Movies like The Protégé
If The Protégé's mix of assassination, female assassin and bucharest, romania stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Protégé's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Memory
2022 · Directed by Martin Campbell · 114 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Martin Campbell · With Ray Fearon · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2020s)
Alex, an assassin-for-hire, finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. With the crime syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead,…
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996 · Directed by Renny Harlin · 121 min6.6
Why you'll like itWith Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Malahide · Shares: assassination · Also crime and action
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…
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Ballerina
2025 · Directed by Len Wiseman · 125 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: female assassin · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2020s)
Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.
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Anna
2019 · Directed by Luc Besson · 119 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: female assassin · Also action and thriller
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.
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Colombiana
2011 · Directed by Olivier Megaton · 108 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: female assassin · Also action and thriller
After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante…
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The Mother
2023 · Directed by Niki Caro · 115 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: female assassin · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2020s)
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
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The Mechanic
2011 · Directed by Simon West · 93 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: mentor protégé relationship · Also action and thriller
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique…