Assassinations have formed a major plot element in various works of fiction. This article provides a list of fictional stories in which assassination features as an important plot element. Passing mentions are omitted. Assassination can be regarded as the murder of a ''prominent'' person for a motive which is broadly public and political rather than merely personal or financial. Assassinations in fiction have attracted scholarly attention. In ''Assassinations and Murder in Modern Italy: Transformations in Society and Culture'', as well as analyzing Italian assassinations in their historical and cultural contexts, Stephen Gundle and Lucia Rinaldi explore the films, plays, other works of fiction, and art that the act of assassination has inspired.

Nick Cullather Nick Cullather is an American historian and professor of history at Indiana University. His research interests include US diplomatic history and intelligence, and he is notable especially for his studies of the role of the CIA in coups and nation b ...

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John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination ...

assassination Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have ...

. This list prefers to highlight less familiar cultural artifacts, while trying not to itemize every

Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer who is best known for his postwar ''James Bond'' series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., a ...

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictiona ...

title, or every

Mafia "Mafia" is an informal term that is used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia and Italian Mafia. The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of d ...

film. The historical–historically based or historically inspired–takes precedence over the purely fictional and sensational. Alexandre Dumas

Novels

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Edward Grim Edward Grim (died 1189) was a monk from Cambridge who visited Canterbury Cathedral on Tuesday 29 December 1170 when Thomas Becket was murdered. He researched and published a book, ''Vita S. Thomae'' (Life of St. Thomas) in about 1180, which is t ...

, '' Vita S. Thomae'' a.k.a. ''Life of Thomas Becket'' (1180) – eyewitness account of

Thomas Becket Thomas Becket (), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), was an English nobleman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then ...

* '' Das Nibelungenlied'' (c. 1200) –

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Marko Marulić Marko Marulić Splićanin (), in Latin Marcus Marulus Spalatensis (18 August 1450 – 5 January 1524), was a Croatian poet, lawyer, judge, and Renaissance humanist who coined the term "psychology". He is the national poet of Croatia. According to ...

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Judita ''Judita'' (Judith) is one of the most important Croatian literary works, an epic poem written by the "father of Croatian literature" Marko Marulić in 1501. Editions The work was finished on April 22, 1501, and was published three times durin ...

'' (1521) – Croatian epic poem *

Alexandre Dumas, père Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where ''Suffix (name)#Generational titles, '' is French language, French for 'father', to distinguish him from ...

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The Black Tulip ''The Black Tulip'' is a historical novel and a work of Romantic poetry written by Alexandre Dumas, père, and first published in 1850. Story It begins with a historic event of 1672, the lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt an ...

'' (1850) – historical novel which features the assassination of

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Cornelis de Witt Cornelis de Witt (; 15 June 1623 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch politician and naval commendant of the Golden Age. During the First Stadtholderless Period De Witt was an influential member of the Dutch States Party, and was in opposition to th ...

Bolesław Prus Aleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (), was a Polish novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, as well as a distinctive voice in world lit ...

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Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: ''pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until the an ...

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Henryk Sienkiewicz Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish writer, novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especi ...

, '' Quo Vadis: A Tale of the Time of Nero'' (1895) – historical novel about SS.

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, Pisonian conspirators and Empress

Poppaea Poppaea Sabina (AD 30 – 65), also known as Ollia, was a Roman empress as the second wife of the Emperor Nero. She had also been wife to the future emperor Otho. The historians of antiquity describe her as a beautiful woman who used intrigues ...

, Emperor

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 un ...

Anthony Hope Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: ''Th ...

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Rupert of Hentzau ''Rupert of Hentzau'' is a sequel by Anthony Hope to ''The Prisoner of Zenda'', written in 1895 but not published in book form until 1898. The novel was serialized in ''The Pall Mall Magazine'' and ''McClure's Magazine'' from December 1897 thr ...

'' (1898) – adventure novel and sombre finale to ''

The Prisoner of Zenda ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order ...

'' (1894) *

J. M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several succe ...

, ''Better Dead'' (18??) – novella about a plot against

Lord Randolph Churchill Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British statesman. Churchill was a Tory radical and coined the term 'Tory democracy'. He inspired a generation of party managers, created the National Union of ...

Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...

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The Iron Heel ''The Iron Heel'' is a political novel in the form of science fiction by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.Kershaw, Alex. ''Jack London: A Life''. London: HarperCollins, 1997: 164. Background The main premise of the book i ...

'' (1908) – violent

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The Assassination Bureau, Ltd ''The Assassination Bureau, Ltd'' is a thriller novel, begun by Jack London and finished after his death by Robert L. Fish. It was published in 1963. The plot follows Ivan Dragomiloff, who, in a twist of fate, finds himself pitted against the se ...

'' (c. 1910, published 1963) – novel half-written by

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, completed by

Robert L. Fish Robert Lloyd Fish (August 21, 1912 – February 23, 1981) was an American writer of crime fiction. Biography Early life Fish was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and studied engineering at Case School of Applied Science, where he graduated in 1933 ...

, possibly influenced by the

novella, ''Better Dead''. *

Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Poles in the United Kingdom#19th century, Polish-British novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in t ...

, '' Under Western Eyes'' (1911) *

Baroness Orczy Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci) (; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published) or to her family and friends as Em ...

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The Laughing Cavalier The ''Laughing Cavalier'' (1624) is a portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London, which has been described as "one of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits". The title is an invention of the Vict ...

'' (1913) – historical novel about

Maurice of Nassau Maurice of Orange ( nl, Maurits van Oranje; 14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625) was '' stadtholder'' of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic except for Friesland from 1585 at the earliest until his death in 1625. Before he became Prince ...

John Buchan John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career ...

, '' The Thirty-Nine Steps'' (1915) – suspense novel; just the 1978 movie version features the attempted assassination of a fictional Greek Prime Minister *

André Malraux Georges André Malraux ( , ; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel ''La Condition Humaine'' (Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by P ...

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Man's Fate ''Man's Fate'' (French: ''La Condition humaine'', "The Human Condition") is a 1933 novel written by André Malraux about the failed communist insurrection in Shanghai in 1927, and the existential quandaries facing a diverse group of people associa ...

'' (1933) – existential political novel *

Robert Graves Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was a British poet, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celtic ...

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I, Claudius ''I, Claudius'' is a historical novel by English writer Robert Graves, published in 1934. Written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius, it tells the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the early years of the Roma ...

'' (1934), ''

Claudius the God ''I, Claudius'' is a historical novel by English writer Robert Graves, published in 1934. Written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius, it tells the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the early years of the Rom ...

'' (1935) – historical novels about Roman Emperors

Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pri ...

Tiberius Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...

Caligula Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula (), was the third Roman emperor, ruling from 37 until his assassination in 41. He was the son of the popular Roman general Germanicu ...

Claudius Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...

John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social ...

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In Dubious Battle ''In Dubious Battle'' is a novel by John Steinbeck, written in 1936. The central figure of the story is an activist attempting to organize abused laborers in order to gain fair wages and working conditions. Prior to publication, Steinbeck wrote ...

'' (1936) – social realist novel about a

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labour organizer supporting a strike by fruit pickers *

Sax Rohmer Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward (15 February 1883 – 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu."Rohmer, Sax" by Jack Adrian in Da ...

, ''President

Fu Manchu Dr. Fu Manchu () is a supervillain who was introduced in a series of novels by the English author Sax Rohmer beginning shortly before World War I and continuing for another forty years. The character featured in cinema, television, radio, comic ...

'' (1936) *

Geoffrey Household Geoffrey Edward West Household (30 November 1900 – 4 October 1988) was a prolific British novelist who specialized in thrillers. He is best known for his novel '' Rogue Male'' ( 1939). Personal life He was born in Bristol; his father Hora ...

, '' Rogue Male'' (1939) *

Arthur Koestler Arthur Koestler, (, ; ; hu, Kösztler Artúr; 5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) was a Hungarian-born author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. In 1931, Koestler join ...

, ''

Darkness at Noon ''Darkness at Noon'' (german: link=no, Sonnenfinsternis) is a novel by Hungarian-born novelist Arthur Koestler, first published in 1940. His best known work, it is the tale of Rubashov, an Old Bolshevik who is arrested, imprisoned, and tried f ...

'' (1940) – political novel about "Nikolai Rubashov" (

Nikolai Bukharin Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Буха́рин) ( – 15 March 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, Marxist philosopher and economist and prolific author on revolutionary theory. ...

, '' et al.'') *Robert A. Heinlein, '' If This Goes On--'' (serialized in 1940, published in the 1953 compilation '' Revolt in 2100'') *

Bart Lytton Bart Lytton (born Bernard Shulman; October 4, 1912 – June 29, 1969) was an American financier, Democratic Party fundraiser and philanthropist largely remembered for his flamboyance. A self-made man, he was a founder of one of the largest savings ...

, '' Hangman's Village'' (1943?) – topical novel about

Reinhard Heydrich Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( ; ; 7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a high-ranking German SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust. He was chief of the Reich Security Main Office (inclu ...

Pär Lagerkvist Pär Fabian Lagerkvist (23 May 1891 – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature. Lagerkvist wrote poetry, plays, novels, short stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from hi ...

, '' The Dwarf'' (1944) *

Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He founded the liter ...

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All the King's Men ''All the King's Men'' is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South. It was inspired by the real-life story of U.S ...

'' (1946) – political novel about a Southern governor (

Huey Long Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...

) *

Samuel Shellabarger Samuel Shellabarger (18 May 1888 – 21 March 1954) was an American educator and author of both scholarly works and best-selling historical novels. Born 18 May 1888 in Washington, D.C., Shellabarger was orphaned in infancy, upon the death of bot ...

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Prince of Foxes ''Prince of Foxes'' is a 1947 historical novel by Samuel Shellabarger, following the adventures of the fictional Andrea Orsini, a captain in the service of Cesare Borgia during his conquest of the Romagna. Plot introduction Andrea Zoppo, an Ita ...

'' (1947) – historical novel about

Cesare Borgia Cesare Borgia (; ca-valencia, Cèsar Borja ; es, link=no, César Borja ; 13 September 1475 – 12 March 1507) was an Italian ex- cardinal and '' condottiero'' (mercenary leader) of Aragonese (Spanish) origin, whose fight for power was a major ...

Josephine Tey Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 – 13 February 1952), a Scottish author. Her novel ''The Daughter of Time'' was a detective work investigating the role of Richard III of England in the death of the Princ ...

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The Daughter of Time ''The Daughter of Time'' is a 1951 detective novel by Josephine Tey, concerning a modern police officer's investigation into the alleged crimes of King Richard III of England. It was the last book Tey published in her lifetime, shortly before ...

'' (1951) – historical novel about the

Princes in the Tower The Princes in the Tower refers to the apparent murder in England in the 1480s of the deposed King Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York. These two brothers were the only sons of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville sur ...

James Bond The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...

series (1953–1966) – spy novel series featuring a licensed to kill protagonist who is described as having carried out assassinations, but rarely actually does so in the books themselves ** '' From Russia, With Love'' (1957) – references

Andrés Nin Andreu Nin Pérez (4 February 1892 – 20 June 1937) was a Spanish communist politician, translator and publicist. In 1937, Nin and the rest of the POUM leadership were arrested by the Moscow-oriented government of the Second Spanish Republic o ...

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Solar Lottery ''Solar Lottery'' is a 1955 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was his first published novel and contains many of the themes present in his later work. It was also published in altered form in the UK as ''World of Cha ...

'' (1955) – science fiction novel with assassination as political system *

Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ...

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The Quiet American ''The Quiet American'' is a 1955 novel by English author Graham Greene. Narrated in the first person by journalist Thomas Fowler, the novel depicts the breakdown of French colonialism in Vietnam and early American involvement in the Vietnam W ...

'' (1955) *

Richard Condon Richard Thomas Condon (March 18, 1915 – April 9, 1996) was an American political novelist. Though his works were satire, they were generally transformed into thrillers or semi-thrillers in other media, such as cinema. All 26 books were writte ...

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The Manchurian Candidate ''The Manchurian Candidate'' is a novel by Richard Condon, first published in 1959. It is a political thriller about the son of a prominent U.S. political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for a Communist conspiracy. The ...

'' (1959) *

Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel (, born Eliezer Wiesel ''Eliezer Vizel''; September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored Elie Wiesel b ...

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'' (1961) *

Robert A. Heinlein Robert Anson Heinlein (; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accu ...

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Stranger in a Strange Land ''Stranger in a Strange Land'' is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by ...

'' (1961) – science fiction novel about a Messianic character *

Emeric Pressburger Emeric Pressburger (born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 19025 February 1988) was a Hungarian-British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a collaborat ...

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Killing a Mouse on Sunday ''Killing a Mouse on Sunday'' is a 1961 thriller novel by the British-Hungarian writer Emeric Pressburger, best known as a film producer. In Francoist Spain a Civil Guard officer attempts to lure a notorious exiled guerilla fighter back across t ...

'' (1961) – filmed as '' Behold a Pale Horse'' *

Manuel Mujica Laínez Manuel Mujica LainezIn fact, the writer himself spelled his surnames without accents, as all his books published during his lifetime show. (11 September 1910 – 21 April 1984) was an Argentine novelist, essayist and art critic. He is mainly ...

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Bomarzo Bomarzo is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Viterbo (Lazio, Central Italy), in the lower valley of the Tiber. It is located east-northeast of Viterbo and north-northwest of Rome. History The city's current name is a derivation of ...

'' (1962) – historical novel about

Pier Francesco Orsini Pier Francesco Orsini (4 July 1523 – 28 January 1583), also called Vicino Orsini, was an Italian condottiero, patron of the arts and duke of Bomarzo. He is famous as the commissioner of the Mannerist Park of the Monsters in Bomarzo (northern Lazi ...

* Ben Abro, '' Assassination! July 14'' (1963) – novel about a plot to kill Charles de Gaulle; possibly a basis for ''

The Day of the Jackal ''The Day of the Jackal'' (1971) is a political thriller novel by English author Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the Presid ...

'' * Nick Carter (various authors), '' Run, Spy, Run'' (1964) – spy thriller featuring a foiled plot to kill President

in September 1963; '' Temple of Fear'' (1968) – featuring a plot to assassinate Emperor

Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

of Japan; '' Assault on England'' (1972) – spy thriller featuring multiple assassination attempts on the British cabinet, including

Chancellor of the Exchequer The chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the Chancellor is ...

, Minister of Defence and Foreign Secretary (all successful) and Prime Minister (unsuccessful); '' Agent Counter-Agent'' (1973) – featuring a foiled plot to assassinate the

Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice ...

and President of Venezuela; *

Vassilis Vassilikos Vassilis Vassilikos ( el, Βασίλης Βασιλικός, born 18 November 1934) is a Greek writer and diplomat. Biography He was born in Kavala to parents native to the island of Thasos. His father was an MP with the Liberal Party. He grew u ...

, '' Z'' (1967) – political novel about an opposition politician (

Gregoris Lambrakis Grigoris Lambrakis ( el, Γρηγόρης Λαμπράκης; 3 April 1912 – 27 May 1963) was a Greek politician, physician, track and field athlete, and member of the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of Athens. A member of ...

) *

Mario Puzo Mario Francis Puzo (; ; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter, and journalist. He is known for his crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably ''The Godfather'' (1969), which ...

, ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, ...

'' (1969) *

Frederick Forsyth Frederick McCarthy Forsyth (born 25 August 1938) is an English novelist and journalist. He is best known for thrillers such as ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', '' The Fourth Protocol'', '' The Dogs of War'', ''The Devil's Alter ...

, ''

'' (1971) – suspense novel about

Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...

Loren Singer Loren Adelson Singer (March 5, 1923, – December 19, 2009) was an American novelist, known best for his 1970 political thriller ''The Parallax View'', which was made as a successful 1974 movie, of the same name.Grimes, William"Loren Singer ...

, ''

The Parallax View ''The Parallax View'' is a 1974 American political thriller film produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula, and starring Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels and Paula Prentiss. The screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based ...

'' (1972) *

Trevanian Rodney William Whitaker (June 12, 1931 – December 14, 2005) was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved bestseller status, and publishe ...

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The Eiger Sanction ''The Eiger Sanction'' is a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker. The story is about a classical art professor and collector who doubles as a professional assassin, and who is coerced out of retirement to ave ...

'' (1972) *

Michael Crichton John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature tech ...

(as John Lange), ''

Binary Binary may refer to: Science and technology Mathematics * Binary number, a representation of numbers using only two digits (0 and 1) * Binary function, a function that takes two arguments * Binary operation, a mathematical operation that t ...

'' (1972) – suspense novel about a U.S. President *

George Shipway George Shipway (25 May 1908–1982) was a British author best known for his historical novels, but he also tried his hand at political satire in his book ''The Chilian Club''. Military career George Frederick Morgan Shipway was born on 25 May 1 ...

, '' The Paladin'' (1972), '' The Wolf Time'' (1973) – historical novels about Walter Tyrell, the presumed assassin of King

William Rufus William II ( xno, Williame; – 2 August 1100) was King of England from 26 September 1087 until his death in 1100, with powers over Normandy and influence in Scotland. He was less successful in extending control into Wales. The third so ...

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The Loo Sanction ''The Loo Sanction'' is a 1973 sequel novel to ''The Eiger Sanction'' written by Trevanian. Plot In London, England, Jonathan Hemlock is blackmailed into performing another "sanction", a top-secret political assassination. Critical reception So ...

'' (1973) *

, ''

Winter Kills ''Winter Kills'' is a black comedy novel by Richard Condon, exploring the assassination of a U.S. president. It was published in 1974. The novel parallels the death of John F. Kennedy and the conspiracy theories about it. Plot summary The nov ...

