7 Lesser-Known Revenge Movies, Ranked By How Brutal They Are
#1 is one of the most controversial movies ever released.
Revenge movies can be quite unsettling. Viewers often sympathise with the protagonists' motives, but struggle with their actions. Here are 7 brutal examples:
7. Blue Ruin (2013)
Vagrant Dwight Evans sets out to avenge the murder of his parents when convicted killer Wade Cleland is released from prison. But after he kills Cleland in a restroom, the dead man's family seeks vengeance for his murder.
6. The Man From Nowhere (2010)
In this Korean thriller, former military covert operative Cha Tae-sik takes on a local gang after unwittingly becoming involved in a drug deal. A man who keeps to himself, Tae-sik's only friend is a young girl called So-mi, who is threatened by the gang.
5. Sisu (2023)
Aatami Korpi is a gold prospector working in Lapland during World War II. Living alone with only his horse and dog for company, he has little interest in the war. But when a group of Nazi soldiers discover that he has a large haul of gold, they try to take it from him.
4. Oldboy (2003)
Another Korean neo-noir thriller. Oh Dae-su spends 15 years in a cell that looks like a hotel room. He has no idea why he's there or who has captured him. When he is finally released, he discovers that he is still caught in a web of lies as he seeks revenge on his captor, Lee Woo-jin.
3. The Rover (2014)
A contemporary Western set in the Australian outback a decade after the global financial collapse. Guy Pearce stars as loner Eric, a former soldier who has lost everything but his bitterness. In a lawless society, when Eric is wronged, he knows only one way to get justice: with violence at his hands.
2. I Saw the Devil (2010)
When Jang Kyung-chul kills the daughter of the local police chief, her intelligence officer fiancé is determined to take revenge. But Kim Soo-hyun's idea of revenge is not simply to kill the culprit. He wants to make the man suffer a great deal of pain before he takes his last breath.
1. I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
The original is far better than the 2010 remake - but it's not for the faint of heart. A writer is gang-raped and swears revenge in a manner she deems worthy of the crime. This was an incredibly controversial film when it was released and contains lengthy graphic depictions of sexual violence and torture.