Assassin movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant assassin movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, suspenseful, suspense, serious, surprise ending and stylized films and TV shows about / with assassin, hitman, revenge, martial arts, fight, murder, shot in the chest, violence, fistfight and death plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as assassin: Assassin's Creed (2016), Polar (2019), Ninja Assassin (2009), Ava (2020), The Accountant (2016), The Equalizer (2014), Bullet Train (2022), Gunpowder Milkshake (2021), Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), The Warrior's Way (2010).

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Assassin's Creed (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, UK, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malta, Spain, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Through unlocked genetic memories that allow him to relive the adventures of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he's a descendant of the secret 'Assassins' society. After gaining incredible knowledge and ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: assassin, time travel, imaginary, brotherhood, one against many, murder, chase, changing the past or future, secret society, secret identity, warrior, assassination ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, middle ages, 15th century, near future ...
Place: spain, london, madrid, texas
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 6.3
 98K
Polar (2019)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: 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.
Style: neo noir, tense, captivating, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: assassin, revenge, one against many, organized crime, vengeance, one man army, rough sex, rivalry, bare butt, bare breasts, superhero, assassination attempt ...
Time: 2010s
Place: seattle, chile, montana, detroit, miami ...
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 6.3
 75K
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: 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 existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the ...
Style: brutal, bloody, exciting, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, assassin, vengeance, kung fu, one man army, revenge, martial artist, one against many, ninja master, sword fight, hand to hand combat ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: china, osaka japan, berlin germany, asia
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 5.5
 62K
Ava (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: woman with a gun, assassin, female assassin, female agent, one woman army, murder, female spy, woman fights a man, strong female character, female killer, intelligence agency, female protagonist ...
Time: 2020s
Place: saudi arabia, paris france, boston, france
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 7.3
 317K
The Accountant (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: 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.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, tense, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: autism, assassin, accountant, mathematics, lone hero, organized crime, twists and turns, justice, gunfight, vigilante, hitman, investigation ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 2000s, year 1989, year 2006 ...
Place: washington d.c., chicago, illinois, new hampshire, germany ...
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 7.2
 416K
The Equalizer (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style: serious, suspense, exciting, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, organized crime, justice, lone hero, brutality, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, moscow russia, usa, massachusetts
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 7.3
 415K
Bullet Train (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the ...
Style: funny, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: assassin, train, hitman, competitor, problem, killer, rivals, puzzle, rivalry, mercenary, secret mission, die hard ...
Time: 2020s
Place: japan, tokyo, mount fuji, kyoto japan, johannesburg south africa ...
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Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In her turbulent life as a professional assassin, Sam has no choice but to go rogue to save the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl in the middle of the gang war she has unleashed.
Style: suspense, cult classic, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot: assassin, female killer, female assassin, female protagonist, strong female lead, murder, fight, female warrior, woman with a gun, family in danger, female secret agent, revenge ...
Time: 2020s
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Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Singapore
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
Style: serious, exciting, stylized, action adventure, gaming ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, assassin, one man army, assassination, murder, danger, secret identity, super soldier, killer, secret service, fight scenes, tattoo ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: berlin germany, singapore
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The Warrior's Way (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Western
Country: New Zealand, South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An Asian assassin (Dong-gun Jang) is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands. Also starring Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston, Tony Cox and Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush.
Style: stylized, absurd, serious, exciting, surreal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, samurai, martial arts, assassin, sword fight, kung fu, good versus evil, forest, desert, violence, fight, master warrior ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010
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The Night Comes for Us (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After sparing a girl's life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters.
Style: brutal, exciting, tense, suspense, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, assassin, one against many, fight, triad, chinese mafia, lone hero, massacre, hand to hand combat, organized crime, knife fight, fight scenes ...
Time: 2010s
Place: indonesia
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The Hunter's Prayer (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, action thriller, satanic, independent film ...
Plot: assassin, escape, escape attempt, survival, female assassin, planned murder, chase, teenager, orphan, rescue, innocent person killed, one man army ...
Time: 2010s
Place: new york, yorkshire, switzerland, france, england
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Assassin's Creed: Lineage (2009)
Genre: Short, Action, Adventure, Horror
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 36 min.
TV show
Story: Giovanni is an assassin living during the Renaissance in 15th century Italy. At this dawn of a new era, a conspiracy is being plotted by one corrupt family to overthrow the powerful Medici family and destroy a unified Italy. As an assassin, Giovanni ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: assassin, video game, renaissance, assassination, father son relationship, investigation, danger, injustice, family secret, undercover, conspiracy, sword and sorcery ...
Time: 15th century
Place: italy, venice, rome italy, florence
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 6.7
 206K
Hanna (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.
Style: suspense, fairy tale, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: teenage girl, spy, hitman, assassin, vengeance, chase, female warrior, strong female lead, cia, female protagonist, espionage, woman with a gun ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: finland, berlin germany, germany, europe, africa ...
