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1. Zodiac (2007)
R | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards
Votes: 598,903 | Gross: $33.08M
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father, the ambitious celestial being Ego.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel
Votes: 760,231 | Gross: $389.81M
3. Moon Zero Two (1969)
G | 100 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
A space salvage expert and his partner become involved with a group of criminals intent on hijacking a small asteroid made of sapphire and crashing it into the moon.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Adrienne Corri
Votes: 1,850
4. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach
Votes: 102,618 | Gross: $4.91M
5. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 232,920 | Gross: $14.50M
6. El Dorado (1966)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher who's trying to steal their water.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt
Votes: 30,458
7. Ms .45 (1981)
R | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A timid and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day, in which she takes to the streets of New York City after dark and randomly shoots men with a .45 caliber pistol.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Zoë Lund, Bogey, Albert Sinkys, Darlene Stuto
Votes: 12,577
8. The Jackal (1997)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An imprisoned I.R.A. fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora
Votes: 124,226 | Gross: $54.93M
9. Vera Cruz (1954)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
During the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emporer Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero
Votes: 11,338
10. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Loosely based on historical fact, the series portrays the gunslinging Wyatt Earp and his successful determination for law and order.
Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Jimmy Noel, Ethan Laidlaw, Bill Coontz
Votes: 1,112
11. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect the bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young
Votes: 21,539 | Gross: $0.58M
12. Matewan (1987)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham
Votes: 8,921 | Gross: $1.68M
13. The Matador (2005)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A globetrotting hitman and a crestfallen businessman meet in a hotel bar in Mexico City in an encounter that draws them together in a way neither expected.
Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Arlin Miller
Votes: 46,410 | Gross: $12.59M
14. Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After a French stripper is harassed by a man who wants a cache of diamonds stolen by her late father, she flees to England in the company of a doctor, but danger follows.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Frank Wolff, Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Carlo Gentili
Votes: 2,275
15. A Bullet for the General (1967)
M | 115 min | Action, Western
A band of Mexican gunrunners employed by a revolutionary General accept an American mercenary into their gang, unaware of his true intentions.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick, Lou Castel
Votes: 5,081
16. Man with the Gun (1955)
Passed | 84 min | Western
When a notorious tough 'town tamer' is hired by the citizenry to rid of the gunmen driving them off their land, he finds the local saloon madam to be an old friend.
Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe, Henry Hull
Votes: 2,300
17. El Diablo (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Western
When the notorious outlaw El Diablo kidnaps a schoolgirl, her teacher, an Easterner named Billy Ray, decides to rescue her. Incompetent to track her alone, Billy Ray enlists the aid of an unscrupulous gunman.
Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Anthony Edwards, Louis Gossett Jr., John Glover, Joe Pantoliano
Votes: 1,107
18. Golgo 13 (2008–2009)
TV-MA | 1,250 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Duke Togo, a.k.a. Golgo 13, is a highly-skilled assassin hired only by those who pay top-dollar for his services - whether it's the FBI, CIA, industrial corporations or mafias. Regardless ... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroshi Tachi, David Wald, Chris Ayres, Mitsuo Senda
Votes: 523
19. Don't Open Till Christmas (1984)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery
Somebody with very little Christmas spirit is killing anyone in a Santa suit one London holiday season, and Scotland Yard has to stop him before he makes his exploits an annual tradition.
Director: Edmund Purdom | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda Mayne, Mark Jones
Votes: 3,048
20. 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974)
Passed | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's enemy, Big Eddie.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Richard Harris, Chuck Connors, Edmond O'Brien, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 831 | Gross: $0.04M
21. Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Western
Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Reagan, Gene Evans, Lance Fuller
Votes: 1,052
22. The Wonderful Country (1959)
Approved | 98 min | Romance, Western
A honorable drifter constantly on the run finds his enemies closing in around him.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Albert Dekker
Votes: 2,109
23. Angel Heart (2015)
55 min | Mystery
Saeba Ryo is a private detective and gun-for-hire who acts as the arbiter of justice. He is an urban bounty hunter out for good not exclusively using or deploying noble tactics. His partner... See full summary »
Stars: Takaya Kamikawa, Ayaka Miyoshi, Saki Aibu, Shôhei Miura
Votes: 37
24. Scorpion (II) (2018)
94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An agent of the Uzbek special services, Timur Saliev, is conducting an operation to seize the Scorpion terrorist group when he learns that his brother, whom he considered dead, is alive and belongs to this very organization.
