Best Revenge movies of 1980s

Actors : Bob Balaban, William Forsythe, Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A cop is gunned down on Xmas eve. Jerry Beck, the homicide cop given the job of hunting the killer, investigates some leads which bring him into contact with a group of white supremacy ...

Actors : Mithun Chakraborty, Neelam Kothari, Amitabh Bachchan, Madhavi,
Directors : Mukul Anand,

A young boy's quest for revenge leads him to become a gangster as an adult, and with each day he becomes more and more like his enemies. Can he find vengeance and redemption?

Actors : Jordan Bennett, Shô Kosugi, David Chung, Lucinda Dickey,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.

Actors : George Dzundza, Kim Basinger, Richard Gere, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Richard Pearce,

A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.

Actors : Alfre Woodard, James Russo, Diana Scarwid, Farrah Fawcett,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

A woman takes revenge on the man who invades her home and tries to rape her.

Actors : Reb Brown, Annie McEnroe, Marsha A. Hunt, Christopher Lee,
Directors : Philippe Mora,

A young man whose sister was murdered by werewolves helps an investigator track down a gang of the monsters through the United States and Europe.

Actors : Matthew Carroll, Miranda Richardson, Ian Holm, Rupert Everett,
Directors : Mike Newell,

A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.

Actors : Chelsea Field, Viggo Mortensen, Lane Smith, Lincoln Kilpatrick,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.

Actors : Theresa Saldana, Charles Bronson, José Ferrer, Joseph Maher,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A professional killer comes out of retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend.

Actors : Donna Yeager, Simon Scuddamore, Carmine Iannaccone, Caroline Munro,

Eight people are invited to their old high school for their ten-year reunion where a fellow former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is out to seek revenge.

Actors : Louis Ferreira, Lisa Schrage, Wendy Lyon, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Bruce Pittman,

Thirty years after her accidental death at her 1957 senior prom, the tortured spirit of prom queen Mary Lou Maloney returns to seek revenge.

Actors : Issiaka Kane, Balla Moussa Keita, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo,
Directors : Souleymane Cissé,

A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.

Actors : Victor Rebengiuc, Luminita Gheorghiu, Dorel Visan, Gina Patrichi,
Directors : Stere Gulea,

Story of a family. Problems, marriage, taxes, revenge, friendship, army, life and much more...

Actors : Moushumi Chatterjee, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Rajkumar Santoshi,

Ajay Mehra, an amateur boxer, takes revenge against Balwant Rai, a crooked businessman, after his elder brother is killed.

Actors : Mimsy Farmer, Al Cliver, Patrick Magee, David Warbeck,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

Robert Miles is a psychic that can communicate with the dead. He also has the ability to control the mind of his cat (who incidentally is black). He uses the cat to take vengeance upon his ...

Actors : John Vernon, Johnny Venocur, Robert Dryer, Linda Blair,

A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend.

Actors : Dawn Dunlap, Lana Clarkson, Katt Shea, Frank Zagarino,
Directors : Héctor Olivera,

Set during the days of the Roman Empire. A simple village is raided by Roman troops, and most of the people are whisked off to be slaves or killed. Three women survive and set off to ...

Actors : Andrei Boltnev, Andrey Mironov, Aleksey Zharkov, Nina Ruslanova,
Directors : Aleksey German,

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well.

Actors : Eva LaRue, Peter Paul, Richard Lynch, David Paul,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

Two twin barbarians seek revenge from the warlord who massacred their tribe and captured them when they were small children.

Actors : Jon Mikl Thor, Manuska Rigaud, Adam West, Tia Carrere,
Directors : Jack Bravman,

After a young man is killed by a gang of rampant teenagers, he is resurrected by a voodoo priestess so he can avenge his death.