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Kanopy
90
8.2
/148761/
80
/2489/
80
/1710/
4.5
/217941/
96
/94/
95
/2190/
97
/21/

Ran (1985)
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
poster
88
8.3
/366023/
80
/5968/
79
/4339/
4.2
/305947/
97
/119/
94
/5403/
98
/16/
cc age 11+

North by Northwest (1959)
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.1
/33431/
78
/548/
77
/590/
4.3
/43874/
94
/51/
93
/387/
86
/19/

Z (1969)
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth. But, a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
8.2
/7060/
79
/163/
72
/115/
4.1
/11024/
96
/27/
94
/282/
cc age 14+

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.
poster
83
7.7
/109091/
77
/3011/
75
/1801/
4.3
/171505/
89
/83/
91
/2301/
73
/15/
cc age 13+

Malcolm X (1992)
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
poster
83
7.8
/51831/
76
/1286/
75
/638/
3.9
/30705/
91
/35/
88
/548/
80
/8/
cc age 14+

The Day of the Jackal (1973)
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
poster
82
8.0
/179636/
77
/3894/
76
/2297/
4.1
/129602/
85
/72/
88
/3451/
72
/29/
cc age 16+

JFK (1991)
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
poster
Netflix
81
7.4
/96660/
75
/4238/
73
/1636/
4.0
/319719/
96
/358/
95
/178/
84
/49/
cc age 15+

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.4
/25591/
71
/516/
70
/421/
3.7
/25969/
95
/43/
81
/349/
89
/18/

Foreign Correspondent (1940)
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
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Kanopy
79
7.6
/216272/
75
/9478/
73
/4230/
3.7
/393246/
88
/143/
84
/4119/
76
/13/
cc age 13+

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
poster
Netflix
79
7.4
/336435/
74
/10938/
70
/4736/
3.7
/252525/
91
/304/
80
/7272/
95
/46/
cc age 17+

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
poster
MGM Plus
78
7.3
/154776/
73
/6226/
70
/3206/
3.6
/149966/
97
/63/
84
/3272/
83
/18/
cc age 12+

From Russia with Love (1963)
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
poster
78
7.5
/250559/
73
/4883/
71
/2862/
3.8
/129402/
79
/210/
83
/10574/
74
/39/
cc age 15+

Munich (2005)
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.5
/3072/
73
/278/
68
/30/
3.6
/4061/
98
/42/
83
/9/
74
/14/

Assassins (2021)
True crime meets global spy thriller in this gripping account of the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader. The film follows the trial of the two female assassins, probing the question: were the women trained killers or innocent pawns of North Korea?
poster
77
7.4
/74923/
73
/1751/
75
/1496/
3.7
/85755/
89
/44/
84
/1159/
76
/10/
cc age 10+

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
poster
MGM Plus
76
7.2
/190579/
72
/7472/
69
/3881/
3.4
/184850/
95
/63/
82
/3602/
78
/8/
cc age 11+

Dr. No (1962)
Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
poster
Britbox Apple TV Channel
76
7.2
/16276/
71
/277/
67
/182/
3.5
/4438/
92
/51/
79
/353/
71
/22/
cc age 11+

Mrs Brown (1997)
When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown. But their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil to the monarchy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.3
/24716/
73
/484/
70
/388/
3.7
/14637/
90
/31/
85
/419/
69
/17/

Salvador (1986)
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
77
74
7.0
/4896/
70
/288/
71
/142/
3.6
/7221/
80
/20/
100

The Man Standing Next (2020)
When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government's operations, heads to the United States in exile.
poster
MGM Plus
73
7.1
/24109/
70
/629/
68
/341/
3.8
/51916/
87
/46/
77
/400/
65
/12/

The Parallax View (1974)
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
73
7.2
/8663/
72
/421/
73
/259/
3.6
/7984/
83
/12/
84
/38/
64
/6/

Assassination (2015)
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.
poster
77
72
7.2
/13909/
72
/221/
71
/229/
3.6
/12852/
96
/25/
81
/184/

Julius Caesar (1953)
The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and for the republic.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.0
/94836/
69
/1931/
67
/1219/
3.4
/41109/
79
/164/
75
/1919/
67
/33/
cc age 17+

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
poster
Netflix
71
6.9
/114674/
72
/4135/
66
/1605/
3.3
/55966/
81
/47/
74
/1444/
72
/14/
cc age 13+

Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
poster
71
7.1
/165327/
71
/4049/
67
/2059/
3.3
/48840/
84
/213/
73
/6318/
64
/36/
cc age 15+

State of Play (2009)
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
poster
fuboTV
71
7.5
/447964/
75
/10508/
74
/6607/
3.5
/402939/
66
/68/
68
/125/
60
/19/
cc age 16+

