Revenge is Best Served Hot
In Inglourious Basterds, Shosanna Dreyfus has one of the best revenge plot points. Shosanna, played by actress Mélanie Laurent, is misled and humiliated by Hans Landa at the beginning of the movie because she does not understand English. Instead of taking this embarrassment, Shosanna makes sure that Landa gets his just desserts at the end of the film.
At the end of Inglourious Basterds, Shosanna delivers a message in English to the German elite at the movie premiere. This is sweet revenge because, like Shosanna at the beginning of the movie, most of them don’t know English. This dramatic irony is a classic Tarantino plot device, and it is very satisfying from the viewer’s perspective.