THEME EXPLORATION

international assassination

23 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche
Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche
1964 · Claude Chabrol
The Interpreter
The Interpreter
2005 · Sydney Pollack
London Has Fallen
London Has Fallen
2016 · Babak Najafi
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974 · Guy Hamilton
Nobody Runs Forever
Nobody Runs Forever
1968 · Ralph Thomas
The Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
The King of Snipers
The King of Snipers
2023 · Chris Huo
Ultimatum
Ultimatum
1938 · Robert Siodmak
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
Fast Five
Fast Five
2011 · Justin Lin
Cinetracts '20
Cinetracts '20
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Sex Thief
The Sex Thief
1998 · Christian Petzold
Tokyo Burst: Crime City
Tokyo Burst: Crime City
2026 · Eiji Uchida
46) Officier de la Legion d’Honneur from Ministry of Culture and Art of France
46) Officier de la Legion d’Honneur from Ministry of Culture and Art of France
1996 · Abbas Kiarostami
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974 · Bruce Beresford
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Il Mistero di Oberwald
Il Mistero di Oberwald
1980 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible II
2000 · John Woo
Take Me Away!
Take Me Away!
1978 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Fred Zinnemann
The Saddest Music in the World
The Saddest Music in the World
2003 · Guy Maddin
The Way Back
The Way Back
2010 · Peter Weir
Annual Award, German Democratic Republic Filmmakers Award
Annual Award, German Democratic Republic Filmmakers Award
1990 · Zhang Yimou
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher United States

His films like Zodiac and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meticulously explore the psychological mechanics and international scope of calculated violence and assassination.

 Park Chan-wook South Korea

His masterpiece Assassin explores themes of contract killing, moral ambiguity, and international espionage with stylistic precision and philosophical depth.

 Jean-Pierre Melville France

A pioneer of the assassination thriller genre, his films like Le Samouraï and Army of Shadows defined the cool, methodical portrayal of professional killers operating across borders.