Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "hitman", "mentor"

1. Goodfellas (1990)

R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco

Votes: 1,259,446 | Gross: $46.84M

2. The Departed (2006)

R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg

Votes: 1,424,382 | Gross: $132.38M

3. Léon: The Professional (1994)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello

Votes: 1,247,780 | Gross: $19.50M

4. Batman Begins (2005)

PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson

Votes: 1,580,745 | Gross: $206.85M

5. The Accountant (2016)

R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.

Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal

Votes: 322,536 | Gross: $86.26M

6. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

R | 137 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah

Votes: 807,046 | Gross: $66.21M

7. Donnie Brasco (1997)

R | 127 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the Mafia life--at the expense of his regular one.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby

Votes: 332,733 | Gross: $41.91M

8. Kate (I) (2021)

R | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A jaded assassin assigned to target a yakuza clan has 24 hours to find out who poisoned her and get vengeance before she dies.

Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson, Miku Martineau, Tadanobu Asano

Votes: 70,643

9. The Mechanic (2011)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An elite hitman teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Tony Goldwyn

Votes: 171,904 | Gross: $29.12M

10. Spenser Confidential (2020)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When two Boston police officers are murdered, ex-cop Spenser teams up with his no-nonsense roommate Hawk to take down criminals.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger

Votes: 97,880

11. La Femme Nikita (1990)

R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Convicted felon Nikita isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière

Votes: 76,504 | Gross: $5.02M

12. Killer Elite (2011)

R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When his mentor is taken captive by a disgraced Arab sheik, a killer-for-hire is forced into action. His mission: kill three members of Britain's elite Special Air Service responsible for his sons' deaths.

Director: Gary McKendry | Stars: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell

Votes: 135,533 | Gross: $25.12M

13. Run All Night (2015)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie: with his estranged son, Mike, whose life is in danger, or his longtime best friend, mob boss Shawn Maguire, who wants Mike to pay for the death of his own son.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, Vincent D'Onofrio

Votes: 115,161 | Gross: $26.46M

14. Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Years after he fought his way out of an inescapable prison, Ray Breslin has organized a new top-notch security force. But when one of his team members goes missing, Breslin must return to the hell he once escaped from.

Director: Steven C. Miller | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Xiaoming Huang, Jesse Metcalfe

Votes: 35,346

15. Assassin Club (2023)

R | 111 min | Action, Thriller

An assassin is given a contract to kill seven people around the world only to discover the targets are also assassins who have been hired to kill him.

Director: Camille Delamarre | Stars: Henry Golding, Noomi Rapace, Daniela Melchior, Jimmy Jean-Louis

Votes: 2,882

16. Tekken (2010)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jin Kazama witnesses the death of his mother Jun by Tekken in the slums known as Anvil. After finding a Tekken ID he decides to seek out vengeance for his mother's death.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Jon Foo, Kelly Overton, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ian Anthony Dale

Votes: 28,571

17. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley, J.A. Preston

Votes: 13,910

18. Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)

R | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime

As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, Ray Wise

Votes: 61,600 | Gross: $3.78M

19. SuperFly (2018)

R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

With retirement on his mind, a successful Atlanta-based drug dealer sets up one last big job while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and the police.

Director: Director X | Stars: Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Kenneth Williams

Votes: 7,634 | Gross: $20.55M

20. Paranoia (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.

Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Amber Heard

Votes: 39,308 | Gross: $7.38M

21. Proud Mary (2018)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.

Director: Babak Najafi | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Neal McDonough

Votes: 10,816 | Gross: $20.87M

22. The Saint (2017 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is tasked to find a man's kidnapped daughter. In addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.

Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Adam Rayner, Eliza Dushku, Ian Ogilvy, James Remar

Votes: 6,951

23. Hammett (1982)

PG | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Fictional account of real-life mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, and his involvement in the investigation of a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress' mysterious disappearance in San Francisco.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear

Votes: 3,698 | Gross: $0.04M

24. Coldblooded (1995)

R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

A bookie is promoted to Hitman and seemingly excels at his new found job.

Director: Wallace Wolodarsky | Stars: Jason Priestley, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Peter Riegert, Robert Loggia

Votes: 4,091

25. Kill Dil (2014)

Not Rated | 127 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Abandoned when young, Bhaiyaji gives shelter to Dev and Tutu. A game of defiance, deception and love follows when free-spirited Disha enters their life.

Director: Shaad Ali | Stars: Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar, Parineeti Chopra, Govinda

Votes: 4,492

26. Requiem for a Killer (2011)

91 min | Thriller

Lucrèce, the best killer in the business, accepts a final job: eliminate an opera singer who threatens the interests of a corporation. She's hired as a contralto for a festival her target is singing in, but things don't happen as planned.

Director: Jérôme Le Gris | Stars: Mélanie Laurent, Clovis Cornillac, Tchéky Karyo, Xavier Gallais

Votes: 1,413

27. The Silencer (II) (1999)

R | 92 min | Action

A federal agent is assigned to get the inside scoop on a dangerous terrorist group. In order to blend into their ranks, he's forced to fake his own death and make friends with the group's deadly but charismatic leader.

Director: Robert Lee | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Brennan Elliott, Terence Kelly, Gabrielle Miller

Votes: 501

28. The Judicial (2012)

10 min | Short, Crime, Mystery

The tables turn when a hitman comes home, after many years away, to confront his mentor and settle an old score.

Director: Helier Bissell-Thomas | Stars: Tor Andreas Fagerland, Marcus Dee Farrell, Mark Friedmann

29. Spy Game (1997)
Episode: Why Spy? (1997)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Lorne Cash, a retired espionage agent, is coaxed out of retirement to investigate the murder of a former mentor. He's teamed with a beautiful female spy, Maxine London, and the pair quickly... See full summary »

Director: Elodie Keene | Stars: Linden Ashby, Allison Smith, Bruce McCarty, Cotter Smith

Votes: 14

30. Lupin the 3rd (1977–1980)
Episode: Fukushû wa Rupan ni makaseru (1979)

TV-PG | Animation, Action, Adventure

Though Joe Spade was once a formidable hitman of renown and Jigen's sharpshooter coach, he now comes to beg for Jigen's help; he had gotten old, flubbed a hit contract, and is now on the run.

Director: Kyôsuke Mikuriya | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Makio Inoue

Votes: 28

31. Outlaw Empires (2012– )
Episode: Boston's Irish Mob (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

"Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter examines the complete story of the South Boston Irish Mob. From the 1800s to the early 1970s, Irish street gangs waged war for control of Boston's ... See full summary »

Director: Marielle Woods | Stars: Kevin Weeks, Kurt Sutter, Pat Nee, Rick Marinick

Votes: 18

32. Mobsters (1997–2012)
Episode: The Iceman: Richard Kuklinski (2012)

Documentary

Richard Kuklinski lived a shocking double life; suburban husband and father at home, and brutal contract killer on the streets.

Stars: Robert J. Carroll, Anthony Bruno, Barbara Kuklinski, Dominick Polifrone

Votes: 8