Movies and TV series about hitmen

The 49 best titles about hitmen, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
iRank90
1966 · Sergio Leone
MovieWestern
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing
No Country for Old Men
iRank87
2007 · Joel Coen
MovieCrimeThrillerWestern
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail.
The Irishman
iRank86
2019 · Martin Scorsese
MovieCrimeDramaHistory
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chi
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.
The Killer
iRank83
1989 · John Woo
MovieActionCrimeDrama
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded
The Day of the Jackal
iRank82
2024 · Gareth Neame
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaMystery
An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligenc
Mulholland Drive
iRank82
2001 · David Lynch
MovieDramaMysteryThriller
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmm
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.
John Wick: Chapter 4
iRank81
2023 · Chad Stahelski
MovieActionCrimeThriller
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances ac
Eastern Promises
iRank81
2007 · David Cronenberg
MovieCrimeMysteryThriller
A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
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.
Boardwalk Empire
iRank80
2010 · Howard Korder
SeriesCrimeDrama
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal p
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.
Django
iRank79
1966 · Sergio Corbucci
MovieActionWestern
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries.
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
Hit Man
iRank78
2024 · Richard Linklater
MovieComedyCrimeRomance
A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.
In Bruges
iRank77
2008 · Martin McDonagh
MovieComedyCrimeDrama
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ke
Collateral
iRank77
2004 · Michael Mann
MovieCrimeDramaThriller
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Trading Places
iRank77
1983 · John Landis
MovieComedy
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
John Wick
iRank77
2014 · Chad Stahelski
MovieActionThriller
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Road to Perdition
iRank77
2002 · Sam Mendes
MovieCrimeDramaThriller
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt
The Drop
iRank74
2014 · Michaël R. Roskam
MovieCrimeDrama
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to ma
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.
Desperado
iRank68
1995 · Robert Rodriguez
MovieActionCrimeThriller
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. Wit
The Accountant²
iRank67
2025 · Gavin O'Connor
MovieCrimeMysteryThriller
When an old acquaintance is murdered, Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother, Brax, to help. In par
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
Unleashed
iRank67
2005 · Louis Leterrier
MovieActionCrime
Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs,
Wild at Heart
iRank66
1990 · David Lynch
MovieCrimeRomanceThriller
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon
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
Run All Night
iRank63
2015 · Jaume Collet-Serra
MovieActionCrimeThriller
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been on
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 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 Whole Nine Yards
iRank56
2000 · Jonathan Lynn
MovieComedyCrime
After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program.
Eraser
iRank56
1996 · Chuck Russell
MovieActionMysteryThriller
A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.
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
Faster
iRank54
2010 · George Tillman Jr.
MovieActionCrimeDrama
After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.
Smokin' Aces
iRank52
2006 · Joe Carnahan
MovieActionComedyCrime
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer bre
The Killer's Game
iRank51
2024 · J.J. Perry
MovieActionComedyThriller
When top hitman Joe Flood is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take matters into his own hands – by taking a hit out on himself. But when the very hitmen he hired also target his ex-gir
Assassins
iRank48
1995 · Richard Donner
MovieActionAdventureCrime
Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders
The Jackal
iRank48
1997 · Michael Caton-Jones
MovieActionCrimeThriller
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with t
Automata
iRank48
2014 · Gabe Ibáñez
MovieScience FictionThriller
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
iRank46
2021 · Patrick Hughes
MovieActionComedyCrime
The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action
Gemini Man
iRank46
2019 · Ang Lee
MovieActionAdventureDrama
Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can
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.
Hitman: Agent 47
iRank38
2015 · Aleksander Bach
MovieActionCrimeThriller
An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
Killers
iRank37
2010 · Robert Luketic
MovieActionComedyRomance
When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put
Blacklight
iRank36
2022 · Mark Williams
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highe