Movies Like The Villainess

If you liked The Villainess (2017), a action and thriller movie directed by Jung Byung-gil, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thriller
An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
2
Triple Threat (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and action
A crime syndicate places a hit on a billionaire's daughter, making her the target of an elite assassin squad. A small band of down-and-out mercenaries protects her, fighting tooth and nail to stop the assassins from…
3
Exit Protocol (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller
An assassin whose specialty is killing other assassins trying to get out of the business decides to try to get out himself and must then team up with his former mark to escape the hired killers now gunning for them both.
4
Hitman (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also action and thriller
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…
5
Ninja Assassin (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is…
6
The Replacement Killers (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's…
7
Sniper: The Last Stand (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller
To stop an arms dealer from unleashing a deadly superweapon, Ace sniper Brandon Beckett and Agent Zero are deployed to Costa Verde to lead a group of elite soldiers against an unrelenting militia. Taking an untested…
8
Assassination Games (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same…
9
The Killer (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
10
Kate (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
A ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
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Humint (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and action
A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.
12
Assassin Club (2023)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each…
13
Mantis (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller
The secret society of contract killers falls into chaos, unleashing a new breed of assassins. With old rules in ruins, who dares claim the shadows?
14
Ava (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also action and thriller
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
15
Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he…
16
Malone (1987)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution.
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Wanted (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also action and thriller
Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered father - whom Wesley never knew - belonged to the Fraternity, a…
18
Assassination (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also action and thriller
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings…
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King of Killers (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.
20
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.