Top Mercenary Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Julie Benz

Matthew Marsden

Graham McTavish

Rambo (2008)

6.7 4.3K votes

Genre: Action, Thriller, War

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: R

Story: In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.

Plot: snake, fight, missionary, boat, river, pastor, border, mercenary, ...

Place: thailand

Dimension W (2016) TV Show

6.7 68 votes

Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: Humanity has found a way to achieve infinite energy by using coils to draw it from the fourth plane: dimension "W". With the production of coils having been monopolized by the New Tesla energy company, freelance collectors are hired to find and remove any illegal, unofficial coils.This is the story of collector Kyōma, who also happens to have a huge hatred towards coils. During one of his missions he stumbles upon a female android that perceives herself as being human, leading the two to enter an unlikely partnership.

Plot: detective, bounty hunter, android, mercenary, dystopia, murder, tragedy, cyberpunk, ...

Time: future

Cast

Harrison Ford

Willem Dafoe

Joaquim de Almeida

Henry Czerny

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

6.6 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 141 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.

Plot: sniper, central intelligence agency (cia), helicopter, assassination, usa president, based on novel or book, ambush, espionage, ...

F.O.T.O.G.R.A.F. (2018)

6.6 38 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Russia

Duration: 36 min.

Story: A short film based on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fictional universe, combining the “Picnic to the curb” of the Strugatsky brothers, “Stalker” by Andrei Tarkovsky and the “Exclusion Zone” location around the Chernobyl NPP. According to the scenario, an agent of the peacekeeping forces, nicknamed "The Photographer", arrives in the Zone to prevent a global scale catastrophe, which could be caused by an experiment that went out of control at a scientific lab.

Plot: mercenary, zombie, based on video game, survival horror, anomaly, chernobyl, ukraine

The Blacklist: Redemption (2017) TV Show

6.6 157 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Covert operative Tom Keen joins forces with Susan "Scottie" Hargrave, the brilliant and cunning chief of a covert mercenary organization that solves problems that are too dangerous for the government.

Plot: mercenary, spin off

Cast

Rutger Hauer

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Tom Burlinson

Jack Thompson

Flesh + Blood (1985)

6.6 444 votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama

Country: Netherlands, Spain

Duration: 126 min.

Audience: R

Story: A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who cheated them by kidnapping his son's fiancée. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.

Plot: rape, kidnapping, mercenary, prince, castle, sword fight, betrayal, priest, ...

Time: medieval

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Arnold Vosloo

Lance Henriksen

Yancy Butler

Hard Target (1993)

6.5 1.4K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.

Plot: martial arts, showdown, psychopath, new orleans, louisiana, mercenary, fistfight, money, ...

Cast

Josh Stewart

Emma Fitzpatrick

Christopher McDonald

Johanna Braddy

The Collection (2012)

6.4 1.2K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 82 min.

Audience: R

Story: Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena's wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the mercenaries and track down The Collector's booby trapped warehouse and save Elena.

Plot: escape, mercenary, gore, trap, sequel, serial killer

Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Jason Statham

Jet Li

Dolph Lundgren

The Expendables 2 (2012)

6.4 7.2K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: United States of America, Bulgaria

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Plot: airplane, loss of loved one, mercenary, sequel, airplane crash, beard, airport lounge, asian woman

Cast

Vin Diesel

Nolan Gerard Funk

Matt Nable

Katee Sackhoff

Riddick (2013)

6.3 4.5K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.

Plot: dystopia, mercenary, sequel, alien, revenge, planet, hostile, spaceship, ...

Repo Men (2010)

6.3 2.1K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Science Fiction

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.

Plot: black market, dystopia, anti hero, mercenary, hologram, surrealism, contract, on the run, ...

Cast

Steven Seagal

Tommy Lee Jones

Gary Busey

Erika Eleniak

Under Siege (1992)

6.3 1.8K votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: France, United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback—an error that could be fatal.

Plot: race against time, martial arts, war ship, mercenary, nuclear missile, u.s. navy, hostage-taking, terrorism, ...

Cast

Josh Hartnett

Charithra Chandran

Katee Sackhoff

Marko Zaror

Fight or Flight (2025)

6.3 395 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: A mercenary takes on the job of tracking down a target on a plane but must protect that target when they're surrounded by people trying to kill both of them.

Plot: chase, mercenary, dark comedy, betrayal, shootout, criminal underworld, misadventure, fight or flight, ...

Cast

Leon Lai Ming

Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei

Lu Yi

Lau Kar-leung

Seven Swords (2005)

6.3 198 votes

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: Australia, China

Duration: 152 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the middle of the 17th century, the Manchus conquered China and founded the Ching dynasty. Due to widespread uprisings against the new rulers, the study and practice of traditional martial arts is forbidden and punishable by death. The unscrupulous leader of a troop of mercenaries takes advantage of this situation to make a fortune with the bounty on his head.

Plot: martial arts, sword, traitor, mercenary, dynasty, swordsman, b movie

Time: 17th century

Cast

Liam Neeson

Fan Bingbing

Marcus Thomas

Grace O'Sullivan

Ice Road: Vengeance (2025)

6.2 643 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: R

Story: Big rig ice road driver Mike McCann travels to Nepal to scatter his late brother’s ashes on Mt. Everest. While on a packed tour bus traversing the deadly 12,000 ft. terrain of the infamous Road to the Sky, McCann and his mountain guide encounter a group of mercenaries and must fight to save themselves, the busload of innocent travelers, and the local villagers’ homeland.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: mercenary, sequel, mount everest, embarrassed, optimistic, urgent

Cast

Sergio Rossi

Jomo Kenyatta

Gualtiero Jacopetti

Julius Nyerere

Africa Blood and Guts (1966)

6.2 53 votes

Genre: Documentary, History, Horror

Country: Italy

Duration: 138 min.

Audience: R

Story: A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering different types of wild animals.

Plot: africa, congo, mercenary, cane, colonialism, mondo, colonization, shockumentary

Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Jason Statham

Harrison Ford

Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Expendables 3 (2014)

6.2 5.4K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: United States of America, France

Duration: 126 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables -- but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), mercenary, rescue mission, arms dealer, sequel, hospital, battle, sledgehammer, ...

Cast

Dave Bautista

Ella Purnell

Omari Hardwick

Ana de la Reguera

Army of the Dead (2021)

6.2 4.5K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 148 min.

Audience: R

Story: Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

Style: absurd

Plot: casino, tiger, vault, mercenary, safe, heist, zombie animals, apocalypse, ...

Place: las vegas

Cast

Sigourney Weaver

Winona Ryder

Dominique Pinon

Ron Perlman

Alien Resurrection (1997)

6.2 5.6K votes

Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

Plot: android, smuggling (contraband), dystopia, mercenary, sequel, alien, betrayal, cloning, ...

Cast

Kang Soo-youn

Kim Hyun-joo

Ryu Kyung-soo

Uhm Ji-won

JUNG_E (2023)

6.1 684 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: South Korea

Duration: 98 min.

Story: On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.

Plot: artificial intelligence (a.i.), clone, dystopia, mercenary, robot, war

Time: future, 22nd century

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