Topic: Revenge

Direction David Benioff · D.B. Weiss · Timothy Van Patten · Brian Kirk

Cast Emilia Clarke · Kit Harington · Lena Headey · Peter Dinklage

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2019). 8 Seasons. 73 Episodes. An adaptation of George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire," in which kings, queens, knights and renegades use swords and magic to battle for the throne. Seven...

Direction George Roy Hill

Cast Robert Redford · Paul Newman · Robert Shaw · Charles Durning

Synopsis The Sting (1973) follows two grifters, Johnny Hooker and Henry Gondorff, who team up to con a ruthless crime boss, Doyle Lonnegan, seeking revenge for the murder of a mutual friend. Set in 1930s Chicago, the duo devises an elaborate...

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast Clint Eastwood · Gene Hackman · Morgan Freeman · Richard Harris

Synopsis Unforgiven (1992) follows William Munny, a retired, once-ruthless outlaw turned struggling pig farmer. When a young man named the Schofield Kid offers him a bounty to avenge a disfigured prostitute in the town of Big Whiskey, Munny reluctantly agrees, seeking...

Direction Sergio Leone

Cast Henry Fonda · Charles Bronson · Claudia Cardinale · Gabriele Ferzetti

Synopsis Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) is a sweeping epic set in the American Old West. The story revolves around a mysterious harmonica-playing stranger, a vengeful outlaw, a ruthless gunslinger, and a recently widowed woman. Their fates intertwine...

Direction Amber Noizumi · Earl A. Hibbert · Ryan O'Loughlin · Michael Green

Cast Maya Erskine · Masi Oka · Darren Barnet · Brenda Song

Synopsis A mixed-race master of the sword lives a life in disguise while seeking revenge in Edo-period Japan.

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Sylvia Sidney · Spencer Tracy · Walter Abel · Bruce Cabot

Synopsis This is the story of an innocent man (Spencer Tracy) who escapes a lynch mob and then orchestrates his apparent murder at their hands to get revenge.

Direction Sergio Leone

Cast Clint Eastwood · Lee Van Cleef · Gian Maria Volonté · Mara Krupp

Synopsis For a Few Dollars More (1965) follows two rival bounty hunters, the cunning Monco and the enigmatic Colonel Mortimer, as they track the notorious outlaw El Indio and his ruthless gang. Though initially at odds, the hunters form an uneasy...

Direction William Wyler

Cast Gregory Peck · Jean Simmons · Charlton Heston · Burl Ives

Synopsis In a dry, parched canyon located in the southwest, a rich rancher battles it out with a poor counterpart for water rights. Yet in fact, neither man has control of the precious liquid. It really belongs to Julie Maragon, and...

Direction Mel Gibson

Cast Mel Gibson · Sophie Marceau · Patrick McGoohan · Angus MacFadyen

Synopsis Braveheart (1995) tells the epic tale of William Wallace, a Scottish warrior who leads his countrymen in a rebellion against the oppressive English rule during the 13th century. After witnessing the tyranny of King Edward I and suffering personal loss,...

Direction Roberto Saviano · Stefano Sollima · Claudio Cupellini · Francesca Comencini

Cast Marco D'Amore · Salvatore Esposito · Fortunato Cerlino · Maria Pia Calzone

Synopsis Gomorrah (TV Series) (2014) is a gritty Italian crime drama that delves into the brutal underworld of Naples' Camorra mafia. The story follows Ciro Di Marzio, a loyal foot soldier, and his ruthless boss, Pietro Savastano, as they navigate power...

Direction Christopher Nolan

Cast Guy Pearce · Carrie-Anne Moss · Joe Pantoliano · Mark Boone Junior

Synopsis Leonard (Guy Pearce) is an insurance investigator whose memory has been damaged following a head injury he sustained after intervening on his wife's murder. His quality of life has been severely hampered after this event, and he can now only...

Direction Quentin Tarantino

Cast Jamie Foxx · Christoph Waltz · Leonardo DiCaprio · Kerry Washington

Synopsis With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. In the American South, two years before The Civil War begins, a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) is set...

Direction William Wyler

Cast Charlton Heston · Jack Hawkins · Stephen Boyd · Haya Harareet

Synopsis In Ben-Hur (1959), Judah Ben-Hur, a wealthy Jewish prince, is betrayed by his Roman friend Messala and sentenced to slavery. After years of hardship, he survives and returns to Jerusalem seeking vengeance. Along the way, his path crosses with Jesus...

Direction Ridley Scott

Cast Russell Crowe · Joaquin Phoenix · Connie Nielsen · Oliver Reed

Synopsis Gladiator (2000) follows Maximus, a revered Roman general, who is betrayed when the emperor's corrupt son, Commodus, seizes power. Stripped of his rank, family, and freedom, Maximus is forced into slavery as a gladiator. Rising through the ranks of the...

Direction Park Chan-wook

Cast Choi Min-sik · Yoo Ji-tae · Kang Hye-jung · Ji Dae-han

Synopsis In Oldboy (2003), a man named Oh Dae-su is mysteriously imprisoned in a cell resembling a hotel room for 15 years without explanation. Suddenly released, he embarks on a relentless quest for vengeance, determined to uncover the identity of his...

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Max von Sydow · Birgitta Valberg · Gunnel Lindblom · Birgitta Pettersson

Synopsis Set in 14th century Sweden, it is the sombre fable of peasant parents whose daughter, a young virgin, is brutally raped and murdered by goat herders after her half sister has invoked a pagan curse. By a bizarre twist of...

Direction Quentin Tarantino

Cast Brad Pitt · Christoph Waltz · Mélanie Laurent · Diane Kruger

Synopsis In Inglourious Basterds (2009), Quentin Tarantino crafts a bold alternate history set during World War II. A ruthless squad of Jewish-American soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, terrorizes Nazis with brutal guerrilla tactics. Meanwhile, a young Jewish woman, Shosanna, plots...

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast James Stewart · Shelley Winters · Dan Duryea · Stephen McNally

Synopsis In the Old West, cowboy Lin McAdam wins a valuable Winchester 1873 repeating rifle in a shooting contest - which the runner-up contestant instantly steals. This leads to a rousing series of adventures for McAdam, as he attempts to track...

Direction Shuhei Yabuta

Synopsis TV Series (2019-Present Day). 1 season. 24 Episodes. As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by...

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Takeshi Katô · Masayuki Mori · Takashi Shimura

Synopsis A young executive hunts down his father’s killer in director Akira Kurosawa’s scathing The Bad Sleep Well. Continuing his legendary collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa combines elements of Hamlet and American film noir to chilling effect in exposing the...