What's your favorite revenge movie?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

Revenge is the main plot, mostly the only plot.

[alwaysinasnit]

1. Count of Monte Cristo written by Alexandre Dumas

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

3. Not the Shawshank Redemption? n/t

[alwaysinasnit]

8. Unfortunately, I have not yet seen it.

You have piqued my interest and will be checking this movie out. Anyway, if you have the time and patience, the book details a perfect revenge.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

22. It's a good one

[lame54]

81. Make this your top priority

[msdogi]

29. Agree

Richard Chamberain, perfect

[Dave Starsky]

42. My favorite is the 1998 Gerard Depardieu miniseries.

Very faithful to the book, and the three-plus hour length really helps it work to a satisfying conclusion.

But yes, it's pretty much the greatest revenge story ever told.

[underpants]

2. Revenge of the Nerds 2 : Nerds in Paradise

with Bradley Whitford

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

4. I'll have to check it out

[underpants]

10. Don't. It's horrible.

I ran across it when Tge West Wing was on. Is that Bradley Whitford!!!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

23. Thanks for the warning

[red dog 1]

59. I loved Revenge of the Nerds

but Revenge of the Nerds 2?...I don't think so.

[First Speaker]

5. Hang 'em High, with Clint Eastwood...

...I was going to say Munich--but in fact, Hang 'em High is a lot more fun to watch...

[Heartstrings]

6. "Revenge is a dish best served cold"

Pulp Fiction

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

20. I'm kind of a Man on Fire fan which contains the same line

Rayburn (Christopher Walken character): A man can be an artist... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasy's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece.

[red dog 1]

57. Man on Fire is an outstanding film!

I've probably seen it 20 times.

(Pita's father, Samuel)
"Your resume is quite impressive..16 years of military experience, extensive counter-terrorism work..I'm surprised anyone could afford you, what's the catch?"

Creasy:
"I drink."

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

64. We may have discussed this before

Denzel nailed it!
The Denzel version isn't the first. There was a Scot Glen version prior, in the '90s I think.

Another good quote:
Elderly Man: In the church, they say to forgive.
Creasy: Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting.

[PatrickforO]

7. Outlaw Josey Wales.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

24. I've seen it but don't remember it

[LisaM]

9. I wouldn't say the whole movie is about revenge, BUT....

"Waking Ned Devine" has a very delicious scene in it.

[Laffy Kat]

18. Loved that movie.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. Not for the faint of heart...

OLDBOY!!

Oh wait, you said favorite....The Princess Bride is my favorite revenge movie.

[NightWatcher]

12. Leon the Professional

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

19. Okay

That's what I'm talking about.

[PoliticAverse]

13. V for Vendetta. n/t

[MustLoveBeagles]

14. The Crow

[longship]

15. "Big Fat Liar"

Okay! Maybe not the best, but it certainly fits the revenge bill well enough.

Plus, Paul Giamatti. Ya know!!

[mercuryblues]

16. There was a

a night time drama called "Revenge" It was delicious the 1st few seasons. The actual goal was revenge. A young child had her father arrested and jailed, where he was killed. She comes back as a grown woman and extracts her revenge against those that conspired to frame her father for the crime they committed and to clear her father's name.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837642/

[Callmecrazy]

17. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

[exboyfil]

26. My pick

As well.

[Eugene]

39. ...which borrows from Moby Dick

that other classic revenge tale.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

21. Hasn't anyone seen John Wick? n/t

[TDale313]

28. That was my first thought.

Although Kill Bill (1 & 2) is up there.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

43. If you mess with my critters, you get the fangs

That's all.

[TDale313]

55. Yep.

[lunatica]

94. I love both John Wick movies!

It’s pure pulp fiction with fabulous choreographed fight scenes like no other I’ve ever seen.

[GReedDiamond]

25. I hadn't thought about having a "favorite revenge movie"...

...but how about "Law Abiding Citizen"?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

44. Excellent choice!

Filmed in my native Philly area. Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House is at 15th and Chestnut just South of city hall. Rather pricey from what I hear but supposed to be very good.

[backtoblue]

27. Kill Bill nt

[lunasun]

33. Oh yeah 1&2

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[TlalocW]

30. The Princess Bride

"I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do..." - Inigo Montoya

TlalocW

[missingthebigdog]

31. You may be able to help me here

I recall a movie I saw as a child, a western. The man had a baby, and the baby was sick- cholera, maybe. People would not help him, wouldn't give him milk for the baby. After the baby died, he went back and killed them. I distinctly remember a scene in which he drowned someone in a bucket of milk.

Anyone else see it? Know the name of it?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

45. More information needed

Year or date range, actor(s)...

[Dave Starsky]

48. A Bullet for Sandoval (1969) n/t

[missingthebigdog]

72. Wow! That's the one! Thank you!

I had almost convinced myself that it was a dream, lol.

I saw it on tv in the late 70's. Came in after the beginning, and didn't watch it to the end. Have tried many times over the years to figure out what it was. Thank you for solving the mystery.

[Dave Starsky]

74. The milk drowning was the clincher.

I saw it as a kid and came in on it just as that happened.

[lunasun]

32. Heathers

[Tactical Peek]

34. Day of Anger (1967)

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[Iggo]

88. "In Color"

Yes!

[Rustynaerduwell]

35. High Plains Drifter

Western, ghost story, and it's all about revenge- against the bad guys that killed him and the town's people that let it happen.

[Ptah]

90. I can't recommend that movie. Trigger warning.

The rape ruins the movie.

[Rustynaerduwell]

93. I first saw it on network TV. That scene was cut.

You are right. Watched it later uncut and was shocked. Two things though. There is the suggestion she was his killer's lover and she sent him to his death. And, the indifference of the town's people to the rape parallels their indifference to his killing. I wish the scene was never there, but, had I read of it in a book telling this story, I don't think it would have been so traumatic to envision.

[Liberty Belle]

36. 9 to 5, where the women workers take revenge on the sexist pig of a boss.

Also First Wives Club....

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

46. My wife and I loved First Wives Club!

I can't remember 9 to 5.

Personally, I liked The Call with Halle Berry.

[MFM008]

37. The Amateur

Was a good one.

[fierywoman]

38. First Wives' Club -- with an Ivana Trump cameo!

[Eugene]

40. Carrie

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

47. Steven King always did have a way with a plot

I haven't seen the remake.

[TexasBushwhacker]

66. And to think he tossed the first chapter into the trash

His wife pulled it out, read it and told him she thought he was on to something.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

68. Well, Lincoln considered the Gettysburg Address a failure...

...right after he spoke. Sometimes the great writers and orators aren't always the most accurate self-critics.

[mucifer]

41. The Dead Zone

[exboyfil]

52. I am not sure how The Dead Zone is a revenge plot?

Johnny Smith was acting to save the country from a nuclear holocaust. Perhaps you can question his methods, but it wasn't revenge.

It is one of my favorite movies, and my favorite movie from Christopher Walken who definitely acts against type.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

49. Perhaps Unforgiven rings a bell?

Will Munny: All right, I'm coming out. Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down.

[exboyfil]

53. That one rates right up there

[red dog 1]

60. I was building a house!

[GReedDiamond]

50. Here's one I just saw again a few days ago...Django Unchained...

...whole lotta revenge going on there.

[wishstar]

58. That's my favorite revenge movie although I usually don't enjoy violent action movies or westerns

It was the most entertaining movie I have seen in a theater in a while and I seldom go to movies

[GReedDiamond]

62. I'm kinda like that too...

...I generally dislike westerns and ultra-violent films, but it was "entertaining" to see all the slavers get shot and blowed up real good.

Same thing with Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds." The theater scene where all the nazis get snuffed was satisfying, in a depraved kinda way.

