Assassination attempt movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant assassination attempt movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense and tense films and TV shows about / with assassination attempt, murder, assassin, blood, danger, deadly, conspiracy, violence, gun and explosion plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as assassination attempt: The Jackal (1997), Vantage Point (2008), Game of Death (2011), In the Line of Fire (1993), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), 24 (2001), 13 Minutes (2015), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Taxi Driver (1976), Possessor (2020).

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 6.4
 124K
The Jackal (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss and a former IRA terrorist.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, assassin, assassination attempt, chase, revenge, cold war, terrorism, lone wolves, assassination, gangster, conspiracy, murder ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: chicago, washington d.c., russia, montreal, ireland ...
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 6.6
 154K
Vantage Point (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: terrorism, secret service, assassination attempt, conspiracy, president, assassination, bomb, chase, betrayal, assassin, terrorist, espionage ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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Game of Death (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: CIA agent Marcus is sent undercover to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has other plans and turns on him, and it's a fight to survive in a hospital and into the hedge fund ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, cia, assassination attempt, hitman, hospital, rivalry, dishonesty, confined, violent content, spy, murder, gunfight ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: michigan, detroit
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In the Line of Fire (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, political, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: secret service, obsession, election, assassin, assassination attempt, conspiracy, assassination of president, assassination plot, president, gunfight, hitman, terrorism ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century, year 1992
Place: washington d.c., california, los angeles, usa, dallas texas ...
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover ...
Style: sexy, entertaining, romantic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids, boys' night ...
Plot: spy, hitman, secret agent, secret service, cia, battle of the sexes, couples, strong female lead, female killer, tough girl, secret identity, female assassin ...
Time: year 2005, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, iran, italy, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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 8.4
 196K
24 (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: 24 is an American television series produced for the Fox network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method ...
Style: exciting, cliffhanger, serious, stylized, realistic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: terrorism, president, political conspiracy, secret service, terrorist, terrorist plot, government agency, race against time, assassination of president, investigation, assassination attempt, twists and turns ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, new york, usa, middle east
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 7.0
 10K
13 Minutes (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The breath-taking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, one said a radical No: Georg Elser, disparaged as an assassin, is one of the greatest resistance ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Audience: kids
Plot: nazi germany, hitler, nazi, gestapo, battered woman, bolshevik, world war two, resistance fighter, anti fascist, assassination attempt, corporal punishment, infidelity ...
Time: year 1939, 1930s, pre world war two, year 2015, year 1945 ...
Place: germany, munich germany, europe, switzerland, berlin germany
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Style: stylized, grindhouse, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: drug lord, gangster, violent, revenge, assassination attempt, hitman, dark hero, vengeance, murder, assassin, gunfighter, spy ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 8.2
 913K
Taxi Driver (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style: psychological, neo noir, bleak, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, character study, loner, alienation, obsession, vigilantism, violence, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, depression ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
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 6.5
 45K
Possessor (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A thriller about an agent who works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to enable its operatives to inhabit other people's bodies, ultimately driving them to carry out assassinations for high-paying clients.
Style: tech noir, suspense, psychological thriller, atmospheric, slasher ...
Audience: date night
Plot: body horror, sociopath, murder, brutality, corporation, hallucination, mind control, virtual reality, sadism, technology, assassination attempt, suicide by cop ...
Time: 2020s, near future
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Blind Horizon (2003)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Left for dead in the remote Southwest, Frank is found clinging to life and in a state of amnesia. As he recovers, ominous memories begin to flash back...
Style: tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: amnesia, memory loss, hitman, conspiracy, investigation, uncover truth, political conspiracy, state affairs, dishonesty, danger, race against time, desert ...
Time: year 2003
Place: new mexico, usa
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 6.8
 2K
The Rebel (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 1920s. Vietnam under colonial French ruling. Anti-French rebellions emerge all over the country to disrupt the foreign occupiers. In respond, the colonialist employed units of Vietnamese agents to track and destroy these rebels. The film follows the ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, touching, suspenseful
Plot: martial arts, assassination attempt, secret agent, social decay, vengeance, fighting the system, undercover, genocide, wartime life, political intrigue, working undercover, political unrest ...
Time: 1920s
Place: southeast asia, asia, vietnam
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The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Kuzco is a self-centered emperor who summons Pacha from a village and to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's new summer home. Kuzco's advisor, Yzma, tries to poison Kuzco and accidentally turns him into a ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, slapstick comedy, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot: good versus evil, transformation, emperor, talking animal, jungle, treason, llama, spoiled brat, breaking the fourth wall, friendship, change of heart, megalomaniac ...
Time: year 2000, 15th century, y2k, 16th century
Place: peru, latin america, south america
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 6.8
 260K
Extraction (2020)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord…
Style: suspenseful, exciting, tense, action thriller, ambiguous ending ...
Audience: manly, chick flick
Plot: mercenary, rescue mission, one against many, kidnapping, one man army, ex special forces, machismo, tough guy, death threat, swat team, jungle, child ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: india, bangladesh, australia, mumbai india
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadership of a renegade Jedi named Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to break away from the Galactic Republic. When an assassination attempt is ...
Style: saga, futuristic, epic, exciting, light ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: star wars, space opera, intergalactic, robot, alien, fantasy world, space travel, sword fight, jedi, space wars, clone, space ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, future, year 2016, year 2002
Place: space western
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 6.7
 182K
The Old Guard (2020)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Four immortal mercenaries who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.
Style: visually appealing, action adventure, exciting, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: immortality, strong female lead, immortal, superhero, black ops, female protagonist, female killer, female warrior, gay, tough girl, regeneration, assassination attempt ...