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 6.5
 171K
The Mechanic (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But ...
Style: clever, stylized, brutal, tense, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: hitman, assassin, chase, mentor, lone hero, loner, martial arts, tough guy, vengeance, revenge, deception, arms dealer ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, colombia, chicago, usa
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Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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 assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, lone hero, chase, assassin, tough guy, murder, killer, assassination, criminal's revenge, mercenary, martial arts, fight scenes ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, usa, cambodia, bangkok thailand, southeast asia ...
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 6.7
 407K
Wanted (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Doormat Wesley Gibson discovers that his recently murdered father – who Wesley never knew – belonged to a secret guild of assassins. After a leather-clad sexpot drafts Wesley into the society, he hones his innate killing skills and turns avenger.
Style: exciting, action packed, entertaining, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot: hitman, gunfight, revenge, assassin, femme fatale, mentor, escapades, car chase, betrayal, twists and turns, mission, superhuman powers ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, europe
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 734K
John Wick (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style: stylized, exciting, neo noir, breathtaking, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: hitman, vengeance, revenge, one man army, vigilante, assassin, gunfight, shooting, lone hero, tough guy, killer, dog ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 60s, 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, north america
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 4.2
 296
Crosshairs (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Hired to enact revenge on a man who savagely beat a beautiful Russian débutant, Jack Verlaine is pressed between his newly acquired job and a persistent man named, Brill, who offers him a chance to advance higher in his seedy career. But when an ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: conspiracy, hitman, assassin, sex trafficking, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, estrangement, prostitution, cover up, deadly, girls with guns
Time: 21st century
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 6.9
 12K
Treadstone (2019)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The Treadstone project, having created super spy Jason Bourne, turns its attention on a new protocol to develop unstoppable superhuman assassins.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, spy, assassin, hitman, secret service agent, cia, secret agent, peril, special agent, government agent, secret project, murderer ...
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The International (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, ...
Style: clever, exciting, suspenseful, sexy, enigmatic ...
Plot: conspiracy, interpol, murder, investigation, assassin, conspiracy theory, chase, hitman, lawyer, revenge, gunfight, police investigation ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, milan italy, berlin germany, manhattan new york city ...
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 6.3
 18K
The Assassin (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, China
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A female assassin during the Tang Dynasty who begins to question her loyalties when she falls in love with one of her targets.
Style: artsy, light, surreal, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot: wuxia, martial arts, assassin, kung fu, tang dynasty, archer, beautiful scenery, art, life philosophy, assassination, life & death, magic realism ...
Time: middle ages, year 2016, 7th century, 9th century
Place: ancient china, china
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The Man from Nowhere (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
Style: serious, tense, brutal, exciting, touching ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, one man army, martial arts, kidnapping, lone hero, assassin, master warrior, organized crime, drug lord, fight scenes, gang, fight ...
Time: year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, east asia, asia, seoul
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American Assassin (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Style: psychotronic, action adventure, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: cia, terrorism, counter terrorism, terrorist, terrorist plot, one against many, revenge, mentor, spy, training, kickboxing, government agent ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: london, turkey, italy, rome italy, virginia ...
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 6.6
 241K
Jason Bourne (2016)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Style: exciting, suspense, captivating, intense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing
Plot: spy, cia, espionage, black ops, chase, hitman, rogue agent, assassin, betrayal, assassination, revenge, lone hero ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, reykjavik iceland, berlin germany, rome italy, washington d.c. ...
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Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 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 idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. ...
Style: surprise ending, clever, neo noir, suspense, twisted ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: twists and turns, hitman, revenge, assassin, mistaken identity, organized crime, disorder, justice, mafia, vengeance, secrets, mysterious character ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, year 1979, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Assassination Games (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both ...
Style: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: kickboxing, hitman, assassin, vengeance, assassination, chases and races, sniper, gang rape, martial arts, one against many, revenge, tragic hero ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bucharest, ukraine, eastern europe
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The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story: New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Style: exciting, suspense, action thriller, action adventure, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: cia, espionage, spy, secret service, secret agent, on the run, cia agent, chase, assassin, intelligence, intelligence agency, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: the philippines, maryland, virginia, usa, seoul ...
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 6.2
 177K
Hitman (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The best-selling videogame, Hitman, roars to life with both barrels blazing in this hardcore action-thriller starring Timothy Olyphant. A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic ...
Style: serious, exciting, action packed, stylized, fast paced ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: hitman, killer, sniper, one man army, assassin, danger, assassination, fight scenes, revenge, computer game, conspiracy, cia ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: soviet union, europe, st. petersburg russia, moscow russia, istanbul turkey ...
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 6.0
 36K
The Tournament (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Bahrain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, intense, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, chase, martial arts, hitman, tournament, competition, game of death, female fighter, female martial artist, fight, fight to the death, assassin ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: england, britain, miami, united kingdom, brazil
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