#movies about revenge

[nostalgiqueajamais]

List of series about revenge/justice and solving mysteries (Warning: Spoilers)

If you're as vindictive as I am but still like a happy ending, these maybe for you. (Don't worry, I've never actively tried to ruin someone's life irl...yet)

Also, if you're like me, once you get hooked on one genre or type of series/movie, you'll probably want to watch more similar items.

So, whether you want to kick back with a relaxing series about revenge/murder or you want to take notes for your own revenge, here's a list of series about revenge/solving mysteries that I've watched recently:

1. Taxi Driver (2021-) starring Lee Je-hoon, Kim Eui-sung, Pyo Ye-jin, Jang Hyuk-jin, Bae Yoo-ram

I mean, it's starring Lee Je-hoon. Need I say more? Ok fine. He's an ex-militant that had a loved one murdered. He groups together with like-minded people that seek revenge but for other people who are experiencing similar pain as they are. It's thrilling but also ridiculous, funny, goofy, and very satisfying. i.e. The good justice-seekers always win. I mean, what they're doing to get justice puts them in a gray area at best. But still better than the soulless that they go after.

2. Bulgasal: Immortal souls starring Lee Jin-wook, Kwon Nara, Lee Joon, Gong Seung-yeon, Jung Jin-young, Park Myung-shin, and Kim Woo-seok

I did a review for this once (with spoilers). I wouldn't say this is entirely about revenge per say but it's in the mix. Here's the review if you're interested: https://www.tumblr.com/nostalgiqueajamais/681321371629944832/bulgasal-on-netflix?source=share

3. The Untamed starring Xiao Zhan, Wang Yibo

Based on the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Wei Wuxian's spirit is summoned 16 years after his death to seek revenge for the summoner. On his quest, he unravels the common enemy that was responsible for his own demise. The theme starts with revenge but it's so much more than that. If you love slow-burn love and chemistry bursting through the screen without uttering a single word, this is for you.

4. Birth of a beauty starring Han Ye-seul, Joo Sang-wook, Jung Gyu-woon, Wang Ji-hye and Ha Jae-Sook

Sa Geum-ra, played by Ha Jae-Sook, is kindhearted and overweight (this is a plot point) housewife that's married to Jung Gyu-woon's character, Kang Joon. The latter is cheating on the former with Wang Ji-Hye's character. Long story short, she loses weight to win back her husband's affections but ends up seeking revenge because... find out for yourself. It's funny, ridiculous and goofy and the plot kept me at the edge of my seat. The series does drag a little during the last three or so episodes. The plot is mainly based on revenge, infidelity, and fat-shaming. As someone who grew up being dubbed "fat," "pig" etc. even when I wasn't and later when I eventually was, Sa Geum-ra's pain of feeling unlovable simply because of her size was something I related to greatly. Which leads me to my next recommendation:

5. Switched starring Kaya Kiyohara and Megumi Seki

Kaya Kiyohara is Ayume whose body gets switched with that of Megumi Seki's character. The latter is the "invisible" archetype while the former is the popular, pretty girl. This series explores an interesting perspective (mindset) that challenges that of Birth of a Beauty.

6. Cafe Minamdang

I loved the goofy satire elements of this series. And the ending was satifisfying but admittedly, sometimes the episodes had a tendency to drag the plot on and I had moments when my attention was elsewhere. But I still recommend it.

7. Girl from Nowhere starring Chicha "Kitty" Amatayakul as Nanno

Nanno seems to be an entity of some sort (think Eris, Goddess of Chaos) that infiltrates school after school after school while seeking "social justice." Nanno doesn't pick sides but it has a righteous tone "holding up the mirror to hypocrites." The overall theme isn't evident until about 3 episodes later. Kitty gives a truly enchanting performance as Nanno.

