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Movies that feel likeKiller Elite (2011)

Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse—where the predators become the prey.

If you loved Killer Elite, the closest films we have are The Villainess (2017), Jawan (2023) and Ballerina (2023). All three share Killer Elite's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Shogun Assassin (1980).

🍅 26% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Gary McKendrykineticepictenserelentless
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The Villainess
2017 · dir. Jung Byung-gil
🍅 85%★ 6.6action · thrillerPrime Video

Both are working the same pair: assassin, revenge

The difference: Reviewed even better

Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited with the promise of freedom after ten years of service. However, secrets from her past destroy everything she’s worked for and now she embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.

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Jawan
2023 · dir. Atlee
★ 6.9action · thrillerNetflix

One thread runs through both: revenge

The difference: Easier on the scale than Killer Elite

An emotional journey of a prison warden, driven by a personal vendetta while keeping up to a promise made years ago, recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice, in an attempt to get even with his past, and that leads him to an unexpected reunion.

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Ballerina
2023 · dir. Lee Chung-hyun
🍅 91%★ 6.3action · thrillerNetflix

Kinetic and tense in the same breath

Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.

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Fan
2016 · dir. Maneesh Sharma
🍅 83%★ 6.8action · adventure · thrillerNetflix

Both land scale and relentlessness at once

A man who bears a striking resemblance to a renowned movie star becomes an obsessive fan, but when his fierce love is spurned by the star, he decides to destroy the star's life and reputation.

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The Mask of Zorro
1998 · dir. Martin Campbell
🍅 86%★ 6.8action · adventure

Both lean on momentum more than on action

It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 53%★ 7.5action · drama · thriller

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Killer Elite does

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

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Ong Bak 2
2008 · dir. Tony Jaa
🍅 49%★ 6.2adventure · action · thrillerPrime Video

Epic adventure in both cases

Tien, the son of Lord Sihadecho — a murdered nobleman — is taken under the wing of Chernang, a renowned warrior and leader of the Pha Beek Krut.

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American Assassin
2017 · dir. Michael Cuesta
🍅 34%★ 6.2action · adventure · thrillerParamount+

Action built on relentlessness, twice over

Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009 · dir. Stephen Sommers
🍅 33%★ 5.7adventure · action · thrillerParamount+

The same two preoccupations: hostage, and explosion

The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than Killer Elite does

From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.

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Naked Weapon
2002 · dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung
★ 5.5action · drama · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: assassin

A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.

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Shogun Assassin
1980 · dir. Robert Houston
🍅 82%★ 7.3action · adventure

Adventure with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The difference: 31 years apart, and the 1980s show

A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.

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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 66%★ 6.3action · crime · thrillerPrime VideoParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: mexico

A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

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