Time: middle ages, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, hawaii, london, france, morocco ...
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The Point Men (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Some time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their leader must get to the bottom of things before the killer(s) plan is complete.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, mossad, espionage, assassination, undercover, secret agent, vengeance, save the day, working undercover, female warrior, bodyguard, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s
Place: new york, jerusalem, tel aviv israel, austria, zurich switzerland ...
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Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Mafia is rife in America where assassinations are a regular occurrence on the streets. Inferno, a mysterious company, is behind most of these dealings through the use of their near-invincible human weapon, "Phantom." One day, a Japanese ...
Style: anime, serious, exciting, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: murder, amnesia, danger, memory loss, teenage life, youth, escapades, assassination attempt, attempted murder, group of criminals, organized crime, mafia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia, los angeles, las vegas, usa ...
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Rabbit on the Moon (2004)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Though around them a criminal world seethes, Julie and Antonio are a young and loving couple with a new baby and a solid, white-collar sense of stability. But when a loose social connection suddenly ties them to a major political assassination, the ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot: assassination, assassination attempt, political corruption, uncover truth, life turned upside down, fighting the system, politics, life is a bitch, frame up, political conspiracy, love, political intrigue ...
Place: mexico, london, mexico city
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 3K
Bill (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family, History
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: What really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream.
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: assassination attempt, political intrigue, follow your dream, rise to the top, writer's life, ambition, escapades, artists and showbiz, royal family, shakespeare, king, queen ...
Time: 16th century
Place: england, europe
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 6.6
 2K
Rommel (2012)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, Austria
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A new film about Erwin Rommel has been shown on German television, depicting the general as a weak man undone by his links to Adolf Hitler.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: military, world war two, wehrmacht, nazi, d day, assassination attempt, political conspiracy, political unrest, state affairs, rivalry, world war, assassination plot ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place: france, europe, berlin germany, paris france, normandy
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The President's Analyst (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the paranoid spies that come with a sensitive government position get to him, and he runs away. Now ...
Style: funny, humorous, witty, clever, satirical ...
Plot: spy, espionage, politics, secret agent, cold war, conspiracy, surveillance, assassination attempt, state affairs, manhunt, undercover, political intrigue ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place: new jersey, usa, washington d.c., england, europe ...
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 2K
C.I.D. Moosa (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: C.I.D.Moosa is a 2003 Malayalam slapstick comedy film written by the duo Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas, directed by Johny Antony, and co-produced by and starring Dileep in the title role. The film also stars Harisree Ashokan, Cochin Haneefa, ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating
Plot: private detective, police, assassination attempt, police dog, terrorist, fake identity, psycho, bomb, terrorism, revenge, language barrier, luck ...
Time: year 2003
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 5.9
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Gabi (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Set towards the end of the 19th century, when coffee was first introduced to Korea, Russian sharpshooter Illichi and Joseon's first barista Danya are manipulated by Japanese officer Sadako into an elaborate plan to assassinate King Gojong.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: assassination attempt, coffee, assassination plot, dynasty, power struggle, threat to kill, king, murder, conspiracy, poison, joseon dynasty, poisoning
Time: 19th century, 1890s
Place: korea
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Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The science of miniaturization has been unlocked, and the army has big plans. But when a scientist carrying the secret of the process is injured in a surprise attack, a life-threatening blood clot puts him into a coma. Now, a team of adventurers ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: submarine, double agent, space and aliens, rescue, military, medical, assassination attempt, chases and races, danger, shrinking, trippy, survival ...
Time: year 1966, 1900s, 20th century, 60s
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 6.5
 70K
Peppermint (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
Style: brutal, exciting, independent film, neo noir, anamorphic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, revenge, female protagonist, female warrior, murder, justice, female assassin, corruption, one woman army, loss of child, dark heroine, mercilessness ...
Time: year 2017, year 2012, 2010s
Place: usa, los angeles
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The Fatal Encounter (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story: In 1777, one year since he had taken reign, King Jeong-jo bears a perilous palace life with his dedicated court servant, Gap-soo, amidst opposition and threats from those around with political ambitions. Meanwhile, Eul-soo, a member of a secret ...
Style: serious, captivating, exciting, epic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: archery, joseon dynasty, rivalry, hitman, master warrior, danger, assassination attempt, murder, political unrest, royal court, asian, asian history ...
Time: 18th century
Place: asia, ancient china
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On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, China
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Louis Koo plays 009, or translated literally from its aural pronunciation, double-O Dog. He's one of 12 special Royal Bodyguards of a simpleton Emperor (Liu Yiwei) who named these 12 guards after the Chinese Zodiac, hence 9 translated to Dog. ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, slapstick, light ...
Plot: inventor, goofy hero, empress, save the day, absurd humor, silly humor, escapades, assassination attempt, disorder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, betrayal, farce ...
Place: asia, china, ancient china
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Hassan and Marcus (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When the lives of Mahmoud, a Muslim Sheikh (Omar Sharif) and Boulos, a Christian Theologian (Adel Imam) are threatened by religious extremists on both sides, the Egyptian government inducts them into a witness protection program that requires them ...
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Plot: on the run, friendship, family relations, switching roles, assassination attempt, culture clash, disorder, society, fall in love, parents and children, fake identity, arab ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, africa, middle east
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Louise hires a contract killer (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man to liquidate their boss.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, captivating, light ...
Plot: partner, hitman, factory worker, unemployment, disorder, assassination attempt, nothing goes right, obnoxious boss, rivalry, satire, workplace, danger ...
Time: year 2008, september 11 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
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