8. The Glory starring Song Hye-Kyo, Lim Ji-yeon

How could I possibly forget the Glory? But I did while writing this list. However, it is one of the best series I've watched. I've liked Lim Ji-Yeon since her movie Obsessed starring opposite Song Seung-Hyeon. She was so natural and convincing that as much as I liked Lim Ji-Yeon, I hated her character so much. Unpopular opinion: While I really like the actor Lee Do-hyun as well as his character, I feel like I could've done without the latter in the movie. His character was really sweet towards Song Hye-Kyo's Dong-eun and very supportive. Bf material, he accepted her with all her flaws. That's all a girl can ask for. However, I feel like his character had nothing to do with the main story and that I would have been fine if he weren't in it.

9. Celebrity

The revenge plotline comes much later. But each episode was so enticing and left me at the edge of my seat. However, they dragged the plotline in the later episodes and the ending was a bit disappointing. So this is on my recommendation list but with a grain of salt.

10. Flower of Evil

The last one is more or less about revenge. But it is about solving a mystery and clearing up one's name. This one made me hella confused and got me hooked. I really like the characters' chemistry. The ending could've been better but great series overall albeit very bittersweet.

#movies about revenge #revenge #movie recommendations #series recommendations #series about revenge #bingeworthy

[projectcatzo]

Monkey Man is a movie about--and I mean this in the most literal way possible--how the kindness and wisdom of trans people can alter the trajectory of not only your life but also society

#monkey man #movies #you think i'm fucking with you--it's just an action movie about revenge i hear you say--but without getting into details this is real #my film school would've haaaaaated this movie not because of the politics but because it's the opposite kind of movie they teach you to mak

[kevyeen]

#Monkey man #Everything was so so good about this movie #The hijra kicking ass The knife teeth scene The politics The REVENGE Everything omg

[hegodamask]

“Kneel before me, Anakin Skywalker.”

Anakin dropped to one knee. He lowered his head.

It is your will to join your destiny forever with the Order of the Sith Lords?

There was no hesitation. “Yes.” 

#Star Wars #StarWarsEdit #SWedit #Palpatine #Emperor Palpatine #Anakin Skywalker #Darth Vader #Revenge of the Sith #The Empire Strikes Back #Return of the Jedi #gif #edit2 #i am so very normal about them #thinking abt how the first time we see technically see anakin kneeling in front of palps in the movie he's defying him #by refusing to leave obi-wan behind 🤔

[pasta-pardner]

spotify | john marston's revenge quest, set to music from 1960s spaghetti westerns.

Fun detail: the opening cutscene for Red Dead Revolver (2004) features an instrumental version of "His Name Is King". The lyrical version is oddly fitting for John, given that it's a song about seeking vengeance for a dead brother.

#red dead #rdr2 #john marston #arthur morgan #pardner playlists #pardner posts #tagging arthur in this bc even tho its a john-centric playlist.. its about the way john grieves arthur #y'all know me !!! im always a sucker for a revenge story!!! #so i cant help but dwell on johns attitude of ~i will throw away my chance at a future because i'm stuck in the past grieving you~ #like thats a banger. thats a good revenge story. the ultimate act of devotion is also an ultimate act of betrayal. #this is admittedly a kind of pulpy playlist and im embracing that. im a fan of 'horse opera' westerns and im attaching that to epilogue joh #anyways. all the songs on this playlist were released btwn 1966 - 1971 so its definitely a vintage vibe. #i tried to match that vintage energy with the graphic design. the cover art is screenshots of rdr2 that i've /heavily/ edited in photoshop #i wanted the images to look like those oil and/or acrylic paintings done for old movie posters #it took a lot of filter adjustments and paint-overs to get to this stage. i spent a lot of time on it. (please clap) #i initially wanted john to be wearing arthur's hat for this but . hdkhjdf ran into some difficulties sourcing usable screenshots. #i refuse to accept unmodded epilogue john as canon. i dont know what you think that thing is but that is not my son etc etc. #its jmrp or bust for me #most of the jmrp screengrabs i could turn into a workable composition featured the john hat so i just went with that. unfortunate but mehh #sidenote. plz click for quality bc a lot of the paint texturing in these covers gets lost in the compression #alight yall. have fun with the playlist !! lmk if u end up giving it a listen. #rdr2 spoilers #🤠 #art

[catofoldstones]

