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Movies by Lists - Assassin-Hit Men Movies (86 [87])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
American Friend, TheTom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.1977Wim Wenders (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.4 (15.7K votes)12820211228
American Soldier, The [Der amerikanische Soldat]Ricky is a cold-blooded U.S. German contract killer. After serving in Viet Nam, he returns to his home town of Munich to eliminate a few problem crooks for three renegade cops. He inspects his old neighborhood with his childhood acco1970Rainer Werner Fassbinder (*)Drama6.7 (1.8K votes)8020211228
American, TheAn assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.2010Anton CorbijnAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.3 (97K votes)10520220822
Another Lonely Hitman [Shin kanashiki hittoman]Tachibana is a mob hit man, just released from 10 years in prison where he kicked his drug habit. He's dismayed to find that the code of conduct he honors no longer counts, and soon gets into trouble when he defends a call girl, Yuki1995Rokuro MochizukiCrime, Drama, Thriller6.8 (170 votes)10520211228
Antidote [Panzehir]A legendary hitman trying to retire for love, is poisoned by his mob boss foster father, forcing him to team up with an undercover cop to survive one final bloody night of revenge and redemption.2014Alper CaglarAction, Crime, Drama7.1 (3.8K votes)10520211228
Assassin, TheA female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China.2015Hsiao-Hsien HouAction, Drama, History6.3 (16.6K votes)10520211228
Assassin{s}Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.1997Mathieu KassovitzDrama, Crime6.4 (2.1K votes)12820220912
AssassinsProfessional hit-man Robert Rath wants to fulfill a few more contracts before retiring but unscrupulous ambitious newcomer hit-man Miguel Bain keeps killing Rath's targets.1995Richard DonnerAction, Crime, Thriller6.3 (81.5K votes)13320211228
Bangkok DangerousThe story is of a deaf-mute hitman and his partner who are based in Bangkok. He is friends with his partner's girlfriend who is a stripper at a local club. They go about their assassination business as usual as the boss climbs the un2000Danny Pang, Oxide Chun PangAction, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller6.5 (3.7K votes)10520211228
Best SellerA hitman approaches a writer to help him create his next best seller, but the violent world he was a part of has other plans.1987John FlynnAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.5 (5.4K votes)9520211228
Beyond Hypothermia [Sip si 32 dou]A mysterious and highly skilled hit-woman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime bosses.1996Jeong-il Choi, Ki-bong Du, Patrick Leung, Baek-gyeon YangAction, Romance, Thriller6.7 (1.1K votes)9020220414
Bittersweet Life, A [Dalkomhan insaeng]Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't proceed by his boss's orders.2005Jee-woon Kim (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (39.3K votes)11920211228
Blast of SilenceA hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.1961Allen BaronCrime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (4.4K votes)7720211228
Branded To KillAfter a badly done assignment, a hitman finds himself in conflict with his organisation, and one mysterious and dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.1967Seijun Suzuki (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.3 (8.8K votes)9120211228
Cohen and TateWhen a little boy witnesses a mob hit, he is kidnapped by two professional assassins who are not what they seem.1988Eric RedCrime, Thriller6.4 (2.3K votes)8620211228
CollateralA cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.2004Michael Mann (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (385.4K votes)12020211228
Colt Is My Passport, AA hit man is hired to kill a mob boss. After the deed is done, he and his driver are wanted dead by rival gangs who joined forces.1967Takashi NomuraAction, Crime7.4 (2K votes)8420211228
Coolie Killer [Sha chu xi ying pan]Ko leads a team of Hong Kong assassins that are taken out one by one. Ko manages to flee to the countryside, where he aims to find out who's behind this and to gain the strength to fight back.1982Terry TongCrime, Romance, Thriller7.0 (71 votes)9220230728
Day of The Jackal, TheIn the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.1973Fred Zinnemann (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.8 (40K votes)14320211228
Dead or Alive 2 - Birds [Dead or Alive 2 - Tôbôsha]Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends.2000Takashi Miike (*)Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.8 (3.8K votes)9720211228
