Movies about hired killers

Movies about hired killers
List of the best hired killer movies selected by visitors to our site: Law Abiding Citizen, Ava, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Whole Nine Yards, The Mechanic, Killer Elite, Cold Blood, Wanted, Shooter, Gemini Man.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA

A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

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 they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

A mobster named Jimmy the Tulip agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison; he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbors figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit, suburban style.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
CountryFrance, USA
Duration01:33

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 when he is ordered to take out his mentor and close friend Harry, Bishop is anything but detached.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia
Duration01:56

    Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse—where the predators become the prey.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryFrance, Ukraine, Belgium
    Duration01:07

    A legendary but retired hit man lives in peace and isolation in the barren North American wilderness. When he rescues a woman from a snowmobiling accident, he soon discovers that she's harboring a secret that forces him to return to his lethal ways.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:50

    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.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:04

    A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryUSA, China
    Duration02:07

    Ageing assassin, Henry Brogen tries to get out of the business but finds himself in the ultimate battle—fighting his own clone who is 25 years younger than him, and at the peak of his abilities.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:14

    Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:32

    A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against—after being held up at a local convenience store—threatens him.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, China
    Duration02:10

      When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada, Thailand

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA

      After she's irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryIndonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
      Duration01:43

      A retired assassins past catches up with him and his brutality surfaces as he goes on a final killing spree to make things right.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put a contract out on his life.

      Markimdb: 8.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryFrance, USA
      Duration02:13

      Leon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Leon's footsteps.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA

      A lonesome stranger with nerves of steel must track down and kill a rogue hitman to satisfy an outstanding debt. But the only information he's been given is a time and location where to find his quarry. No name. No description. Nothing.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA, Hong Kong, China
      Duration01:41

        Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany
        Duration01:50

        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. A film with many twists and turns.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrefantastic, action
        CountryUSA

        "Expendables" meets the "A-Team" in this full throttle action film, where a group of skilled mercenaries find themselves betrayed by the US government and are forced to fight their way out of an ambush by a new, and lethal team of human droids.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:42

        A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration02:27

          After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:42

          Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:04

            Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.

            Markimdb: 8.1
            Genrethriller, drama, western, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:02

              Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genreaction, drama, crime
              CountryRussia, USA
              Duration01:40

              Danila goes to his older brother to start a new life in Petersburg. His brother is a gangster and a killer, and he puts Danila into this criminal world asking him to kill someone.

              Markimdb: 5.4
              Genreaction, thriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:56

              Asher is a former Mossad agent turned gun for hire, living an austere life in an ever-changing Brooklyn. Approaching the end of his career, he breaks the oath he took as a young man when he meets Sophie on a hit gone wrong. In order to have love in his life before it's too late, he must kill the man he was, for a chance at becoming the man he wants to be.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
              CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
              Duration01:29

                James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig, working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realizes that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:00

                Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

                Markimdb: 4.2
                Genrethriller, drama, adventure
                CountryGermany

                A hiking trip into the wild turns into a desperate bid for survival for five friends on the run from a mysterious shooter.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genredrama, crime, biography
                CountryUSA

                Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, crime
                CountrySouth Korea

                Guns & Talks is a South Korean film released in 2001. Directed by Jang Jin, it is a comedy about two brothers and their two friends. These four form a group of assassins, who have attracted the attention of a couple of pesky detectives, Sergeant Kim and Inspector Cho.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:42

                  A cop (Matthew McConaughey) who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer (Emile Hirsch) in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister (Juno Temple).

                  Markimdb: 5.7
                  Genreaction, thriller, crime
                  CountryUSA, India, Luxembourg
                  Duration01:32

                  After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.

                  Markimdb: 8.4
                  Genreaction, comedy, drama, western
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:45

                    With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

                    Markimdb: 6.1
                    Genreaction, comedy
                    CountryUSA, Luxembourg
                    Duration02:36

                    American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike, a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

                    Markimdb: 6.6
                    Genreaction, thriller
                    CountryFrance, USA, Canada, Russia
                    Duration02:05

                    Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.

                    Genredrama
                    Duration02:55

                    Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

                    Markimdb: 5.5
                    Genreaction, thriller
                    CountryGermany, Spain, USA
                    Duration02:02

                    An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.

                    Markimdb: 8.9
                    Genredrama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:34

                    A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

                    Markimdb: 6.9
                    Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:28

                    Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.

                    Markimdb: 6.6
                    Genreaction, thriller
                    CountryUSA

                    On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.

                    Markimdb: 6.8
                    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:56

                    Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent.

                    Markimdb: 5.1
                    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:42

                    Remake of the British classic. Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a murder. With this knowledge, Carter sets out to kill all those responsible.

                    Markimdb: 6
                    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom
                    Duration01:36

                    An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.




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