Movies like Shadowboxer
If Shadowboxer's mix of hitman, mission of murder and stepmother stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Shadowboxer's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Wanted
2008 · Directed by Timur Bekmambetov · 110 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: mission of murder · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered father - whom Wesley never knew - belonged to the Fraternity, a…
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16 Blocks
2006 · Directed by Richard Donner · 105 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: mission of murder · Also action and crime · From the same decade (2000s)
An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
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Little Odessa
1994 · Directed by James Gray · 98 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: hitman · Also drama and crime
Long separated from his family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Joshua committed his first murder.
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Run All Night
2015 · Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra · 114 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: hitman · Also action and crime
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind…