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The Best Revenge Movies Of All-Time

The Best Revenge Movies Of All-Time

“What are the best movies about or featuring Revenge?” We looked at 8 of the top Revenge films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

Léon: The Professional

Release Date 1994
Rating : 8.5 Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, Gaumont Director: Eric McGinty, Camille Lipmann, Pascal Chaumeil Stars: Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman

Summary: Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.

Unforgiven

Release Date 1992
Rating : 8.2 Production Companies: Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Director: Jeffrey Wetzel, Clint Eastwood, Lloyd Nelson Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman

Summary: William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.

Gladiator

Release Date 2000
Rating : 8.5 Production Companies: DreamWorks SKG, Universal Pictures Director: Annie Penn, Nada Pinter, Ali Cherkaoui Stars: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen

Summary: After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

The Equalizer

Release Date 2014
Rating : 7.3 Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures Director: Betsy Kuehn, Deirdre Horgan, Antoine Fuqua Stars: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz

Summary: 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 vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

Den of Thieves

Release Date 2018
Rating : 7 Production Companies: Atmosphere Entertainment MM, Diamond Film Productions Director: Christian Gudegast, Mari Wilson, Carmen Soriano Stars: Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson, Jr.

Summary: A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.

Peppermint

Release Date 2018
Rating : 6.5 Production Companies: STXfilms, Lakeshore Entertainment Director: Pierre Morel, Allison Rushton, Robert Parker Clemente Stars: Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz

Summary: A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.

Widows

Release Date 2018
Rating : 6.8 Production Companies: New Regency Pictures, See-Saw Films Director: Mallory Squeo, Brittany McCoy Boardman, Eva Z. Cabrera Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki

Summary: A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Release Date 2003
Rating : 8.2 Production Companies: Miramax, A Band Apart Director: Kennedy Taylor, Jonathan Tex Levitt, Texas Dave Stars: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox

Summary: An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.