revenge, hottie, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chicago, usa, new york, illinois
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to the town of a firefighter nicknamed Pin-Pon. Everyone notices the provocative Eliane. She singles out Pin-Pon and soon is crying on his shoulder ...
Style:
sexy, erotic drama, erotic, sexual, neurotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, sexual manipulation, rape, rape victim, small town, erotica, breast feeding, exhibitionism, bare breasts, mother daughter relationship, traumatic childhood, revenge motive ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 70s, year 1976, 1950s ...
Place:
france, europe, south of france, provence
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17K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Jim Worth, an expat British police officer starting a new life with his family as police chief in Little Big Bear, an idyllic town near the Rocky Mountains. When his small town is overrun by migrant workers from a massive new oil ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge motive, rocky mountains, danger, justice, family relations, threat, life is a bitch, murder, small town sheriff, abduction, death, law ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, canada
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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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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. ...
Style:
grindhouse, suspenseful, exciting, melancholic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, vengeance, female killer, rape and revenge, murder, female protagonist, vigilante, female assassin, childbirth, blood, assassination ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1973, turn of the century, 1880s ...
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A vampire posing as a priest creates a cult of blood thirsty humans and is responsible for a number of killings beginning with a massacre at a church.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
vampire, brutality, crime spree, psycho killer, massacre, revenge motive, insanity, bloodbath, religious cult, priest, violence, murder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa
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422K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, romantic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, family outing, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
witch, fantasy world, princess, magical, fairy, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, kingdom, imaginary kingdom, true love, villainess, magic ...
Time:
14th century, year 2014, 2010s, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
france, scotland, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ronan Pierce is a vigilante cop with one thing on his mind, revenge. When his past comes back to haunt him in the form of a former friend Damien Logan, now human trafficking kingpin, Ronan must fight his way through the deadly streets of Harbor City ...
Style:
splatter, grindhouse, rough, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, supernatural being, monster, con artists, gang, death of daughter, rape and revenge, abduction, organized crime, vigilante justice, organ theft ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Transferred home after a traumatizing combat mission, a highly trained French soldier uses her lethal skills to hunt down the man who hurt her sister.
Style:
erotic, suspense, captivating, tense, action thriller ...
Plot:
female vigilante, sister, vengeance, female protagonist, revenge, rape, female soldier, female warrior, soldier, vigilantism, war veteran, army ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
syria, marseille, paris france, nice france, france
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A serial killer, whose victims are men with similar pasts, is tracked by a policewoman.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, crime drama, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, revenge motive, serial killer, investigation, law enforcement, female investigator, retribution, police procedural, mature, cat and mouse, stalker ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Syria, Lebanon
TV show
Story:
Betrayed by his friends and the woman he loved, Majd is imprisoned but not broken. After escaping with a new face and name — Aser — he’s back with one goal: revenge.
Style:
crime thriller, tension, suspense, twisted, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
betrayal, revenge motive, revenge, prison escape, new identity, retribution, vengeance, deception, identity, betrayal of trust, escape, disguise ...
Place:
middle east
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Chicano gangster Micky Solis finds that his family has been slaughtered by the Chinese mob. His whole life force turns to finding the killers. A slick lawyer (Angus MacFadyen) leads Micky to a "nun" (Paz De La Huerta) who shows him who the ...
Style:
tense, dramatic, suspenseful, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, gangster, gang member, revenge motive, neighborhood, gang of outlaws, gang, criminal, criminal gang, murder, attorney ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
John Williams must swallow his pride to partner up with an ex-friend in hopes of tracking down those responsible for murdering his family.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, crime thriller, tense, dark ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, revenge motive, grief, killing, teamwork, avenge, bereavement, murderer, gunslinger, loss of family member, western hero ...
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18K
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
After a heartbreak by Nitu, Ariyan Mirza seeks revenge, guided by his father Adib Mirza's wisdom. Their story transforms from romance to violence, culminating in courtroom confrontations over justice.
Style:
romantic drama, dark
Plot:
revenge, revenge motive, justice, father son relationship, male protagonist, courtroom drama, moral ambiguity, breakup, violence, betrayal, grief, legal battle ...
