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10 Best Movies Like Assassination

If you loved Assassination, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Killing

Killing

2018★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Assassination for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In mid-19th century Edo period, a masterless rōnin named Mokunoshin Tsuzuki resides in a peaceful village among those he helps. However, as the prevalent peace and tranquility are ...

#2
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Assassination for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique....

#3
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

2014★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Assassination for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshi...

#4
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

2012★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Assassination for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing....

#5
Sword of the Beast

Sword of the Beast

1965★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Assassination for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. ...

#6
Harakiri

Harakiri

1962★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Assassination for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a wort...

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