Top Assassin Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Abhishek Bachchan

Chitrangada Singh

Paran Banerjee

Tina Desai

Bob Biswas (2021)

6.5 22 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 132 min.

Story: Bob Biswas, a hitman-for-hire, comes out of a prolonged coma and struggles to recall his identity but suffers a moral dilemma when the memories of his past resurface.

Plot: assassin, memory loss, spin off, contract killer

Cast

Benicio del Toro

Mia Threapleton

Michael Cera

Riz Ahmed

The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

6.5 963 votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.

Plot: nun, espionage, dark comedy, arms dealer, industrialist, international organization, family abandonment, public works, ...

Cast

Leslie Banks

Edna Best

Peter Lorre

Frank Vosper

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

6.5 449 votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 76 min.

Audience: NR

Story: While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.

Plot: concert, kidnapping, murder, shootout, black and white, criminal, clue, dentist, ...

Cast

Timothy Dalton

Maryam D'Abo

Joe Don Baker

Art Malik

The Living Daylights (1987)

6.5 2.0K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

Plot: prison, london, england, assassination, airplane, escape, arms smuggling, secret mission, ...

Place: england, afghanistan

Cast

James McAvoy

Angelina Jolie

Morgan Freeman

Terence Stamp

Wanted (2008)

6.5 7.7K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered father - whom Wesley never knew - belonged to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins which takes its orders from Fate itself. Fox and Sloan, the Fraternity's leader, teach Wesley, through intense training, to tap into dormant powers and hone his innate killing skills. Though he enjoys his newfound abilities, he begins to suspect that there is more to the Fraternity than meets the eye.

Style: intense

Plot: mission of murder, secret base, secret organization, instinct, train crash, revenge, betrayal, fate, ...

Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins (1997)

6.5 63 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: Japan

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Lupin is framed for the murder of Inspector Zenigata by a mysterious assailant holding a silver-coloured Walther P38 pistol Lupin himself once owned. Tracking the true killer leads Lupin to the island of the bloodthirsty Tarantula assassins inside the Devil’s Triangle. After joining the spider-tattooed army against their will, Lupin and his gang make both new friends and enemies as they not only plan to take home the Tarantulas’ massive gold repository for themselves, but hunt down the shooter from Lupin’s past. Can Lupin put to rest this demon who haunts his memories with the Walther P38?

Plot: island, assassin, tarantula, anime

Jackie (2016)

6.5 2.4K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America, France

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

Plot: assassination, usa president, widow, john f. kennedy, biography, dallas, texas, president, ...

Time: 1960s

Cast

Christopher Lee

Britt Ekland

Maud Adams

Hervu00e9 Villechaize

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

6.5 2.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 125 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.

Style: absurd

Plot: gold, exotic island, martial arts, assassin, london, england, based on novel or book, hitman, ...

Place: england, thailand, hong kong

Cast

Liam Neeson

Kerry Condon

Ciaru00e1n Hinds

Jack Gleeson

In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)

6.4 620 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a remote Irish village, a damaged Finbar is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.

Style: gritty

Plot: assassin, moral conflict, ira (irish republican army), bombing, belfast, north ireland, hired killer, troubled past, ...

Time: 1970s

Edge of Darkness (2010)

6.4 1.8K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: R

Story: As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.

Plot: assassination, senator, conspiracy theory, cover-up, murder, police officer, death of daughter, homicide detective, ...

Cast

Angelina Jolie

Liev Schreiber

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Daniel Olbrychski

Salt (2010)

6.4 6.0K votes

Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA. Her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"

Style: intense

Plot: new york city, race against time, central intelligence agency (cia), washington dc, usa, kidnapping, hostage, spy, ...

Place: north korea

The Event (2010) TV Show

6.4 241 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 22

Audience: TV-14

Story: The Event is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker, an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiancée Leila, and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history.

Plot: usa president, wormhole, teleportation, alien, conspiracy, government cover-up, assassination attempt, imposter, ...

Cast

Yim Si-wan

Park Gyu-young

Choi Hyun-wook

Bae Gang-hee

Mantis (2025)

6.4 175 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: South Korea

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: R

Story: The secret society of contract killers falls into chaos, unleashing a new breed of assassins. With old rules in ruins, who dares claim the shadows?

Plot: assassin, hitman, spin off, paranoid, unassuming

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen

Vanessa Hudgens

Katheryn Winnick

Inga Cadranel

Polar (2019)

6.4 2.5K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: Germany, United States of America

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.

Plot: assassin, hitman, montana, based on graphic novel, isolated house, criminal organization, neo-noir, forced retirement, ...

Place: chile

Cast

Shu Qi

Chang Chen

Zhou Yun

Satoshi Tsumabuki

The Assassin (2015)

6.4 559 votes

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: NR

Story: 9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.

Plot: martial arts, assassin, tang dynasty, wuxia, slow cinema

Time: 7th century

Cast

Nicolas Cage

Diane Kruger

Justin Bartha

Ed Harris

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

6.4 5.6K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Benjamin Franklin Gates and Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Plot: gold, treasure, london, england, assassination, usa president, the white house, paris, ...

Cast

Matt Damon

Tommy Lee Jones

Alicia Vikander

Vincent Cassel

Jason Bourne (2016)

6.4 6.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: China, United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.

Plot: assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), amnesia, casino, chase, flashback, hacking, black ops, ...

Place: greece, las vegas

The Interpreter (2005)

6.3 1.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 128 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.

Plot: destruction of a civilization, new york city, assassination, dictator, africa, resistance, fbi, revenge, ...

Mercury Rising (1998)

6.3 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: R

Story: Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.

Plot: assassin, undercover agent, loss of loved one, fbi, autism, bangkok, thailand, national security agency (nsa), ...

Cast

Patrick Stewart

Jonathan Frakes

Brent Spiner

LeVar Burton

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

6.3 1.6K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.

Plot: android, spacecraft, assassination, self sacrifice, teleportation, ambush, senate, starship, ...

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