THEME EXPLORATION

personal vengeance

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
2016 · Maren Ade
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada
2006 · David Frankel
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Rocky
Rocky
1976 · John G. Avildsen
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
The Assassin
The Assassin
2015 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Square
The Square
2017 · Ruben Östlund
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
Emerald
Emerald
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Park Chan-wook South Korea

His masterpiece 'Oldboy' and 'The Handmaiden' are consummate explorations of vengeance, obsession, and moral corruption that define personal revenge narratives.

 Quentin Tarantino United States

Films like 'Kill Bill' and 'Inglourious Basterds' are built entirely around meticulously choreographed personal vengeance with stylistic flair and emotional depth.

 Damien Leone Italy

His Spaghetti Westerns, particularly 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' and 'Once Upon a Time in the West,' transformed personal vengeance into operatic, philosophical cinema.