Deliver Us from Evil [Daman akeseo guhasoseo]An assassin goes to Thailand in order to solve a kidnapping case linked to him, and finds himself chased by a man whose sibling he killed.2020Won-Chan HongAction, Crime, Thriller6.8 (6.2K votes)10820231120
Desert SaintsAn American assassin, who works for cartels in Latin America, is back in USA. He gets a woman before each job and kills her after. FBI's on to him but are curious about his next big job.2002Richard GreenbergAction, Romance, Thriller6.0 (3.3K votes)8820220912
Dog Bite Dog [Gau ngao gau]A Cambodian assassin finds himself on the run from Hong Kong police after completing his assignment.2006Soi CheangAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.5 (2.6K votes)10920230728
Execution Game, The [Shokei yugi]Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a new job - the target is a veteran killer as good as he is.1979Tôru MurakawaAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.7 (57 votes)10020211228
Exiled [Fong juk]A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.2006Johnnie To (*)Action, Crime, Thriller7.2 (8.9K votes)11020211228
Fallen AngelsThis Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.1995Kar-Wai WongComedy, Crime, Drama, Romance7.7 (35.2K votes)9920211228
Fire Within, The [Onibi]A yakuza hitman gets out of jail and decides to start a new life, but soon his old life catches up with him.1997Rokuro MochizukiDrama, Thriller6.8 (229 votes)10120211228
FlinchA young Hitman who lives with his mother develops feelings for the witness of a murder he commits.2021Cameron Van HoyCrime, Drama5.6 (745 votes)9920231013
Fulltime Killer [Chuen jik sat sau]Two very different hitmen find themselves to be in each other's way. They use all their skill to solve the problem.2001Johnnie To, Ka-Fai WaiAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.9 (6.5K votes)10220211228
Golgo 13 - Assignment Kowloon [Golgo 13 - Kûron no kubi]A HK cop investigates several similar murders done by Chow's men. Golgo 13, top sniper, is the 4th assassin hired to kill HK drug lord Chow for Americans wanting the HK drug market.1977Yukio NodaAction, Crime, Thriller6.4 (517 votes)9320211228
Golgo 13 - The ProfessionalAfter killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an infamous hit-man becomes the target of American soldiers and superhuman killers.1983Osamu DezakiAnimation, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.8 (3K votes)9120211228
Hail, MafiaA terrific film with a top-notch cast! Jack and Henry play hit men ordered to kill Eddie. Jack is torn between his orders and the loyalty he feels to his old pal, Eddie. An intriguing look at the emotional make-up of Mafia hit men. A1965Raoul LévyCrime, Drama6.9 (124 votes)9020211228
Hard Way, TheA professional assassin is coerced into taking on one last job.1980Michael DryhurstThriller6.5 (357 votes)8920211228
HeadshotA cop who becomes a hitman for a group aimed at eliminating those who are above the law finds his world turned upside down by a single a devastating blow.2011Pen-Ek RatanaruangCrime, Drama, Thriller6.1 (1.8K votes)120220912
Hired Killer, The [Tecnica di un omicidio]Hit-man Clint Harris has one more job to do before he can retire. He's to kill an ex-employee who has become a snitch for the police. At first Harris refuses, but when his brothers assassinated, he's forced to accept. He's assigned a1966Francesco ProsperiThriller, Crime, Drama6.1 (209 votes)9520211228
Hiroshima Death MatchA young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.1973Kinji FukasakuAction, Crime, Drama, History7.5 (1.6K votes)9920211228
Hit, TheTen years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.1984Stephen Frears (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.1 (8.2K votes)9820211228
Iceman, TheThe story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters had any clue about his real profession.2012Ariel VromenBiography, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.8 (73.8K votes)10620211228
In BrugesGuilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.2008Martin McDonaghComedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.9 (409.2K votes)10720211228
Interview with a HitmanAn elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.2012Perry BhandalAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.0 (14K votes)120220912
Italian Connection, TheA Milanese pimp is pursued by - and then pursues - a pair of New York hitmen and the gangsters who framed him for stealing a shipment of heroin.1972Fernando Di LeoAction, Crime, Thriller7.2 (2.3K votes)9520211228
John WickAn ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.2014Chad Stahelski, David LeitchAction, Crime, Thriller7.4 (594.2K votes)10120211228
John Wick - Chapter 2After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.2017Chad StahelskiAction, Crime, Thriller7.5 (405.9K votes)12220211228
