# Recommend some hitman movies.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 17, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004 "2007-10-17T05:09:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/1 "2007-10-17T05:09:33Z")
So far I’ve seen:
Gross Point Blank
Borne Identity
Borne Supremacy
Borne Ultimatum
Leon
La Femme Nikita
Pulp Fiction
What are some other good ones?
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### Author:  [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/2 "2007-10-17T05:12:43Z")
I know this should be in Cafe Society. I’m sure a mod will move it when they see it.
I definitely need either more sleep or more caffeine.
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### Author:  [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/3 "2007-10-17T05:20:05Z")
For one thing, “Hitman” is coming out pretty soon.
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### Author:  [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/4 "2007-10-17T05:24:26Z")
“Jackal” starring bruce willis .
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### Author:  [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/5 "2007-10-17T05:33:49Z")
“The Boondock Saints”
If you’re looking for light and fluffy, “Mr and Mrs Smith” is entertaining.
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### Author:  [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/6 "2007-10-17T05:42:05Z")
The Day Of The Jackal (1973, Edward Fox). Not the crappy Bruce Willis remake (The Jackal).
The Mechanic (1972, Charles Bronson).
In The Line Of Fire (1993, Clint Eastwood).
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### Author:  [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/7 "2007-10-17T05:45:19Z")
I am a big fan of hitman/assassin movies.
Some obscure ones you might enjoy-
Hard Contract with James Coburn and Burgess Meredith from 1969 is fun and philosophical.
Assassination Bureau, also from '69 stars Oliver Reed and Diana Rigg. It’s a period movie based on a Jack London story.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/8 "2007-10-17T05:46:08Z")
Casino Royale (the new one)
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### Author:  [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/9 "2007-10-17T05:54:15Z")
[Assassination](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_%281987_film%29)
My roommate at the time Netflixed it, and I liked it because it started out with an explosion in the guys house, and I was trying to figure out exactly how the other guy caused it.
It’s kind of a reverse hit man movie, in the sense that he’s protecting the first lady _from_ a hitman.
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### Author:  [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/10 "2007-10-17T06:09:42Z")
Also reasonably “light and fluffy” is The Replacement Killers.
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### Author:  [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/11 "2007-10-17T06:17:30Z")
_Whole Nine Yards_.
(Hey, I thought it was entertaining…)
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/12 "2007-10-17T06:20:39Z")
_The Professional_ – with Jean Reno and a very young Natalie Portman
_Road to Perdition_ – Tom Hanks as somewhat a a mix of hitman and enforcer.
_Enemy at the Gates_ and the “_Sniper_” movies – if you want to call snipers assassins.
_Man Bites Dog_ – film crew follows a serial killer, very unusual and interesting, maybe doesn’t really fit the traditional idea of assassin.
_Three Days of the Condor_ – a hit on a CIA research unit. Max Von Sydow in a very good assassin role.
_Pulp Fiction_ – pretty much everybody is a hit man – can’t believe it hasn’t been mentioned yet.
_Ghost Dog_ – Forrest Whittaker as a self-styled samurai hitman.
_The Shadowboxer_ – oddball story with a kind of incestuous mother/stepson hit team.
All the _Godfather_ movies are loaded with hitmen.
In _Apocalypse Now_, Martin Sheen is basically an army hitman.
_The Killers_ – a really good oldie with Lee Marvin.
_The Replacement Killers_ – pretty good flick with Chow Yun Fat.
_Point of No Return_ – kinda lame Briget Fonda flick.
but remade from a decent French flick called, IIRC, _Little Nikita_.
_The Terminator_ is a hitrobot if that counts.
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### Author:  [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/13 "2007-10-17T06:32:59Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]
_The Professional_ – with Jean Reno and a very young Natalie Portman
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Mentioned in the OP by the original title: _Léon_.
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### Author:  [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/14 "2007-10-17T07:44:41Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]
_The Professional_ – with Jean Reno and a very young Natalie Portman
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That’s the one that came to my mind first. Great movie!
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### Author:  [@Walton\_Firm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walton_Firm)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/15 "2007-10-17T07:59:01Z")
[Collateral](http://imdb.com/title/tt0369339/)
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### Author:  [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/16 "2007-10-17T08:32:21Z")
Any James Bond movie.
Somewhat a stretch but you could try [Wasabi](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281364/) for comic relief.
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/17 "2007-10-17T11:24:16Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard]
The Mechanic (1972, Charles Bronson).
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Want to second this one. It’s one of the originals. Bronson is the aging hitman, Jan Michael Vincent plays his apprentice.
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/18 "2007-10-17T11:27:10Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]
_Pulp Fiction_ – pretty much everybody is a hit man – can’t believe it hasn’t been mentioned yet.
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_Kill Bill_ (both) is even more about a team of hitmen.
Also, _The Professional_ also co-starred Gary Oldman and a potted plant.
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### Author:  [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/19 "2007-10-17T11:33:53Z")
“The Matador,” starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear, if you’re open to hitman comedies.
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### Author:  [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-hitman-movies/423004/20 "2007-10-17T12:09:00Z")
If you want a faux-hitman movie, “Gotcha!” starring Linda Fiorentino and Anthony Edwards with a full head of hair (but still no chin).
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