[bronxiteforever]

51. Gladiator

Maximus: "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true Emperor Marcus Aurelius, father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife – and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

65. A fellow member turned me on to that

I loved it. Russell Crowe was a great fit.

[hurl]

54. Double Jeopardy

[Still Blue in PDX]

56. That's one I watch whenever it airs. nt

[red dog 1]

61. Death Wish -- Munich -- Unforgiven -- Porkys -- Hard To Kill -- Out For a Kill

(The last 2 are Steven Seagal revenge movies)

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

63. Both Death Wish installments but the remake is more revenge

The original is more vigilante.

Munich: no doubt.

Unforgiven: oh yeah, one of my picks.

I know I've seen the last 2 but can't remember them. My preferred SS movies are both of the Under Siege installments.
Thanks for the rec BTW.

[red dog 1]

84. Under Siege (1992) is Seagal's best, imo

Another great Steven Seagal film is "Fire Down Below"
with Kris Kristofferson, Harry Dean Stanton, Marg Heigenberger and Levon Helm (The Band)

[TexasBushwhacker]

67. Munich was bad ass

Some parts were so intense.

[Dracaena]

69. The Girl Most Likely To...

The late Joan Rivers wrote the script. It starred Stockard Canning in the title role, as a unattractive woman who gets bullied by different people in her life. She then has a terrible car accident that requires extensive plastic surgery, which turns her into a gorgeous woman. She then takes out her revenge on those that crushed her when she was ugly.

It would be on the 3 pm afternoon movie on ABC often.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

70. That does sound good

Thanks... and welcome.

[Xolodno]

71. Revenge of the Sith...

...I'm kidding of course.

But that's a tough one...Between Shawshank Redemption vs. Count of Monte Cristo vs. Law Abiding Citizen.... Going to have to go with Count of Monte Cristo.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

86. I'm going to have to watch that.

[Codeine]

73. Kill Bill is the obvious choice. Also Sword of Doom.

The Quick and the Dead is another good one.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

75. Old Boy! The 2003 So. Korean flick, not the 2013 piece of crap!

[CanonRay]

76. Nevada Smith

One of the great unsung westerns. Steve McQueen rocks.

[lunatica]

95. It was a very good revenge movie.

And letting the last guy live was the ultimate revenge

[no_hypocrisy]

77. Hopscotch

[utopian]

78. Forced Vengeance w/Chuck Norris

I know, I know, Norris is a douche, but I love this movie. Awesome Hong Kong setting, great action--and man, does he get revenge. The rooftop fight scene in front of the giant neon sign is classic.

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[Doc_Technical]

79. Once Upon a Time in the West.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064116/?ref_=nv_sr_3

[Bayard]

80. "Revenge", of course!

Kevin Costner and Madeline Stowe. Excellent, although I don't think it won good reviews.

Also, "Unforgiven", "Gladiator". I think, "Silverado" could be considered about revenge. One of my faves.

[bullsnarfle]

82. I'm surprised...

I'm surprised no one has said F/X, great movie.

[kwassa]

83. The Shawshank Redemption

is ultimately a revenge plot.

[KayF]

85. The Sting

[Zorro]

87. Payback - Mel Gibson

He is one tough MF.

[Iggo]

89. "Man, that's just mean!"

[LeftInTX]

91. Baazigar

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106333/

A young man with a vendetta against a business tycoon seduces and kills his eldest daughter and then proceeds to his younger daughter but she begins to suspect her new lover's ulterior motive.

Received an R rating in the US due to violence. (Pretty significant for a Hindi movie, since they don't even get rated in the US)



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[Wolf Frankula]

92. The Dogs of War

A friend set up the plot that is based on.

Wolf

[Mr.Bill]

96. Nevada Smith

with Steve McQueen.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

97. While Mel Gibson might be something of a vile person, the revenge aspect in Braveheart is awesome.

The part where Prince Isabelle tells the crippled, bedridden and muted King Longshanks that she's carrying William Wallace's child and his line is a bastard line, and all he can do is silently seethe in anger....I love that part.