Lists of Bests: maggiem's "Revenge Films" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/17675 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! Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:46:40 GMT en-us 0 50 75 50 0 The Virgin Spring - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95919 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95919"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BR6QIW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ingmar Bergman</div> Lady Snowblood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57858 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57858"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001I54U2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toshiya Fujita</div> The Last House on the Left http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194019 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194019"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000068IEU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wes Craven</div> Death Wish http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/401983 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/401983"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000541AN.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Winner</div> The Searchers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63967 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63967"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6304696566.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ford</div> I Spit on Your Grave http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51456 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51456"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000009O8A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Meir Zarchi</div> Ms. 45 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/529224 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/529224"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004S89Y.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Chato's Land http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/346946 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/346946"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005LOL5.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056693722_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Winner</div> The Bad Sleep Well - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88227 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88227"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BR6QCI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45931608_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Akira Kurosawa</div> Thriller - A Cruel Picture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43890 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43890"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002VEUIK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Unforgiven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23590 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23590"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DRkkBZz0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clint Eastwood</div> The Bourne Supremacy (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40255 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40255"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002ZDVEU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Greengrass</div> Hannie Caulder [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1460370 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1460370"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000F2RBG4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Burt Kennedy</div> Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86221 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86221"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5181VNVC5AL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chan-wook Park</div> Lady Vengeance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1630548 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1630548"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FSYNW76CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chan-wook Park</div> Oldboy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50140 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50140"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5177K3F5Y0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chan-wook Park</div> The Black Cat (1934) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/606732 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar G. Ulmer</div> Point Blank http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44484 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44484"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00097DY2A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Boorman</div> I'll Sleep When I'm Dead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85012 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85012"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002WZTJS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Hodges</div> The Ox-Bow Incident http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63951 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63951"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008LDO3.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William A. Wellman</div> Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 (Box Set) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48426 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48426"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00068ULLY.01-A2LWKZGGMBGN21._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Quentin Tarantino</div> Straw Dogs - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36632 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36632"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000087EYE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sam Peckinpah</div> Crank http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1614186 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Taylor</div> Man on Fire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39060 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39060"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JN0W.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Scott</div> The Quick and the Dead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69332 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69332"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767817710.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sam Raimi</div> Cape Fear http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65277 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65277"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005LC4D.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. Lee Thompson</div> Memento http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35909 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35909"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXZ4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Sin City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38153 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38153"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JNTX.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Desperado http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50116 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50116"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0800130448.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Rodriguez</div> Mad Max http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58852 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58852"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305075379.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Miller (II)</div> The Crow (Miramax/Dimension Collector's Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36071 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36071"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000059XUO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Proyas</div> Foxy Brown http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49039 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49039"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000053VBA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Hill</div> Once Upon 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http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58933 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58933"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305962987.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julie Taymor</div> Get Carter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63834 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63834"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0790750716.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Hodges</div> The Limey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66923 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66923"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CWSX.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Gangs of New York (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51969 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51969"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKN9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Hamlet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41246 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41246"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004Z4RP.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Almereyda</div> For A Few Dollars More http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89786 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/89786"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792839056.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37518 <div 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http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/416211 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/416211"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005AWRE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chang-hwa Jeong</div> Bloodsport http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313907 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313907"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006RCOC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Newt Arnold</div>