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1) Dirty Work
Author
Language
English
Description
A spiteful loser finds his true calling when he opens a highly successful business specializing in revenge.
2) Le samouraï
Series
Criterion collection volume 306
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
A steely hitman hired to kill a nightclub owner discovers that the man he is working for has marked him for death.
3) Death wish
Publisher
Fox Video
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
A family man becomes a vigilante killing machine when his family is violently attacked by robbers.
4) Moka
Publisher
Film Movement Exclusives
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Français
Description
Diane Kramer (Emmanuelle Devos) is led by one obsession: to find the driver of the mocha-colored Mercedes which hit her son and devastated her life. With a few belongings, some money and a gun, she goes to Evian, where she has learned the driver lives. But sometimes the path of revenge is more tortuous than it seems. Diane will have to face another woman (Nathalie Baye), friendly and mysterious...
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
William Tell is a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk.
6) Maleficent
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom, and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Melanie is a young woman whose ambitions as a concert pianist were dashed as a child by the thoughtless behavior of the jury chairwoman, the famous pianist Madame Fouchecourt, during her exam. Ten years later, Melanie sets up an elaborate plan for revenge and soon begins to ingratiate herself into the family. Unrecognized by Madame Fouchecourt, Melanie becomes her trusted "page turner" as both women prepare for the performance of a lifetime.
8) Hamlet
Publisher
The Wooster Group
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's classic tragedy is re-imagined by mixing and repurposing Richard Burton's 1964 Broadway production, directed by John Gielgud. The Burton production was recorded in live performance from 17 camera angles and edited into a film that was shown as a special event for only two days in nearly 1,000 movie houses across the U.S. The idea of bringing a live theater experience to thousands of simultaneous viewers in different cities was trumpeted...
9) Upgrade
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Korean
Description
Unable to afford proper care for his sister dying from kidney failure, Ryu (Shin Ha-kyun - Lady vengeance, JSA, Save the green planet) turns to the black market to sell his own organs, only to end up cheated of his life savings. His girlfriend (Bae Doo-na - The host, Barking dogs never bite, Linda Linda Linda) urges Ryu to kidnap the daughter of wealthy industrialist Dong-jin (Song Kang-ho - Lady vengeance, The host, JSA, The foul king), who recently...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. The bike is then bought and restored, but reveals its true nature when it tries to exact vengance on the gang, and anyone else who gets in its way.
12) Black Sunday
Series
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
©2012
Edition
Remastered ed.
Language
English
Description
In Mario Bava's gothic horror masterpiece steeped in rich atmosphere, condemned witch Princess Asa returns from the dead two centuries after her execution and wreaks vengeance on her killers' family. Possessing the body of a descendant who happens to look just like her, Asa pulls out all the stops to exact her revenge. This is Bava's credited directorial debut, and it catapulted Steele and him to stardom.
13) In the fade
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
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.
14) The protégé
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody, Anna is the world's most skilled contract killer. However, when Moody is brutally killed, she vows revenge for the man who taught her everything she knows.
15) Dogman
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
Italiano
Description
In a seaside village on the outskirts of an Italian city, Marcello is a slight, mild-mannered man who divides his days between working at his modest dog grooming salon, caring for his daughter Alida, and being coerced into the petty criminal schemes of the local bully Simoncino. When Simoncino's abuse finally brings Marcello to a breaking point, he decides to stand up for his own dignity through an act of vengeance, with unintended consequences.
16) The penalty
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In one of his most diabolical roles, Lon Chaney stars as a criminal mastermind who carries out a gruesome vengeance upon the doctor who amputated his legs.
17) Paper towns
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the bestselling novel by author John Green, a coming-of-age story centering on Quentin and his enigmatic neighbor Margo, who loved mysteries so much she became one. After taking him on an all-night adventure through their hometown, Margo suddenly disappears; leaving behind cryptic clues for Quentin to decipher. The search leads Quentin and his quick-witted friends on an exhilarating adventure that is equal parts hilarious and moving.
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18) Elle
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Français
Description
Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle's life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game-a game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control.
19) Parisian love
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this charming tale set in the posh restaurants and seedy slums of Paris, a clever girl of the streets vows romantic revenge upon the wealthy man who shot her lover.
20) Lady Snowblood
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
日本語
Description
A young girl is raised to be an assassin after her father is killed by a band of criminals and her mother vows revenge; Lady Snowblood is sentenced to death for her crimes, but is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to work for them.
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