Movies by Lists - Vigilante Revenge Movies (85 [85]) 
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| AvengementAfter years of assaults on him in prison, convicted felon Cain Burgess escapes for avengement on those responsible. | 2019 | Jesse V. Johnson | Action, Crime | 6.6 (19.7K votes) | 87 | 20220912 |
| BallerinaGrieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge. | 2023 | Chung-Hyun Lee | Action, Thriller | 6.2 (8.2K votes) | 92 | 20231115 |
| BasilA lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England stuggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves. | 1998 | Radha Bharadwaj | Drama, Romance | 5.9 (2K votes) | 113 | 20220912 |
| Big Heat, TheTough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate. | 1953 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.9 (26K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Boy WonderA traumatized boy grows into a shy, determined teenager who patrols the mean streets of New York City, helping those in need and dishing out severe punishment to remorseless thugs. | 2010 | Michael Morrissey | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (9.2K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Brave One, TheStruggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City. | 2007 | Neil Jordan | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (60.4K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| BraveheartScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England. | 1995 | Mel Gibson (*) | Biography, Drama, History, War | 8.3 (1M votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| BrimstoneFrom the moment the new reverend climbs the pulpit, Liz knows she and her family are in great danger. | 2016 | Martin Koolhoven | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western | 7.1 (39.6K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| Brimstone & TreacleFrom the moment the new reverend climbs the pulpit, Liz knows she and her family are in great danger. | 2016 | Martin Koolhoven | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western | 7.1 (39.6K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| BullBull mysteriously returns home after a 10 year absence to seek revenge on those who double crossed him all those years ago. | 2021 | Paul Andrew Williams | Crime, Horror, Thriller | 6.5 (7K votes) | 88 | 20231013 |
| CarrieCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom. | 1976 | Brian De Palma (*) | Horror, Mystery | 7.4 (182.8K votes) | 98 | 20220524 |
| CarrieA shy girl, outcasted by her peers and sheltered by her religious mother, unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. | 2013 | Kimberly Peirce | Drama, Horror | 5.9 (138.1K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Cold PursuitA grieving snowplow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers who killed his son. | 2019 | Hans Petter Moland | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.2 (70.3K votes) | 119 | 20221228 |
| Dead Man DownIn New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is helped by a woman seeking retribution. | 2013 | Niels Arden Oplev | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (67.1K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Death ProofTwo separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans. | 2007 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Action, Thriller | 7.0 (283.2K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Death WishA New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks. In self-defense, the vengeful man kills muggers on the mean streets after dark. | 1974 | Michael Winner | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (38.5K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Equalizer 2, TheRobert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves? | 2018 | Antoine Fuqua | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.7 (149.8K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Equalizer, TheA man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him cannot stand idly by when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters. | 2014 | Antoine Fuqua | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.2 (357.2K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Eye for an EyeWhen the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice. | 1996 | John Schlesinger (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.2 (16K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Eye For An Eye [Quien a hierro mata]A drug dealer looking for rest. A nurse looking for revenge. A crossroads where no one is safe. | 2019 | Paco Plaza | Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (7.5K votes) | 107 | 20220531 |
| Forgiven, TheA fatal accident disrupts the lives of Western visitors to a lavish party in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and will ultimately lead to a reckoning in the desert. | 2021 | John Michael McDonagh | Drama | 6.1 (8.2K votes) | 117 | 20231116 |
| Four BrothersWhen their adoptive mother is gunned down in a store robbery the 'four brothers' investigate the murder for themselves & look for the killers, but not all is what it seems. | 2005 | John Singleton (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (142.2K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Fourth Angel, TheA man seeks justice after his wife and two daughters are gunned down in a terrorist attack. | 2001 | John Irvin | Action, Drama, Thriller | 5.3 (3.1K votes) | 1 | 20220912 |
| Get CarterWhen his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate. | 1971 | Mike Hodges (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.4 (32.5K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, TheA journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years. | 2009 | Niels Arden Oplev | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (214.4K votes) | 152 | 20211228 |
