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Movies that feel like Lady Vengeance (2005)

If you loved Lady Vengeance, the closest films we have are Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Cold in July (2014) and The Square (2008). All three share Lady Vengeance's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

πŸ… 76% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Park Chan-wookcontemplativetenserelentless
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 Β· dir. Park Chan-wook
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.5action Β· drama Β· thriller

Park Chan-wook directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans harder into action than Lady Vengeance does

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

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Cold in July
2014 Β· dir. Jim Mickle
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.7drama Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: revenge

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

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The Square
2008 Β· dir. Nash Edgerton
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.7crime Β· drama Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: revenge

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Lady Vengeance does

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

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Naked Weapon
2002 Β· dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung
β˜… 5.5action Β· drama Β· thriller

The same mix in both: stillness, then tension

A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.

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Dogman
2018 Β· dir. Matteo Garrone
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.2crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Drama with a pulse of relentlessness, in both cases

Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.

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Nocturnal Animals
2016 Β· dir. Tom Ford
πŸ… 74%β˜… 7.4drama Β· thriller

Both lean on stillness more than on thriller

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

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Kingdom: Ashin of the North
2021 Β· dir. Kim Seong-hun
β˜… 6.9drama Β· fantasy Β· thriller

Tense drama, and it commits to that

Tragedy, betrayal and a mysterious discovery fuel a woman's vengeance for the loss of her tribe and family.

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Road to Perdition
2002 Β· dir. Sam Mendes
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.6crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Thriller built on relentlessness, twice over

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

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Man on Fire
2004 Β· dir. Tony Scott
πŸ… 39%β˜… 7.7action Β· drama Β· thriller

Contemplative drama in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

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New Police Story
2004 Β· dir. Benny Chan
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.9action Β· thriller Β· crime

Tense thriller in both cases

Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.

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Jawan
2023 Β· dir. Atlee
β˜… 6.9action Β· thriller

Both sit in the same relentless register

The difference: Missing the stillness of Lady Vengeance

An emotional journey of a prison warden, driven by a personal vendetta while keeping up to a promise made years ago, recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice, in an attempt to get even with his past, and that leads him to an unexpected reunion.

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The Body
2012 Β· dir. Oriol Paulo
β˜… 7.6thriller Β· mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: prison

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as Lady Vengeance

A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime PeΓ±a investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.

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