THEME EXPLORATION

assassins and hired killers

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005 · Doug Liman
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021 · Andy Serkis
99 and 44/100% Dead
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974 · John Frankenheimer
Blackjack
Blackjack
1998 · John Woo
O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro
O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro
1969 · Glauber Rocha
Prizzi’s Honor
Prizzi’s Honor
1985 · John Huston
Red Rooms
Red Rooms
2023 · Pascal Plante
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
1966 · Mario Bava
Polar
Polar
2019 · Jonas Åkerlund
The Crimson Rivers
The Crimson Rivers
2000 · Mathieu Kassovitz
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
2007 · Joe Lynch
The Strangers: Chapter 1
The Strangers: Chapter 1
2024 · Renny Harlin
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

His films like Zodiac and Se7en obsessively explore the psychology of killers and the moral ambiguity between hunter and hunted.

 Park Chan-wook South Korea

His Vengeance trilogy and films like Stoker examine assassins and violence with baroque visual style and complex character motivation.

 Jean-Pierre Melville France

A pioneer of the crime thriller who crafted elegant, austere explorations of hitmen and contract killers in Le Samouraï and Army of Shadows.