| Gran TorinoDisgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino. | 2008 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Drama | 8.1 (753.5K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Hang Em' HighWhen an innocent man barely survives a lynching, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the vigilantes to justice. | 1968 | Ted Post | Drama, Western | 7.0 (38.1K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Hard CandyHayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surpri | 2005 | David Slade | Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (158.9K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Harry BrownAn elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice. | 2009 | Daniel Barber | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (86.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| I Don't Feel at Home in This World AnymoreWhen a depressed woman is burgled, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves alongside her obnoxious neighbour. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals. | 2017 | Macon Blair | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (54.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| I Saw The DevilA secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases. | 2010 | Jee-woon Kim (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.8 (123.5K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| In the BedroomA New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband. | 2001 | Todd Field | Crime, Drama | 7.4 (39.9K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| In the Fade [Aus dem Nichts]Katja's life collapses after the death of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge. | 2017 | Fatih Akin | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (31.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Inglourious BasterdsIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. | 2009 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Adventure, Drama, War | 8.3 (1.4M votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| Jack Be NimbleJack and Dora, abandoned by their parents as babies, are desperate to find each other after years of adoption. Jack's young life has been spent with a sadistic family. Dora, whose life has been somewhat better, has developed extra-se | 1993 | Garth Maxwell | Horror, Thriller | 6.2 (437 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| John WickAn ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him. | 2014 | Chad Stahelski, David Leitch | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.4 (594.2K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| KalinkaBased on the story of Andre Bamberski, who fought to bring his daughter's presumed murderer to justice for 27 years. | 2016 | Vincent Garenq | Biography, Crime, Drama | 7.0 (3K votes) | 87 | 20220415 |
| Kalinka [Au nom de ma fille]Based on a true story, KALINKA is about the struggle of Andre Bamberski to bring justice to his daughter Kalinka who died in disturbing circumstances. After 27 years of investigation to hunt down her presumed murderer, Bamberski will | 2016 | Vincent Garenq | Biography, Crime, Drama | 7.0 (2.9K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Kill Bill VOL. 1After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her. | 2003 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (1.1M votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Kill BIll Vol. 2The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle. | 2004 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 8.0 (727.4K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Kind Hearts and CoronetsA distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession. | 1949 | Robert Hamer (*) | Comedy, Crime | 8.0 (36.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| LensVideo chat session: Watch me die, LIVE! | 2016 | Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (1.3K votes) | 109 | 20231001 |
| LeoSurrounded by his family and friends Leo celebrates his 30th birthday by toasting the future. But when the party ends and Leo and his girlfriend walk home something happens that will change their lives forever... | 2007 | Josef Fares | Crime, Drama | 5.5 (778 votes) | 78 | 20231114 |
| Leon [The Professional]12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade. | 1994 | Luc Besson (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Louise-MichelWhat to do when the workers of a factory have been laid off overnight? Louise has an original idea: why not pool the compensation money to ... hire a hit man and to liquidate the boss? Motion accepted so Louise goes in search of t... | 2008 | Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern | Comedy | 6.5 (2.5K votes) | 94 | 20220912 |
| MacheteAfter being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss. | 2010 | Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.6 (195.4K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Man on FireIn Mexico City, a former CIA operative swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect. | 2004 | Tony Scott (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (351.9K votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| MementoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer. | 2000 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (1.2M votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Menu, TheA young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises. | 2022 | Mark Mylod | Comedy, Horror, Thriller | 7.2 (181K votes) | 107 | 20230126 |
| Message from the KingA mysterious outsider from South Africa, named Jacob King, arrives in Los Angeles to look for his missing younger sister. | 2016 | Fabrice du Welz | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (15.9K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Ministry of VengeanceA Minister's family is killed by Arab terrorists, and he takes revenge. | 1989 | Peter Maris | Action, Thriller | 3.9 (311 votes) | 96 | 20240329 |
| Miss MeadowsA story centered on a proper elementary school teacher who moonlights as a vigilante. | 2014 | Karen Leigh Hopkins | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 5.8 (8.3K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| MunichAfter the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day. | 2005 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Drama, History, Thriller | 7.5 (222.5K votes) | 164 | 20211228 |
| Nightingale, TheSet in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services... | 2018 | Jennifer Kent | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (30.2K votes) | 136 | 20220822 |
| NoceboA fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino carer who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth. | 2022 | Lorcan Finnegan | Thriller | 5.8 (4K votes) | 96 | 20230328 |
| Oath, The [Eiðurinn]A troubled father, working as a doctor, decides to go to extreme measures for saving his daughter from a devastating influence of her boyfriend, a drug dealer. | 2016 | Baltasar Kormákur | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (2.2K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Outlaw Josey Wales, TheMissouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family. | 1976 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Western | 7.8 (71.4K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Pass, TheA businessman with a compulsive gambling problem which has led to his wife leaving him, travels to Reno, Nevada for some gambling therapy which takes a turn when he picks up a psychotic serial killer posing as a hitchhiker. | 1998 | Kurt Voss | Thriller | 4.8 (407 votes) | 88 | 20231001 |
