Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "professional-killer"

1. Pulp Fiction (1994)

R | 154 min | Crime, Drama

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis

Votes: 2,219,134 | Gross: $107.93M

2. John Wick (2014)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters who killed his dog and stole his car.

Director: Chad Stahelski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 738,791 | Gross: $43.04M

3. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Horror

Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Tarantino

Votes: 340,502 | Gross: $25.75M

4. The American (2010)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.

Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, Violante Placido, Irina Björklund

Votes: 102,070 | Gross: $35.61M

5. Spectre (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes

Votes: 466,075 | Gross: $200.07M

6. The Bodyguard (1992)

R | 129 min | Action, Drama, Music

A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to an R&B singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs

Votes: 147,604 | Gross: $121.95M

7. Memory (I) (2022)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Taj Atwal, Harold Torres

Votes: 35,037

8. The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

R | 118 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

One of the world's top bodyguards gets a new client, a world class hitman who must testify at the International Criminal Court. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial alive and on time.

Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Elodie Yung

Votes: 246,915 | Gross: $75.47M

9. The Samurai (1967)

GP | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier

Votes: 57,106 | Gross: $0.04M

10. Fallen Angels (1995)

Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung

Votes: 50,801

11. La Femme Nikita (1990)

R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Convicted felon Nikita isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière

Votes: 76,411 | Gross: $5.02M

12. State of Play (2009)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren

Votes: 160,375 | Gross: $37.02M

13. Cold Pursuit (2019)

R | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A grieving snowplow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers who killed his son.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Micheál Neeson, Michael Eklund

Votes: 78,039 | Gross: $32.14M

14. Good Behavior (2016–2017)

TV-MA | 959 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Letty Raines is a thief and con artist whose life is always one wrong turn, one bad decision, from implosion. Which is just how she likes it.

Stars: Michelle Dockery, Juan Diego Botto, Terry Kinney, Lusia Strus

Votes: 11,789

15. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman

Votes: 96,929 | Gross: $3.31M

16. Assassins (1995)

R | 133 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Professional hit-man Robert Rath wants to fulfill a few more contracts before retiring but unscrupulous ambitious newcomer hit-man Miguel Bain keeps killing Rath's targets.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore, Anatoli Davydov

Votes: 88,191 | Gross: $30.31M

17. Chance (2016–2017)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A forensic neuro-psychiatrist reluctantly enters a dangerous and violent world of mistaken identity, police corruption and mental illness.

Stars: Hugh Laurie, Ethan Suplee, Greta Lee, Stefania LaVie Owen

Votes: 10,878

18. La piovra (1984–2001)

TV-14 | 360 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. the mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.

Stars: Remo Girone, Patricia Millardet, Michele Placido, François Périer

Votes: 3,956

19. Bullet to the Head (2012)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington, D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater, Sung Kang

Votes: 52,430 | Gross: $9.48M

20. The Mechanic (1972)

PG | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An aging hitman befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer. Eventually it becomes clear that someone has betrayed them.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland

Votes: 15,744 | Gross: $7.30M

21. Primal (2019)

R | 97 min | Action, Thriller

Frank's caught wildlife in the Brazilian jungle incl. a 400 lbs. white jaguar. He ships it on the same ship as an arrested assassin. The assassin breaks free and frees the animals.

Director: Nick Powell | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Famke Janssen, Kevin Durand, Jeremy Nazario

Votes: 11,161

22. Kill Chain (2019)

R | 91 min | Action, Thriller

Three strangers' lives are inevitably entangled in a conflict none of them are prepared for.

Director: Ken Sanzel | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Anabelle Acosta, Enrico Colantoni, Ryan Kwanten

Votes: 5,793

23. The Hit (1984)

R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Freddie Stuart, Ralph Brown, A.J. Clarke, Terence Stamp

Votes: 9,535 | Gross: $0.88M

24. Branded to Kill (1967)

Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a botched assignment, a rice-fetishizing hitman finds himself in conflict with his organization, and one mysterious, dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.

Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Kôji Nanbara

Votes: 10,208

25. Nurse Betty (2000)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Comedy about a widow's post-traumatic obsession with a soap star.

Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear

Votes: 36,186 | Gross: $25.17M

26. No Way Out (1973)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications and many bloody shootouts ensue.

Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Marc Porel

Votes: 2,378

27. Hitman: Absolution (2012 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

After assassinating his former handler Diana, Agent 47 goes on a mission on her request to track down a young girl named Victoria. Meanwhile, his own employers hunt him. and arms manufacturer Blake Dexter pursues Victoria.

Directors: Tore Blystad, Peter Fleckenstein, James D. Mortellaro | Stars: David Bateson, Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Traci Lords

Votes: 6,923

28. Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (2009)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Crime

The story of two brainwashed assassins, Ein and Zwei, who struggle to regain their memories as they work for the Inferno crime syndicate.

Stars: Miyu Irino, Newton Pittman, Ayahi Takagaki, Lindsay Seidel

Votes: 1,926

29. Death Rage (1976)

R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller

A retired hit-man decides to take one last job to avenge the murder of his brother by a mafia gang. An eager would-be mobster helps him.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Yul Brynner, Massimo Ranieri, Barbara Bouchet, Martin Balsam

Votes: 922

30. Hitmen (2020–2021)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Crime

Fran and Jamie are best friends and business partners - they just happen to kill people for a living. Having stumbled into a career in contract killing, the misfit duo are definitely not your typical killers for hire.

Stars: Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Katherine Parkinson, Asim Chaudhry

Votes: 1,240

31. The Liability (2012)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

When 19-year-old Adam agrees to do a day's driving for his mum's gangster boyfriend Peter, it takes him on a 24-hour journey into a nightmarish world of murder, sex trafficking and revenge, in the company of aging hit man Roy.

