maggiem's "Revenge Films"

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Revenge films are one of my favorite subgenre of films. The plot is always simple: get back at those who’ve hurt you. Most of the films add a word of caution about becoming as evil as those you are hunting, like Bergman’s Virgin Spring. Other films are simply overblown celebrations of vengeance and virility, like Charles Bronson’s Death Wish series. Some movies on this list aren’t straight-up revenge films but are included because of the strong vengeance theme or moral (example: Wild Things, The Ox-Bow Incident).

Any I missed? Please leave them in the comments!

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  1. 1.
    The Virgin Spring (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ingmar Bergman
  2. 2.
    Lady Snowblood

  3. 3.
    The Last House on the Left
    by Wes Craven
  4. 4.
    Death Wish

  5. 5.
    The Searchers
    by John Ford
  6. 6.
    I Spit on Your Grave
    by Meir Zarchi
  7. 7.
    Ms. 45
    by Abel Ferrara
  8. 8.
    Chato's Land
    by Michael Winner
  9. 9.
    The Bad Sleep Well (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  10. 10.
    Thriller - A Cruel Picture

  11. 11.
    Unforgiven (Snap Case)
    by Clint Eastwood
  12. 12.
    The Bourne Supremacy (Widescreen Edition)
    by Paul Greengrass
  14. 14.
    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
    by Chan-wook Park
  15. 15.
    Lady Vengeance
    by Chan-wook Park
  16. 16.
    Oldboy
    by Chan-wook Park
  17. 17.
    The Black Cat (1934)
    by Edgar G. Ulmer
  18. 18.
    Point Blank
    by John Boorman
  19. 19.
    I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

  20. 20.
    The Ox-Bow Incident
    by William A. Wellman
  21. 21.
    Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2 (Box Set)
    by Quentin Tarantino
  22. 22.
  23. 23.
    Crank
    by Brian Taylor
  24. 24.
    Man on Fire
    by Tony Scott
  25. 25.
    The Quick and the Dead
    by Sam Raimi
  26. 26.
    Cape Fear
    by J. Lee Thompson
  27. 27.
    Memento
    by Christopher Nolan
  28. 28.
    Sin City

  29. 29.
    Desperado
    by Robert Rodriguez
  30. 30.
    Mad Max

  31. 31.
    The Crow (Miramax/Dimension Collector's Series)
    by Alex Proyas
  32. 32.
    Foxy Brown

  34. 34.
    Braveheart
    by Mel Gibson
  35. 35.
    Coffy
    by Jack Hill
  36. 36.
    Titus

  37. 37.
    Get Carter
    by Mike Hodges
  38. 38.
    The Limey
    by Steven Soderbergh
  39. 39.
    Gangs of New York (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese
  40. 40.
    Hamlet
    by Michael Almereyda
  41. 41.
    For a Few Dollars More
    by Sergio Leone
  42. 42.
    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
    by Sam Peckinpah
  43. 43.
    Irréversible
    by Gaspar Noé
  44. 44.
    The Abominable Dr. Phibes
    by Robert Fuest
  45. 45.
    Pumpkinhead

  46. 46.
    Savage Streets
    by Danny Steinmann
  47. 47.
    ?
    Bury Me an Angel
    by Barbara Peeters
  48. 48.
    Valdez is Coming
    by Edwin Sherin
  49. 49.
    Five Fingers of Death

  50. 50.
    Bloodsport
    by Newt Arnold

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Created by maggiem on Nov 03, 2006.
 

Comments

ireallylovepie

Untitled — 3 years ago

Now this is a hell of a revenge list. Great job.

Dec 12, 10:19PM | 1 comment | Reply to this



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