| PaybackAfter a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money. | 1999 | Brian Helgeland | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (136.5K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| PiggyLondon, modern day: Joe, a mild mannered young man is bored by his life. When his beloved brother is murdered Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother's old friends. Piggy helps Joe to cope with grief, intent on saving him and h | 2012 | Kieron Hawkes | Horror, Thriller | 5.6 (1.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Point BlankAfter being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him. | 1967 | John Boorman (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (20.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Promising Young WomanA young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path. | 2020 | Emerald Fennell | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (144.6K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Pursuit, TheA grieving snowplow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers who killed his son. | 2019 | Hans Petter Moland | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.2 (64.5K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| RedA reclusive man sets out for justice and redemption when three troublesome teens kill his dog for no good reason. | 2008 | Trygve Allister Diesen, Lucky McKee | Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (10.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Red RoadJackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man s | 2006 | Andrea Arnold | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (12.9K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| RememberWith the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person he believes to be responsible for the death of his family in the death camp to kill him himself. | 2015 | Atom Egoyan (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (25.1K votes) | 94 | 20220415 |
| Remember [Rimembeo]The story of Pil-Joo, an Alzheimer's patient in his 80s, who lost all his family during the Japanese colonial era, and devotes his lifelong revenge before his memories disappear, and a young man in his 20s who helps him. | 2022 | Il-Hyeong Lee | Action, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (938 votes) | 128 | 20230619 |
| RevancheEx-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable. | 2008 | Götz Spielmann | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (14.5K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Revenant, TheA frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. | 2015 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Western | 8.0 (762.8K votes) | 156 | 20211228 |
| RevengeA retired US Navy pilot comes to Mexico, where he falls in love with the wife of a powerful businessman. The consequences will be cruel and unforeseen. | 1990 | Tony Scott (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.2 (18.3K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Rolling ThunderA returning war veteran loses his family to a violent home invasion and decides to seek and retaliate against those responsible. | 1977 | John Flynn | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (8.5K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| SightseersChris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn. | 2012 | Ben Wheatley | Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Romance | 6.5 (28.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Skin I Live In [La piel que habito], TheA brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession. | 2011 | Pedro Almodóvar (*) | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.6 (147.8K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| SleepersAfter a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge. | 1996 | Barry Levinson (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (212.8K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| SweetwaterIn the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader, a renegade Sheriff, and a former prostitute collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the New Mexico Territory. | 2013 | Logan Miller, Noah Miller | Thriller, Western | 6.2 (5.9K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Sympathy For Mr VengeanceA recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant. | 2002 | Park Chan-wook (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (67.1K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| TakenA retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris. | 2008 | Pierre Morel | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.8 (588K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Time to Die, AIn the final days of World War II, American spy Michael Rogan (Edward Albert Jr.) is taken prisoner, along with his wife and comrades from the French underground. A sadistic six-man interrogation team fails to get any information ... | 1982 | Matt Cimber, Joe Tornatore | Crime, Drama | 4.2 (279 votes) | 91 | 20220912 |
| V For VendettaIn a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V," plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman. | 2005 | James McTeigue | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (1.1M votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| VendettaSpecial ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents. With police closing in & his old unit on his trail, he has to to evade capture long enough to complete his gruesome crusade. | 2013 | Stephen Reynolds | Action, Thriller | 5.8 (4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| VigilanteWhen Luke is viciously attacked and his fiancée is raped and murdered, he pledges to train himself in deadly hand-to-hand combat and use it against any wrongdoers who dare cross his path. | 2008 | Aash Aaron | Action | 2.6 (516 votes) | 90 | 20231001 |
| Vigilante, AAfter escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life's mission to help free others in danger. After months of rigorous training in survival skills, boxing, and lethal martial arts, she is back with a vengeance. | 2018 | Sarah Daggar-Nickson | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 5.7 (8.4K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| ViolationA troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge. | 2020 | Dusty Mancinelli, Madeleine Sims-Fewer | Drama, Horror | 5.4 (3.6K votes) | 107 | 20220414 |
| Violent NightWhen a group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family, Santa Claus must step in to save the day (and Christmas). | 2022 | Tommy Wirkola | Action, Comedy, Thriller | 6.7 (77.9K votes) | 112 | 20221228 |
| Virgin Spring, TheIn 14th-century Sweden, an innocent yet pampered teenage girl and her family's pregnant and jealous servant set out from their farm to deliver candles to church, but only one returns from events that transpire in the woods along the | 1960 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama | 8.1 (28.5K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |