Im looking for films where the protagonist gets payback for all the evil deeds that were committed against them or their family/friends. It can be any genre and in any language as long as the theme of revenge is clearly present. I've seen a few like Unforgiven, Django Unchained and even more violent ones like I Spit On Your Grave and Straw Dogs. Would love to get a few more recommendations.
The first Deathwish and a movie that is 360 degrees from it in tone (but not theme), Absence of Malice with the great Paul newman Also, To Die For (for those who believe revenge is a dish best tasted COLD)
Ah, my favorite genre. Here are a few that come to mind right away. All of the Death Wish films, although they get progressively cheesier, the Walking Tall trilogy, the first 3 Billy Jack films, Fighting Mad with Peter Fonda, Breaking Point with Bo Svenson, Fighting Back with Tom Skerritt, White Line Fever and Defiance with Jan-Michael Vincent, The Exterminator with Robert Ginty, Mr. Majestyk with Charles Bronson, Outrage with Robert Culp, Two Father's Justice with Robert Conrad and George Hamilton, Cartel with Miles O'Keefe. More recent ones are The Brave One with Jodie Foster and Death Sentence with Kevin Bacon. Come to think of it, Sleepers could also be seen as a revenge film too, also with Kevin Bacon. Man on Fire, with Denzel Washington. Those should be a good start!
Point Blank I think you may also enjoy Get Carter, The Limey, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, A Walk Among the Tombstones, and the grandaddy of revenge films, Fury from 1936 with Spencer Tracy.
