Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "assassination", "ninja"

1. Ninja Assassin (2009)

R | 99 min | Action, Thriller

A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.

Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Rain, Rick Yune, Naomie Harris, Jonathan Chan-Pensley

Votes: 75,567 | Gross: $38.11M

2. You Only Live Twice (1967)

PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsurô Tanba

Votes: 117,508 | Gross: $43.08M

3. Elektra (2005)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Will Yun Lee, Kirsten Zien

Votes: 97,921 | Gross: $24.41M

4. War (2007)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An FBI Agent seeks vengeance on a mysterious assassin known as "Rogue" who murdered his partner.

Director: Philip G. Atwell | Stars: Jet Li, Jason Statham, Nadine Velazquez, John Lone

Votes: 96,815 | Gross: $22.49M

5. Ninja (2009)

R | 86 min | Action, Thriller

A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.

Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Mika Hijii, Todd Jensen

Votes: 14,002

6. Crying Freeman (1995)

102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A woman sees an assassin outside San Francisco killing yakuza men and later in Vancouver. She's been told that he leaves no witness. Will she be his next victim or...?

Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Julie Condra, Kevan Ohtsji, Mark Dacascos, Debbie Podowski

Votes: 13,624

7. Enter the Ninja (1981)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After passing a ninja master test in Japan, Cole visits a war buddy in the Philippines. He helps him fight men, who want his buddy's plantation.

Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Franco Nero, Susan George, Shô Kosugi, Christopher George

Votes: 5,486

8. The Octagon (1980)

R | 103 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A martial artist must defeat a plan by ninjas to create a worldwide training camp for terrorists.

Director: Eric Karson | Stars: Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef, Art Hindle

Votes: 6,169 | Gross: $18.97M

9. The Hunted (1995)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An American businessman visiting Nagoya, Japan, meets a woman in a hotel bar. Returning to her room, 3 ninjas kill her and wound him, but he sees the ninja boss' face. Now, he's the prime target of a dangerous ninja cult.

Director: J.F. Lawton | Stars: Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Joan Chen, Yoshio Harada

Votes: 5,693 | Gross: $6.61M

10. The Killer Elite (1975)

PG | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Mike Locken, who works for a private security firm affiliated with the C.I.A., is betrayed by his partner and left apparently crippled for life.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill, Bo Hopkins

Votes: 7,219

11. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

Two years after the death of Solid Snake, a rookie FOX-HOUND agent, on his first mission, infiltrates an offshore decontamination facility to rescue the President.

Director: Hideo Kojima | Stars: David Hayter, Quinton Flynn, Christopher Randolph, Lara Cody

Votes: 9,226

12. Five Elements Ninjas (1982)

R | 107 min | Action, Drama

A Chinese martial arts school is infiltrated and destroyed by ninjas. Tian Hao survives the massacre and seeks to uncover the trickery of ninjutsu in order to beat the Five Element Ninjas and avenge his family.

Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Tien-Chi Cheng, Tien-Hsiang Lung, Meng Lo, Michael Wai-Man Chan

Votes: 3,177

13. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)

Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Five warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each holds a part of information needed to complete the assassination of a mad clan leader.

Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Michiyo Yasuda, Akihiro Tomikawa, Shingo Yamashiro

Votes: 4,617

14. The Shogun Assassins (1979)

148 min | Action, Drama

Generel Sanada, seeking retribution for the murder of his father and a lost battle, both conceived by the Shogun, devises a series of brilliant plans to thwart the Shogun's overwhelming strength.

Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Minori Terada, Teruhiko Aoi, Guts Ishimatsu

Votes: 167

15. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Mystery

Just when Agent 47, a former high-target hitman for an international contractor, has decided to reform himself and retire, he becomes engulfed in an elaborate conspiracy as an anonymous organization kidnaps his friend, the resident priest.

Stars: Massimo Agostinelli, Anilla Akbar, Usman Akbar, David Bateson

Votes: 3,462

16. Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974)

Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Crime

This time Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese... See full summary »

Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Etsuko Shihomi, Tamayo Mitsukawa, Michiyo Bandô, Hisako Tanaka

Votes: 561

17. Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962)

Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Drama

A young ninja becomes embroiled in a plot to kill a tyrannical warlord. He journeys across feudal Japan, facing deceit, betrayal, and enemy ninja at every turn. Goemon must complete his mission, regain his honor, and survive.

Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Yûnosuke Itô, Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Votes: 935

18. Masterblaster (1987)

R | 94 min | Action, Thriller

A paintball tournament goes from a fun, exciting weekend to an exercise in survival when someone starts killing the competitors.

Director: Glenn R. Wilder | Stars: Jeff Moldovan, Donna Rosea, Joe Hess, Robert Goodman

Votes: 267

19. The King Maker (2005)

R | 92 min | Adventure, Drama

Fernando De Gama, a Portuguese mercenary, sets sail for the Orient, where he reaches the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya, in a bid to find the man that murdered his father.

Director: Lek Kitaparaporn | Stars: Gary Stretch, John Rhys-Davies, Cindy Sirinya Bishop, Yoe Hassadeevichit

Votes: 746

20. The 18 Bronzemen (1975)

PG | 95 min | Action, Drama, War

During the Qing dynasty, the young son of a Ming dynasty general is sent to the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts, so that he may seek revenge for his dead father. But he must endure the test of the temple's legendary 18 Bronzemen.

Director: Joseph Kuo | Stars: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Peng Tien, Carter Wong, Yi Chang

Votes: 480

21. Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016)

126 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

This adaptation to a popular manga is the story of a contemporary teenager travelling back in time to the Sengoku period of the sixteenth century. There he meets with the historical figure ... See full summary »

Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama | Stars: Shun Oguri, Kô Shibasaki, Takayuki Yamada, Osamu Mukai

Votes: 468

22. Samurai Warriors (2004 Video Game)

T | Action, Fantasy

First title in the series of hack and slash video games created by Koei's Omega Force team based loosely around the Sengoku ("Warring States") period of Japanese history and it is a sister series of the Dynasty Warriors series.

Director: Hisashi Koinuma | Stars: Takeshi Kusao, Jûrôta Kosugi, Jôji Nakata, Yûji Ueda

Votes: 92

23. Zigo (Video Game)

18+ | Action, Horror, Mystery | Pre-production

ZIGO is a high-octane gritty action game overflowing with raw brutality and hard-boiled combat in what remains of Japan.

Director: Toryan Saunders | Star: Toryan Saunders

24. Shogun (1980)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1980)

TV-14 | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Set in early 17th-century Japan, shipwrecked English navigator John Blackthorne finds intrigue and culture shock in a feudal society that puts a premium on honor. A rival Lord sentences Blackthorne to death.

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai

Votes: 302

25. Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011–2013)
Episode: Kitana & Mileena: Part 2 (2011)

TV-MA | 9 min | Short, Action, Adventure

Kitana and Mileena have grown up thinking that they are sisters, yet have grown apart over the years. Despite Mileena's growing resentment towards Kitana, Shao Kahn uses them to destroy all who threaten his rule.

Director: Kevin Tancharoen | Stars: Aleks Paunovic, Samantha Win, Jolene Tran, Kirby Morrow

Votes: 309

26. Daredevil (2015–2018)
Episode: The Man in the Box (2016)

TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Murdock and Foggy get caught in the crossfire of the Punisher's revenge. Karen and Murdock dig for the truth in very different ways.

Director: Peter Hoar | Stars: Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Jon Bernthal

Votes: 8,706