John Wick - Chapter 3 - ParabellumJohn Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassins' guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.2019Chad StahelskiAction, Crime, Thriller7.4 (316K votes)13020211228
Kill ListNearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.2011Ben WheatleyAction, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (39.6K votes)9520211228
Kill Them SoftlyJackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.2012Andrew DominikCrime, Drama, Thriller6.2 (140.1K votes)9720211228
Killer, TheA disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.1989John Woo (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.8 (47.6K votes)11120211228
Killers, TheSurprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.1964Don Siegel (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.0 (7.9K votes)9320211228
Killing Zone, TheThe taut, suspenseful - and sometimes darkly comic - story of Matthew Palmer; underworld assassin and Michael Caine fan. Floating in and out of each slaying, Palmer is quick, efficient...observer and executioner only. He has just two1999Ian David DiazThriller, Action5.9 (272 votes)9220211228
Last Days of the Victim [Últimos días de la víctima]The story of a hitman, a man who kills other people for money, and the dangers that come with the job.1982Adolfo AristarainCrime, Mystery7.3 (479 votes)9020211228
Leon [The Professional]12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.1994Luc Besson (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller8.5 (1.1M votes)11020211228
Living, TheA man hires an ex-con to kill his sister's abusive husband, but the desperate act sets into motion a shocking series of events in this intense indie drama.2014Jack BryanCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.1 (2.1K votes)8920211228
Long Kiss Goodnight, TheSamantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past.1996Renny HarlinAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (78.2K votes)12120211228
Magician, TheA mockumentary that follows Ray Shoesmith, a Melbourne hitman who is simultaneously ruthless and caring, likeable and volatile. 'Filmed' by his media student neighbour for a university assignment, Ray is under contract to kill a low 2005Scott RyanCrime, Drama6.7 (1.3K votes)8520211228
Mechanic, TheAn elite hitman teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims.2011Simon WestAction, Crime, Thriller6.6 (157.9K votes)9320211228
Mechanic, TheAn aging hitman befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer. Eventually it becomes clear that someone has betrayed them.1972Michael WinnerAction, Crime, Thriller6.9 (13.7K votes)10020211228
Mission, The [Cheung foh]Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination, hires five killers for his protection. Their grown solidarity is under compulsion when Lung gives a special order.1999Johnnie To (*)Action7.5 (5.3K votes)8420211228
Most Dangerous Game, The [Mottomo kiken na yuugi]Hitman Narumi is asked to rescue a kidnapped businessman who is involved in an air defense project. Narumi nearly succeeds but a stray shot kills the hostage. Nevertheless the person who hired Narumi now has another mission for him.1978Tôru MurakawaCrime6.4 (95 votes)8920220414
Murder By ContractClaude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.1958Irving LernerCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller7.3 (3.5K votes)8120211228
No Country For Old MenViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.2007Ethan Coen, Joel CoenCrime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (924.5K votes)12220211228
No Tears for the DeadA hit man traumatized from accidentally killing a young girl during a job is given the mission to eliminate her mother, and begins the ultimate fight to save her life.2014Jeong-beom LeeAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.8 (6.4K votes)11620211228
No Way Out [Tony Arzenta - Big Guns]A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications--and many bloody shootouts-ensue.1973Duccio TessariAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.7 (1.7K votes)9020211228
On the JobInspired by a real-life scandal in which prison inmates are temporarily released from prison to work as contract killers on behalf of politicians and high ranking military officials.2013Erik MattiAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.9 (2.9K votes)220220912
One Nite in Mongkok [Wang jiao hei ye]Hong Kong nihilism. December 22, a street quarrel leads to the death of a gang leader's son. Next day, he seeks revenge on his brother, a rival boss. He calls on Liu, a fixer, to import a hit man from the mainland. Lai Fu, a tough an2004Tung-Shing YeeCrime, Drama7.1 (2.6K votes)11020211228
