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Dark films and TV shows about revenge

Each title here has a strong dark tone and is about revenge, by our description of it. Well-known titles only, best known and best rated first.

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Dark films and TV shows about revenge

Movie2003

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A stylish, brutal revenge thriller that grips you with tension and leaves you shaken by its emotional depths.

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  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
brisk
Attention
demanding
Runtime
120 min
OldboyHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2000

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A sweeping, somber epic that mixes brutal arena spectacle with a slow ache of loss and a stubborn drive for justice.

Via
  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
155 min
GladiatorHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2007

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A gorgeously grim, blood-soaked musical that sweeps you into a haunting tale of obsession and revenge.

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  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
116 min
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2005

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A stylish, brutal noir anthology with striking black-and-white visuals and relentless violence, demanding attention and leaving a bleak, cynical aftertaste.

Via
  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
124 min
Sin CityHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2002

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A grim, sprawling historical epic that immerses you in the brutal, chaotic world of gang warfare and political corruption, with a towering central performance and a tragic sense of inevitability.

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  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
168 min
Gangs of New YorkHidden from your suggestions.
Movie1979

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A raw, gritty chase through a collapsing world, building from kinetic thrills to a grim, personal vendetta that leaves you unsettled.

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  • about revenge
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
91 min
Mad MaxHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2017

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A raw, darkly funny, and emotionally charged ride through grief and rage, with sharp dialogue and a stellar ensemble.

Via
  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
115 min
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2018

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A sleek, brutal revenge ride that blends visceral action with unsettling body horror and a sly, darkly funny edge.

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  • about revenge
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
100 min
UpgradeHidden from your suggestions.
Movie1991

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A slow-building, nerve-shredding descent into dread, with a monstrous antagonist and a family under siege, culminating in a nightmarish, storm-tossed finale.

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  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
128 min
Cape FearHidden from your suggestions.
TV series2010–2013

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A brutal, stylish historical epic that immerses you in blood-soaked gladiator arenas and political intrigue, demanding attention with its intense violence and emotional betrayals.

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  • about revenge
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Seasons
3
SpartacusHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2014

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A gleefully vicious rollercoaster of escalating grudges, each short sharp shock landing with savage comic timing and a satisfying punch.

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  • about revenge
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
122 min
Wild TalesHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2021

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A cold, methodical revenge thriller that unfolds with grim precision, trading wit for tension and delivering hard-hitting action with a bleak emotional core.

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  • about revenge
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
119 min
Wrath of ManHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2005

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A heavy, brooding procedural that turns revenge into a moral maze, leaving you tense and unsettled long after.

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  • about revenge
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
164 min
MunichHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2017

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A visceral, blood-soaked thrill ride that keeps you tense and unsettled from start to finish, with a fierce and stylish edge.

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  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
relentless
Attention
engaged
Runtime
108 min
RevengeHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2018

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A molten, neon-drenched nightmare of grief and rage that swallows you in heavy, druggy dread and sudden shocking violence.

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  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
122 min
MandyHidden from your suggestions.
Movie1996

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A heavy, somber drama that follows childhood trauma into adult revenge, asking for patience and emotional endurance.

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  • about revenge
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
147 min
SleepersHidden from your suggestions.
TV series2019–2026

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A gleefully vicious, blood-soaked satire that skewers superhero fame with shocking violence and black humour, keeping you tense and entertained.

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  • about revenge
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Seasons
5
The BoysHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2023

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A grim, methodical revenge thriller that lingers on gruesome traps and moral justification, making for an intense and unsettling watch.

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  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
118 min
Saw XHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2004

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A bruising, stylish revenge thriller that lingers on grief and violence, jolting between tender bonding and brutal, flash-cut interrogation.

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  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
146 min
Man on FireHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2008

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A loud, grimy thrill ride of weaponized cars and prison-yard payback that keeps the pedal down and asks little of you.

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  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
relentless
Attention
easy-watch
Runtime
105 min
Death RaceHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2014

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A grim, tense revenge thriller that feels raw and unpredictable, with a quietly desperate protagonist and bursts of brutal violence.

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  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
90 min
Blue RuinHidden from your suggestions.
Movie1995

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A stylish, blood-soaked revenge ride with cool guitar-case gunplay, dry wit, and a surprisingly tender romance at its core.

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  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
104 min
DesperadoHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2024

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A brutal, kinetic revenge thriller that blends visceral hand-to-hand combat with raw emotional trauma and a mythic undercurrent.

Via
  • strongly dark
  • about revenge
Pacing
relentless
Attention
engaged
Runtime
122 min
Monkey ManHidden from your suggestions.

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