'' (1974) *

Jack Higgins Henry "Harry" Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1975) sol ...

, '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1975) – war novel about a plot by

Himmler Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was of the (Protection Squadron; SS), and a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany. Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and a main architect of th ...

to capture

Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...

Sjöwall and Wahlöö Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective and the main character in the ten novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, collectively titled ''The Story of a Crime''. Frequently referred to as the Martin Beck stories, all have been adap ...

, ''

The Terrorists ''The Terrorists'' (Swedish title: ''Terroristerna'') is a crime novel by Swedish writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö; it is the final book in their 10-part detective series revolving around Martin Beck and his team. ''The Terrorists'' was unf ...

'' (1975) – suspense novel about a Swedish Prime Minister (not

Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until h ...

) *

Gerald Seymour Gerald Seymour (born 25 November 1941 in Guildford, Surrey) is a British writer of crime and espionage novels. Early life Gerald Seymour was born to William Kean Seymour and his second wife, Rosalind Wade.Harry's Game ''Harry's Game'' is a British television drama mini-series made by ITV Yorkshire, Yorkshire Television for ITV (TV network), ITV in 1982, closely based on the 1975 novel ''Harry's Game'' by Gerald Seymour, a former journalist. Apart from brief sc ...

'' (1975) * David Littlejohn, ''The Man Who Killed Mick Jagger'' (Little, Brown, 1977) * Matthew Eden, ''The Murder of Lawrence of Arabia'' (1979) *

, '' Shibumi'' (1979) *

, ''

The Devil's Alternative ''The Devil's Alternative'' is a novel by British writer Frederick Forsyth first published in 1979. It was his fourth full-length novel and marked a new direction in his work, setting the story in the near-future (in 1982) rather than in the rec ...

'' (1979) – complex novel involving a plot to start rebellion in Ukraine in which the

KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...

chief Yuri Ivanenko is murdered *

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

, '' The Dead Zone'' (1979) *

Robert Ludlum Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original '' The Bourne Trilogy'' series. The number of copies of his books in print is estimated b ...

, '' The Bourne Identity'' (1980) *

Mary Renault Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault ("She always pronounced it 'Ren-olt', though almost everyone would come to speak of her as if she were a French car." ), was an English writer best ...

, ''

Funeral Games Funeral games are athletic competitions held in honor of a recently deceased person. The celebration of funeral games was common to a number of ancient civilizations. Athletics and games such as wrestling are depicted on Sumerian statues dating ...

'' (1981) – historical novel about

Roxana Roxana (c. 340 BC – 310 BC, grc, Ῥωξάνη; Old Iranian: ''*Raṷxšnā-'' "shining, radiant, brilliant"; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Rukhsana, Roxandra and Roxane) was a Sogdian or a Bactrian princess whom Alexander the Great married a ...

, Alexander IV, and others *

Harry Mulisch Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch ( ; 29 July 1927 – 30 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into over thirty languages. Along with Wi ...

, ''

The Assault ''The Assault'' (original title in Dutch language, Dutch: ''De aanslag'') is a 1982 novel by Netherlands, Dutch author Harry Mulisch. Random House published an English translation by Claire Nicolas White in 1985. It covers 35 years in the life o ...

'' (1982) *

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and ''From Hell' ...

, ''

V for Vendetta ''V for Vendetta'' is a British graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare). Initially published between 1982 and 1985 in black and white as an ongoing serial in the British antholog ...

'' (1982–1988) – graphic novel featuring numerous assassinations of governmental and quasi-governmental officials by the eponymous character, V *

Jean Van Hamme Jean, knight Van Hamme (born 16 January 1939) is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including ''Histoire sans héros'', ''Thorgal'', ''XIII'' and ''Largo Winch''. Biogr ...

(and

William Vance William van Cutsem (8 September 1935 – 14 May 2018), better known by his pen name William Vance, was a Belgian comics artist known for his distinctive realistic style and work in Franco-Belgian comics. Biography William van Cutsem was born i ...

), ''

XIII XIII may refer to: * 13 (number) or XIII in Roman numerals * 13th century in Roman numerals * ''XIII'' (comics), a Belgian comic book series by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance ** ''XIII'' (2003 video game), a 2003 video game based on the comic b ...

'' (1984) – graphic novel about a U.S. President *

Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science, military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of ...

, ''

Patriot Games ''Patriot Games'' is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published in July 1987. ''Without Remorse'', released six years later, is an indirect prequel, and it is chronologically the first book featuring Jack Ryan, the main character i ...

'' (1987) – suspense novel about the

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...

and

Princess of Wales Princess of Wales (Welsh: ''Tywysoges Cymru'') is a courtesy title used since the 14th century by the wife of the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. The current title-holder is Catherine (née Middleton). The title was firs ...

Don DeLillo Donald Richard DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television, nuclear war, sports, the complexities of language, per ...

, ''

Libra Libra generally refers to: * Libra (constellation), a constellation * Libra (astrology), an astrological sign based on the star constellation Libra may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Libra'' (novel), a 1988 novel by Don DeLillo Musi ...

'' (1988) *

Roderick Thorp Roderick Mayne Thorp, Jr. (September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999) was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedural/crime novels. His novel '' The Detective'' was adapted into a film of the same name in 1968. Thorp is also better ...

, ''

Devlin Devlin may refer to: * Devlin (surname) * Devlin (given name) * Devlin (rapper), a British rapper * ''Devlin'' (TV series), a 1974 animated TV series by Hanna-Barbera * ''Devlin'', a 1988 novel by Roderick Thorp * ''The Devil and Max Devlin '' ...

'' (1988) – suspense novel about a New York mayoral candidate *

, ''

The Negotiator ''The Negotiator'' is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray. It stars Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey as two expert hostage negotiators and Chicago police lieutenants. The film was released in the United States on July ...

''—complex novel, in which Simon Cormack, son of

President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...

John Cormack is kidnapped for ransom (which protagonist Quinn has to deliver) and is then murdered during his return *

, ''

The Eagle Has Flown ''The Eagle Has Flown'' is a book by Jack Higgins, first published in 1991. It is a sequel to '' The Eagle Has Landed''. Plot summary Following the events in the previous novel, it is revealed that Kurt Steiner did not die after attempting to ki ...

'' (1991) – war novel about a plot by

to assassinate Hitler,

Rommel Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel () (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a German field marshal during World War II. Popularly known as the Desert Fox (, ), he served in the ''Wehrmacht'' (armed forces) of Nazi Germany, as well as servi ...

and Canaris *

, '' Eye of the Storm'' (1992) – suspense novel about an attack on

John Major Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997, and as Member of Parliament ...

John Grisham John Ray Grisham Jr. (; born February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas) is an American novelist, lawyer and former member of the 7th district of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his popular legal thrillers. According to the Am ...

, ''

The Pelican Brief ''The Pelican Brief'' is a legal-suspense thriller by John Grisham, published in 1992 by Doubleday. It is his third novel after '' A Time to Kill'' and '' The Firm''. Two paperback editions were published, both by Dell Publishing in 1993. A n ...

'' (1992) – suspense novel which opens with the assassinations of two

Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

justices in one night * J. C. Pollock, '' Threat Case'' (1992) *

, ''

Debt of Honor ''Debt of Honor'' is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 17, 1994. A direct sequel to '' The Sum of All Fears'' (1991), Jack Ryan becomes the National Security Advisor when a secret cabal of Japanese industria ...

'' (1994) – war novel that ends with the bombing of the Capitol Building, wiping out the entire U.S. government except for the newly confirmed Vice President *

, '' The Fist of God'' (1994) – factual novel about supergun designer

Gerald Bull Gerald Vincent Bull (March 9, 1928 – March 22, 1990) was a Canadian engineer who developed long-range artillery. He moved from project to project in his quest to economically launch a satellite using a huge artillery piece, to which end he des ...

Nicholas Shakespeare Nicholas William Richmond Shakespeare FRSL (born 3 March 1957) is a British novelist and biographer, described by the ''Wall Street Journal'' as "one of the best English novelists of our time". Biography Born in Worcester, England to diplomat ...

, ''

The Dancer Upstairs ''The Dancer Upstairs'' is a 1995 novel by Nicholas Shakespeare. It is based on the Maoist insurgency of the 1980s in Peru, and tells the story of Agustin Rejas, a police Lieutenant (later promoted to Captain), hunting a terrorist based on Abimae ...

'' (1995) *

James Ellroy Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, sta ...

, ''

American Tabloid ''American Tabloid'' is a 1995 novel by James Ellroy that chronicles the events surrounding three rogue American law enforcement officers from November 22, 1958, through November 22, 1963. Each becomes entangled in a web of interconnecting associ ...

'' (1995) – novel about

and the

Bay of Pigs invasion The Bay of Pigs Invasion (, sometimes called ''Invasión de Playa Girón'' or ''Batalla de Playa Girón'' after the Playa Girón) was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles, covertly fina ...

, ''

Executive Orders ''Executive Orders'' is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on July 1, 1996. It picks up immediately where the final events of ''Debt of Honor'' (1994) left off, and features now-U.S. President Jack Ryan as he tries to d ...

'' (1996) *

Vince Flynn Vincent Joseph Flynn (April 6, 1966 – June 19, 2013) was an American author of political thriller novels featuring the fictional assassin Mitch Rapp. He was a story consultant for the fifth season of the television series '' 24''. He died of pro ...

, ''

Term Limits A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method of curbing the potenti ...

'' (1997) *

Philip Kerr Philip Ballantyne Kerr (22 February 1956 – 23 March 2018) was a British author, best known for his Bernie Gunther series of historical detective thrillers. Early life Kerr was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, where his father was an enginee ...

, ''

The Shot The Shot was a basketball play that occurred during a 1989 playoff game between the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It took place on May 7, 1989 at Richfield Coliseum in Richfield Township, ...

'' (1999) Alternate take on Kennedy assassination *

, ''

Transfer of Power ''Transfer of Power'' is Vince Flynn's fourth published book in 1999 and is third book featuring Mitch Rapp, the CIA's super agent. The book was released on July 1, 1999 by Pocket Books. It reached number 13 in the ''New York Times'' paperback b ...

'' (1999) – suspense novel about a U.S. President and the White House *

Boris Akunin Boris Akunin (russian: Борис Акунин) is the pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili (russian: Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили, Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili; ka, გრიგორი ჩხარტიშვ� ...

, '' The State Counsellor'' (2000) – historical mystery novel about a Moscow governor *

, ''

The Bear and the Dragon ''The Bear and the Dragon'' is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 21, 2000. A direct sequel to '' Executive Orders'' (1996), President Jack Ryan deals with a war between Russia and China, referred respectively ...

'' (2000) *

, '' Edge of Danger'' (2001) – suspense novel about a U.S. President and a Russian Prime Minister *

Günter Grass Günter Wilhelm Grass (born Graß; ; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in the Free City of Da ...

, '' Crabwalk'' (2002) – investigative novel about

Wilhelm Gustloff Wilhelm Gustloff (30 January 1895 – 4 February 1936) was the founder of the Swiss NSDAP/AO (the Nazi Party organisation for German citizens living outside Germany) at Davos. He remained its leader from 1932 until he was assassinated in 193 ...

Lee Child James Dover Grant (born 29 October 1954), primarily known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British author who writes thriller novels, and is best known for his ''Jack Reacher'' novel series. The books follow the adventures of a former American ...

, '' Without Fail'' (2002) *

, ''

Red Rabbit ''Red Rabbit'' is a spy thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 5, 2002. The plot occurs a few months after the events of ''Patriot Games'' (1987), and incorporates the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Main c ...

'' (2002) – suspense novel about

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

and

Georgi Markov Georgi Ivanov Markov ( bg, Георги Иванов Марков ; 1 March 1929 – 11 September 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident writer. He originally worked as a novelist, screenwriter and playwright in his native country, the People's Repub ...

Ismail Kadare Ismail Kadare (; spelled Ismaïl Kadaré in French; born on 28 January 1936) is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a leading international literary figure and intellectual. He focused on poetry until the pu ...

, '' The Successor'' (2003) – novel about

Mehmet Shehu Mehmet Ismail Shehu (January 10, 1913 – December 18, 1981) was an Albanian communist politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Albania from 1954 to 1981. As an acknowledged military tactician, without whose leadership the communist p ...

Barry Eisler Barry Mark Eisler (born 1964) is a best-selling American novelist. He is the author of two thriller series, the first featuring anti-hero John Rain, a half-Japanese, half-American former soldier turned freelance assassin, and a second featurin ...

, ''Hard Rain'' (2003) *

Nicholson Baker Nicholson Baker (born January 7, 1957) is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as ''The Mezzanine'' and ''Room Temperature'' we ...

, '' Checkpoint'' (2004) – political novel about

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

, ''

Dark Justice ''Dark Justice'' is an American crime drama television series about a judge who becomes a vigilante by night so that he can bring high-level offenders who use technicalities to "escape" the legal system to what he calls "dark justice." The role ...

'' (2004) – suspense novel about a U.S. President * Tim Green, '' Fourth Perimeter'' (2005) * J. K Rowling, ''

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. Set during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores th ...

'', a fantasy novel in which

Draco Malfoy Draco Lucius Malfoy is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series. He is a student in Harry Potter's year belonging in the Slytherin house. He is frequently accompanied by his two cronies, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goy ...

is under orders to assassinate the headmaster of

Hogwarts Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry () is a fictional Scotland, Scottish boarding school of Magic in Harry Potter, magic for students aged eleven to eighteen, and is the primary setting for the first six books in J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Pot ...

School of Witchcraft and Wizardry *

Malay Roy Choudhury Malay Roy Choudhury (born 29 October 1939) is an Indian Bengali poet, playwright, short story writer, essayist and novelist who founded the Hungryalist movement in the 1960s. Early life and education Malay Roy Choudhury was born in Patna, ...

, '' Naamgandho'' (2005) – Bengali novel * Thomas A. Taylor, '' Mortal Shield'' (2008) *

Brent Weeks Brent Weeks (born March 7, 1977) is an American fantasy writer. His debut novel, ''The Way of Shadows'', was a ''New York Times'' best seller in April 2009. Each of the five books in his Lightbringer Series made the NYT list as well, starting w ...

, '' The Night Angel Trilogy'' (2008) – fantasy series *

, ''Sharp Shot'' (2009) – suspense novel about a U.S. President *

, '' First Strike'' (2009) – suspense novel about a U.S. President *

Barbara Kingsolver Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American novelist, essayist and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in the Congo in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at DePauw University and the Univers ...

, ''

The Lacuna ''The Lacuna'' is a 2009 novel by Barbara Kingsolver. It is Kingsolver's sixth novel, and won the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction and the Library of Virginia Literary Award. It was shortlisted for the 2011 International Dublin Literary Award. Plo ...

'' (2009) – novel about

Leon Trotsky Lev Davidovich Bronstein. ( – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky; uk, link= no, Лев Давидович Троцький; also transliterated ''Lyev'', ''Trotski'', ''Trotskij'', ''Trockij'' and ''Trotzky''. (), was a Russian ...

Leonardo Padura Fuentes Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes (born October 10, 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. , he is one of Cuba's best-known writers internationally. In his native Spanish, as well as in English and some other languages, he is often refe ...

, '' El hombre que amaba a los perros'' (''The Man Who Loved Dogs'') (2009) – novel about

* Nathan M Farrugia, '' The Chimera Vector'' (2012) – technothriller featuring deniable operatives programmed to assassinate *

David Baldacci David Baldacci (born August 5, 1960) is an American novelist. An attorney by education, Baldacci writes mainly suspense novels and legal thrillers. Biography Early life and education David Baldacci was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. H ...

'' The Innocent'' (2012)— features professional killer Will Robie who is an American

covert operative A covert operation is a military operation intended to conceal the identity of (or allow plausible deniability by) the party that instigated the operation. Covert operations should not be confused with clandestine operations, which are performe ...

specializing in assassinating high profile targets * J. T. Patten, '' Presidential Retreat'' (2020) — Black ops intelligence professionals responding to a historic conspiracy attempt to save the president on

Martha's Vineyard Martha's Vineyard, often simply called the Vineyard, is an island in the Northeastern United States, located south of Cape Cod in Dukes County, Massachusetts, known for being a popular, affluent summer colony. Martha's Vineyard includes the s ...

to avert a shift in geo-politics

Short stories

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The Kidnapped Prime Minister ''Poirot Investigates'' is a short story collection written by English author Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in March 1924.''The English Catalogue of Books''. Vol XI (A-L: January 1921 – December 1925). Kraus ...

" (1924) –

Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays ('' Black Coffee'' and ''Alibi''), and more ...

short story about the kidnapping of a fictional British Prime Minister, which includes a deliberate attempt on his life * Sir

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

, "

The Adventure of the Red Circle "The Adventure of the Red Circle" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology '' His Last Bow''. Synopsis Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with some questions ...

" (1911) –

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...

short story about a New York mob hit in London *

Liam O'Flaherty Liam O'Flaherty ( ; 28 August 1896 – 7 September 1984) was an Irish novelist and short-story writer, and one of the foremost socialist writers in the first part of the 20th century, writing about the common people's experience and from their ...

, " The Sniper" (1923) *

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fic ...

, "

The Killers The Killers are an American rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingd ...

" (1927) *

, '' Revolt in 2100'' (serialized in 1940, published as a book in 1953) * Philip K. Dick, " The Last of the Masters" (1954) – science fiction novella in which the last dictator on earth is assassinated by

anarchists Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not necessari ...

, successfully overthrowing the last government * David Stanley, " Assassins List" (2014) short story with a percent of the sales donated to injured marines charities.

