These characters don’t get mad…they get even.
While some revenge flicks may offer lackluster endings, others provide that addicting, vicarious thrill.
Here are EW’s picks of the 33 best revenge movies.
Uma Thurman in ‘Kill Bill — Vol. 1’; Keanu Reeves in ‘John Wick’; Anya Taylor-Joy in ‘The Menu’.Credit:A Band Apart/Miramax/Kobal/Shutterstock; David Lee/Lionsgate; Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures
She stars alongsideJane FondaandLily Tomlinas a trio of office workers who plot revenge against their sexist, egotistical boss.
(Three decades after the original,Rupert Sandersdirecteda reboot ofThe Crow, starringBill SkarsgardandFKA Twigs.)M.S.
Where to watchThe Godfather: Paramount+
Hamlet(1996)
O, vengeance!
Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Jane Fonda in ‘9 to 5,'.Everett Collection
Nothing can assuage the pain of grief quite like revenge.M.S.
Conveniently, he is a former assassin.M.S.
Never forget: “Hello.
Jodie Foster in ‘The Brave One’.Abbot Genser
My name is Inigo Montoya.
You killed my father.
Prepare to die.“M.S.
Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in ‘Cape Fear’.Courtesy Everett Collection
The second film inJ.J.
Where to watchV for Vendetta: Amazon Prime Video (to rent)
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Jim Caviezel in ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’.Buena Vista Pictures/courtesy Everett
Brandon Lee in ‘The Crow’.Robert Zuckerman
Charles Bronson in ‘Death Wish’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Maya Hawke and Camilla Mendes in ‘Do Revenge’.Kim Simms/Netflix
Nathan Stewart Jarrett in ‘Femme’.Utopia
Russell Crowe in ‘Gladiator’.Jaap Buitendijk/Dreamworks
Marlon Brando in ‘The Godfather’.Paramount Pictures
Kenneth Branagh in ‘Hamlet’.Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek in ‘In the Bedroom’.Everett Collection
Mélanie Laurent in ‘Inglourious Basterds’.Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection
Jesse Metcalfe and Brittany Snow in ‘John Tucker Must Die’.20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection
Keanu Reeves in ‘John Wick’.David Lee/Lionsgate
Uma Thurman in ‘Kill Bill — Vol 1’.Andrew Cooper/Miramax
Guy Pearce in ‘Memento’.Danny Rothenberg
Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy in ‘The Menu’.Eric Zachanowich/Searchlight Pictures
Gregory Peck in ‘Moby Dick’.Ernst Haas/Getty Images
Mathieu Kassovitz and Eric Bana in ‘Munich’.Karen Ballard
Alexander Skarsgård in ‘The Northman’.Focus Featues/Moviestore/Shutterstock
Choi Min-sik and Kang Hye-jeong in ‘Oldboy’.Tartan Films
Lee Marvin and John Vernon in ‘Point Blank’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Mandy Patinkin in ‘The Princess Bride’.Everett Collection
Carey Mulligan in ‘Promising Young Woman’.Focus Features
The cast of ‘Revenge of the Nerds’.20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection
Dolph Lundgren and Sylvester Stallone in ‘Rocky IV’.Everett Collection
Roseanne Barr in ‘She-Devil’.Everett Collection
Ricardo Montalbán in ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’.Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
Dustin Hoffman and Susan George in ‘Straw Dogs’.Everett Collection
Johnny Depp in ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’.
Patrick Dempsey in ‘Thanksgiving’.Pief Weyman/TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Hugo Weaving in ‘V for Vendetta’.David Appleby
