Movies and TV series about mercenaries

The 38 best titles about mercenaries, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.

Vinland Saga
iRank85
2019
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationDrama
For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors,
Berserk
iRank85
1997
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks i
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
iRank85
2022 · Taiki Sakurai
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationDrama
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
iRank82
2021 · Carrie Beck
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
The 'Bad Batch' of elite and experimental clones make their way through an ever-changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone Wars.
Black Lagoon
iRank80
2006 · Jungo Maruta
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationCrime
The story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 1990s. Their base of operations is located
Deadpool
iRank78
2016 · Tim Miller
MovieActionAdventureComedy
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego
Deadpool 2
iRank76
2018 · David Leitch
MovieActionAdventureComedy
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
The Book of Boba Fett
iRank75
2021 · Dave Filoni
SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba t
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King
iRank74
2012 · Toshiyuki Kubooka
MovieActionAdventureAnimation
Guts, an immensely strong sword-for-hire, has little direction in his life, simply fighting one battle after the next. However, this all changes suddenly when he meets and is bested by Griffith, a bea
Clear and Present Danger
iRank73
1994 · Phillip Noyce
MovieActionDramaThriller
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 ya
Blood Diamond
iRank72
2006 · Edward Zwick
MovieActionDramaThriller
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense valu
The Old Guard
iRank72
2020 · Gina Prince-Bythewood
MovieActionFantasy
Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.
Extraction 2
iRank70
2023 · Sam Hargrave
MovieActionCrimeThriller
Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster.
Ronin
iRank70
1998 · John Frankenheimer
MovieActionCrimeThriller
A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives t
The Last Samurai
iRank70
2003 · Edward Zwick
MovieActionDramaWar
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to
The Rock
iRank69
1996 · Michael Bay
MovieActionAdventureThriller
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons exp
Under Siege
iRank68
1992 · Andrew Davis
MovieActionThriller
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 coo
Big Trouble in Little China
iRank68
1986 · John Carpenter
MovieActionAdventureComedy
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green ey
Violent Night
iRank67
2022 · Tommy Wirkola
MovieActionComedyFantasy
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and
Extraction
iRank66
2020 · Sam Hargrave
MovieActionThriller
A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.
Commando
iRank64
1985 · Mark L. Lester
MovieActionAdventureThriller
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fi
The Expendables 2
iRank63
2012 · Simon West
MovieActionAdventureThriller
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 u
Hard Target
iRank63
1993 · John Woo
MovieActionCrimeThriller
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 r
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
iRank62
2016 · Michael Bay
MovieActionDramaHistory
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Army of the Dead
iRank61
2021 · Zack Snyder
MovieActionCrimeHorror
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.
Solomon Kane
iRank61
2009 · MJ Bassett
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman f
Alien Resurrection
iRank60
1997 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet
MovieActionHorrorScience Fiction
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
Riddick
iRank59
2013 · David Twohy
MovieActionScience FictionThriller
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
Hercules
iRank57
2014 · Brett Ratner
MovieActionAdventure
When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.
Rambo
iRank56
2008 · Sylvester Stallone
MovieActionThrillerWar
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
The Expendables
iRank54
2010 · Sylvester Stallone
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a lo
The Substitute
iRank53
1996 · Robert Mandel
MovieActionCrimeDrama
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take dow
The Expendables 3
iRank48
2014 · Patrick Hughes
MovieActionAdventureThriller
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 so
Repo Men
iRank46
2010 · Miguel Sapochnik
MovieActionCrimeScience Fiction
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 agen
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
iRank45
2003 · Jan de Bont
MovieAdventureActionFantasy
Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes the unexpected discovery of a pulsating golden orb able to guide its holder to the mythical Pandora's Box
Ice Road: Vengeance
iRank39
2025 · Jonathan Hensleigh
MovieActionDramaThriller
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
Cyborg
iRank38
1989 · Albert Pyun
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
Babylon A.D.
iRank37
2008 · Mathieu Kassovitz
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
A veteran-turned-mercenary is hired to take a young woman with a secret from post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to New York City.