Plays and operas

Friedrich Schiller by Ludovike Simanowiz

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

, ''

Henry VI, Part 3 ''Henry VI, Part 3'' (often written as ''3 Henry VI'') is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591 and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas '' 1 Henry VI'' deals with the loss of Eng ...

'' (1590) – play about English King Henry VI *

Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (; baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the ...

, ''

Edward II Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir apparent to t ...

'' (1592) – play about English King

, ''

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...

'' (probably 1599) – play about

, ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'' (between 1600 and summer 1602) – play about Hamlet *

, ''

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

'' (between 1603 and 1606) – play about

King Duncan King Duncan is a fictional character in Shakespeare's ''Macbeth.'' He is the father of two youthful sons (Malcolm and Donalbain), and the victim of a well-plotted regicide in a power grab by his trusted captain Macbeth. The origin of the cha ...

Lope de Vega Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio ( , ; 25 November 156227 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Age of Baroque literature. His reputation in the world of Spanish literature ...

, ''

Fuente Ovejuna ''Fuenteovejuna'' () is a play by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. First published in Madrid in 1619, as part of ''Docena Parte de las Comedias de Lope de Vega Carpio'' (''Volume 12 of the Collected plays of Lope de Vega Carpio''),Edwards, ...

'' (between 1612 and 1614) – play about the village of Fuente Ovejuna *

Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronag ...

, '' Cinna'' (1639) – play about

and Cinna *

Jean Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditio ...

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Britannicus Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (12 February AD 41 – 11 February AD 55), usually called Britannicus, was the son of Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Valeria Messalina. For a time he was considered his father's heir, but that ...

'' (1669) – play about

Takeda Izumo is a Japanese family name.1990 Census Name Files

Miyoshi Shōraku Miyoshi may refer to: Places *Miyoshi, Aichi, a city in Aichi Prefecture *Miyoshi, Chiba, a former village in Chiba Prefecture *Miyoshi, Hiroshima, a city in Hiroshima Prefecture *Miyoshi, Saitama, a town in Saitama Prefecture *Miyoshi, Tokushima, ...

, and

Namiki Senryū Namiki is a Japanese brand of writing implements, most specifically, fountain pens, owned by the Pilot (pen company), Pilot Corporation. Namiki is mostly famous for its handmade ''maki-e'' (a Japanese lacquerware Japanese craft, craft with a wi ...

, ''

Kanadehon Chūshingura is an 11-act bunraku puppet play composed in 1748. It is one of the most popular Japanese plays, ranked with Zeami's ''Matsukaze'', although the vivid action of Chūshingura differs dramatically from ''Matsukaze''. Medium During this portion of ...

'' (1748) –

puppet play Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a performan ...

about the

Forty-seven Ronin 47 (forty-seven) is the natural number following 46 and preceding 48. It is a prime number. In mathematics Forty-seven is the fifteenth prime number, a safe prime, the thirteenth supersingular prime, the fourth isolated prime, and the sixth L ...

Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...

, '' Mary Stuart'' (1800) – play about

Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scot ...

and Queen

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, '' Attila, König der Hunnen'' (1809) – tragedy about

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Daniel Auber Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (; 29 January 178212 May 1871) was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally when ...

, '' Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué'' (1833) – opera about Swedish King

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, '' Simón Bocanegra'' (1843) – play about

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, ''The Emperor Jones'' (1920) – play about a Caribbean dictator * Bertolt Brecht, ''The Life of Edward II of England'' (1924) – play about English King

* Kathleen de Jaffa and Louis Gruenberg, ''The Emperor Jones'' (1933) – opera based on Eugene O'Neill, O'Neill's The Emperor Jones, play * Oscar Ryan '' et al.'', ''Eight Men Speak'' (1933) – play about Tim Buck * Albert Camus, ''The Just Assassins'' (1949) – play about Russian Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Sergei * T.S. Eliot, ''Murder in the Cathedral'' (1935) – play about

* Ildebrando Pizzetti, ''Assassinio nella cattedrale'' (1958) – opera about

* Jean Anouilh, '':fr:Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu, Becket or The Honour of God'' (1959) – play about

* Peter Weiss, ''Marat/Sade'' (1963) – musical play about Jean-Paul Marat * Peter Shaffer, ''The Royal Hunt of the Sun'' (1964) – play about Atahualpa * :de:Felix Lützkendorf, Felix Lützkendorf, ''Dallas, 22. November'' (1965) – playPublication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the German National Library.
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about

and Lee Harvey Oswald *

and Alberto Ginastera, ''Bomarzo (opera), Bomarzo'' (1967) – opera based on Manuel Mujica Laínez, Mujica Laínez's Bomarzo (novel), novel * James Prideaux, ''The Last of Mrs. Lincoln'' (1972) – play about Abraham Lincoln * Carlisle Floyd, ''Willie Stark'' (1981) – opera based on

's novel ''

'', in turn inspired by the life of the Louisiana governor

. * Rolf Hochhuth, ''Rolf Hochhuth#Soldiers, Soldiers'' (1967) – play about Władysław Sikorski * Eric Schlosser#Drama, Eric Schlosser, ''Americans (play), Americans'' (1985) – play about William McKinley and Leon Czolgosz * John Weidman and Stephen Sondheim, ''Assassins (musical), Assassins'' (1990) – musical * Alice Goodman and John Adams (composer), John Adams, ''The Death of Klinghoffer'' (1991) – opera about Leon Klinghoffer * Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay, ''Elisabeth (musical), Elisabeth'' (1992) – musical about Elisabeth of Bavaria, "Sissi", Queen Empress of Austro-Hungary * David Ives, ''Variations on the Death of Trotsky'' (1993) – comedy about

* Emily Mann (director), Emily Mann, ''Execution of Justice'' (199?) – play about George Moscone and Harvey Milk * Pierre Brault, ''Blood on the Moon (play), Blood on the Moon'' (2000) – play about D'Arcy McGee * Pradeep Dalavi, ''Me Nathuram Godse Boltoy'' (2000?) – play about Mahatma Gandhi * Lee Blessing, ''Whores (play), Whores'' (2002) – play about Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel, Maura Clarke, and Jean Donovan * Henning Mankell, ''The Troubled Man#Background and writing, Politik'' (2010) – play about

Films

The list is organized chronologically by year of release, rather than year of production.
Within each year, films based on genuine historical events are listed first, followed by any purely fictional entries.

1890s

* ''The Execution of Mary Stuart'' – 1895 Re-enactment of the beheading of

by Alfred Clark (director), Alfred Clark * ''Néron essayant des poisons sur un esclave'' – 1896 French short subject, short by Georges Hatot shows Roman Emperor

practising a favoured assassination method, poison, on a slave * ''Mort de Marat'' – 1897 French Hand-colouring, hand-coloured short by :fr:Georges Hatot, Georges Hatot about the 1793 assassination of Jean-Paul Marat in his bath by Charlotte Corday * ''L'Assassinat du duc de Guise'' – 1897 French short by :fr:Georges Hatot, Georges Hatot on the 1588 assassination of the Henry I, Duke of Guise, Duc de Guise by King Henry III of France, Henri III at the Château de Blois * ''La mort de Robespierre'' – 1897 French short by :fr:Georges Hatot, Georges Hatot on the 1794 execution without trial of Maximilien Robespierre

1900s

* ''

'' – from 1900 to 2000, dozens of film adaptations, in various languages, of the

. * ''Le Duel d'Hamlet'' – 1900 French sound film, sound short by :fr:Clément Maurice, Clément Maurice in which Hamlet (Sarah Bernhardt) is killed by Laertes (Hamlet), Laertes (:fr:Pierre Magnier, Pierre Magnier), based on

* ''Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison'' – 1901 short by Edwin Stanton Porter, Edwin S. Porter recreates the electric chair, electrocution of U.S. President William McKinley, McKinley's Leon Czolgosz, assassin in 1901 * ''The Martyred Presidents'' – 1901 short by Edwin Stanton Porter, Edwin S. Porter memorializes the three murdered U.S. Presidents, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, James A. Garfield, Garfield, and William McKinley, McKinley McKinleyAssassination

* ''L'Assassinat de Mac Kinley'' – 1902 French short by Ferdinand Zecca about the assassination of U.S. Président William McKinley, Guillaume Mac Kinley (French rendering of ''William McKinley'') in 1901 * ''Assassinat de la famille royale de Serbie'' – 1903 French short by :fr:Lucien Nonguet, Lucien Nonguet about the assassination of Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian King Alexander I of Serbia, Alexander I and his consort, Queen Draga Mašin, Draga in 1903 * ''L'Assassinat du grand-duc Serge'' – 1905 French short by :fr:Lucien Nonguet, Lucien Nonguet about the assassination of Russian Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Sergei by a Ivan Kalyayev, terrorist in 1905 * ''François Ier et Triboulet'' (a.k.a. ''The King and the Jester'') – 1907 French short by Georges Méliès about King

and his jester Triboulet, who form the basis for

's play ''

'' (and Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi's opera ''

'') * ''La prophétesse de Thèbes'' – 1907 French short by Georges Méliès in which a prophetess foresees the assassination of the King of Ancient Thebes (Boeotia), Thebes Assassinat du duc de guise

* ''The Assassination of the Duke of Guise'' – 1908 French short by Charles Le Bargy on the 1588 assassination of the Henry I, Duke of Guise, Duc de Guise by King Henry III of France, Henri III (Le Bargy) at the Château de Blois * ''Macbeth (1908 film), Macbeth'' – 1908 short by J. Stuart Blackton, based on the

, in which

(Charles Kent (actor), Charles Kent) is murdered by his thegn, thane Macbeth (Macbeth), Macbeth (William V. Ranous), loosely based on the death of Duncan I of Scotland, Duncan I in 1040 – followed by numerous other versions * ''La mort de Lincoln'' (a.k.a. ''La fin de Lincoln'') – 1909 French short by Albert Capellani about the assassination and death of President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln (Henri Desfontaines) in 1865 * ''Judith et Holopherne'' – 1909 French short by Louis Feuillade on the beheading of Assyrian general Holofernes by Biblical heroine Judith (Renée Carl), based on the ''

'' * ''A Fool's Revenge'' – 1909 film by D. W. Griffith in which a jester and protective father (Charles Inslee) arranges the assassination of his lascivious lord (Owen Moore), based on

's play ''

'' and Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi's opera ''

1910s

* ''Becket (1910 film), Becket'' (a.k.a. ''The Martyrdom of Thomas A. ''[sic]'' Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury'') – 1910 short by Charles Kent (actor), Charles Kent about the assassination of Archbishop of Canterbury

(Kent) in 1170 * ''The Assassination of Admiral Coligny'' – 1910 short by the Urban Trading Company about the murder of French Huguenot leader Gaspard II de Coligny, Coligny in 1572 just prior to the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre * ''Chūshingura'' (a.k.a. ''A Tale of Loyal Retainers'') – c. 1910 Japanese film by Shōzō Makino (director), Shōzō Makino, starring Matsunosuke Onoe, about the Forty-seven rōnin, Forty-seven ''rōnin'', a group of samurai who plotted to avenge their daimyō, lord's death in 1701 – also, earlier 1907 short by Ryo Konishi * ''L'assassinat d'Henri III'' – 1911 French short by Henri Desfontaines and Louis Mercanton on the mortal wounding of King Henry III of France, Henri III in 1589 by an anti-Protestant Jacques Clément, Dominican friar * ''Ulrih Celjski i Vladislav Hunjadi'' – 1911 Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian short by :sr:Чича Илија Станојевић, Čiča Ilija Stanojević, the first Serbian film, about the murder of Hungarian regent Ulrich II of Celje, Ulrih Celjski (Stanojević) in 1456 and the reprisal against László Hunyadi, Vladislav Hunjadi by King Ladislaus the Posthumous, Vladislav V, based on Ferenc Erkel, Erkel's Hunyadi László (opera), opera * ''Karađorđe (film), Karadjordje'' ('':sr:Карађорђе (филм), Карађорђе'') – 1911 Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian film by :sr:Чича Илија Станојевић, Čiča Ilija Stanojević, the first Serbian feature film, feature, about the 1817 assassination of Karađorđe Petrović, Karadjordje Petrović, leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans, by agents of Prince Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia, Miloš Obrenović * ''Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot'' – 1911 short by the Urban Trading Company about the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up Palace of Westminster, Parliament and James VI and I * ''Il Ballo in maschera (1911 film), Il Ballo in maschera'' – 1911 Italian short by Ugo Falena based on Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi's 1859 Un ballo in maschera, opera, inspired by the 1792 shooting of Swedish King

at a masquerade ball Blanche Sweet in Judith of Bethulia

* ''Judith of Bethulia'' – 1914 film by D. W. Griffith on the beheading of Assyrian general Holofernes (Henry B. Walthall) by Biblical heroine Judith (Blanche Sweet), based on the ''

'' * ''The Birth of a Nation'' – 1915 film by D. W. Griffith recreates the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln (Joseph Henabery) by a John Wilkes Booth, famous tragedian (Raoul Walsh) inside Ford's Theatre in 1865 * ''La Tragica fine di Caligula imperator'' – 1917 Italian short by Ugo Falena about the assassination of Roman Emperor

(Raffaello Mariani) by Cassius Chaerea, Chaerea (Elio Gioppo) in AD 41

1920s

* ''Judith and Holofernes (1929 film), Giuditta e Oloferne'' – 1920 Italian film by Aldo Molinari on the beheading of Assyrian general Holofernes by Biblical heroine Judith (Ileana Leonidoff), based on the ''

'' – also, 1928 version by :it:Baldassarre Negroni, Baldassarre Negroni * ''Das Fest der schwarzen Tulpe'' – 1920 German film by :de:Marie Luise Droop, Marie Luise Droop and Muhsin Ertuğrul about the staged lynching of Dutch politicians

and

in 1672, based on the The Black Tulip, novel by Alexandre Dumas, père, Alexandre Dumas * ''The Black Tulip (1921 film), The Black Tulip'' – 1921 Anglo-Dutch film by Maurits Binger and Frank Richardson (director), Frank Richardson about the staged lynching of Dutch politicians

and

in 1672, based on the The Black Tulip, novel by Alexandre Dumas, père, Alexandre Dumas * ''Kaiserin Elisabeth von Österreich'' – 1921 German film by Rolf Raffé about Elisabeth of Bavaria, "Sissi", Queen Empress of Austro-Hungary (Carla Nelsen) and her 1898 assassination by an Luigi Lucheni, anarchist * ''In the Days of Buffalo Bill'' – 1922 serial by Edward Laemmle included the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln (J. Herbert Frank) by a John Wilkes Booth, famous tragedian (William F. Moran (actor), William F. Moran) in 1865 * ''Young Medardus'' – 1923 Austrian film by Michael Curtiz in which young Viennese, following the War of the Fifth Coalition, occupation of Vienna in 1809, plan to assassinate Napoleon I, Napoleon, based on the play by Arthur Schnitzler, Schnitzler * ''Becket (1923 film), Becket'' – 1923 film by George Ridgwell about the assassination of Archbishop of Canterbury

(Frank R. Benson) in 1170, based on the Becket (Tennyson play), play by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, Tennyson * ''Rupert of Hentzau (1923 film), Rupert of Hentzau'' – 1923 film by Victor Heerman in which the King of Ruritania (Bert Lytell) is assassinated (but not his look-alike, as in the Rupert of Hentzau, novel by

) – also, earlier 1916 version with Henry Ainley * ''The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln'' – 1924 film by Phil Rosen depicts the career and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln (George A. Billings) by a John Wilkes Booth, famous tragedian (William F. Moran (actor), William F. Moran) in 1865 * ''Die Nibelungen, Die Nibelungen: Siegfried'' – 1924 German film by Fritz Lang about the hero

and his assassination by the Kingdom of Burgundy, Burgundian Hagen (legend), Hagen, based on the c. 1200 epic poetry, epic poem ''Nibelungenlied, The Nibelungenlied'' * ''Die Nibelungen, Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache'' – 1924 German sequel by Fritz Lang in which Gudrun, Kriemhild, avenging her husband

, kills Hagen (legend), Hagen in a plot involving her second husband, Hunnish King Attila the Hun, Etzel * ''Wallenstein, 2. Teil – Wallensteins Tod'' – 1925 German film by :de:Rolf Randolf, Rolf Randolf in which Albrecht von Wallenstein, Wallenstein (Fritz Greiner), supreme Habsburg commander during the Thirty Years' War, is murdered in 1634 by an Walter Devereux (Wallenstein), English captain under his command, at the insistence of the Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor * ''Ben-Hur (1925 film), Ben-Hur'' – 1925 film by Fred Niblo in which a Jewish nobleman is sentenced to the galleys after a perceived assassination attempt on Valerius Gratus, the Roman Judea (Roman province), Procurator of Judea * ''Napoléon (1927 film), Napoléon'' – 1927 French film by Abel Gance, about the early career of Napoleon I of France, Napoleon Bonaparte (Albert Dieudonné), includes the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat (Antonin Artaud) in 1793 * ''Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg'' (''The Fate of the von Habsburgs'') – 1928 German film by Rolf Raffé about the assassinations of Elisabeth of Bavaria, "Sissi", Queen Empress of Austro-Hungary (:de:Erna Morena, Erna Morena) in 1898, and Archduke Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, his wife in 1914

