Revenge movies and TV shows – page 3
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214K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer ...
Style:
exciting, action thriller, saga, rough, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
on the run, revenge, one man army, murder, kidnapping, bodyguard, frame up, hostage, vigilante, chase, police investigation, husband murders wife ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, europe, malibu california ...
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530K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style:
realistic, brutal, harsh, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
revenge, cia, drug cartel, drug smuggling, hitman, brutality, fbi, fbi agent, black ops, cia agent, vigilantism, murder ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, texas, tucson arizona, arizona ...
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1.2M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon (Beart) has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, thought provoking, saga, anthology ...
Plot:
revenge, female nudity, haunted by the past, spring, provincial life, wedding, cave, rural setting, rabbit, xenophobia, harmonica, marriage ...
Time:
year 1986, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
france, provence, europe, paris france
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610K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Malta, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was ...
Style:
epic, exciting, heroic, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
sword fight, mythology, ancient history, ancient, vengeance, battlefield, courage, greek mythology, warrior, war, ancient world, king ...
Time:
ancient times, year 2004, middle ages, 2000s
Place:
greece, ancient greece, britain, hellas, europe ...
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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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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit ...
Style:
feel good, light, rom com, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, divorce, battle of the sexes, female protagonist, feminist, female bonding, friendship, feminism, breakup, dancing, older man younger woman relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1969, 60s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a 13-year imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a 6 year old boy, beautiful Lee Guem-ja starts seeking revenge on the man that was really responsible for the boy's death. With the help of fellow inmates and reunited with her daughter, ...
Style:
psychological, cerebral, bloody, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
violence, revenge, vengeance, murder, female vigilante, serial killer, torture, prison, violent, kidnapping, female protagonist, justice ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, australia, east asia, asia, korea ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, neo noir, clever, dark comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, hitman, assassin, revenge, plot twist, mistaken identity, organized crime, disorder, secrets, mysterious character, mafia, master criminal ...
Time:
2000s, year 1979, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, seattle
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous ...
Style:
bloody, suspense, neo noir, brutal, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, hitman, assassin, one man army, one against many, violence, lone hero, blood, vengeance, tough guy, betrayal, chase ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, rome italy ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 275 min.
Story:
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is a complete edit of the two-part martial arts action films Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2. The film was originally scheduled to be released as one part. However, due to the film's over 4 hour ...
Style:
bloody, brutal, scary, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
revenge, sword, girl fight, martial arts, wedding, violence, brutality, badass female lead, murder, twists and turns, justice, death ...
Place:
tokyo, japan, okinawa japan
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death ...
Style:
fairy tale, touching, romantic, feel good, sweet ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, date night, kids, teens ...
Plot:
sword fight, revenge, swashbuckler, true love, love and romance, pirate, medieval, imaginary kingdom, love, love story, prince, lovers apart ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century, 20th century, year 1987, victorian era ...
Place:
seattle, canada
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70K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, slasher, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
revenge, underage drinking, basement, mental health, group of friends, twists and turns, teenage girl, psychopath, teenager, social network, female psychopath, teen drinking ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, sex scene, hitman, haunted by the past, bomb, vengeance, femme fatale, murder, redemption, assassination, anti hero, ex cia agent ...
Time:
year 1994, year 1984, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
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1.4M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir, confusing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory, vengeance, memory loss, plot twist, revenge, murder, amnesia, whodunit, twists and turns, paranoia, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, stylized, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, heroic bloodshed, hitman, vengeance, gangster, danger, murder, chef, professional killer, gunfight, violence, triad ...
Place:
hong kong, macau, china, asia
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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
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by ...
Style:
tense, rough, bloody, epic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, gang, vengeance, gangster, organized crime, street gang, violence, betrayal, racism, courage, violent, gang war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, 50s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, India, Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation ...
Style:
suspense, tense, action thriller, entertaining, satanic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot:
cia, conspiracy, spy, amnesia, espionage, hitman, revenge, on the run, chase, assassin, dark past, lone hero ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
russia, europe, berlin germany, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, tense, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
racism, courtroom drama, court, justice, trial, courtroom, small town, lawyer, rape, revenge, murder, legal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The film centers on Darren Mullet, a bullied asthmatic, driven to suicide by his tormented life - ignored by his parents, ridiculed by his teachers and bullied at school. He returns from the dead to pay his teenage tormentors a final visit.
Style:
scary, slasher, semi serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, bullying, revenge, ghost, dead teenager, bully, vengeance, serial killer, suicide, prank, school, supernatural ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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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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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the ...
Style:
bloody, brutal, exciting, fast paced, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, revenge, kung fu, assassin, martial artist, one man army, vengeance, hand to hand combat, fight to the death, ninjitsu, assassination ...
Time:
year 2009, 80s, 21st century
Place:
china, osaka japan, berlin germany, asia, japan
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235K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate ...
Style:
suspense, humorous, perverse, exciting, mind blowing ...
Plot:
revenge, lone hero, crime boss, working undercover, heist, fighting crime, robbery, fight, ex soldier, father son relationship, afghanistan veteran, gangster ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, north america, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
Style:
neo noir, harsh, realistic, rough, gothic ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, drug dealer, small town, justice, vigilante, disappearance, deadend life, vigilantism, financial problem, violent, brothers ...
Time:
year 2013, 80s, 20th century, year 2008, 2010s ...
Place:
new jersey, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, indiana, appalachia ...
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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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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style:
disturbing, tense, neo noir, sexy, harsh ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
twists and turns, self defense, revenge, violent, small town, organized crime, sex scene, redemption, gangster, sex, murder, attempted robbery ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, philadelphia, columbus ohio, usa, pennsylvania ...
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55K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he ...
Style:
suspense, harsh, exciting, spaghetti western, period piece ...
Audience:
family outing, manly
Plot:
revenge, bounty hunter, murder, manhunt, texas ranger, vengeance, hanging, teenage girl, cowboy, civil war veteran, alcoholic, reward ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 1969, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, oklahoma, arkansas, usa, austin texas ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Seasoning House - where young girls are prostituted to the military. An orphaned deaf mute is enslaved to care for them. She moves between the walls and crawlspaces, planning her escape. Planning her ingenious and brutal revenge.
Style:
spooky, rough, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, rapist, rape and revenge, sexual abuse, confinement indoors, strong violent content, rape, vengeance, male nudity, gang bang, danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
balkan, europe
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427K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Doormat Wesley Gibson discovers that his recently murdered father – who Wesley never knew – belonged to a secret guild of assassins. After a leather-clad sexpot drafts Wesley into the society, he hones his innate killing skills and turns avenger.
Style:
exciting, action thriller, entertaining, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, manly, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
hitman, gunfight, assassin, femme fatale, mentor, revenge, superhuman powers, woman with a gun, father son relationship, twists and turns, escapades, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, europe
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