20 Greatest Revenge Movies Of All-Time

8. The Great Silence

One theme that countless spaghetti westerns touch on time and time again is that of the relation between good and evil; The Great Silence, Sergio Corbucci's undeniable masterpiece and one of the best spaghetti westerns ever made, takes this ideas to new heights against an unconventional backdrop of snow, as a mute gunfighter attempts to settle the score with a group of "lawful" bounty hunters intent on exploiting the system.

Featuring two great performances, one from Jean-Louis Trintignant as "Silence," the protagonist, and Klaus Kinski as the dastardly villain, Loco, The Great Silence is an anti-western of the highest order. Playing against the established tropes of the genre, Corbucci crafts a cold, gritty and haunting tale that dares to defy convention - one that will leave you speechless in the wake of its truly shocking and downbeat finale.

In short, this western is bleak, bleak, bleak. It is revenge that drives this movie, of course, though the lesson here is different to those usually encountered in movies of this western sub-genre: life, ultimately, isn't fair.