Top Assassin Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Joe Taslim

Iko Uwais

Julie Estelle

Sunny Pang

The Night Comes For Us (2018)

6.9 817 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: Indonesia, United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: After sparing a girl's life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters.

Plot: assassin, gore, chinese mafia, elite unit, massacre, fighting, triad, cold blooded killer, ...

Place: indonesia

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Bruce Willis

Emily Blunt

Paul Dano

Looper (2012)

6.9 11.0K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: suicide, assassin, dystopia, drug addiction, time travel, retirement, tragedy, murder, ...

Time: future, 2040s

Cast

Kim Ok-vin

Shin Ha-kyun

Sung Joon

Kim Seo-hyung

The Villainess (2017)

6.9 772 votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: South Korea

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: 18

Story: Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited with the promise of freedom after ten years of service. However, secrets from her past destroy everything she’s worked for and now she embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.

Plot: assassin, katana, revenge, one man army, hand to hand combat, aggressive, korean chinese, national intelligence service (nis), ...

Cast

Jeon Do-yeon

Sul Kyung-gu

Kim Si-a

Esom

Kill Boksoon (2023)

6.9 549 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: South Korea

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: R

Story: At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.

Plot: assassin, hitman, hitwoman, single mother, lgbt, angry, mother daughter relationship, female killer

Cast

Ryan Reynolds

Samuel L. Jackson

Gary Oldman

Salma Hayek Pinault

The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

6.9 6.7K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Country: Bulgaria, Canada

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: R

Story: The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.

Plot: assassin, court, hitman, bodyguard, travel, on the run, criminal, killer, ...

Place: england

Cast

Bruce Willis

Damon Wayans

Chelsea Field

Noble Willingham

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

6.8 2.2K votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired and her ex-footballer boyfriend are going to find her murderer... if they don't kill each other first. But the more they dig, the deeper they become enmeshed in a web of extortion, blackmail and corrupt politics hidden beneath the surface of professional football.

Plot: sniper, assassin, corruption, bomb, anti hero, cocaine, senator, puppet, ...

Cast

Russell Crowe

Ben Affleck

Rachel McAdams

Helen Mirren

State of Play (2009)

6.8 2.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: France, United Kingdom

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Plot: newspaper, journalist, assassin, assassination, washington dc, usa, government, corruption, ...

Cast

Christian Friedel

Katharina Schu00fcttler

Burghart Klauu00dfner

Johann von Bu00fclow

13 Minutes (2015)

6.8 310 votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: Germany

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: R

Story: The breathtaking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. In 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, radical Georg Elser — disparaged as an assassin — is one of the greatest resistance fighters.

Plot: assassin, nazi, bomb

Time: world war ii

ASSASSINS PRIDE (2019) TV Show

6.8 84 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-PG

Story: In the world only the aristocrats have the power to fight the monster - mana. Even though Melida Angel was born in an aristocracy and studies at an academy developing mana users, she has no mana. To find her talent for mana, Kufa Vampir was sent to be her tutor but at the same time, he was ordered to assassinate her if she has no talent for mana. He makes a cruel decision to assassinate her because he thinks that it is a wasted effort that people who have not any mana are working hard in this world... However, he asks her, "Do you want to try to entrust your life to me?" He is not as an assassin nor a tutor. He is someone betting on his pride as an assassin tutor, to show the world what Melida is capable of!

Plot: magic, harem, romance, seinen, anime, magic school, based on light novel, assassins

Cast

Maggie Q

Daniel Wu

Li Fei

Almen Wong Pui-Ha

Naked Weapon (2002)

6.8 403 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: Hong Kong

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: R

Story: A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.

Plot: martial arts, assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), kidnapping, knife, revenge, female assassin, tokyo, ...

Place: spain, philippines, hong kong

Cast

Jet Li

Andy Lau

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Xu Jinglei

The Warlords (2007)

6.8 372 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, History

Country: China, Hong Kong

Duration: 126 min.

Audience: R

Story: The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is saved by a beautiful young woman along with two other men. Together they vow to eradicate the rebels.

Plot: assassin, civil war, general, brother, dynasty, blood brother

Time: 19th century

The Marksman (2021)

6.8 1.8K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He embraces his role as Miguel’s protector and will stop at nothing to get him to safety, as they go on the run from the relentless assassins.

Plot: assassin, war veteran, usa–mexico border, murder, drug cartel, farmer, dead dog, road movie

Place: mexico

Cast

Jamie Foxx

Jennifer Garner

Chris Cooper

Jason Bateman

The Kingdom (2007)

6.7 1.8K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: Germany, United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Plot: assassin, assassination, police, chase, explosive, fbi, investigation, medical examiner, ...

Place: saudi arabia

Cast

Rain

Naomie Harris

Ben Miles

Rick Yune

Ninja Assassin (2009)

6.7 1.8K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: United States of America, France

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: R

Story: Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.

Plot: martial arts, assassin, assassination, ninja fighter, gore, stick fighting, sensei, revenge, ...

Cast

Liam Neeson

Guy Pearce

Taj Atwal

Harold Torres

Memory (2022)

6.7 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: R

Story: Alex, an assassin-for-hire, finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. With the crime syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead, except for one thing: he is struggling with severe memory loss, affecting his every move. Alex must question his every action and whom he can ultimately trust.

Plot: assassin, alzheimer's disease, remake, assertive

Cast

Jason Statham

Shu Qi

Franu00e7ois Berlu00e9and

Matt Schulze

The Transporter (2002)

6.7 5.9K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America, France

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.

Plot: martial arts, transporter, human trafficking, organized crime, police chase, gunfight, explosion, young woman, ...

Place: france

Cast

Bruce Willis

John Malkovich

Morgan Freeman

Helen Mirren

RED (2010)

6.7 7.2K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.

Plot: assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), undercover agent, kidnapping, assault rifle, affectation, based on comic, shootout, ...

Cast

Angelina Jolie

Brad Pitt

Vince Vaughn

Adam Brody

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

6.7 11.3K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama

Country: Switzerland, United States of America

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.

Plot: assassin, bomb, hitman, marriage crisis, gun, secret identity, married couple, assault rifle, ...

Cast

Sam Rockwell

Drew Barrymore

George Clooney

Julia Roberts

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

6.7 1.3K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: Germany, United Kingdom

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: R

Story: Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

Plot: regret, double life, assassination, based on novel or book, hitman, show business, kgb, secret agent, ...