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4K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Rebel is a romantic action revenge drama, which revolves around the story of a happy-go-lucky guy. The hero (Prabhas) is the son of a good-natured mafia don (Krishnam Raju). The hero becomes Rebel after his father is killed. How he takes revenge ...
Style:
crime drama, action drama, intense, masala, dark ...
Plot:
murder of father, kidnapping, fight, revenge, father son relationship, violence, blood, revenge motive, murder mystery, justice, betrayal, vigilante ...
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Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After Matt Kane leaves his wife Lara after seven years of marriage for the single, fast life that he wanted all his life after getting a promotion at work, she plots revenge against him by hiring an female ex-con and grifter, named Tuesday, to ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot:
revenge, seduction, unrequited love, scheme, betrayal, revenge motive, con artists, love and romance, romantic relationship, love affair, unfulfilled love, conspiracy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her.
Style:
art house, black comedy, philosophical, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
greed, retribution, moral dilemma, revenge motive, small town, revenge, vengeance, economic crisis, betrayal, corruption, social commentary, tragedy ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An immigrant travels from Sedona to Los Angeles to seek revenge against the immigration lawyer who ruined her life.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, immigrant, lawyer, attorney, vengeance, revenge motive, immigration, life is a bitch, social problems, criminal, threat to kill, female protagonist ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
The main story is about Artur (Bruno Ferrari), the rich young owner of Arminho Ranch, who holds a grudge against his alleged father Gregório (AntônioGrassi). At the age of twelve, Artur, who was baptized as Mossoró, became paraplegic after he ...
Style:
soap opera, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, romantic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, love triangle, trauma, betrayal, revenge, family secret, father son conflict, revenge motive, family problems, tragic love, father son relationship, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Twenty years after his encounter with the witch, a grown-up Hansel returns to the haunted forest, seeking revenge.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
witch, vengeance, supernatural, danger, bounty hunter, woods, rivalry, escapades, heroes, imaginary, witchcraft, revenge ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A wrongful conviction changes the life of Alejandro Gaitán and separates him from the woman he loves, Mariana Zambrano. After 17 years in jail, he becomes a count with the help of another prisoner and seeks revenge on those who turned on him.
Style:
soap opera, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, framed for murder, rags to riches, nobleman, aristocracy, honor, betrayal, prison, imprisonment, revenge motive, wrongful conviction, changing lives ...
Time:
1930s
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
B-movie stalwart Eric Spudic directs this story about two bullied high school misfits who exact deadly revenge on those former classmates who did them wrong.
Style:
independent film, teen horror, slasher, psychological, grim
Plot:
revenge, bullying, revenge motive, retribution, high school, misfit, high school drama, cruelty, teenager, teen violence, violent, vigilante justice ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman discusses her family problems with a stranger she meets on a bus, but is horrified when her confidante suggests each of them kill the person making the other's life difficult.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspense, tense, disturbing
Plot:
murder, stranger, woman in danger, planned murder, revenge motive, mentally unstable, chance meeting, revenge, family problems, women, compulsive liar, mental illness ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The Sõpruse bridge connecting Russia and Estonia suddenly plunges into darkness. When the lights come back, in the middle of the bridge, on the borderline, a body is discovered. A joint Russian-Estonian investigation is appointed. Russian ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, social ...
Plot:
partner, social problems, justice, murder, secrets, revenge motive, haunted by the past, coworker relationship, danger, father son relationship, death of wife, car accident ...
Place:
russia, estonia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A young, naïve and idealistic Satya moves to Kurnool in hopes of a bright future. Discontent with how the city remains in the grip of a gangster, he decides to change the ‘treatment’ for the ‘disease’.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, action drama ...
Plot:
revenge, urban, police officer, gangster, revenge motive, city life, avenge, police, city, criminal, vengeance, vigilante ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Fate brings together two sisters who share a tragic start to their lives under one household.
Style:
novela, dramatic, captivating, exciting, entertaining ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, asian, feminism, family secret, woman, avenge, female protagonist, revenge motive, asian woman, betrayal, dark past ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fantasy adventure that picks up several years after Maleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, cute, saga, costume drama ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, magical creature, fairy, strong female character, princess, kingdom, witchcraft, mother daughter conflict, wizards and magicians, magical, evil queen, fictional kingdom ...
Time:
year 2019, medieval times
Place:
europe, united kingdom, france
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