Tense revenge thrillers built on calculated payback and psychological warfare.
Revenge Thriller Movies — 68 entries in the movies category, sortable by Title, Year, Director. Every row is ranked by community votes, giving you a crowd-sourced perspective you won't find on Wikipedia or IMDb.
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Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard ca...
Oldboy
2003
Park Chan-wook
8.2
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action
South Korea
120
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
Wild Tales
2014
Damián Szifron
7.9
Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Argentina
122
Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.
I Saw the Devil
2010
Kim Jee-woon
7.8
Thriller, Horror
South Korea
144
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
The Man from Nowhere
2010
Lee Jeong-beom
7.7
Action, Thriller, Crime
South Korea
119
A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.
Wrath of Man
2021
Guy Ritchie
7.6
Thriller, Crime, Drama
United Kingdom
119
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 motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevo...
John Wick
2014
Chad Stahelski
7.5
Action, Thriller
United States of America
101
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Man on Fire
2004
Tony Scott
7.5
Action, Drama, Thriller
Switzerland
146
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
Upgrade
2018
Leigh Whannell
7.5
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Australia
100
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skil...
The Skin I Live In
2011
Pedro Almodóvar
7.5
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Spain
120
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
The Crow
1994
Alex Proyas
7.5
Fantasy, Action, Thriller
United States of America
102
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Dogman
2018
Matteo Garrone
7.5
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Italy
103
Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
Lady Vengeance
2005
Park Chan-wook
7.5
Drama, Thriller
South Korea
115
Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002
Park Chan-wook
7.5
Action, Drama, Thriller
South Korea
129
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
Sicario
2015
Denis Villeneuve
7.4
Action, Crime, Thriller
United States of America
122
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Nocturnal Animals
2016
Tom Ford
7.4
Drama, Thriller
United States of America
116
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
F. Gary Gray
7.4
Drama, Crime, Thriller
United Kingdom
109
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Promising Young Woman
2020
Emerald Fennell
7.4
Thriller, Crime, Drama
United States of America
114
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
Nicholas Meyer
7.4
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
United States of America
113
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
Chad Stahelski
7.3
Action, Thriller, Crime
United States of America
122
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 killers.
The Equalizer
2014
Antoine Fuqua
7.3
Thriller, Action, Crime
United States of America
132
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve ...
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
John McTiernan
7.3
Action, Thriller
United States of America
128
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "p...
Carrie
1976
Brian De Palma
7.3
Horror, Thriller
United States of America
98
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.
Road to Perdition
2002
Sam Mendes
7.3
Crime, Drama, Thriller
United States of America
117
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.
Cape Fear
1991
Martin Scorsese
7.3
Drama, Crime, Thriller
United States of America
128
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client ...
Martyrs
2008
Pascal Laugier
7.3
Horror, Drama, Thriller
Canada
99
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Shutter
2004
Parkpoom Wongpoom
7.3
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Thailand
96
When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.
Riders of Justice
2020
Anders Thomas Jensen
7.3
Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Denmark
116
Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.
Furious 7
2015
James Wan
7.2
Action, Crime, Thriller
United States of America
139
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
Irreversible
2002
Gaspar Noé
7.2
Drama, Thriller, Crime
France
93
A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.
Fist of Fury
1972
Lo Wei
7.2
Drama, Action, Thriller
Hong Kong
108
During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Chen Zhen, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his fighting school.
Munich
2005
Steven Spielberg
7.1
Drama, Action, History, Thriller
United States of America
164
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
Fast X
2023
Louis Leterrier
7
Action, Crime, Thriller
United States of America
142
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who's fueled by blood revenge, an...
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017
Yorgos Lanthimos
7
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
United Kingdom
121
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
The Foreigner
2017
Martin Campbell
7
Action, Thriller, Crime
China
113
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a Bri...
Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017
S. Craig Zahler
7
Action, Crime, Thriller
United States of America
132
After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground.
The Amateur
2025
James Hawes
7
Thriller, Action
United States of America
123
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
Desperado
1995
Robert Rodriguez
6.9
Thriller, Action, Crime
United States of America
104
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his ...
Monkey Man
2024
Dev Patel
6.9
Action, Thriller
Canada
122
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister eli...
The Equalizer 2
2018
Antoine Fuqua
6.8
Action, Thriller, Crime
United States of America
121
Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.
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