1930s

* ''Abraham Lincoln (1930 film), Abraham Lincoln'' – 1930 film by D.W. Griffith about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln (Walter Huston) * ''Rasputin and the Empress'' – 1932 film by Ryszard Bolesławski, Richard Boleslawski about the murdered monk, Grigori Rasputin, Rasputin (Lionel Barrymore) * ''Scarface (1932 film), Scarface'' – 1932 film by Howard Hawks about a gangster (Paul Muni), based on Al Capone, includes incidents based on the murders of James Colosimo in 1920, Dion O'Banion in 1924, and the Saint Valentine's Day massacre in 1929 * ''Hans Westmar. Einer von vielen. Ein deutsches Schicksal aus dem Jahre 1929, Hans Westmar'' – 1933 banned German propaganda film by Franz Wenzler about a murdered Sturmabteilung, stormtrooper, based on the life of Nazi martyr Horst Wessel, immortalized by the Nazi Party anthem "Horst-Wessel-Lied, Die Fahne hoch" * ''The Man Who Dared (1933 film), The Man Who Dared'' – 1933 film by Hamilton MacFadden about the assassination of an immigrant mayor of Chicago (Preston Foster), based on Anton Cermak, killed earlier in 1933 during the attempted murder of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt by a Giuseppe Zangara, delusional anarchist * ''The Emperor Jones (1933 film), The Emperor Jones'' – 1933 film by Dudley Murphy where, on a Caribbean island, an escaped U.S. convict (Paul Robeson) has become a self-styled Emperor, but is now hunted by his rebellious subjects, based on the The Emperor Jones, play by List of Nobel laureates in Literature, Nobel laureate

* '':nl:Willem van Oranje (film), Willem van Oranje'' – 1934 Dutch film by :nl:Jan Teunissen, Jan Teunissen, about William the Silent, William of Orange (Cor van der Lugt Melsert) leading the Dutch Revolt, may include the 1582 attempt, by pistol, by a Juan de Jáuregui, Spanish merchant's assistant, or the 1584 assassination, again by pistol, by a Balthasar Gérard, French Catholic bounty hunter * ''Cleopatra (1934 film), Cleopatra'' – 1934 film by Cecil B. DeMille, about the Cleopatra VII, Egyptian queen (Claudette Colbert), includes the assassination of

(Warren William) in 44 BC. * ''The Iron Duke (film), The Iron Duke'' – 1934 film by Victor Saville about the contrived execution of Michel Ney, Marshal Ney for treason by French King Louis XVIII of France, Louis XVIII in 1815, during the Second White Terror, White Terror which followed the Bourbon Restoration in France, Bourbon Restoration * ''The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film), The Man Who Knew Too Much'' – 1934 film by Alfred Hitchcock about a British family on holiday in Switzerland who become involved in an assassination plot * ''The Prisoner of Shark Island'' – 1936 film by John Ford about the imprisonment of Samuel Mudd, Dr. Samuel Mudd, following the Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln assassination in 1865 * ''The Plainsman'' – 1936 film by Cecil B. DeMille includes the murder of Marshal, lawman Wild Bill Hickok (Gary Cooper) in 1876 * ''Fury (1936 film), Fury'' – 1936 film by Fritz Lang in which an accused man (Spencer Tracy) persecutes those who nearly lynched him, inspired by the 1933 Brooke Hart lynching case where the James Rolph, California Governor colluded with the mob * ''Secret Agent (1936 film), Secret Agent'' – 1936 film by Alfred Hitchcock about a British spy (John Gielgud) sent to assassinate a German agent * ''They Won't Forget'' – 1937 film by Mervyn LeRoy about the lynching of a New York factory owner, based on the 1915 Leo Frank case, starring Claude Rains * ''I, Claudius (film), I, Claudius'' – 1937 film by Josef von Sternberg on political violence in ancient Rome, as observed by Emperor

(Charles Laughton), involving the rumoured assassination of Emperor

by Emperor

(Emlyn Williams), and the assassinations of

and Caesonia – unfinished, but footage survives * ''The Man in the Barn'' – 1937 dramatized documentary short by Jacques Tourneur which explores the theory that President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's John Wilkes Booth, assassin did not die in a Maryland barn in 1865 but rather as "David E. George" in Oklahoma in 1903 * ''Peter the First, Part Two'' ('':ru:Пётр Первый (фильм), Пётр Первый'') – 1938 Soviet film by Vladimir Petrov (director), Vladimir Petrov in which Tsar Peter I of Russia, Peter the Great (Nikolai Simonov) has his son, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Tsarevich Alexei (Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov, Nikolai Cherkasov), tortured and executed in 1718 for plotting against him * ''Frontier Marshal (1939 film), Frontier Marshal'' – 1939 film by Allan Dwan in which Doc Holliday, Doc Halliday (Caesar Romero) is killed by Curly Bill Brocius, Curly Bill (Joe Sawyer). * ''Jesse James (1939 film), Jesse James'' – 1939 film by Henry King (director), Henry King about the assassination of outlaw Jesse James (Tyrone Power) * ''Juarez (1939 film), Juarez'' – 1939 film by William Dieterle about the 1867 execution of Mexican Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, Maximilian by Benito Juárez, President Juárez (Paul Muni) * ''Five Came Back'' – 1939 film by John Farrow in which the crash of a passenger plane in the Amazon rainforest allows an anarchist assassin (Joseph Calleia) to re-evaluate himself

1940s

* ''A Dispatch from Reuter's'' – 1940 film by William Dieterle in which Paul Reuter proves the value of his telegraphic news service by reporting the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln in 1865 * ''Brigham Young (1940 film), Brigham Young'' – 1940 film by Henry Hathaway in which Joseph Smith Jr., Joseph Smith (Vincent Price) is killed by an angry mob. * ''Foreign Correspondent (film), Foreign Correspondent'' – 1940 film by Alfred Hitchcock in which a diplomat's decoy is assassinated in Amsterdam * ''Man Hunt (1941 film), Man Hunt'' – 1941 film by Fritz Lang, starring Walter Pidgeon and George Sanders, based on

's 1939 novel, '' Rogue Male''. A British hunter vacationing in the Bavarian Alps near the Berghof (residence), Berghof, Hitler's home in Berchtesgaden, gets Hitler in his gun sight and ponders whether or not he should shoot him. * ''Tennessee Johnson'' – 1942 film by William Dieterle about Vice President Andrew Johnson, who assumes the Presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 * ''Hangmen Also Die'' – 1943 film by Fritz Lang about the 1942 assassination of Nazi

* ''Hitler's Madman'' – 1943 film by Douglas Sirk about the 1942 assassination of Nazi

and the subsequent reprisal against the Czech village of Lidice#Heydrich's assassination, Lidice * ''Ivan the Terrible (1944 film), Ivan the Terrible, Part I'' – 1944 Soviet film by Sergei Eisenstein about the suspected poisoning in 1560 of Tsarina Anastasia Romanovna, Anastasia, consort of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, Ivan IV (Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov, Nikolai Cherkasov) * ''Rome, Open City'' – Palme d'Or-winning, Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Oscar-nominated 1945 Italian film by Roberto Rossellini in which Italian resistance movement, Italian Resistance leaders are tortured to death by the Gestapo * ''Murderers Among Us, The Murderers Are Among Us'' – 1946 German film by Wolfgang Staudte about a demobilized Berliner who plans to assassinate his former officer, a war criminal * ''The Killers (1946 film), The Killers'' – 1946 film by Robert Siodmak about two hitmen, starring Burt Lancaster and based on the The Killers (Hemingway short story), story by List of Nobel laureates in Literature, Nobel laureate

* ''All the King's Men (1949 film), All the King's Men'' – 1949 film by Robert Rossen about the assassination of Southern governor Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford), inspired by the 1935 death of Louisiana governor

* ''Border Incident'' – 1949 film by Anthony Mann in which a Mexican federal Federal Judicial Police, PJF agent (Ricardo Montalbán), undercover as a ''Bracero Program, bracero'', is targeted by corrupt U.S. ranchers * ''Prince of Foxes (film), Prince of Foxes'' – 1949 film by Henry King (director), Henry King in which an artist (Tyrone Power) and an assassin join forces against

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1950s

* ''The Sound of Fury (film), The Sound of Fury'' – 1950 film by Cy Endfield in which two kidnappers (Frank Lovejoy, Lloyd Bridges) are lynched after a journalist's provocation, inspired by the 1933 Brooke Hart lynching case where the James Rolph, California Governor colluded with the mob * ''The Gunfighter (film), The Gunfighter'' – 1950 Western by Henry King (director), Henry King in which a notorious gunfighter (Gregory Peck) is shot in the back by a tyro, for the sake of the fame * ''Quo Vadis (1951 film), Quo Vadis'' – 1951 film by Mervyn LeRoy, about the persecution of early Christians, involves the crucifixion of Saint Peter (in AD 64), then the murder of Empress

by Emperor

(Peter Ustinov), and the mercy killing of Nero by his Christian friend Claudia Acte, Acte, inspired by the suicide of Nero in AD 68 * ''Murder in the Cathedral (film), Murder in the Cathedral'' – 1951 film by George Hoellering about the assassination of Archbishop of Canterbury

(John Groser) in 1170, based on the Murder in the Cathedral, play by T.S. Eliot * ''The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, The Desert Fox'' – 1951 film by Henry Hathaway, about Generalfeldmarschall, Field Marshal

(James Mason), includes his Operation Flipper, failed assassination by British commandos in 1941 and his role in the Claus von Stauffenberg, Stauffenberg plot against Adolf Hitler * ''The Tall Target'' – 1951 film by Anthony Mann about a conspiracy against Abraham Lincoln, known as the "Baltimore Plot", before his 1861 presidential inauguration * ''The Magic Face'' – 1951 film by Frank Tuttle where an actor (Luther Adler) becomes Adolf Hitler's valet only to kill and replace him * ''The Enforcer (1951 film), The Enforcer'' – 1951 film by Bretaigne Windust (and Raoul Walsh) about the Murder, Inc. group of professional hitmen, starring Humphrey Bogart Viva Zapata movie trailer screenshot (12)

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* ''Viva Zapata!'' – 1952 film by Elia Kazan about the murders of Francisco Madero and Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando) during the Mexican Revolution * ''The Secret People (film), The Secret People'' – 1952 film by Thorold Dickinson in which a plot to assassinate a European dictator goes awry, killing an innocent bystander * ''Julius Caesar (1953 film), Julius Caesar'' – 1953 film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz about the assassination of

(Louis Calhern) in the Roman Senate on the Ides of March, 44 BC, adapted from

's Julius Caesar (play), tragedy * '':fr:Lucrèce Borgia (film, 1953), Lucrèce Borgia'' – 1953 French film by Christian-Jaque in which Cesare Borgia, César Borgia (Pedro Armendáriz) plots the assassination of the Giovanni Sforza, Duke of Milan (:fr:Gilles Quéant, Gilles Quéant), the first husband of his sister Lucrezia Borgia, Lucrèce (Martine Carol), then plots again against her second husband, Alfonso of Aragon (1481–1500), Alphonse of Aragon (Massimo Serato), in 1498 * ''Canaris (film), Canaris'' – 1954 West German film by Alfred Weidenmann about how the assassination of Nazi

in 1942 fails to prevent the arrest and execution of Abwehr chief and British agent Wilhelm Canaris in 1945 * ''Suddenly (1954 film), Suddenly'' – 1954 film by Lewis Allen (director), Lewis Allen about a would-be presidential assassin (Frank Sinatra) * ''Jackboot Mutiny'' (a.k.a. ''It Happened on 20 July'') – 1955 West German film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, G.W. Pabst about the Claus von Stauffenberg, Stauffenberg plot against Adolf Hitler, starring Bernhard Wicki * ''Prince of Players'' – 1955 film by Philip Dunne (writer), Philip Dunne about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (Stanley Hall (actor), Stanley Hall) by John Wilkes Booth (John Derek) * ''The Plot to Assassinate Hitler'' (''Der 20. Juli'') – 1955 West German film by Falk Harnack about the Claus von Stauffenberg, Stauffenberg plot against Adolf Hitler, starring Wolfgang Preiss * ''Ernst Thälmann (film), Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse'' – 1955 East German film by Kurt Maetzig in which Ernst Thälmann, Communist Party of Germany, German Communist Party leader, is murdered in Buchenwald concentration camp, Buchenwald in 1944 * ''Sissi (film), Sissi'' – 1955 Austrian film and sequels, by Ernst Marischka, commemorate Elisabeth of Bavaria, "Sissi", Queen Empress of Austro-Hungary (Romy Schneider), although none depict her 1898 assassination by an Luigi Lucheni, anarchist * ''Alexander the Great (1956 film), Alexander the Great'' – 1956 film by Robert Rossen in which Alexander the Great, Alexander (Richard Burton) ascends the throne of Macedon after the assassination of King Philip II of Macedon, Philip (Fredric March) in 336 BC. * ''Mio figlio Nerone'' (a.k.a. ''My Son Nero'' and ''Nero's Big Weekend'') – 1956 Italian comedy by Stefano Vanzina, Steno in which mad Roman Emperor

tries over and over to assassinate his mother Agrippina the Younger, Agrippina (Gloria Swanson), amongst others * ''I Killed Wild Bill Hickok'' – 1956 Western by Richard Talmadge about the assassination of marshal, lawman Wild Bill Hickok (Tom Brown (actor), Tom Brown) in 1876, loosely based on the story of Jack McCall, Hickok's assassin * ''Anastasia (1956 film), Anastasia'' – 1956 film by Anatole Litvak concerns a mysterious woman from a Parisian asylum (Ingrid Bergman) who might be Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Anastasia, survivor of the murder of her Nicholas II of Russia, family in 1918 * ''The Green Man (film), The Green Man'' – 1956 comedy by Robert Day (director), Robert Day and Basil Dearden about an assassin (Alastair Sim) and a Cabinet minister * ''The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film), The Man Who Knew Too Much'' – 1956 remake#Film, remake by Alfred Hitchcock about an American family on vacation in Morocco who become involved in an assassination plot * ''Omar Khayyam (film), Omar Khayyam'' – 1957 film by William Dieterle in which the famous poet Omar Khayyám, Omar Khayyam (Cornel Wilde) foils a plot by the sect of Hashshashin, Assassins to kill the sultan's son * ''I Was Monty's Double (film), I Was Monty's Double'' – 1958 film by John Guillermin in which the actor (M.E. Clifton-James as himself) hired to impersonate British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Montgomery is subject to German aeroplane and commando attacks * ''Ivan the Terrible (1944 film), Ivan the Terrible, Part II'' – 1958 Soviet film by Sergei Eisenstein about a plot by his boyars to assassinate Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, Ivan IV (Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov, Nikolai Cherkasov), c. 1565 * ''Ashes and Diamonds (film), Ashes and Diamonds'' – 1958 Polish film by Andrzej Wajda about two Armia Krajowa, Home Army fighters ordered to assassinate a Communist commissar * '':pl:Zamach (film), Zamach'' – 1959 Polish film by Jerzy Passendorfer about the assassination of Franz Kutschera, Schutzstaffel, SS Police Chief of Warsaw, by Armia Krajowa, Home Army fighters in 1944 * ''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben-Hur'' – 1959 film by William Wyler in which a Jewish nobleman is sentenced to the galleys after a perceived assassination attempt on Valerius Gratus, the Roman Judea (Roman province), Procurator of Judea * ''North West Frontier (film), North West Frontier'' – 1959 film by J. Lee Thompson, set in India in 1905, where a Hindu maharajah is assassinated by Moslem rebels and a British captain (Kenneth More) must defend his young heir

1960s

* ''Esther and the King'' – 1960 film by Raoul Walsh and Mario Bava about Persian Queen Esther and her husband King Ahasuerus, based on the ''Book of Esther'' * ''Khovanshchina (film), Khovanshchina'' – 1960 Soviet film by Vera Stroyeva, starring Mark Reizen, based on Modest Mussorgsky, Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina, opera * ''Murder, Inc. (1960 film), Murder, Inc.'' – 1960 film by Stuart Rosenberg about the Murder, Inc. group of professional hitmen, starring Stuart Whitman * ''The Gleiwitz Case'' – 1961 East German film by :de:Gerhard Klein (Regisseur), Gerhard Klein in which Nazis plan to murder a concentration camp inmate dressed in Polish uniform as a pretext to invade Poland, based on the 1939 Gleiwitz incident * ''Vanina Vanini (film), Vanina Vanini'' – 1961 Italian film by Roberto Rossellini, set in 1824 during the Italian unification, Risorgimento, when a Carbonari revolutionary (Laurent Terzieff) plans to assassinate a traitor to the secret society, loosely based on the Vanina Vanini, novella by Stendhal which does not involve assassination * ''Blast of Silence'' – 1961 film by Allen Baron where a hitman (Baron) stalks a mob lord during Christmas * ''Becket oder Die Ehre Gottes'' – 1962 West German television film by :de:Rainer Wolffhardt, Rainer Wolffhardt about the assassination of Archbishop of Canterbury

(:de:Heinz Baumann, Heinz Baumann) in 1170, based on the :fr:Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu, play by Jean Anouilh, Anouilh * ''Shinobi no Mono'' (a.k.a. ''Band of Assassins'') – 1962 Japanese film by Satsuo Yamamoto in which two ninjas vie to assassinate warlord Oda Nobunaga in the 1570s * ''Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki'' – 1962 Japanese film by Hiroshi Inagaki about the

, a group of samurai who plotted to avenge their daimyō, lord's death in 1701, starring Toshirō Mifune * ''The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film), The Manchurian Candidate'' – 1962 film by John Frankenheimer, adapted from the The Manchurian Candidate, novel by

, in which a U.S. Korean War P.O.W. (Laurence Harvey) is brainwashed into assassinating a Presidential candidate, thus allowing a Communist agent to become President * ''Dr. No (film), Dr. No'' – 1962 thriller by Terence Young (director), Terence Young about the murder of British agents in Jamaica, and the investigation by an agent,