The Godfather: Part III (1990)
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
poster
74
70
7.3
/9627/
71
/259/
70
/212/
3.6
/4864/
84
/137/

A Dirty Carnival (2006)
A small-time thug who collects debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.
poster
MGM Plus
70
7.0
/122781/
71
/4363/
68
/2127/
3.5
/81809/
82
/61/
77
/2083/
55
/12/
cc age 14+

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
poster
69
7.4
/6232/
74
/165/
75
/130/
3.8
/27518/
59
/17/
76
/47/

Four Days in September (1997)
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.9
/26975/
66
/380/
64
/272/
3.4
/6302/
73
/88/
76
/514/
68
/31/

Heaven (2002)
Cate Blanchett stars as Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, who has seen many friends, including her husband, fall victim to drug overdoses. Philippa has repeatedly contacted the police with information about Turin's biggest drug dealer but, complicit in his dealings, they have completely ignored her. So Philippa decides to dole out her own form of justice with a homemade bomb -- setting her off on a journey from young widow to fugitive on the run.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
69
6.6
/86403/
67
/4846/
64
/2387/
3.5
/167333/
87
/358/
60
/862/
81
/53/
cc age 15+

Jackie (2016)
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
poster
78
68
8.0
/14967/
78
/117/
70
/59/
4.1
/9230/
80
/56/

Hey Ram (2000)
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.
poster
Kanopy
67
7.2
/58125/
74
/4040/
71
/1100/
3.6
/32411/
67
/105/
71
/257/
59
/29/
cc age 17+

Anthropoid (2016)
In December 1941, Czech soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich.
poster
Kanopy
67
7.7
/336301/
77
/9150/
74
/4296/
3.6
/94481/
52
/153/
87
/18765/
53
/36/
cc age 15+

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
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.
poster
Kanopy
80
66
7.7
/3832/
76
/80/
76
/110/
4.0
/8670/
89
/865/

Love and Anarchy (1973)
Set in Fascist Italy before the outbreak of World War II, the story centers on Tunin, a farmer turned anarchist who stays in a brothel while preparing to kill Benito Mussolini.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
66
7.4
/7216/
72
/134/
69
/136/
3.7
/5720/
87
/15/
67
/47/

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.
poster
66
6.8
/124577/
69
/4840/
65
/2355/
3.2
/90019/
73
/52/
69
/2103/
61
/14/
cc age 14+

You Only Live Twice (1967)
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
poster
81
66
8.2
/16108/
78
/112/
72
/59/
4.0
/7386/
94
/27/

Athadu (2005)
A professional killer is hired to fake the assassination of a politician. However, when the politician is killed and he is framed for his murder, he takes on a dead man's identity to escape the law.
poster
MGM Plus
66
7.1
/271065/
71
/6815/
69
/3932/
3.3
/108937/
62
/199/
65
/14000/
56
/36/
cc age 16+

Valkyrie (2008)
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.
poster
Starz
65
7.0
/136472/
71
/3737/
67
/1750/
3.2
/28287/
51
/186/
76
/21447/
56
/37/
cc age 18+

The Kingdom (2007)
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
poster
64
6.7
/112307/
68
/4034/
65
/1927/
3.3
/73960/
72
/58/
66
/2052/
59
/18/
cc age 13+

The Living Daylights (1987)
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.
poster
64
6.7
/64083/
70
/1917/
66
/1170/
3.3
/29141/
58
/57/
52
/553/
52
/21/

Absolute Power (1997)
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.
poster
Kanopy
64
7.0
/54196/
72
/1539/
68
/673/
3.2
/12282/
63
/51/
67
/715/
50
/15/

Kill the Irishman (2011)
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.
poster
AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
64
6.8
/90965/
72
/2997/
65
/1274/
3.4
/50322/
67
/61/
71
/2196/
43
/20/
cc age 15+

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.
poster
MGM Plus
64
7.1
/372076/
74
/11944/
71
/5234/
3.2
/119948/
47
/152/
80
/32342/
53
/33/
cc age 18+

Shooter (2007)
A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government official convinces him to help thwart a plot to kill the President of the United States. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, Swagger becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt. He goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why, eventually seeking revenge against some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world.
poster
64
63
6.7
/15464/
69
/412/
68
/350/
3.3
/3961/
47
/32/
81
/1052/
49
/14/

Azumi (2003)
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.
poster
63
7.1
/25668/
71
/591/
71
/503/
3.7
/18935/
47
/74/
79
/469/
47
/23/

Brother (2000)
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
poster
Netflix
62
6.4
/113496/
65
/2355/
63
/1510/
3.0
/30597/
57
/190/
54
/2654/
62
/41/
cc age 17+

The Interpreter (2005)
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.


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