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20 Best Revenge Movies

3. GLADIATOR (2000)
''I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next,'' declares general-turned-arena-fighter Maximus, even if he has to bring down the whole Roman Empire to avenge his slain family. Russell Crowe's grim determination made him a star and an Academy Award winner, and helped the movie win a Best Picture Oscar, but what's often overlooked is the film's point about how much we all enjoy watching feuds play out in public, no matter what the civic cost may be. ''Are you not entertained?'' Why yes, we are.