Movies and TV series about assassins

The 60 best titles about assassins, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
iRank92
2011 · Quentin Tarantino
MovieActionCrime
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vo
Alchemy of Souls
iRank86
2022 · Jang Jung-do
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaMystery
A powerful sorceress in a blind woman's body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.
Rurouni Kenshin
iRank85
1996
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedy
The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chanc
SPY x FAMILY
iRank85
2022 · Takahiro Habuta
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedy
A spy, an assassin and a telepath come together to pose as a family, each for their own reasons, while hiding their true identities from each other.
The Man from Nowhere
iRank85
2010 · Lee Jeong-beom
MovieActionCrimeThriller
A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.
ERASED
iRank85
2016
SeriesAnimationDramaMystery
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary
The Bourne Ultimatum
iRank84
2007 · Paul Greengrass
MovieActionDramaMystery
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the
Akame ga Kill!
iRank83
2014 · Masanori Fujita
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationDrama
Young Tatsumi travels to the capital of the Empire in order to earn money for his starving people and encounters a world of unimaginable depravity, dominated by the ruthless Prime Minister who control
The Dragon Prince
iRank82
2018
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
An extraordinary discovery inspires two human princes and an elven assassin to team up on an epic quest to bring peace to their warring lands.
The Day of the Jackal
iRank82
1973 · Fred Zinnemann
MovieActionThriller
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
Sicario
iRank81
2015 · Denis Villeneuve
MovieActionCrimeThriller
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Memories of Murder
iRank81
2003 · Bong Joon Ho
MovieCrimeDramaThriller
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race
From Russia with Love
iRank81
1963 · Terence Young
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding de
Reacher
iRank81
2022 · Matt Thunell
SeriesAction & AdventureCrimeDrama
Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explor
Looper
iRank80
2012 · Rian Johnson
MovieActionScience FictionThriller
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 g
Fallen Angels
iRank80
1995 · Wong Kar-Wai
MovieActionCrimeRomance
An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
iRank79
2015 · Christopher McQuarrie
MovieActionAdventure
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.
Barry
iRank79
2018 · Aida Rodgers
SeriesComedyCrimeDrama
A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
iRank79
2011 · Brad Bird
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States
Léon: The Professional
iRank78
1994 · Luc Besson
MovieActionCrimeDrama
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year
John Wick: Chapter 2
iRank78
2017 · Chad Stahelski
MovieActionCrimeThriller
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle
The Bourne Identity
iRank77
2002 · Doug Liman
MovieActionDramaMystery
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but f
The Bourne Supremacy
iRank77
2004 · Paul Greengrass
MovieActionDramaThriller
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their live
Nobody
iRank75
2021 · Ilya Naishuller
MovieActionThriller
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a br
The Night Comes For Us
iRank75
2018 · Timo Tjahjanto
MovieActionCrimeThriller
After sparing a girl's life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters.
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
iRank74
2012 · Keishi Otomo
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
The Killer
iRank73
2023 · David Fincher
MovieCrimeThriller
After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
Tenet
iRank71
2020 · Christopher Nolan
MovieActionScience FictionThriller
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in some
Black Widow
iRank71
2021 · Cate Shortland
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring he
Lucky Number Slevin
iRank70
2006 · Paul McGuigan
MovieDramaThrillerCrime
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an
RED
iRank68
2010 · Robert Schwentke
MovieActionAdventureComedy
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
You Only Live Twice
iRank68
1967 · Lewis Gilbert
MovieActionAdventureThriller
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his arche
Hanna
iRank68
2011 · Joe Wright
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys ac
The Equalizer
iRank67
2014 · Antoine Fuqua
MovieActionCrimeThriller
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangster
Ballerina
iRank66
2025 · Len Wiseman
MovieActionCrimeThriller
Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.
For Your Eyes Only
iRank65
1981 · John Glen
MovieActionAdventureThriller
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
Crank
iRank64
2006 · Brian Taylor
MovieActionCrimeThriller
Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unl
The Accountant
iRank63
2016 · Gavin O'Connor
MovieCrimeDramaThriller
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
iRank62
2005 · Doug Liman
MovieActionComedyDrama
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.
The Bourne Legacy
iRank62
2012 · Tony Gilroy
MovieActionThriller
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
The Kingdom
iRank62
2007 · Peter Berg
MovieActionDramaThriller
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Those Who Wish Me Dead
iRank61
2021 · Taylor Sheridan
MovieActionThriller
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
Conspiracy Theory
iRank61
1997 · Richard Donner
MovieActionDramaMystery
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Jason Bourne
iRank61
2016 · Paul Greengrass
MovieActionAdventureThriller
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
The Last Boy Scout
iRank60
1991 · Tony Scott
MovieActionThriller
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 ki
The Mechanic
iRank59
2011 · Simon West
MovieActionCrimeThriller
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business
The Hitman's Bodyguard
iRank58
2017 · Patrick Hughes
MovieActionComedyCrime
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.
The Man with the Golden Gun
iRank55
1974 · Guy Hamilton
MovieActionAdventureThriller
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 s
Hitman
iRank55
2007 · Xavier Gens
MovieActionThrillerDrama
A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed, the hunter becomes the prey as 47
Law Abiding Citizen
iRank53
2009 · F. Gary Gray
MovieCrimeDramaThriller
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involve
The Marksman
iRank51
2021 · Robert Lorenz
MovieActionDramaThriller
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
The Green Hornet
iRank51
2011 · Michel Gondry
MovieActionComedyCrime
Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father dies, Britt meets Kato, a resourceful
Killer Elite
iRank50
2011 · Gary McKendry
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret militar
Memory
iRank48
2022 · Martin Campbell
MovieActionCrimeThriller
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 skil
Ninja Assassin
iRank48
2009 · James McTeigue
MovieActionAdventureThriller
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 ex
Mechanic: Resurrection
iRank47
2016 · Dennis Gansel
MovieActionAdventureCrime
Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinatio
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
iRank46
2013 · Jon M. Chu
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with
Polar
iRank43
2019 · Jonas Åkerlund
MovieActionCrimeDrama
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.
Ava
iRank42
2020 · Tate Taylor
MovieActionCrimeThriller
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
DOA: Dead or Alive
iRank42
2006 · Corey Yuen
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi is an aristocratic warrior trained by martial-arts masters. Tina Armstrong is