(Sean Connery), who is "licensed to kill" * ''Cleopatra (1963 film), Cleopatra'' – 1963 film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, about the Cleopatra VII, Egyptian queen (Elizabeth Taylor), includes the assassinations of several historical figures, Pompey, Pothinus,

, Caesarion and, unhistorically, Egyptian ambassador Sosigenes of Alexandria, Sosigenes * ''Nine Hours to Rama'' – 1963 film by Mark Robson (film director), Mark Robson about Mahatma Gandhi and his Naturam Godse, assassin (Horst Buchholz) * ''The Ugly American (film), The Ugly American'' – 1963 film by George Englund, starring Marlon Brando, in which a Southeast Asian nationalist revolutionary is assassinated by a Communist double agent * ''The Little Soldier'' – 1963 French film by Jean-Luc Godard about an agent for List of intelligence agencies of France, French Intelligence who is assigned to kill a sympathizer of the Algerian National Liberation Front (Algeria), FLN * ''From Russia with Love (film), From Russia with Love'' – 1963 film by Terence Young (director), Terence Young in which James Bond and an ally are targeted for assassination by a SPECTRE agent * ''Becket (1964 film), Becket'' – 1964 film by Peter Glenville about the assassination of Archbishop of Canterbury

(Richard Burton) in 1170, based on the :fr:Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu, play by Jean Anouilh, Anouilh * ''Kustaa III'' – 1964 Finnish television film by Mirjam Himberg about the 1792 shooting of Swedish King

(Lasse Pöysti) by a Jacob Johan Anckarström, disgruntled officer (Uolevi Vahteristo) at a masquerade ball * ''Atentát (film), Atentát'' – 1964 Czechoslovakian film by Jiří Sequens about the assassination of Nazi

by Operation Anthropoid, Czech commandos in 1942 * ''The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964 film), The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald'' – 1964 film by Larry Buchanan in which the Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin (Charles Mazyrack) of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy is not himself assassinated but instead receives a fair trial in Dallas * ''The Fall of the Roman Empire (film), The Fall of the Roman Empire'' – 1964 film by Anthony Mann about the rumoured assassination of Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guinness) in AD 180 and the actual one of Commodus (Christopher Plummer) in 192 * '' Behold a Pale Horse'' – 1964 film by Fred Zinnemann about a Spanish Civil War grudge between an exiled guerrilla (Gregory Peck) and a policeman (Anthony Quinn) * ''De l'assassinat considéré comme un des beaux-arts'' (''Assassination Considered as One of the Fine Arts'') – 1964 French film by Maurice Boutel lists a role for a "President of Gentlemen Amateurs" (Anthony Stuart (actor), Anthony Stuart) * ''Shaheed (1965 film), Shaheed'' – 1965 Indian (Hindi) film by S. Ram Sharma about Indian nationalist Bhagat Singh and the assassination of British police superintendent J.P. Saunders in 1928 * ''Thunderball (film), Thunderball'' – 1965 film by Terence Young (director), Terence Young that opens with James Bond's first on-screen assassination, of an enemy agent * ''The Intelligence Men'' – 1965 comedy by Robert Asher (director), Robert Asher in which two Londoners (Morecambe and Wise) foil an assassination plot at the ballet * ''Harum Scarum (film), Harum Scarum'' – 1965 musical comedy by Gene Nelson in which a band of ancient Assassination, Assassins want a singer (Elvis Presley) to kill a desert king * ''Lee Oswald – Assassin'' – 1966 television film by Rudolph Cartier about the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy and the subsequent murder of his Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin (Tony Bill), based on a play by :de:Felix Lützkendorf, Felix Lützkendorf * ''The Battle of Algiers (film), The Battle of Algiers'' – List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar-nominated 1966 Italian film by Gillo Pontecorvo about political violence during the Algerian War * ''Pharaoh (film), Pharaoh'' – List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar-nominated 1966 Polish film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz about the assassination of a reformist Egyptian pharaoh, adapted from the Pharaoh (Prus novel), novel by

, and eerily echoing the death of

in 1963 * ''The Man Called Flintstone'' – 1966 animated thriller by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in which Bedrock (The Flintstones), Bedrock quarry employee and family man Fred Flintstone becomes the target of assassins when he takes the place of a out-of-action secret agent who looks exactly like him * ''Our Man Flint'' – 1966 spoof by Daniel Mann in which a retired secret agent (James Coburn) avoids assassination by mad scientists bent on world domination * ''Ilbon cheonhwanggwa poktanuisa'' (a.k.a. ''The Japanese Emperor and the Martyrs'') – 1967 South Korean film by Lee Yong-min, about twin attacks in 1932 by Korean nationalists against Japan, the failed Tokyo attack by Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Lee Bong-chang on Emperor

, and the successful Shanghai attack by Yoon Bong-gil, mortally wounding General Yoshinori Shirakawa, Shirakawa, commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army and former Ministry of War of Japan, War Minister, and wounding IJN 3rd Fleet#Commanders of the IJN 3rd Fleet, Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura, Nomura, 9th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), General Kenkichi Ueda, Ueda, Ambassador Mamoru Shigemitsu, Shigemitsu, and Consul General Kuramatsu Murai, Murai * ''L'attentato di Serajevo'' – 1967 Italian television film by Giuseppe Fina about the assassination of Austrian Archduke Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, his wife in 1914 * ''Das Attentat – Der Tod des Engelbert Dollfuß'' – 1967 West German television film by Franz Peter Wirth about the assassination of Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß in 1934 * ''Das Attentat: L.D. Trotzki – Tod im Exil'' – 1967 West German television film by August Everding about

(:de:Peter Lühr, Peter Lühr) and "Ramón Mercader, Frank Jacson" (Michael Degen) in 1940, based on a book by Leandro A. Sánchez Salazar (Hannes Messemer) * ''The Night of the Generals'' – 1967 thriller by Anatole Litvak indirectly about the Claus von Stauffenberg, Stauffenberg plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler Death of Marat by David

* ''Marat/Sade (film), Marat/Sade'' – 1967 film by Peter Brook in which the inmates of an insane asylum in 1808, under the direction of the Marquis de Sade, act out the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat in 1793, based the Marat/Sade, play by Peter Weiss * ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (film), The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' – 1967 film by Roger Corman about the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre of members of the Bugs Moran, Moran gang by Al Capone, Capone gunmen * ''Le Samouraï'' – 1967 French film by Jean-Pierre Melville about a remorseless hitman (Alain Delon) * ''The President's Analyst'' – 1967 comedy by Theodore J. Flicker in which the U.S. President's personal psychiatrist (James Coburn) must evade assassination attempts by U.S. government agencies, the "CEA" and the "FBR" * ''You Only Live Twice (film), You Only Live Twice'' – 1967 film by Lewis Gilbert that opens with James Bond being the target of a faked assassination * ''The Caesars (TV series), The Caesars'' – 1968 ITV Network, ITV miniseries by Derek Bennett (director), Derek Bennett on political violence in ancient Rome, involving the murders of members of the Imperial family – Agrippa Postumus, Postumus, Germanicus, Drusus Caesar, Drusus, Drusus Julius Caesar, "Castor", and others * ''Sarajevski atentat'' – 1968 Yugoslavian (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian) film by Fadil Hadžić in which a World War II partisan in Sarajevo is told the events of 1914 with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Franz Ferdinand (Bert Sotlar) and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, his wife by a Young Bosnia Gavrilo Princip, nationalist (Predrag Finci) * ''If....'' – Palme d'Or-winning 1968 film by Lindsay Anderson in which rebellious English independent school (UK), public school students move to open revolt and assassinate their headmaster, inspired by the 1968 May 1968 in France, Paris riots and the 1605 Gunpowder Plot * ''Nobody Runs Forever'' (a.k.a. ''The High Commissioner'') – 1968 film by Ralph Thomas in which an Australian policeman (Rod Taylor) arrives in London and prevents the assassination of the Australian High Commissioner (Commonwealth), High Commissioner (Christopher Plummer) * ''Che! (1969 film), Che!'' – 1969 film by Richard Fleischer in which Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Omar Sharif) meets his death in Bolivia in 1967 * ''The Royal Hunt of the Sun (film), The Royal Hunt of the Sun'' – 1969 film by Irving Lerner, based on the The Royal Hunt of the Sun, play by Peter Shaffer, in which Inca Emperor Atahualpa (Christopher Plummer) meets his end in 1533 at the hands of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro (Robert Shaw (British actor), Robert Shaw) * ''The Price of Power'' – 1969 spaghetti Western by Tonino Valerii depicting the assassination of James A. Garfield, President Garfield (Van Johnson) by a Charles J. Guiteau, disappointed office seeker in 1881, fictionalized in the manner of the 1963 John F. Kennedy, Kennedy assassination * ''Z (1969 film), Z'' – List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar-winning 1969 Algerian film by Costa-Gavras in which a magistrate struggles to prosecute the assassins of an opposition politician (Yves Montand), based on the 1963 murder of Greek Hellenic Parliament, MP

* ''Oikeamieliset'' – 1969 Finnish television film by :fi:Veikko Kerttula, Veikko Kerttula about the Ivan Kalyayev, assassin (Esko Salminen) of Russian Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Sergei in 1905, based on the play ''The Just Assassins, Les Justes'' by List of Nobel laureates in Literature, Nobel laureate Albert Camus * ''Crossplot (film), Crossplot'' – 1969 film by Alvin Rakoff where an executive (Roger Moore) learns of a plot to assassinate a visiting African leader in London * ''The Assassination Bureau'' – 1969 romp by Basil Dearden, set in Edwardian Europe, in which a journalist (Diana Rigg) hires an assassination agency to kill the head of the agency itself (Oliver Reed), inspired by the much more serious The Assassination Bureau, Ltd, novel by

* ''Burn!'' – 1969 film by Gillo Pontecorvo in which the revolutionary activities of a British agent (Marlon Brando) on a Portuguese colonial island lead to assassination

1970s

1970–1974

* ''Julius Caesar (1970 film), Julius Caesar'' – 1970 film by Stuart Burge about the assassination of

(John Gielgud) in the Roman Senate on the Ides of March, 44 BC, adapted from

's Julius Caesar (play), tragedy * ''Little Big Man (film), Little Big Man'' – 1970 revisionist Western by Arthur Penn, about a settler raised by Cheyenne Indians (Dustin Hoffman), includes the assassination of marshal, lawman Wild Bill Hickok in 1876 * ''Consigna: matar al comandante en jefe'' (''Assignment: Killing the Commander in Chief'') – 1970 Spanish-Italian film by :es:Categoría:Películas dirigidas por José Luis Merino, José Luis Merino where an attack on German Gen.

(Piero Lulli) fails, but the Germans use the idea of a captured Rommel in their plan to assassinate Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower * ''The Conformist (film), The Conformist'' – 1970 film by Bernardo Bertolucci about a Italian Fascism, fascist assassin sent from Italy to assassinate his former professor in Paris. * ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' – 1971 film by Franklin J. Schaffner where the assassinations of Pyotr Stolypin, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Franz Ferdinand, and Grigori Rasputin, Rasputin precede the 1918 executions of Russian Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Nicholas II and his consort, Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Tsarina Alexandra * ''They've Killed President Lincoln'' – 1971 television film by Robert Guenette * ''Mihai Viteazul (film), Mihai Viteazul'' – 1971 Romanian film by Sergiu Nicolaescu, set during the Long War (Ottoman wars), Long War, about Voivode, Prince Michael the Brave, ending with his 1601 murder by his ally, Habsburg general Giorgio Basta * ''The Devils (film), The Devils'' – 1971 film by Ken Russell about Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed), a French priest opposed to Cardinal Richelieu, who is burnt at the stake in 1634 for witchcraft * ''Get Carter'' – 1971 film by Mike Hodges where a London gangster (Michael Caine) in Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle avenges his brother's death before an assassin finds him – not the 2000 Get Carter (2000 film), remake with Sylvester Stallone and a different ending * ''Diamonds Are Forever (film), Diamonds Are Forever'' – 1971 film by Guy Hamilton that opens with James Bond on a vendetta-driven assassination run against Ernst Stavro Blofeld * ''The Assassination of Trotsky'' – 1972 film by Joseph Losey about the murder of

(Richard Burton) by the mysterious Ramón Mercader, "Jacson" (Alain Delon) in Coyoacán, Mexico City in 1940 * ''Karl Liebknecht (film), Karl Liebknecht – Trotz alledem!'' – 1972 East German film by Günter Reisch in which Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, Spartacist League leaders, are murdered by Berlin Freikorps in 1919 * ''Sarajevski atentat'' – 1972 Yugoslavian (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian) television film by Arsenije Jovanović about the 1914 plot to assassinate Austrian Archduke Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Franz Ferdinand by a Young Bosnia Gavrilo Princip, nationalist (Milan Mihailović) and his co-conspirators * '':fr:Les Thibault (feuilleton télévisé, 1972), Les Thibault'' – 1972 French Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française, ORTF miniseries by :fr:Alain Boudet (réalisateur), Alain Boudet and André Michel (director), André Michel includes the assassination of Socialist leader and pacifist Jean Jaurès in 1914 * ''State of Siege'' – 1972 French film by Costa Gavras, Costa-Gavras about the execution of a U.S. government torturer (Yves Montand) in Uruguay by Tupamaros, Tupamaro guerrillas, based on the 1970 Dan Mitrione case * ''Pope Joan (1972 film), Pope Joan'' – 1972 film by Michael Anderson (director), Michael Anderson about the lynching of Pope Joan (Liv Ullmann), the legendary female English Pope, when her sex is discovered * ''The Godfather'' – 1972 film by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel by

, in which the attempted assassination of a Crime boss, Mafia don (Marlon Brando) leads to retaliation and further assassinations among American Mafia, Mafia families * ''The Mechanic (1972 film), The Mechanic'' – 1972 film by Michael Winner about a hitman (Charles Bronson) and his protégé (Jan-Michael Vincent) * ''Il delitto Matteotti'' – 1973 Italian film by Florestano Vancini about the assassination of United Socialist Party (Italy, 1922–1930), Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti (Franco Nero) in 1924 by the Ceka of Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, Mussolini, who maintains the support of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Victor Emmanuel and strengthens his dictatorship * ''The Day of the Jackal (film), The Day of the Jackal'' – 1973 film adaptation by Fred Zinnemann of the The Day of the Jackal, novel by

, where the assassin of Patrice Lumumba and Rafael Trujillo is assigned to kill

* ''Executive Action (film), Executive Action'' – 1973 film by David Miller (director), David Miller details a presumed conspiracy to assassinate

, based on a 1966 Rush to Judgment, bestseller by Mark Lane (author), Mark Lane and subsequent 1967 Rush to Judgment, documentary by Emile de Antonio * ''Love and Anarchy'' – 1973 Italian film by Lina Wertmüller about a 1930s anarchist (Giancarlo Giannini) who prepares to assassinate Benito Mussolini, Mussolini over the murder of a friend * ''The Day of the Dolphin'' – 1973 science fiction film by Mike Nichols in which talking bottlenose dolphins are used in a plot to mine the U.S. President's yacht * ''Sleeper (1973 film), Sleeper'' – Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Hugo-winning 1973 science fiction comedy by Woody Allen, set in the year 2173, when rebels have killed a dictator, and a defrosted health food store owner from 1973 (Allen) is sent to assassinate the dictator's only surviving part, his nose, before it can be cloned * ''Theatre of Blood'' – 1973 film by Douglas Hickox in which an overacting Shakespearean actor (Vincent Price) assassinates his critics in the manner of

's most grotesque murder scenes * ''Scorpio (film), Scorpio'' – 1973 film by Michael Winner about a French assassin (Alain Delon) engaged by the CIA * ''The Werewolf of Washington'' – 1973 horror satire by Milton Moses Ginsberg raises the question whether party loyalty is enough to protect the U.S. President when he hires a werewolf (Dean Stockwell) as his press secretary * ''Live and Let Die (film), Live and Let Die'' – 1973 film by Guy Hamilton that opens with the assassinations of several British agents on the orders of Mister Big (James Bond), Dr. Kananga (Yaphet Kotto), ruler of the fictional country of San Monique, later killed by James Bond (Roger Moore) – the first time 007 is shown assassinating the leader of a country * ''Fall of Eagles'' – 1974 BBC Television, BBC miniseries by Bill Hays (director), Bill Hays, David Cunliffe (director), David Cunliffe, '' et al.'' includes the assassinations of Vyacheslav von Plehve († 1904), Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Sergei († 1905) and Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand († 1914), but omits Tsars Alexander II of Russia, Alexander II († 1881) and Nicholas II († 1918), and Elisabeth of Bavaria, "Sissi", Queen Empress of Austro-Hungary († 1898) * ''Gustav III (film), Gustav III'' – 1974 Swedish television film by Johan Bergenstråhle about the 1792 shooting of King

(Gösta Ekman) by a Jacob Johan Anckarström, disgruntled officer (:sv:Håkan Serner, Håkan Serner) at a masquerade ball * ''Orders (1974 film), Orders (Les Ordres)'' – List of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar-submitted 1974 French Canadian film by Michel Brault about mass arrests following the assassination of Quebec Ministry of Labour (Quebec), Labour Minister Pierre Laporte by Front de libération du Québec, FLQ terrorists during the 1970 October Crisis * ''Agoniya, Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin'' ('':ru:Агония (фильм), Агония'') – 1974 Soviet film by Elem Klimov about the murdered monk, Grigori Rasputin, Rasputin * ''La Muerte de Pancho Villa'' – 1974 Mexican film by Mario Hernández (film director), Mario Hernández about the assassination of Pancho Villa in 1923 * ''Peregrina (film), Peregrina'' – 1974 Mexican film by Mario Hernández (film director), Mario Hernández about the assassination of Yucatán (state), Yucatán Governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto in 1924 * ''The Odessa File (film), The ODESSA File'' – 1974 film by Ronald Neame in which a West German journalist (Jon Voight) targets Edward Roschmann, industrialist and former Schutzstaffel, SS commandant of Riga concentration camp * ''