Director: Mukhlisa Azizova | Stars: Farkhad Makhmudov, Akbar Rasulov, Murat Yildirim, Vyacheslav Razbegaev
Votes: 73
25. Hong Kong 97 (1994)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Hong Kong 97 takes place, appropriately enough, in Hong Kong right before the transfer of power from Britain to China. Reginald Cameron, an assassin affiliated with a large corporation with... See full summary »
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Robert Patrick, Brion James, Tim Thomerson, Ming-Na Wen
Votes: 1,193
26. Hangga't may hininga (1996)
103 min | Action, Drama
Director: Toto Natividad | Stars: Phillip Salvador, Anjanette Abayari, Jackie Lou Blanco, Tirso Cruz III
Votes: 53
27. Gli assassini sono nostri ospiti (1974)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Franco, Eliana and Mario rob a jewelry store in Milan and take flight. Franco becomes injured and they take refuge in a secluded villa. While they wait the arrival of Eddy, the head of the organization, tension in the house steadily rises.
Director: Vincenzo Rigo | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Margaret Lee, Luigi Pistilli, Gianni Dei
Votes: 224
28. Karate Girl (2011)
TV-MA | 92 min | Action
A mysterious group kidnap a girl's sister. Years later, the group reappears and she is determined to get her sister back.
Director: Yoshikatsu Kimura | Stars: Rina Takeda, Hina Tobimatsu, Tatsuya Naka, Kazutoshi Yokoyama
Votes: 594
29. Dead Men Ride (1971)
103 min | Drama, Western
Roy escapes from a work camp and receives help from a miner. The miners are held hostage by the local boss Mr. Redfield. Roy starts to help the miners and also to settle some scores for a friend from the work camp.
Director: Aldo Florio | Stars: Fabio Testi, Charo López, José Calvo, Ben Carra
Votes: 389
30. Portrait of a Hitman (1979)
R | 86 min | Drama, Action
A professional hitman is hired to kill a brain surgeon. However, it turns out that not only are he and the surgeon old friends, but they are both in love with the same woman.
Director: Allan A. Buckhantz | Stars: Jack Palance, Rod Steiger, Bo Svenson, Ann Turkel
Votes: 224
31. Mr. Nice Guy (1987)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy
A woman is about to get married unaware that her father has a contract out to kill her fiancé.
Director: Henry Wolfond | Stars: Mike MacDonald, Jan Smithers, Joe Silver, Harvey Atkin
Votes: 269 | Gross: $12.70M
32. Pita: Terror ng Kaloocan (1993)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Pita (Raymart Santiago) witnessed the murder of his favorite brother and vowed to take revenge. He did, and was jailed for his vendetta.
Director: Jose 'Kaka' Balagtas | Stars: Raymart Santiago, Rachel Alejandro, Anjanette Abayari, Hazel Huelves
Votes: 14
33. Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1998 TV Movie)
R | 100 min | Action
Mercenary Captain "Hawk" is in Acion again to save a hostage. But he and his team are betrayed. Nothing is as it seems...
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Robert Townsend, Olivier Gruner, Nicholas Turturro, Claudia Christian
Votes: 223
34. Rangers of Fortune (1940)
Approved | 80 min | Western
Two cowboys come to the aid of a town under the control of a crooked boss.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Albert Dekker, Gilbert Roland, Patricia Morison
Votes: 64
35. Kamandag ko ang papatay sa iyo (1997)
104 min | Action
Director: Pepe Marcos | Stars: Ronnie Ricketts, Beth Tamayo, Eddie Gutierrez, Julio Diaz
36. Neeras (2021)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Action, Crime
Depending on the true nature of his weapons, two versions of an assassin's mission, unfolding in a series of still images, keep contrasting with and resembling each other as he races against the clock.
Director: Achyut Prashast Singh | Star: Achyut Prashast Singh
Votes: 5
37. The Cyclone Kid (1942)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Western
Big Jim Johnson is a cattleman who wants to run all the settler's off the land. He has a number of hired guns including Johnny Dawson. Doctor Bill Dawson comes to town and wants to see the ... See full summary »
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Lynn Merrick, John James, Alex Callam
Votes: 32
38.
Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Prescott Campaign
(1961)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
Bat's old friend from Dodge City, Marshal Ben Holt, asks him to help fight a scheme plotted by the power-grabbing land baron General Silas Guild. When he arrives, Bat isn't sure that the Marshal is on the side of law and order.
Director: Elliott Lewis | Stars: Gene Barry, John Dehner, Philip Ober, Valerie Allen
Votes: 30
39.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode:
Woman of Tucson
(1960)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Ned Buntline returns to Tombstone to interview Amy Jones. Her husband a leader in the Ten Percent Ring was killed. She is after money to get out of Tombstone so when Buntline has no money she tries other means including framing Earp.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Morgan Woodward, William Mims, Lloyd Corrigan
Votes: 41
40.
The Mandalorian (2019– )
Episode:
Chapter 22: Guns for Hire
(2023)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The Mandalorian visits an opulent world.
Director: Bryce Dallas Howard | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Simon Kassianides, Mercedes Varnado
Votes: 20,817