Movies like The Eiger Sanction
If The Eiger Sanction's mix of art collector, assassin and hitman stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Eiger Sanction's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Polar
2019 · Directed by Jonas Åkerlund · 118 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: assassin, hitman · Also action and drama
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.
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Léon: The Professional
1994 · Directed by Luc Besson · 111 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: assassin, hitman · Also drama and action
Léon, 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.
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 · Directed by Brad Bird · 133 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: assassin, secret intelligence service · Also action and adventure
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States.
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Von Ryan's Express
1965 · Directed by Mark Robson · 117 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: switzerland · Also action and adventure
Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
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Ninja Assassin
2009 · Directed by James McTeigue · 99 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: assassin · Also action and adventure
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is…
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The Warrior's Way
2010 · Directed by Lee Seung-moo · 100 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: assassin · Also adventure and action
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
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Hanna
2011 · Directed by Joe Wright · 111 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: assassin · Also action and adventure
Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin.
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Cliffhanger
1993 · Directed by Renny Harlin · 113 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: mountain climbing · Also action and adventure
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are…
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John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 · Directed by Chad Stahelski · 122 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: assassin, hitman
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of…
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Killer Elite
2011 · Directed by Gary McKendry · 116 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: assassin · Also action and adventure
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.
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Tenet
2020 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 150 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: assassin, espionage
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real…