'' – 1974 film by Alan J. Pakula about a reporter and assassination conspiracy theorist (Warren Beatty), and the murders of two U.S. senators, adapted from the novel by

* ''The Godfather Part II'' – 1974 film, the second part of the ''Godfather'' trilogy, written by

and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola; is ranked among the greatest films of all time * ''A Boy and His Dog'' – 1974 science fiction film by L. Q. Jones about a teenage girl who recruits a post-apocalyptic nomad (Don Johnson) to assassinate her town council as part of a coup * ''The Man with the Golden Gun (film), The Man with the Golden Gun'' – 1974 film by Guy Hamilton that pits James Bond against the world's top assassin, Francisco Scaramanga, Scaramanga (Christopher Lee)

1975–1979

* ''Operation: Daybreak'' – 1975 film by Lewis Gilbert about the assassination of Nazi

by Operation Anthropoid, Czech commandos in 1942, starring Timothy Bottoms * ''Sarajevski atentat'' (a.k.a. ''The Day That Shook the World'') – List of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar-submitted 1975 Yugoslavian-Czechoslovakian (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian) film by Veljko Bulajić about the 1914 assassination of Austrian Archduke Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Franz Ferdinand (Christopher Plummer) and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, his wife by a Young Bosnia Gavrilo Princip, nationalist (Irfan Mensur) Robert Francois Damiens before the judges

Robert Francois Damiens before the judges

* ''L'Attentat de Damiens'' – 1975 French television film by Pierre Cavassilas about the assassination attempt made against King Louis XV of France, Louis XV by Robert-François Damiens in 1757 * ''Edward the Seventh'' – 1975 ITV Network, ITV miniseries by John Gorrie (director), John Gorrie about Edward VII includes his attempted assassination by a Jean-Baptiste Sipido, teenaged anarchist in Brussels in 1900, as well as the off-screen assassination of Alexander II of Russia, Tsar Alexander II in 1881. The assassination of a daughter of Alexander Izvolsky is mentioned. * ''Assassination in Davos'' – List of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar-submitted 1975 Swiss film by Rolf Lyssy about the assassination of Swiss Nazi leader

in 1936 * ''Hennessy (film), Hennessy'' – 1975 film by Don Sharp about an Irishman's plot to blow up Palace of Westminster, Parliament in London * ''Love and Death'' – 1975 satire by Woody Allen, set during the 1812 French invasion of Russia, in which a coward (Allen) and his wife (Diane Keaton) decide to assassinate Emperor Napoleon I of France, Napoleon Bonaparte * ''The Eiger Sanction (film), The Eiger Sanction'' – 1975 thriller by Clint Eastwood in which a professor and reluctant assassin (Eastwood) must determine his target on a Eiger, mountainside in the midst of a climbing expedition, from the The Eiger Sanction, novel by

* ''Linda Lovelace for President'' – 1975 film by Claudio Guzmán where pornographic film actress Linda Lovelace (as herself) tries to screw her way to the U.S. Presidency, but becomes the target of her opponents' "Assassinator" * ''Three Days of the Condor'' – 1975 film by Sydney Pollack about assassins working for an unauthorized Black operation, Black ops program who target a lone CIA analyst (Robert Redford) after wiping out his entire division * ''The Last of Mrs. Lincoln'' – 1976 television film by George Schaefer (director), George Schaefer about the aftermath of the 1865 Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln assassination * ''Il pleut sur Santiago'' – 1976 French film by Helvio Soto about the CIA-backed coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende in 1973 * ''All the President's Men (film), All the President's Men'' – 1976 film by Alan J. Pakula, about the exposure of the Watergate scandal, mentions Arthur Bremer's 1972 assassination attempt against candidate George Wallace as well as threats in his diary directed against Pres. Richard Nixon, Nixon * ''I, Claudius (TV series), I, Claudius'' – 1976 BBC Television, BBC miniseries by Herbert Wise on political violence in ancient Rome, involving the murders of members of the Imperial family – Marcus Claudius Marcellus (nephew of Augustus), Marcellus, Marcus Agrippa, Agrippa, Gaius Caesar, Gaius, Lucius Caesar, Lucius, the Emperor

(poisoned by his wife Livia), Agrippa Postumus, Postumus, Germanicus, "Drusus Julius Caesar, Castor", Julia (daughter of Drusus the Younger), "Helen", Drusus Caesar, Drusus and Nero Julius Caesar, Nero, Livilla, the Emperor

, Tiberius Gemellus, Gemellus, Drusilla (sister of Caligula), Drusilla and fœtus, the Emperor

(John Hurt), Caesonia and Julia Drusilla, Valeria Messalina, Messalina, the Emperor

(Derek Jacobi),

, Agrippina the Younger, Agrippinilla – and others * ''Eleanor and Franklin (miniseries), Eleanor and Franklin'' – 1976 American Broadcasting Company, ABC miniseries by Daniel Petrie covers the period of the 1933 attempted assassination of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt by a Giuseppe Zangara, delusional anarchist * ''Rogue Male (1976 film), Rogue Male'' – 1976 BBC Television, BBC television film by Clive Donner, starring Peter O'Toole and Alastair Sim, based on

's 1939 novel, '' Rogue Male''. * ''The Eagle Has Landed (film), The Eagle Has Landed'' – 1976 film by John Sturges about a German plot, initially, to capture Winston Churchill * ''Taxi Driver'' – Palme d'Or-winning 1976 film by Martin Scorsese in which a confused loner (Robert De Niro) tries to assassinate a U.S. Senator and presidential candidate * ''Helter Skelter (1976 film), Helter Skelter'' – 1976 television film by Tom Gries, starring Steve Railsback, about the Charles Manson Family murders, the Family including Lynette Fromme, Squeaky Fromme, would-be 1975 assassin of Gerald Ford, President Ford * ''The Next Man'' – 1976 film by Richard C. Sarafian in which a Saudi minister (Sean Connery) who wants peace with Israel faces a series of assassination attempts from terrorists * ''Target of an Assassin'' (a.k.a. ''Fatal Assassin'') – 1976 film by Peter Collinson (film director), Peter Collinson in which a South African male nurse (Anthony Quinn) kidnaps the hospitalized target of a failed assassination, a visiting African President Narutowicz death

* ''Death of a President (1977 film), Śmierć prezydenta'' (''Death of a President'') – 1977 Polish film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz about the 1922 assassination of Polish President Gabriel Narutowicz (Zdzisław Mrożewski) * ''The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish'' – 1977 television film by Robert E. Collins about the 1935 assassination of Louisiana governor

(Edward Asner) * ''The Lincoln Conspiracy (film), The Lincoln Conspiracy'' – 1977 television film by James L. Conway that details a presumed conspiracy of Radical Republican (USA), Radical Republicans, led by United States Secretary of War, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Stanton (Robert Middleton), to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln (John Anderson (actor), John Anderson) in 1865 * ''The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977 film), The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald'' – 1977 TV miniseries by Gordon Davidson (director), Gordon Davidson and David Greene (director), David Greene in which the Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin (John Pleshette) of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy is placed on trial in Texas before his own assassination by Jack Ruby * ''Black Sunday (1977 film), Black Sunday'' – 1977 film by John Frankenheimer about a terrorist plot to detonate a blimp bomb over the Super Bowl football game with the U.S. President in attendance * ''The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It'' – 1977 comedy by Joseph McGrath (film director), Joseph McGrath which involves "

" (John Cleese) in the murders of the U.S. Secretary of State and various police officials * ''The Spy Who Loved Me (film), The Spy Who Loved Me'' – 1977 James Bond film by Lewis Gilbert that features the debut of a steel-toothed assassin named Jaws * ''King (miniseries), King'' – 1978 NBC miniseries by Abby Mann depicts the 1965 murder of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo, as well as the 1958 near fatal stabbing, by a Izola Curry, deranged woman, and 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (Paul Winfield) * '':pt:Coronel Delmiro Gouveia, Coronel Delmiro Gouveia'' – 1978 Brazilian film by :pt:Geraldo Sarno, Geraldo Sarno about industrialist :pt:Delmiro Augusto da Cruz Gouveia, Delmiro Gouveia, reputedly killed in 1917 for failing to sell out to British business interests * ''El Cantor'' – 1978 East German television film by Dean Reed about Chilean folksinger Víctor Jara (Reed), murdered after the 1973 overthrow of Salvador Allende * ''Brass Target'' – 1978 film by John Hough (director), John Hough about a plan in 1945 to assassinate Gen. George S. Patton, Patton over his investigation of a theft of Reichsbank gold by U.S. Army officers * ''Ruby and Oswald''—1978 TV film which has Lee Harvey Oswald (Frederic Forrest) assassinate U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy. * ''Foul Play (1978 film), Foul Play'' – 1978 comedy-thriller (genre), thriller by Colin Higgins involving a plot to assassinate the Pope in San Francisco, starring Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn. * ''Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?'' – 1978 comedy by Ted Kotcheff, starring George Segal, in which European gourmet chefs are being served up like their greatest dishes * ''Operación Ogro (film), Operación Ogro'' – 1979 Spanish film by Gillo Pontecorvo about the Operación Ogro, operation of the same name, targeting Luis Carrero Blanco, Francisco Franco, Franco's Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister, by ETA (separatist group), ETA bombers in 1973 * ''22 June 1897'' – 1979 Indian (Marathi language, Marathi) film by Jayoo Patwardhan and Nachiket Patwardhan about the 1897 assassinations of plague-control officers, Charles Walter Rand and Charles Egerton Ayerst, in British India * ''Roots: The Next Generations'' – 1979 American Broadcasting Company, ABC miniseries, by John Erman '' et al.'', based on the Roots: The Saga of an American Family, book by Alex Haley, includes the assassination of black nationalist Malcolm X (Al Freeman, Jr.) and features an interview with a figure later assassinated, American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell (Marlon Brando) * ''Caligula (film), Caligula'' – controversial 1979 film produced by Bob Guccione about the assassination of insane Roman Emperor

(Malcolm McDowell) and his immediate family in AD 41 * ''Breakthrough (1979 film), Steiner – Das eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil'' (''Steiner – The Iron Cross, Part 2'', a.k.a. ''Breakthrough'') – 1979 sequel by Andrew V. McLaglen in which German Army Sgt. Steiner from ''Cross of Iron'' (Richard Burton) becomes involved in a plot against Hitler * ''I as in Icarus'' – 1979 French film by Henri Verneuil where a Warren Commission, committee in a fictitious country, after their President's assassination, settles on a lone gunman, but a single investigator (Yves Montand) is dissatisfied * ''Apocalypse Now'' – Palme d'Or-winning 1979 film by Francis Ford Coppola, set during the Vietnam War, loosely inspired by

's ''Heart of Darkness'', and starring Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen. Sheen's character is sent to assassinate Brando's. * ''

'' – 1979 film adapted from the novel by Richard Condon.

1980s

1980–1984

* ''Jean Jaurès: vie et mort d'un socialiste'' – 1980 French television film by Ange Casta about the assassination of Socialist leader and pacifist Jean Jaurès in 1914 * ''Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones'' – 1980 television film by William A. Graham (director), William A. Graham about the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan by cult leader Jim Jones prior to the Jonestown, mass suicide in 1978 * ''Judita (film), Judita'' – 1980 Yugoslavian ( Croatian) television film by Marin Carić on the beheading of Assyrian general Holofernes by Biblical heroine Judith (Dubravka Miletić), based on the ''

'' and the 1521 Croatian Judita, nationalist epic poem by

* ''The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd'' – 1980 television film by Paul Wendkos about the imprisonment of Samuel Mudd, Dr. Samuel Mudd (Dennis Weaver), following the Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln assassination in 1865 * ''The Blood of Hussain'' – 1980 Pakistani (Urdu) film by Jamil Dehlavi about the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, Imam Hussain in A.D. 680 (61 Islamic calendar, A.H.) * ''Tom Horn (film), Tom Horn'' – 1980 Western by William Wiard about Tom Horn (Steve McQueen), a assassination, gun for hire in 1890s Wyoming * ''The Dogs of War (film), The Dogs of War'' – 1980 film by John Irvin in which a mercenary (Christopher Walken) plans to kill a fictional African dictator in the course of a coup d'état * ''The Kidnapping of the President'' – 1980 film by George Mendeluk in which the U.S. President (Hal Holbrook) is kidnapped by a South American terrorist and sealed in an armoured car wired to explode * ''Cuba Crossing'' (a.k.a. ''Assignment: Kill Castro'') – 1980 film by Chuck Workman involving a plot against Fidel Castro * ''Death of a Prophet'' – 1981 film by Woodie King Jr. about the 1965 assassination of black nationalist Malcolm X (Morgan Freeman) * ''Die Gerechten'' – 1981 West German television film by Frank Guthke about the Ivan Kalyayev, assassin (Jan Niklas) of Russian Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Sergei in 1905, based on the play ''The Just Assassins, Les Justes'' by List of Nobel laureates in Literature, Nobel laureate Albert Camus – also, earlier West German versions in 1964 with Christoph Bantzer, and 1959 with Pinkas Braun * ''Rise and Fall of Idi Amin'' – 1981 film by Sharad Patel in which Ugandan President Idi Amin (Joseph Olita) eliminates those he dislikes * ''Teheran 43'' – 1981 Franco-Soviet film by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov about a German plot to assassinate

, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, Stalin as they attend the Tehran Conference in 1943 * ''Escape from New York'' – 1981 science fiction film by John Carpenter, set at the end of World War III, in which the inmates of the penal colony, prison island of Manhattan threaten their hostage, the mutilated U.S. President (Donald Pleasence), with death * ''Blow Out'' – 1981 film directed by Brian De Palma about a sound engineer (John Travolta) who is earwitness to a political assassination * ''The Amateur (1981 film), The Amateur'' – 1981 film by Charles Jarrott about a CIA cryptographer (John Savage (actor), John Savage) who trains as an assassin after the terrorist death of his fiancée * ''Gandhi (film), Gandhi'' – 1982 film by Richard Attenborough about Mahatma Gandhi (Ben Kingsley) and his 1948 assassination by a Nathuram Godse, Hindu extremist * ''The Blue and the Gray (miniseries), The Blue and the Gray'' – 1982 CBS miniseries by Andrew V. McLaglen includes the death of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln (Gregory Peck) in 1865 * ''Missing (1982 film), Missing'' – Palme d'Or-winning 1982 film by Costa-Gavras about the CIA-backed coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende in 1973, and the disappearance of a U.S. journalist, based on Charles Horman * ''The Passerby (1982 film), La passante du Sans-Souci'' – 1982 French film by Jacques Rouffio in which a humanitarian (Michel Piccoli) kills the ambassador of Paraguay, a former Nazi * ''Harry's Game'' – 1982 ITV Network, ITV miniseries by Lawrence Gordon Clark in which a British soldier (Ray Lonnen) goes undercover in Belfast to track down the Provisional Irish Republican Army, IRA assassin of a cabinet minister * ''Under Fire (1983 film), Under Fire'' – 1983 film by Roger Spottiswoode about the Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza regime in 1979 Nicaragua, involving the assassination of a rebel leader * ''For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story'' – 1983 television film by Michael Schulz (director), Michael Schulz about assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers * ''Sadat (film), Sadat'' – 1983 CBS miniseries by Richard Michaels about Egyptian President and List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Nobel laureate Anwar Sadat (Louis Gossett Jr., Louis Gossett), assassinated along with other dignitaries in 1981 by Khalid Islambouli, Islamic extremists * ''Karadjordjeva smrt'' ('':sr:Карађорђева смрт, Карађорђева смрт'') – 1983 Yugoslavian (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian) television film by :sr:Ђорђе Кадијевић, Đorđe Kadijević about the 1817 assassination of Karađorđe Petrović, Karadjordje Petrović, leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans, by agents of Prince Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia, Miloš Obrenović * ''Reilly, Ace of Spies'' – 1983 ITV Network, ITV miniseries by Jim Goddard and Martin Campbell about a plot against Vladimir Lenin, Lenin involving British spy Sidney Reilly (Sam Neill), executed by the State Political Directorate, OGPU in 1925, and a model for