The essence of the series - so eloquently put by ms ellaria sand

#the essence as reminded by grrm again and again and again in the text and yet people refuse to see #also what the fuck did they do to her character in game of thrones #you turned this beacon of grace into - kills myrcella stabs doran and that ugly monologue about revenge #revenge? #fuck you d&d #good you didn’t get that stars wars movie #ellaria sand #adwd #asoiaf

[swordsonnet]

"i have feelings for you too" "i wasn't talking about you" SAVAGE

#no spoilers pls i'm still on episode 6 #i love edwin and his bitchy gay autistic energy #i'm honestly pleasantly surprised with the direction this show seems to be heading in? #i'm tired of shows/movies where the two same-gender leads have amazing romantic chemistry but nothing comes of it #and then the creators do make one of them gay for diversity points but give them the most nothingburger love interest #yes i'm still bitter about do revenge #anyway rant over. dead boy detectives is a fun show will probably finish it today #dead boy detectives #dead boy detectives spoilers #are there any other tags people use? i'm pretty sure dbd is taken by dead by daylight

[lesbiannieism]

rip jason todd you would’ve loved monkey man

#i just think this boy deserves to watch a movie about the healing power of violent revenge #jason todd #red hood #batfam #monkey man #dc

[lesbianlotties]

ah, yes, the BGDCCU (Be Gay Do Crime Cinematic Universe)

#i've connected the dots #if drea and eleanor are not crime gfs then why is one blonde and the other brunette?? #guys i'm being 100% serious when i say this is my favorite movie genre #i want you to think about which couple got to kiss and which couple got the worst ending and yeah just do the math #do revenge #ocean's 8 #i care a lot #drea x eleanor #drea torres #eleanor levetan #marla x fran #debbie x lou

[nerves-nebula]

revenge is actually dope as hell the only issue is that you have to have some idea of what you wanna do afterwards and like, probably a support network too. cuz otherwise you'll be lost after devoting yourself entirely to it, but that's not an issue that *only* happens with revenge so idk why people act like it is.

#nnstuff #rambling #not necessarily about monkey man idk how this movies gonna go #i jsut think about this a lot when it comes to 'revenge bad' narratives #like idk. maybe revenge a little good.

[ratislatis]

',:) Requests??? HEH. Well there's like ten million in my head but actually Rat since you've already blessed the world with yassified Sparrow, how about some yassified Lark? (I remember you mentioning that Lark is your jewelry model! I'm dying to see him!!!) 💜💜💜

I hope this is what you meant by yassified

pov you get dragged into playing mermaids with your best friend's 5 year old daughter who will not stop talking about fish

(requests are open <;3)

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #fanart #lark oak #scary marlowe #while drawing scary I kept listening to 'what was I made for' by billie eilish #yknow from the barbie movie #and I almost started crying again #not only for scary but because IVE BEEN TO THE BARBIE MOVIE TWO TIMES AND HAVE CRIED WHEN THIS SONG COMES ON BOTH TIMES #HELP #I think there is something to be said about the notion that lark could've babysat scary when she was a child #yknow the kiddads probably shared the 'it takes a village' mindset #even while trying to protect their children from themselves #I think terry and lark would've been best friends. I think they understood each other well. but probably had a lot of scuffles #I think they only had to look at each other to have a conversation #one day I will deliver on ACTUAL yassified lark baba #one day. #this is revenge for you saying 'HEH' in my askbox #also that. was a mistype. sparrow is my jewelry model #but I support twin equality #my art

[pearlycomplaints]

I’m a simple woman, I love…

#do revenge #10 things i hate about you #shes the man #clueless #john tucker must die #heathers #easy a #whip it #mean girls #cinderella story #teen movies

[ronanceisintheair]

Hey(with the intention of giving you a ride after I removed the spark plugs from your car to set off the chain reaction of my ultimate revenge scheme, where in a shocking turn of events you end up as my fucked up Soulmate)

#was it spark plugs? #sorry I'm thinking strong thoughts about this movie #the power move of removing those spark plugs twice. babe she's really on your mind huh??? #do revenge #do revenge spoilers

