What Makes These Movies About Women Seeking Revenge So Very Powerful

Here's the thing about revenge movies that revolve around a woman "getting even." No one listens to the women in these movies until make themselves heard, either through violence or elaborate schemes. The women protagonists are uniformly underestimated. After all, who would think that a 14-year-old girl could be capable of being a cold, avenging angel, or that an eight-month pregnant woman could also be a serial killer, pursuing anyone who offended her?

The movies on this list swing from funny to violent and from shocking to cathartic. They also keep getting made. Clearly, there's a hunger for these stories.

Ahead, here are the 16 must-see revenge movies if you're feeling fired up and ready to take down the patriarchy, or just your enemies.