Director: Craig Viveiros | Stars: Tim Roth, Jack O'Connell, Peter Mullan, Talulah Riley

Votes: 9,136

32. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)

Action, Adventure, Crime

Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Cheryce Livingston, James Anthony Perez, Don Tempesta

33. Blind Horizon (2003)

R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

At the hospital, Frank comes out of a coma with amnesia. The sheriff wants to know who shot him. Later Frank remembers that something's happening to the president. Who is Frank?

Director: Michael Haussman | Stars: Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell, Sam Shepard, Noble Willingham

Votes: 4,951

34. The Boss (1973)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.

Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Henry Silva, Richard Conte, Gianni Garko, Antonia Santilli

Votes: 2,336

35. Westbound (1958)

Passed | 72 min | Western

In 1864 Capt. John Hayes goes to Colorado to take over the stagecoach line and keep the flow of Western gold flowing and help the North win the Civil War.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Virginia Mayo, Karen Steele, Michael Dante

Votes: 1,502

36. Shatter (1974)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Shatter, an international hitman, is hiding out in Hong Kong after he has completed a contract out on an African leader. Shatter soon finds out that everyone wants him dead, including the ... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Carreras, Monte Hellman | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Lung Ti, Lily Li, Peter Cushing

Votes: 620

37. Naan Mahaan Alla (2010)

Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A playful young man leads a very happy life, but everything changes when his father witnesses a heinous crime.

Director: Suseenthiran | Stars: Karthi, Kajal Aggarwal, V. Jayaprakash, Krishna Priya

Votes: 2,736

38. Golgo 13: Queen Bee (1998 Video)

Not Rated | 57 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

Golgo 13 is hired to assassinate Queen Bee, the second-in-command of a South American rebel army, to prevent her from killing the United States democratic presidential nominee.

Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Tarô Arakawa, John DiMaggio, Kinryû Arimoto, Denise Poirier

Votes: 815

39. Requiem for a Killer (2011)

91 min | Thriller

Lucrèce, the best killer in the business, accepts a final job: eliminate an opera singer who threatens the interests of a corporation. She's hired as a contralto for a festival her target is singing in, but things don't happen as planned.

Director: Jérôme Le Gris | Stars: Mélanie Laurent, Clovis Cornillac, Tchéky Karyo, Xavier Gallais

Votes: 1,411

40. Scorpion (II) (2018)

94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An agent of the Uzbek special services, Timur Saliev, is conducting an operation to seize the Scorpion terrorist group when he learns that his brother, whom he considered dead, is alive and belongs to this very organization.

Director: Mukhlisa Azizova | Stars: Farkhad Makhmudov, Akbar Rasulov, Murat Yildirim, Vyacheslav Razbegaev

Votes: 72

41. The Gorilla (1939)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Horror

When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: The Ritz Brothers, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz

Votes: 1,671

42. Raid (2000)

TV-14 | 504 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A police official is assassinated by a sniper through a glass window, this action and its sub sequential investigation introduces us a slew of interesting characters and gets the whole story rolling.

Stars: Kai Lehtinen, Oiva Lohtander, Pekka Huotari, Kirsti Valve

Votes: 1,472

43. Ice Blues (2008)

R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Gay detective Donald Strachey is asked by his partner Tim to investigate a mysterious donation to a youth center. Donald gets caught up in a whirlwind of deceit and danger.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Daryl Shuttleworth, Nelson Wong

Votes: 760 | Gross: $0.00M

44. Dirty Affair (1990)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A smitten young man helps the mistress of a corrupt politician to fight back and reveal the truth about the politician and his government.

Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Christopher De Leon, Dina Bonnevie, Charo Santos-Concio, Bembol Roco

Votes: 48

45. So's Your Aunt Emma! (1942)

Passed | 62 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A dizzy old spinster gets involved in the boxing racket and gangland murders as is falsely accused of being notorious murderer "Ma Parker."

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Roger Pryor, Warren Hymer, Douglas Fowley

Votes: 252

46. Inte bara mördare (2000)

97 min | Action, Drama

A female assassin hides with a man from her past, when the organization she works for is trying to kill her instead.

Director: Oscar Petersson | Stars: Diana Jorge, Jesper Eriksson, Dan Bratt, Frida Moberg

Votes: 96

47. Diego (1996)

102 min | Action, Drama

Diego Sebastian (Jestoni Alarcon) is a member of an elite crop in the military. However, when his group decided to stage a coup against the government, he defied his head leader. What ... See full summary »

Director: Augusto Salvador | Stars: Jestoni Alarcon, Shirley Fuentes, Mark Gil, Dick Israel

Votes: 9

48. Street Fighter (1987 Video Game)

E10+ | Action

Ryu and Ken, two skilled martial artists, take on street fighters around the world to become street fighter champion. In the finale, they battle the Muay Thai master Adon and ultimately his mentor Sagat, the reputed "Emperor of Muay Thai".

Director: Takashi Nishiyama

Votes: 531

49. Hissatsu shikakenin: Baian ari jigoku (1973)

88 min | Action, Crime

Otowaya's official job is an employment agency but also he takes charge of killing villains with money.

Director: Yûsuke Watanabe | Stars: Ken Ogata, Yoichi Hayashi, Kayo Matsuo, Kei Satô

Votes: 15

50. Belly Up (1997)

90 min | Crime, Drama

Two hit men, a veteran and a beginner, chatter in a bar on Brazil-Paraguai border, while waiting for their victim to appear.

Director: Beto Brant | Stars: Chico Díaz, Murilo Benício, Wolney de Assis, Maria Padilha

Votes: 439