The 25 Greatest Revenge Movies Ever Made

To get one scene right, an actor on this list ate a live octopus four times — and apologised to every one of them before the take. The 25 greatest revenge movies ever made, ranked, each with its own Blanket Score. Vigilantes, gunslingers, a betrayed sailor turned Count, a bride with a katana, a general who became a gladiator and a stranger with a harmonica — the best revenge movies from 1956 to 2014, plus hidden gems like Lady Snowblood, Blue Ruin and Point Blank. 0:00 Intro 0:20 #25 — Death Wish (1974) · Blanket Score 6.7 2:03 #24 — Payback (1999) · Blanket Score 6.8 3:30 #23 — The Limey (1999) · Blanket Score 7.1 5:07 #22 — Hang 'Em High (1968) · Blanket Score 6.9 6:34 #21 — Blue Ruin (2013) · Blanket Score 7.3 8:08 #20 — Mad Max (1979) · Blanket Score 7.0 9:33 #19 — The Crow (1994) · Blanket Score 7.2 11:10 #18 — Man on Fire (2004) · Blanket Score 7.4 12:42 #17 — Get Carter (1971) · Blanket Score 7.6 14:23 #16 — Munich (2005) · Blanket Score 7.8 15:57 #15 — Lady Snowblood (1973) · Blanket Score 7.7 17:29 #14 — John Wick (2014) · Blanket Score 7.5 19:00 #13 — True Grit (1969) · Blanket Score 7.6 20:28 #12 — Point Blank (1967) · Blanket Score 8.0 22:05 #11 — The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) · Blanket Score 7.4 23:50 #10 — Memento (2000) · Blanket Score 8.6 25:25 #9 — The Searchers (1956) · Blanket Score 8.5 27:00 #8 — Inglourious Basterds (2009) · Blanket Score 8.7 28:31 #7 — Django Unchained (2012) · Blanket Score 8.4 30:02 #6 — Unforgiven (1992) · Blanket Score 9.0 31:38 #5 — The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) · Blanket Score 8.6 33:18 #4 — Gladiator (2000) · Blanket Score 8.6 34:55 #3 — Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) · Blanket Score 8.8 36:34 #2 — Oldboy (2003) · Blanket Score 9.1 38:07 #1 — Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) · Blanket Score 9.3 39:44 Outro How we score and rank every film: https://claude.ai/code/artifact/9ac5e... Which revenge movie would you put at number one — and which one did we leave off the list? New rankings every week — subscribe so the next one doesn't slip past you. #RevengeMovies #ClassicMovies #Westerns