Top 10 Best Breakup Revenge Scenes in Movies
#10: Fiery Vengeance
“Waiting to Exhale” (1995) Bernie Harris is a good woman. She was dedicated to achieving her dream of running her own catering business. But when she got married and had kids, she went the nuclear family route and gave it all up to be a stay at home wife and mother while her husband brought home the bacon. But when Bernie finds out that he has been cheating and is leaving her for a woman at work, she does not take it lying down. She puts his belongings into his precious car and sets it on fire. While we’re not condoning this behavior, there’s no denying that watching the image of her walking away from the wreckage is iconic.
#9: Girl Code
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“The Hot Chick” (2002) When Jessica accidentally switches bodies with a male criminal named Clive, she-as-Clive gets hired as the janitor at her school. While working in the boys’ locker room, she inadvertently gets some insight into what her and her close friend April’s boyfriends really think of them. Jessica overhears Jake talking about how he hasn’t been faithful to April. Naturally, Jessica-as-Clive tells April and the two of them decide to hell with him and go to prom together. And the look on Jake’s face when he sees them together is absolutely priceless.
#8: Teaming Up
“The Other Woman” (2014) In a world of movies full of love triangles and people fighting over each other, this rom-com turns the idea of the love triangle, or in this case love square, on its head. Carly finds out that her boyfriend, Mark, has a wife, Kate, and that he also has another girlfriend, Amber. Rather than turn on each other, they decide to team up to get revenge on him for cheating on all of them. They begin with small schemes to mess with him. But what starts out as a series of sneaky tricks quickly turns into an all-out assault on his life in which they do more than just embarrass him; they expose him for defrauding his company and trying to blame it on Kate. Talk about teamwork!
#7: Living Well
“The Break-Up” (2006) It’s a bit odd when both people in the relationship are seeking revenge. Usually one person is the jerk that gets what they’ve got coming to them. But both Gary and Brooke deserve some of the blame in this breakup. The both of them try to get back at each other in some pretty creative ways. They are ruthless in their attempts to get revenge and dole out some seriously devastating blows. But, neither of them is really satisfied until they each finally move on. As they say, the best revenge is living well.
#6: Ruining His Life
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“John Tucker Must Die” (2006) The tagline to this movie pretty much says it all: “Don’t get mad. Get even.” John Tucker is a textbook ladies man. Or as they call him in the movie, an “operator”. He manipulates girls into believing he’s the perfect guy for them, but is never faithful. When Carrie, Heather, and Beth discover that he is dating all of them, their initial reaction is to fight over him. But Kate makes the brilliant point that they should be fighting him instead. The four ladies decide to team up and ruin his life. But when he somehow manages to put a positive spin on everything they do to him, they decide to use Kate to break his heart - just like he broke theirs. What goes around comes around, John.
#5: Not Boyfriend Material
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“Bring It On” (2000) Just as Torrance becomes captain of the Rancho Carne Toros cheerleading squad, disaster strikes. As it turns out, the team’s previous captain had stolen all of their award-winning routines from another squad, the East Compton Clovers. Torrance wants to do the right thing and come up with all new routines, but almost her whole team is against her. Even her boyfriend is against her. Aaron goes so far as to even suggest she give up her captain's spot because she’s not captain material. Nice guy, right? Well, Torrance eventually realizes he doesn’t deserve her. And when she catches him with someone else, she mirrors his previous words to her. She’s right. He just isn’t boyfriend material.
#4: Taking Everything
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“The First Wives Club” (1996) After the death of the fourth in their crew, three best friends, Annie, Brenda, and Elise reunite for the first time in years to find all of their marriages in turmoil. Upon reading letters their deceased friend, Cynthia, left for them about her own troubles and wishing they had all stayed close, they decide to get back at their lying, cheating husbands in her honor. They gain blackmail dirt on all of them and use it to leverage the husbands into giving the First Wives all of their money. In the end, all the women are flourishing and they open a Women’s Crisis Center named after Cynthia using the money they received.
#3: The Song
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“Begin Again” (2013) When Gretta moved to New York with her boyfriend, Dave, who just scored the role of a lifetime with a record company, she thought that the two of them were in this new adventure together. But not long after, Dave gets wrapped up in the rockstar life and leaves Greta for another woman. After experiencing her own life-changing musical journey, Gretta realizes she deserves so much better than him. As a final farewell, she writes him the ultimate break up song and sings it to him over his voicemail. Like Dave himself says, who in their right mind would do that? Too bad for him he didn’t realize what an awesome woman he had sooner.
#2: A Taste of His Own Medicine
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“Legally Blonde” (2001) Maybe Elle Woods was a fan of “Bring It On” because she owned her boyfriend in the same epic fashion as Torrance Shipman. Originally, when Warner breaks up with Elle, he basically says she’s too much of a dumb blonde for him to ever be serious about her. So she decides to get accepted into the same law school as he does and prove him wrong. But when he still takes her for granted, she decides to continue on not for him, but for herself. She gets a big internship, and wins an epic court case. And when Warner finally does come crawling back to her, she parrots the same words to him that he said when he dumped her, leaving him with his jaw on the floor.
#1: The Mother of All Revenge
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“Kill Bill” (2003-04) When Bill breaks up with someone, he breaks up hard. Not only does he ruin The Bride’s wedding, but just as she confesses that she’s carrying his baby, he puts her in a four-year coma. But The Bride revenges just as hard. She goes on a quest not only to kill Bill, but also to tear down anyone who was even remotely responsible for what happened to her. She defeats the Crazy 88. She digs herself out of her own grave. And finally, she ends Bill with the infamous Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique. After two full movies of build up, the moment The Bride finally gets her revenge is like a huge exhale.
