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Movies that feel like Hitman (2007)

If you loved Hitman, the closest films we have are Merantau (2009), Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010) and Body of Lies (2008). All three share Hitman's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed, the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself in a life-or-death game of international intrigue.

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)

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Merantau
2009 · dir. Gareth Evans
6.7action · drama · thriller

The same mix in both: momentum, then tension

In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.

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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
2010 · dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
🍅 47%6.2drama · action · history

Both keep coming back to the same thing: assassin

The difference: Sits closer to history than Hitman does

The Japanese forces occupy Shanghai and slowly start spreading terror in the city. Chen Zhen, who was presumed dead, returns to fight against the Japanese and put an end to their tyrannical rule.

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Body of Lies
2008 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 55%7action · drama · thriller

Action with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.

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Haywire
2011 · dir. Steven Soderbergh
🍅 80%5.8action · thriller · drama

Kinetic thriller in both cases

A black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead.

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Don
2006 · dir. Farhan Akhtar
7.2action · drama · thriller

Drama built on tension, twice over

DCP DeSilva sees a way to bring to justice the feared head of a criminal empire by recruiting a man named Vijay, who looks exactly like the crime boss. The ruse works too well, and soon Vijay finds his life in danger when DeSilva, the only one who knows his true identity, dies.

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Cell 211
2009 · dir. Daniel Monzón
🍅 98%7.6action · thriller · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on action

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

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Furie
2019 · dir. Le Van Kiet
🍅 95%6.3action · drama · thriller

Kinetic thriller, and it commits to that

When a little girl is kidnapped by a trafficking ring, they soon find they messed with the wrong child. Her mother, a notorious former gang leader, is close on their trail and will go to any lengths to bring her child home.

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Road House
2024 · dir. Doug Liman
6.2action · thriller · drama

Both lean on tension more than on drama

Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.

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Run Lola Run
1998 · dir. Tom Tykwer
🍅 93%7.6action · drama · thriller

Action built on stillness, twice over

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

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Kill Boksoon
2023 · dir. Byun Sung-hyun
🍅 79%6.6action · drama · thriller

Common ground: hitman

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Hitman does

At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.

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The Abyss
2023 · dir. Richard Holm
5.3thriller · drama · action

Both working the same thriller territory

As the Swedish town of Kiruna sinks, Frigga finds herself torn between her family and her job as security chief at the world's largest underground mine.

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San Andreas
2015 · dir. Brad Peyton
🍅 48%6.1action · drama · thriller

The same drama instincts

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

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