's spy

* ''Al-Mas' Ala Al-Kubra'' (a.k.a. ''Clash of Loyalties'') – 1983 Iraqi film by Mohamed Shukri Jameel about the murder of British military governor Gerard Leachman (Oliver Reed) near Fallujah in 1920 * ''Silkwood'' – 1983 film by Mike Nichols about the mysterious 1974 death of Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), a whistleblower, whistleblowing nuclear plant employee * ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' – 1983 Indian (Hindi) film directed by Kundan Shah, a dark satirical comedy involving the assassination of a mayor. * ''Taking Tiger Mountain (1983 film), Taking Tiger Mountain'' – 1983 science fiction film by Tom Huckabee in which feminist scientists send a transgender agent (Bill Paxton, unconfirmed) to kill the Welsh Minister of Prostitution * ''Never Say Never Again'' – 1983 film by Irvin Kershner in which James Bond (Sean Connery) faces a female SPECTRE assassin * '':nl:Willem van Oranje (televisieserie), Willem van Oranje'' – 1984 Dutch-Belgian AVRO (broadcaster), AVRO/Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep, BRT miniseries by :nl:Walter van der Kamp, Walter van der Kamp, about William the Silent, William of Orange (:nl:Jasper Krabbé, Jasper Krabbé, Jeroen Krabbé) leading the Dutch Revolt, includes his 1584 assassination, by pistol, by a Balthasar Gérard, French Catholic bounty hunter (:nl:Sjoerd Pleijsier, Sjoerd Pleijsier) * ''Down on Us'' – 1984 film by Larry Buchanan which argues that Jimi Hendrix (Gregory Allen Chatman), Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin were assassinated by the U.S. government * ''The Ambassador (1984 American film), The Ambassador'' – 1984 film by J. Lee Thompson in which the U.S. ambassador to Israel (Robert Mitchum) is saved from assassination by his security chief (Rock Hudson) * ''Protocol (film), Protocol'' – 1984 comedy by Herbert Ross where the assassination of an Arab emir is stopped by a waitress (Goldie Hawn) * ''The Glory Boys'' – 1984 television film by Michael Ferguson (director), Michael Ferguson in which the IRA aids a PLO terrorist in a hit on an Israeli nuclear scientist * ''Dune (1984 film), Dune'' – 1984 science fiction film by David Lynch in which Duke Leto I Atreides, Leto (Jürgen Prochnow) fails in his attempt to assassinate Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, Harkonnen on the planet Arrakis

1985–1989

* ''Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil'' – 1985 television film by Jim Goddard about Nazi Germany, including the Night of the Long Knives in 1934 * ''Dawn (1985 film), Dawn'' – 1985 film by Miklós Jancsó about the murder of a British officer (Michael York (actor), Michael York) by Lehi (group), Zionist terrorists, based on the Dawn (Wiesel novel), novel by List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Nobel laureate

* ''Rosa Luxemburg (film), Rosa Luxemburg'' – 1986 West German film by Margarethe von Trotta in which Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, Spartacist League leaders, are murdered by Berlin Freikorps in 1919 * ''Lady Jane (1986 film), Lady Jane'' – 1986 film by Trevor Nunn about the execution of English queen Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) in 1554 * '':it:Attentato al Papa (film), Attentato al Papa'' – 1986 Italian television film by Giuseppe Fina in which Pope John Paul II, Pope John Paul survives an assassination attempt by a Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish assassin in 1981 * ''Dragon rapide (film), Dragon rapide'' – 1986 Spanish film by Jaime Camino about the events leading to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, including the assassination of rightist politician José Calvo Sotelo (:es:José Luis Pellicena, José Luis Pellicena) by Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Socialists * ''Shaka Zulu (TV series), Shaka Zulu'' – 1986 South African Broadcasting Corporation, SABC miniseries and 1987 film by William C. Faure about the murder of Zulu king Shaka by his brothers at Shaka Memorial, Dukuza in 1828 * ''Night of the Pencils (film), Night of the Pencils'' – 1986 Argentine film by Héctor Olivera (film director), Héctor Olivera about a group of Night of the Pencils, student activists tortured then killed over the cost of bus fare, in 1976 during the Dirty War period * ''Sword of Gideon'' – 1986 CTV Television Network, CTV miniseries by Michael Anderson (director), Michael Anderson about the hunt for those purportedly involved in the 1972 Munich massacre * ''North and South (TV miniseries), North and South, Book II'' – 1986 miniseries by Kevin Connor (director), Kevin Connor includes a fictional 1864 plot to overthrow and kill President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America * ''The Assault (1986 film), The Assault'' – List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar-winning 1986 Dutch film by Fons Rademakers about the consequences for an average family after the assassination of a Nazi collaborator, based on the The Assault, novel by

* ''Cry Freedom'' – 1987 film by Richard Attenborough about the murder of South African activist Steve Biko in 1977 * ''Vuk Karadžić (TV series), Vuk Karadžić'' ('':sr:Вук Караџић (серија), Вук Караџић'') – 1987 Yugoslavian (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian) Radio Television of Serbia, RTB miniseries by :sr:Ђорђе Кадијевић, Đorđe Kadijević about Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Vuk Karadžić, the Serbian language reformer, includes several assassinations, the Slaughter of the knezes, Slaughter of the Dukes in 1804, ''Vožd'' Karađorđe Petrović, Karadjordje Petrović in 1817, and Prince Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia, Mihailo Obrenović in 1868 * ''Matewan'' – 1987 film by John Sayles where labour unrest in West Virginia builds to the 1920 Battle of Matewan, with the death of mayor Cabell Testerman, and the 1921 assassination of police chief Sid Hatfield (David Strathairn) * ''Aria (film), Aria'' – 1987 film by Nicolas Roeg in which Albanian King Zog of Albania, Zog (Theresa Russell with a moustache) survives an assassination attempt in 1931 * ''Assassination (1987 film), Assassination'' – 1987 film by Peter R. Hunt about a United States Secret Service, Secret Service agent (Charles Bronson) who must defend the obnoxious wife (Jill Ireland) of the about-to-be-inaugurated U.S. President * ''Hour of the Assassin'' – 1987 film by Luis Llosa in which a man (Erik Estrada) is tricked into trying to assassinate a newly elected Latin American president * ''Farewell, Mr. President, Jäähyväiset presidentille'' (''Farewell, Mr. President'') – 1987 Finnish film by Matti Kassila about a tall poppy syndromed waiter (Hannu Lauri) who plans to assassinate the President of Finland * ''The Living Daylights (film), The Living Daylights'' – 1987 film by John Glen (director), John Glen in which James Bond is assigned to kill an enemy sniper assassin Jerzy Popieluszko Funeral - 37

* ''To Kill a Priest'' – 1988 film by Agnieszka Holland where a Polish secret policeman (Ed Harris) is sent to kill an outspoken priest (Christopher Lambert), based on the 1984 assassination of Jerzy Popiełuszko * ''Mississippi Burning'' – 1988 film by Alan Parker about the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in 1964, starring Gene Hackman * ''Talk Radio (film), Talk Radio'' – 1988 film by Oliver Stone about a provocative, "shock jock" radio host (Eric Bogosian) goading his audience to violence, inspired by the murder of Denver broadcaster Alan Berg in 1984 * ''Betrayed (1988 film), Betrayed'' – 1988 film by Costa-Gavras about an FBI investigation into white supremacy, white supremacists after the death of a Jewish radio host, inspired by the murder of Denver broadcaster Alan Berg in 1984 * ''De hvite bussene'' (''Those White Buses'') – 1988 Norwegian television film commemorates Swedish :no:De hvite bussene, diplomat and humanitarian Count Folke Bernadotte but does not depict his 1948 assassination by Lehi (group), Zionist terrorists * ''The Murder of Mary Phagan'' – 1988 NBC miniseries by William Hale (director), William Hale about the lynching of Jewish factory owner Leo Frank (Peter Gallagher) in 1915 * ''A Dangerous Life'' – 1988 HBO miniseries by Robert Markowitz, starring Gary Busey, about how the assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr., Benigno Aquino in Manila in 1983 led finally to the downfall of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos * ''A World Apart (film), A World Apart'' – 1988 film by Chris Menges commemorates a South African anti-apartheid activist (Barbara Hershey) based on Ruth First, assassinated by letter bomb, mail bomb in 1982 * ''Gorillas in the Mist'' – 1988 film by Michael Apted in which the mock execution of a poacher precedes the murder of U.S. primatologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver), in Rwanda in 1985 * ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The Naked Gun'' – 1988 comedy by David Zucker (filmmaker), David Zucker about a plot to have baseball legend Reggie Jackson assassinate Queen Elizabeth II (Jeannette Charles) * ''Romero (film), Romero'' – 1989 film by John Duigan about the murders of El Salvador, Salvadoran priest Rutilio Grande in 1977, then Archbishop Óscar Romero (Raúl Juliá) in 1980 * ''Rojo amanecer'' (a.k.a. ''Red Dawn'') – 1989 Mexican film by Jorge Fons about the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre of student activists by President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Díaz Ordaz * ''The Revenge of Al Capone'' – 1989 television film by Michael Pressman in which mobster Al Capone (Ray Sharkey) plans the assassination of Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, Cermak, based on a revisionist interpretation of the 1933 attempted murder of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt by a Giuseppe Zangara, delusional anarchist * ''Red Scorpion'' – 1989 film by Joseph Zito, scripted by convicted criminal Jack Abramoff, about a KGB agent sent to kill an African anti-Communist rebel leader, inspired by Angola's Jonas Savimbi * ''Terroristit'' – 1989 Finnish television film by Veli-Matti Saikkonen about a terrorist (Ville Sandqvist), based on the play ''The Just Assassins, Les Justes'' by List of Nobel laureates in Literature, Nobel laureate Albert Camus * ''Esh Tzolevet'' – 1989 Israeli film by Gideon Ganani about the assassination of a British Army officer in Palestine * ''Licence to Kill (film), Licence to Kill'' – 1989 film by John Glen (director), John Glen in which James Bond goes rogue and plans the assassination of a drug dealer who maimed a close friend

1990s

1990–1994

* ''The Plot to Kill Hitler'' – 1990 film by Lawrence Schiller about the Claus von Stauffenberg, Stauffenberg plot against Adolf Hitler, starring Brad Davis (actor), Brad Davis * ''Murder in Mississippi'' – 1990 television film by Roger Young (director), Roger Young about the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in 1964, starring Tom Hulce * ''Sandino (film), Sandino'' – 1990 film by Chilean director Miguel Littín about Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino, Augusto Sandino (Joaquim de Almeida), assassinated by future dictator Anastasio Somoza García in 1934 * ''A Show of Force'' – 1990 film by Bruno Barreto about the assassination of two Puerto Rican nationalists by FBI agents, aided by a local ''agent provocateur'' (Lou Diamond Phillips), based on the 1978 Cerro Maravilla Incident * ''Drug Wars: The Camarena Story'' – 1990 NBC miniseries by Brian Gibson (director), Brian Gibson about U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA agent Enrique Camarena Salazar, Enrique Camarena, murdered in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico in 1985 * ''International Guerillas, International Gorillay'' (a.k.a. ''International Guerillas'' ) – 1990 Pakistani (Urdu language, Urdu) film by Jan Mohammed (director), Jan Mohammed in which three brothers plan to assassinate British novelist and "Israeli agent" Salman Rushdie over his book ''The Satanic Verses'' * ''Captain America (1990 film), Captain America'' – 1990 science fiction film by Albert Pyun in which the Red Skull, who failed to kill President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, but succeeded in assassinating Assassination of John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. and Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, now targets the newly elected U.S. president (Ronny Cox) * ''Running Against Time'' – 1990 science fiction film by Bruce Seth Green where a time-travelling history professor (Robert Hays) tries to prevent the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy and avert the Vietnam War * ''La Femme Nikita (film), La Femme Nikita'' – 1990 French film directed by Luc Besson concerning Nikita, who is convicted of murder. In prison, she is injected with drugs, simulating death. Officially dead, she is given the choice of either working for the DGSE as an assassin or being killed for real * ''The Godfather Part III'' – 1990 film, the final part of the ''Godfather'' trilogy, written by

and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola * ''Fatal Mission'' – 1990 film by George Rowe (director), George Rowe in which a CIA agent (Peter Fonda) plays the role of reporter in order to assassinate a North Vietnamese general * ''JFK (film), JFK'' – 1991 film by Oliver Stone about a grand conspiracy to implicate Lee Harvey Oswald (Gary Oldman) as the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy * ''Edward II (film), Edward II'' – 1991 film by Derek Jarman about the murder of English King

in 1327 * ''Year of the Gun (film), Year of the Gun'' – 1991 film by John Frankenheimer about the death of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro in 1978 * ''Der 13. Tag'' – 1991 Austrian film about the Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948, Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948 and the mysterious death of Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk * ''Darrow (film), Darrow'' – 1991 television film by John David Coles where attorney Clarence Darrow (Kevin Spacey) defends the Patrick Eugene Prendergast, delusional newsboy (Paul Klementowicz) who murdered Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison, Sr. in 1893 * ''Bugsy'' – 1991 film by Barry Levinson, starring Warren Beatty, where mobster Bugsy Siegel, heavily romanticized, gets whacked in 1947 * ''In Broad Daylight (1991 film), In Broad Daylight'' – 1991 television film by James Steven Sadwith in which a brutal town bully (Brian Dennehy) is finally murdered by frightened townspeople, based on the 1981 Ken McElroy case * ''The Assassin of the Tsar (film), The Assassin of the Tsar'' ('':ru:Цареубийца (фильм), Цареубийца'') – 1991 Russian film by Karen Shakhnazarov about a mental patient (:ru:Макдауэлл, Малкольм, Малколм МакДауэлл / Malcolm McDowell) who believes himself to have been the assassin of both Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Alexander II and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Nicholas II * ''The Pope Must Die'' (a.k.a. ''The Pope Must Die(t)'') – 1991 comedy by Peter Richardson (actor), Peter Richardson where an honest Pope, one not controlled by the Mafia, is accidentally elected, so he (Robbie Coltrane) must be eliminated * ''The Last Boy Scout'' – 1991 film by Tony Scott about a former United States Secret Service, Secret Service agent (Bruce Willis), saviour of Pres. Jimmy Carter, Carter, foils a plot against a U.S. Senator * ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' – 1991 science fiction film by Nicholas Meyer in which James T. Kirk, Captain Kirk is falsely accused of assassinating the Klingon chancellor. * ''Stalin (1992 film), Stalin'' – 1992 television film by Ivan Passer in which Joseph Stalin (Robert Duvall) eliminates former friends and associates like Sergey Kirov, Sergei Kirov, Grigory Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev,

, Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov, and

during the Great Purge * ''Malcolm X (1992 film), Malcolm X'' – 1992 film by Spike Lee about black nationalist Malcolm X (Denzel Washington), involving his father's Malcolm X#Early years, suspicious death in 1931 and his own assassination in 1965 * ''Ruby (1992 film), Ruby'' – 1992 film by John Mackenzie (film director), John Mackenzie about Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby (Danny Aiello), the killer of the Lee Harvey Oswald, presumed assassin of

* ''Chekist (film), Chekist'' ('':ru:Чекист (фильм), Чекист'') – 1992 Russian film by Aleksandr Rogozhkin about a secret policeman in Vladimir Lenin, Lenin's Cheka who eliminates perceived opponents of the Bolshevik Revolution * ''Crisis in the Kremlin'' – 1992 film by Jonathan Winfrey in which a CIA agent (Robert Rusler) must protect Mikhail Gorbachev from assassination * ''Devlin (film), Devlin'' – 1992 television film by Rick Rosenthal where a New York mayoral candidate is murdered and a detective (Bryan Brown) is suspected, while the actual killer is murdered in a chain of assassinations * ''Bob Roberts'' – 1992 satire by Tim Robbins about a corrupt United States Senate, Senatorial candidate (Robbins) who organizes his own phoney assassination and subsequent simulated paralysis * ''Black Cat 2, Black Cat 2: Assassination of President Yeltsin'' – 1992 Hong Kong sequel by Stephen Shin about a CIA assassin (Jade Leung) who pursues the killers of a Russian President coincidentally named "Boris Yeltsin" * ''El Mariachi'' – 1992 U.S. (Spanish) film by Robert Rodriguez about an unemployed musician in Mexico who is targeted by hitmen * ''In the Line of Fire'' – 1993 film by Wolfgang Petersen about an attempted assassination of an American president; Clint Eastwood plays a United States Secret Service, Secret Service agent who had been in the detail guarding President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy in Dallas on 22 November 1963. * ''Once Upon a Time in China III'' – 1993 Hong Kong film by Tsui Hark in which martial artist Wong Fei Hung (Jet Li) helps to foil the assassination of Viceroy Li Hongzhang, Li Hung-chang by a Russian diplomat * ''Sniper (1993 film), Sniper'' – 1993 film by Luis Llosa about a United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine sniper (Tom Berenger) targeting a drug lord in Panama * ''Point of No Return (1993 film), Point of No Return'' – 1993 film directed by John Badham, also known as ''The Assassin''; a remake of ''Nikita (film), Nikita''. * ''Octobre'' – 1994 French Canadian film by Pierre Falardeau about the assassination of Quebec Ministry of Labour (Quebec), Labour Minister Pierre Laporte by Front de libération du Québec, FLQ terrorists during the 1970 October Crisis * ''Doomsday Gun'' – 1994 television film by Robert Young (director), Robert Young about the assassination of Canadian long-range artillery expert

(Frank Langella) in 1990 * ''Bandit Queen'' – 1994 Indian (Hindi) film by Shekhar Kapur about outlaw Phoolan Devi, who was assassinated later, in 2001, in revenge for a past crime * ''47 Ronin (1994 film), 47 Ronin'' – 1994 Japanese film by Kon Ichikawa about the

, a group of samurai who plotted to avenge their daimyō, lord's death in 1701 * ''Barcelona (film), Barcelona'' – 1994 comedy by Whit Stillman includes an assassination attempt on a U.S. Navy officer (Chris Eigeman) by Spanish nationalists * ''Al-irhabi'' – 1994 Egyptian comedy by Nader Galal in which a fleeing Islamic fundamentalist assassin (Adel Emam, Adel Imam) is cared for by a family following a road accident * ''Léon (film), Léon: The Professional'' – 1994 film by Luc Besson about a hitman (Jean Reno) who defends a young girl (Natalie Portman) from corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA agents

