Top Heroic Assassins
by patlawerence | created - 21 Oct 2016 | updated - 21 Oct 2016 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Assassin's Creed (2016)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar de Nerha and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, before taking on the secret Templar society.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 208,801 | Gross: $54.65M
2. Azumi (2003)
Not Rated | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Raised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Aya Ueto, Kenji Kohashi, Hiroki Narimiya, Takatoshi Kaneko
Votes: 15,158
3. Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, ... See full summary »
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Aya Ueto, Yûma Ishigaki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shun Oguri
Votes: 5,715
4. Águila Roja (2009–2016)
90 min | Adventure, History, Romance
A masked hero in the 17th century fights for justice for people who cannot do so themselves. He is only known by the name Águila Roja (Red Eagle). He is also searching for the people who killed his wife.
Stars: David Janer, Javier Gutiérrez, Santiago Molero, Guillermo Campra
Votes: 1,235
5. Red Eagle (2011)
119 min | Action, Adventure, History
"Red Eagle" takes place in 1660, when Portugal, France and England are all trying to take over Spain. A masked man known as Aguila Roja ("Red Eagle"), is the hero among people, a man who ... See full summary »
Director: José Ramón Ayerra | Stars: David Janer, Javier Gutiérrez, Francis Lorenzo, Inma Cuesta
Votes: 589
6. The Resistance (2011)
PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a time of war, when occupation turns to genocide, one woman choose resistance over death and takes on the empire of Japan.
Director: Peng Zhang Li | Stars: Lingmeng Hu, Peng Zhang Li, Jeremy Marr Williams, Zhang Xiao Hua
Votes: 1,157
7. Ninja (2009)
R | 86 min | Action, Thriller
A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.
Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Mika Hijii, Todd Jensen
Votes: 13,997
8. Ninja hichô: Fukurô no shiro (1963)
91 min | Action, Drama
This is a classic early Japanese Ninja movie. The Iga ninjas are a dying breed as Toyotomis rule allows Japan to experience some peace. Juzo, an Iga ninja who had vowed revenge for the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Eiichi Kudô | Stars: Ryûtarô Ôtomo, Minoru Ôki, Hizuru Takachiho, Chiyoko Honma
Votes: 333
9. Owls' Castle (1999)
138 min | Action, Drama
As the great military commander Nobunaga Oda was consolidating his power across Japan, one of his actions was to wipe out a clan of assassins, killing every man, woman and child he found in... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Mayu Tsuruta, Riona Hazuki, Takaya Kamikawa
Votes: 548
10. Zhauzhürek myng bala (2012)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A universal story about the freedom of the human spirit and the struggle against slavery and despotism, about love, loss and betrayal. It is seen through the eyes of simple Kazakh kids and teenagers.
Director: Akan Satayev | Stars: Asylkhan Tolypov, Ayan Utepbergen, Kuralai Anabekova, Tlektes Meiramov
Votes: 983
11. Hong Kil-dong (1986)
108 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The illegitimate son of a nobleman defends peasants from greedy rulers, confounds local bandits, and struggles for permission to marry his tasty upper-crust sweetheart despite their vast societal differences. Then ninjas arrive.
Directors: Kil-in Kim, Shin Sang-ok | Stars: Kye-Sung Chan, Son Hui Chang, Sun-bu Choe, Ri Yong Ho
Votes: 541
12. Hong Gil Dong, the Hero (2008)
Action, Comedy, Drama
Hong Gil Dong the korean Robin Hood. Unsatisfied with the current custom of the Joseon Kingdom. Decided to change the world by himself with his friends and his lover.
Stars: Kang Ji-hwan, Sung Yu-ri, Jang Keun-suk, Park Sang-wook
Votes: 250
13. 47 Ronin (2013)
PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A band of samurai sets out to avenge the death and dishonor of their master at the hands of a ruthless shogun.
Director: Carl Rinsch | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kô Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 171,005 | Gross: $38.36M
14. 47 Ronin (1994)
132 min | Action, Drama
A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Rie Miyazawa, Kôichi Iwaki
Votes: 559
15. Chushingura (1962)
207 min | Action, Drama, History
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Yûzô Kayama, Chûsha Ichikawa, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi
Votes: 2,237
16. Murasaki zukin (1958)
89 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Director: Hideaki Ônishi | Stars: Utaemon Ichikawa, Chiezô Kataoka, Kôtarô Satomi
Votes: 23
17. Kaiketsu Murasaki-zukin: Sôshûban (1953)
96 min | Drama
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Yumeko Aizome, Tsumasaburô Bandô, Haruyo Ichikawa, Daisuke Katô
18. The Last Samurai (2003)
R | 154 min | Action, Drama
Nathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Nathan finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, William Atherton
Votes: 470,787 | Gross: $111.11M
19. Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
R | 139 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman, is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
Director: Peter Flinth | Stars: Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Michael Nyqvist
Votes: 23,168
20. Last Knights (2015)
R | 115 min | Action, Drama, History
A fallen warrior rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master.
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya | Stars: Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie, Payman Maadi
Votes: 45,592
21. Ninja Scroll (1993)
Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Osamu Saka
Votes: 40,698
22. Rise Against the Sword (1966)
101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Age of Warring States in feudal Japan, Kaga's Seven Clans of peasants unite to rebel against the local samurai warlords who oppress them.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa, Makoto Satô, Ryô Tamura
Votes: 148
23. Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Drama
A young ninja becomes embroiled in a plot to kill a tyrannical warlord. He journeys across feudal Japan, facing deceit, betrayal, and enemy ninja at every turn. Goemon must complete his mission, regain his honor, and survive.
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Yûnosuke Itô, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Votes: 935
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