[penguinkyun]

finally got to read onk 136 and wow. okay.

love the understanding we're slowly getting of just how bad things were in first gen b-komachi! that fight is incredibly real and heartbreaking to witness

nino, in her own way is trying out of sheer desperation and a whole emotional cocktail to reach out to ai, to find something, letting loose all her bottled up feelings in one go but all she's getting back are practised perfected smiles and deflecting answers in response to the emotion shes pouring out because ai has no idea how to handle this because shes never had friends nor any major fight before so she's falling back on the "smile and please everyone" tactic but it isnt working here because that isnt what nino wants to hear so she gets even more hurtful but ai doesn't know that so all she can do, all she can try right now is smile and its a slow suffocation of everything that could've been because they were friends but now the cracks go too deep and can't be patched up at all because ai is now dead and nino is left with a bunch unresolved feelings that still affects her more than a decade later

its just so heartbreaking and frustrating to witness just exactly how everything culminated into what it is now because no one who could have did anything about it either, not even their manager which pushed the singular star - everyone else is just a side actor narrative even more

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

continuing on, kana's detachment yet empathy with nino as she observes from a distance while ruby is very much embodying ai, being her instead of keeping herself separate. kana knows herself and now she's able to sort out her hidden feelings easier now that she has an outlet in form of nino (she uses her own emotions for acting after all) but ruby with her years of grief and the sudden understanding of ai...yeah she is Not handling this well at all someone please get her out of there

this movie in terms of Ai Potrayal is getting worse and worse by the second oof

#oshi no ko #oshi no ko manga spoilers #i am being fed so well with parallels its like akasaka wrote this specifically for me i love this #ultimate tragedy that even in an effort to listen to ai's wishes it still wasn't fulfilled because she was always something of value: #as a means to a dream or the perfect centre or something to project or as a means to revenge #something Else always has to come before her #saitou didnt do anything about the messed up group dynamics because the group specifically ai still rose higher #aqua is using ai's life as means to get revenge before fulfilling her wish #she was an object of projection for sarina and gorou and later aqua and ruby before she was their mother she was their idol #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #come to think of it i dont think we've gotten aqua's reaction to anything since the movie arc started #but we did get his reaction for this one #hoshino ai #hoshino ruby #arima kana #fuyuko nino #ruby hoshino #ai hoshino #kana arima

[namor-shuri]

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛."

"𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚘𝚜𝚜." x

#so revenge cowboy movie with a black female star as the leader behind the whole operation when? #tenoch huerta #letitia wright #shuri #namor #nashuri #cowboy au #Django au #spaghetti western #can we talk about the fact that Tish eats a masculine/ androgynous look/style EACH AND EVERY TIME LIKE #I can’t wait for surrounded to come out

[snackugaki]

.... i need a simpler way to draw the bay turtles whathefuck

#fanart #bayverse tmnt #tmnt 2016 #bay Donnie #bay Venus #bayverse Donnnie #bayverse Venus #bay tmnt #Venus and Jennika get their turtle tatts post-City At War arc #am I still bitter we didn't get 237401713 TMNT movies like we got Transformers? #fkkn YES #are you kidding me #they could've followed up with Krang's oath of revenge and brought in Triceratons #or as I've BEEN saying #City At War arc would've been a good fit for those movies #UNUSED POTENTIAL #anyway #beep beep joining the Donnie the Family Tattoo Artist headcanon wagon #I don't know if their mutation would make them more tolerant to pain #or if their thick scales just makes it harder and it hurts roughly about the same even with a modded tattoo gun #Venus just tanks the whole inking process from clan tatt to the daisy on her wrist #the meditation balls are the kind that ring #Donnie almost fell asleep mid-tattooing because of them #guess bay Venus is just a master of the internal arts #still can't figure out how they'd implement external arts/chi in that iteration #unless they use Super Advanced Tech So Intuitive It's Basically Magic if they dip into TMNT's scifi aspects #Casey absolutely would've gotten the broest bicep clan tatt #and use it as an excuse to get sleeves #i'll draw my daughter in ANY iteration #WATCH ME