Outside Man, TheAfter fulfilling a contract killing in Los Angeles, a French hit man becomes the target of a hit himself and tries to flee back to Paris.1972Jacques DerayAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.5 (925 votes)10420211228
Pale Flower [Kawaita hana]A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.1964Masahiro ShinodaAction, Crime7.7 (3.6K votes)9620211228
PalmdaleA drifter with a violent past comes to the city to kill somebody for money. On his way to do it, a young woman crashes into his life, giving him the choice - to continue on this path of self destruction or leave it all behind and ...2014Erich KempAction, Crime, Drama5.4 (58 votes)220220912
Perro GuardiánDog, an ex-militiaman granted amnesty by the Peruvian government, is now a killer for hire. One of his missions leads him to a Christian church where he meets Milagros, an adolescent towards whom he feels a strange attraction. Amo...2014Bacha Caravedo, Chinón Higashionna, Bacha Caravedo, Chinón HigashionnaDrama, Thriller5.9 (181 votes)9020220912
Pistol Opera [Pisutoru opera]The No. 3 assassin of Japan is given the chance to usurp No. 1 and take their place.2001Seijun Suzuki (*)Crime, Action, Drama6.3 (1.4K votes)11220211228
Pulp FictionThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.1994Quentin Tarantino (*)Crime, Drama8.9 (2M votes)15420211228
Rainy Dog [Gokudô kuroshakai]A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.1997Takashi Miike (*)Crime, Drama7.0 (2.6K votes)9520211228
Real TimeAndy, a hyperactive compulsive gambler, has just been given one hour to live before a hit eliminates him for overdue gambling debts. With the deadline looming, Andy chooses to spend his last hour in more than one unusual way.2008Randall ColeComedy, Drama6.6 (2.5K votes)9020220912
Replacement Killers, TheA troubled hitman seeks aid from a forger to help him get papers to China. However, the drug lord has hired replacements to finish the job, and kill the hitman.1998Antoine FuquaAction, Crime, Thriller6.2 (28.5K votes)8720211228
Run All NightMobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie: with his estranged son, Mike, whose life is in danger, or his longtime best friend, mob boss Shawn Maguire, who wants Mike to pay for the death of 2015Jaume Collet-SerraAction, Crime, Thriller6.6 (107.3K votes)11420211228
SalvoSalvo is a body guard and hit man for a mafioso. After foiling an attack on his employer, Salvo hunts down the man who organised it and encounters the man's blind sister. She causes Salvo to question himself and his existence.2013Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio PiazzaCrime, Drama, Romance5.9 (1.2K votes)11020211228
Samourai, LeAfter professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.1967Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Drama8.1 (49.6K votes)10120211228
Soundless [Lautlos]Viktor, a methodical hit man, probably on his last job, has no plan for his retirement. He does not kill Nina, a woman sleeping beside his latest mark; then he follows her and rescues her from an attempted suicide. Nina is attracted 2004Mennan YapoAction, Crime, Romance, Thriller6.5 (1K votes)9420211228
Stratos [To mikro psari]Stratos, an ex-con, struggles to help out his former mafia boss. Then, Stratos learns his loyalty is exploited.2014Yannis EconomidesCrime, Drama7.1 (2.9K votes)13720220912
Suicide Theory, TheA suicidal man hires a demented killer to assist him in suicide, but for some reason, miraculously survives each attempt on his life.2014Dru BrownDrama6.6 (2.6K votes)9820211228
This Gun For HireWhen assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.1942Frank TuttleCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller7.4 (9.1K votes)8120211228
Tokyo DrifterAfter his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.1966Seijun Suzuki (*)Action, Crime7.2 (8.5K votes)8220211228
Valachi Papers, TheGangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exchange for protection.1972Terence YoungCrime, Drama6.5 (3.6K votes)12520211228
Velvet Hustler [Kurenai no nagareboshi]A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for1967Toshio MasudaAction, Crime6.7 (169 votes)9720211228
VengeanceA French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.2009Johnnie To (*)Action, Crime, Thriller6.6 (6.6K votes)10820211228
Violent City [The Family; Città violenta]After being double-crossed by his mistress and barely escaping a murder attempt, a hit-man sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the mob boss who put her up to it.1970Sergio SollimaAction, Crime, Thriller6.3 (2.7K votes)10020211228
Yakuza Papers Vol 2 Deadly Fight In HiroshimaA young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.1973Kinji FukasakuAction, Crime, Drama, History7.5 (1.6K votes)9920211228
Red Cloud: Deliverance2012Sioux CloudShort, Action, Drama8.2 (Unkn) Excluded