1995–1999

* ''The End of the Obrenović Dynasty'' ('':sr:Крај династије Обреновић, Крај династије Обреновић'') – 1995 Yugoslavian (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian) Radio Television of Serbia, RTB miniseries by Sava Mrmak about the assassinations of Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian King Alexander I of Serbia, Alexander I, his consort, Queen Draga Mašin, Draga, Prime Minister Dimitrije Cincar-Marković, Cincar-Marković, and others, in 1903 * ''Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long'' – 1995 television film by Thomas Schlamme about the 1935 assassination of Louisiana governor

(John Goodman) * ''Nixon (film), Nixon'' – 1995 film by Oliver Stone in which Pres. Richard M. Nixon, Nixon discusses U.S. government-sponsored assassination attempts directed at Fidel Castro – the corresponding imagery, but not dialogue, also includes Patrice Lumumba († 1961) and Salvador Allende († 1974) – later, Nixon and his aides fantasize about assassinating Daniel Ellsberg (over ''Pentagon Papers, The Pentagon Papers'') * ''Wild Bill (1995 film), Wild Bill'' – 1995 revisionist Western by Walter Hill (filmmaker), Walter Hill about the assassination of marshal, lawman Wild Bill Hickok (Jeff Bridges) in 1876 * ''The Shooter (1995 film), The Shooter'' – 1995 film by Ted Kotcheff where, after the murder of the Cuban ambassador to the U.N., a CIA agent (Dolph Lundgren) must prevent the lesbian assassin (Maruschka Detmers) from disrupting a U.S.–Cuba summit * ''Assassins (1995 film), Assassins'' – 1995 film by Richard Donner about the rivalry between a seasoned hitman (Sylvester Stallone) and an upstart (Antonio Banderas) * ''GoldenEye'' – 1995 film by Martin Campbell that features a female assassin (Famke Janssen) and pits James Bond against a fellow agent gone rogue * ''Atentat (1995 film), Atentat'' (''Assassination'') – 1995 Ukrainian film by Oles Yanchuk * ''Ghosts of Mississippi'' – 1996 film by Rob Reiner about the trial of the Byron De La Beckwith, assassin of civil rights leader Medgar Evers * ''I Shot Andy Warhol'' – 1996 film by Mary Harron about the 1968 shooting of artist Andy Warhol (Jared Harris) by a Valerie Solanas, disturbed writer (Lili Taylor) * ''On Dangerous Ground (1996 film), On Dangerous Ground'' – 1997 television film by Lawrence Gordon-Clark, based on the

novel, features bomb attacks on a U.S. president and a Chinese ambassador * ''My Fellow Americans'' – 1996 comedy-thriller by Peter Segal in which two feuding former U.S. Presidents (Jack Lemmon, James Garner) are hunted by National Security Agency, NSA agents under orders from the current Vice-President * ''George Wallace (film), George Wallace'' – 1997 television film by John Frankenheimer about Alabama governor George Wallace (Gary Sinise) and his failed assassination in 1972 * ''The Assignment (1997 film), The Assignment'' – 1997 film by Christian Duguay (director), Christian Duguay in which the CIA has a U.S. Navy officer (Aidan Quinn) impersonate terrorist Carlos the Jackal so that the KGB will assassinate the genuine Carlos * ''Sharpe's Waterloo (TV programme), Sharpe's Waterloo'' – 1997 television film by Tom Clegg (director), Tom Clegg in which Lt. Col. Sharpe (Sean Bean) fails to kill his commanding officer, the Dutch crown prince William II of the Netherlands, William, Prince of Orange, for cowardice at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo * ''The Jackal (1997 film), The Jackal'' – 1997 quasi-remake (of ''The Day of the Jackal (film), The Day of the Jackal'') by Michael Caton-Jones where Russian gangsters dispatch an international assassin (Bruce Willis) to kill the FBI Director, and the agency (Sidney Poitier) seeks aid from an Irish terrorist (Richard Gere) and a Basque separatist (Mathilda May), but the actual target is discovered to be the wife of the U.S. President * ''Air Force One (film), Air Force One'' – 1997 film by Wolfgang Petersen in which Russian neo-nationalists take over the U.S. President's plane, and execute White House staff, leaving the President (Harrison Ford) to fight to regain control * ''The Peacekeeper'' – 1997 film by Frédéric Forestier in which a USAF officer (Dolph Lundgren) must foil the assassination of the U.S. President (Roy Scheider) * ''Shadow Conspiracy'' – 1997 film by George P. Cosmatos about an aide (Charlie Sheen) who uncovers a plot against the U.S. President (Sam Waterston) * ''A Further Gesture'' (a.k.a. ''The Break'') – 1997 film by Robert Dornhelm where an Irish Republican Army, IRA hitman (Stephen Rea) in New York City helps Guatemalan friends with their assassination plot * ''Conspiracy Theory (film), Conspiracy Theory'' – 1997 film by Richard Donner in which a disturbed, conspiracy-obsessed cab driver (Mel Gibson) discovers he is a CIA assassin * ''The Informant (1997 film), The Informant'' – 1997 film by Jim McBride where an IRA man becomes a 'supergrass (informer), supergrass' after being caught trying to assassinate a judge * ''Grosse Pointe Blank'' – 1997 comedy by George Armitage about a depressed professional assassin (John Cusack) at his high school reunion * ''Assassin(s)'' – 1997 French film by Mathieu Kassovitz about two professional killers, older (Michel Serrault) mentoring younger (Kassovitz) * ''The Man Who Knew Too Little'' – 1997 spoof by Jon Amiel, starring Bill Murray as an American on vacation in England who is mistaken for a hitman involved in an assassination plot * ''Anastasia (1997 film), Anastasia'' – 1997 animated musical by Don Bluth in which Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Anastasia survives the murder of her Nicholas II of Russia, family only to face assassination by the demonically-resurrected monk Grigori Rasputin, Rasputin and his friend, an Bartok the Magnificent, albino bat * ''The Last Contract'' – Swedish film from 1998 that presents its own theory about the assassination of Olof Palme, assassination of the Prime Minister of Sweden

. It stars British actor Michael Kitchen and Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt in the leading roles. * ''The Day Lincoln Was Shot'' – 1998 television film by John Gray (director), John Gray about Good Friday, 1865 and the assassination plots directed at Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln (Lance Henriksen), Andrew Johnson, Vice President Johnson and United States Secretary of State, Secretary of State William H. Seward, Seward * ''The Terrorist (1997 film), The Terrorist'' – 1998 Indian (Tamil language, Tamil) film by Santosh Sivan about a young woman assigned to assassinate a South Asian leader, based on the death of Indian Prime Minister of India, PM Rajiv Gandhi in Tamil Nadu in 1991 * ''Jinnah (film), Jinnah'' – 1998 film by Jamil Dehlavi in which Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Christopher Lee), the founder of Pakistan, survives an assassination attempt by a Moslem extremist * ''Elizabeth (film), Elizabeth'' – 1998 film by Shekhar Kapur, where

(Cate Blanchett) avoids an assassination planned by the Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Norfolk in favour of

, inspired by the 1570 Ridolfi Plot * ''Bulworth'' – 1998 comedy by Warren Beatty about a suicidal U.S. Senator (Beatty) who pays for his own assassination * ''Ronin (film), Ronin'' – 1998 film by John Frankenheimer about mercenaries (Robert De Niro, Jean Reno) hired to obtain a briefcase from its courier, and the murder of a figure skater (Katarina Witt) * ''Execution of Justice (film), Execution of Justice'' – 1999 television film by Leon Ichaso about the murders of San Francisco mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk (Peter Coyote) by a Dan White, disgruntled coworker in 1978 * ''Go to Hell (film), Go to Hell'' – 1999 comedy by Michael J. Heagle where a tabloid newspaper journalist can recover his soul only by assassinating a Catholic cardinal with demonic connections * ''Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' – 1999 film by Jim Jarmusch about a Mafia hitman (Forest Whitaker) who follows the code of the samurai, inspired by ''Le Samouraï'' * ''The World Is Not Enough'' – 1999 film by Michael Apted in which James Bond is assigned to retaliate for the assassination of a business tycoon within MI6 headquarters

2000s

2000–2002

* ''The Romanovs: A Crowned Family'' ('':ru:Романовы. Венценосная семья, Романовы. Венценосная семья'') – 2000 film by Gleb Panfilov about the 1918 execution of Russian Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Nicholas II, his consort, Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Tsarina Alexandra, and their family and retainers * ''Lumumba (film), Lumumba'' – 2000 film by Haitian director Raoul Peck about the overthrow and murder of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in 1961 * ''Hey Ram'' – 2000 Indian (Tamil language, Tamil) film by Kamal Haasan about a plot to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi * ''When the Sky Falls'' – 2000 film by John Mackenzie (film director), John Mackenzie about the murder of an Irish reporter (Joan Allen) by a Dublin drug gang, based on the 1996 Veronica Guerin case * ' – 2000 film by Eric Till about the execution of anti-Nazi theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Flossenbürg concentration camp in 1945 * ''Mission Kashmir'' – 2000 Indian (Hindi) film by Vidhu Vinod Chopra in which a plan by Kashmiri terrorists to assassinate the Indian Prime Minister of India, PM proves to be only a ruse * ''Chain of Command (2000 film), Chain of Command'' – 2000 TV film by John Terlesky in which the U.S. President (Roy Scheider) is kidnapped, along with his means for launching a nuclear onslaught * ''Miss Congeniality (film), Miss Congeniality'' – 2000 comedy by Donald Petrie about an FBI agent (Sandra Bullock) who exposes a plot to blow up a newly crowned beauty pageant winner * ''Kandahar (2001 film), Kandahar'' – 2001 Franco-Iranian (Dari (Eastern Persian), Dari) film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, about an exile's return to Afghanistan, stars Dawud Salahuddin, in real life, an American-born assassin for Iranian intelligence * ''O Processo dos Távoras'' – 2001 Portuguese Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, RTP miniseries by Wilson Solon about the trial of Távora affair#Arrests, trial and sentence, members of the nobility accused in the attempted assassination of Portuguese King Joseph I of Portugal, Joseph I in 1758 * ''Ayyam El Sadat'' – 2001 Egyptian film by Mohamed Khan about Egyptian President and List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Nobel laureate Anwar Sadat (Ahmad Zaki (actor), Ahmad Zaki), assassinated along with other dignitaries in 1981 by Khalid Islambouli, Islamic extremists * ''In the Time of the Butterflies (film), In the Time of the Butterflies'' – 2001 film by Mariano Barroso, starring Salma Hayek, about the 1960 murders of the three Mirabal sisters for their opposition to Dominican Republic, Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo * ''Quo Vadis (2001 film), Quo Vadis'' – 2001 Polish remake#Film, remake by Jerzy Kawalerowicz, about the persecution of early Christians * ''The Day Reagan Was Shot'' – 2001 television film by Cyrus Nowrasteh in which U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Reagan and press secretary James Brady, Brady are seriously wounded in a failed assassination in 1981 * ''Zoolander'' – 2001 comedy by Ben Stiller in which a vacuous male model (Stiller) is programmed to kill the Malaysian Prime Minister – banned in Malaysia * ''2009 Lost Memories'' – 2002 South Korean film by Lee Si-myung in which An Jung-geun's assassination attempt against Itō Hirobumi in 1909 is thwarted, resulting in a time paradox where the Empire of Japan retains its overseas territories after World War II. * ''The Sum of All Fears (film), The Sum of All Fears'' 2002 thriller in which Fascists plot to trigger a Third World War by framing the Russian Republic for nuking a championship football game attended by the U.S. President. * ''Hero (2002 film), Hero'' – 2002 Chinese film by Zhang Yimou centred on the assassination attempt directed at Qin Shi Huang, then King of Qin (state), Qin, by Jing Ke, an enemy agent in 227 BC * ''Frida'' – 2002 film by Julie Taymor about Mexican painter Frida Kahlo involves both Soviet exile

(Geoffrey Rush) and his original, failed, assassin David Alfaro Siqueiros (Antonio Banderas), world-renowned mural painter and Stalinist * ''RFK (film), RFK'' – 2002 television film by Robert Dornhelm about the life of U.S. politician Robert F. Kennedy from the assassination of John F. Kennedy, his brother in 1963 to his own in 1968 * '':fr:Jean Moulin (téléfilm), Jean Moulin'' – 2002 French television film by Yves Boisset about the death of French Resistance, Resistance leader Jean Moulin in Metz in 1943 after Gestapo torture * ''Trudeau (film), Trudeau'' – 2002 CBC Television, CBC miniseries by Jerry Ciccoritti about Canadian Prime Minister of Canada, PM Pierre Trudeau, Trudeau (Colm Feore), including the 1970 October Crisis and the assassination of Pierre Laporte * ''The Dancer Upstairs (film), The Dancer Upstairs'' – 2002 film by John Malkovich where the terrorist assassinations of government officials are investigated by a Latin American policeman (Javier Bardem) in spite of the imposition of martial law, inspired by the 1992 capture of the Abimael Guzmán, leader of Peru's Sendero Luminoso * ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' – 2002 Indian (Hindi) film by Rajkumar Santoshi about Indian nationalist Bhagat Singh (Ajay Devgan) and the assassination of British police superintendent J.P. Saunders in 1928 * ''23 March 1931: Shaheed'' – 2002 Indian (Hindi) film by Guddu Dhanoa about Indian nationalist Bhagat Singh (Bobby Deol) and the assassination of British police superintendent J.P. Saunders in 1928 * ''Interview with the Assassin'' – 2002 mock documentary written and directed by Neil Burger, purportedly about the "second gunman" at the

assassination. * ''Nothing So Strange'' – 2002 film, directed by Brian Flemming in the style of an "independent documentary", centring on the fictional assassination of Microsoft's Bill Gates (which occurs before the end of the opening credits) and resonating with numerous references to the John F. Kennedy assassination in 1963 * ''The Quiet American (2002 film), The Quiet American'' – 2002 film by Phillip Noyce, set in Saigon in French Indochina, where an undercover CIA agent (Brendan Fraser) is assassinated * ''The Bourne Identity (2002 film), The Bourne Identity'' – 2002 film by Doug Liman about an amnesiac CIA assassin (Matt Damon) and the assassination of a deposed African dictator (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) * ''Sniper 2'' – 2002 sequel by Craig R. Baxley about a former United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine sniper (Tom Berenger) targeting a Serbian general guilty of war crimes against Bosnian Muslims * ''Assassination Tango'' – 2002 film by Robert Duvall where a hitman (Duvall), in Argentina to assassinate a general, becomes involved with a tango teacher * ''Amir El Zalam'' – 2002 Egyptian film by Rami Imam in which a blind Yom Kippur War, October War veteran confronts a foreign terrorist gang planning to assassinate a visiting politician * ''Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' – 2002 science fiction film by George Lucas concerns the investigation by Jedi, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) of a failed assassination directed at a Galactic Republic#Galactic Senate, Galactic Senator (Natalie Portman) * ''Death to Smoochy'' – 2002 comedy by Danny DeVito about a plot to kill the popular host (Edward Norton) of a children's television show * ''Die Another Day'' – 2002 film by Lee Tamahori that opens with James Bond on an assassination run

2003–2005

* ''Killing Hitler'' – 2003 docudrama by Jeremy Lovering about Operation Foxley, the 1944 British plan to kill Adolf Hitler Aldo Moro br

* ''Good Morning, Night'' – 2003 Italian film by Marco Bellocchio about the death of former Prime Minister Aldo Moro in 1978 * ''The Commission (film), The Commission'' – 2003 film by Mark Sobel about the inner workings of the Warren Commission, Commission chaired by U.S. Chief Justice of the United States, Chief Justice Earl Warren as it investigates the 1963 John F. Kennedy, Kennedy assassination and produces its controversial ''Warren Report'' * '':fr:Les Thibault (feuilleton télévisé, 2003), Les Thibault'' – 2003 France 2 miniseries by :fr:Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe includes the assassination of Socialist leader and pacifist Jean Jaurès in 1914 by a Raoul Villain, right-wing nationalist * ''The Reagans'' – 2003 Showtime (TV network), Showtime miniseries by Robert Allan Ackerman includes the 1981 failed assassination in which U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Reagan and press secretary James Brady, Brady were seriously wounded * ''06/05'' – 2003 Dutch film by Mohammed Bouyeri, assassinated director Theo van Gogh (film director), Theo van Gogh about the assassination of politician Pim Fortuyn by an Volkert van der Graaf, animal rights activist in 2002 * ''Veronica Guerin (film), Veronica Guerin'' – 2003 film by Joel Schumacher about the 1996 murder of an Irish reporter, Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett), by a Dublin drug gang * ''El Misterio Galíndez'' – 2003 Spanish film by Gerardo Herrero, starring Harvey Keitel, about the New York disappearance of a writer opposed to Dominican Republic, Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, based on the 1956 case of Basque Columbia University professor Jesús de Galíndez * ''Tears of the Sun'' – 2003 remake (of ''Dark of the Sun'') by Antoine Fuqua, set during a fictional Nigerian Civil War, begins with the off-screen assassination of the President (and family) by rebels, along with other echoes of the 1994 Rwandan genocide * ''Imperium: Augustus'' – 2003 British/RAI miniseries by Roger Young (director), Roger Young about Roman Emperor

(Peter O'Toole) and an unhistorical plot by Iullus Antonius (Juan Diego Botto), the son of Mark Antony * ''The Statement (film), The Statement'' – 2003 film by Norman Jewison about a war criminal and former member of the Vichy France, Vichy Milice (Michael Caine) who is targeted by, apparently, Jewish assassins * ''Blind Horizon'' – 2003 film by Michael Haussman about an amnesiac (Val Kilmer) with recollections of his involvement in an assassination plot against the U.S. President * ''The Hunted (2003 film), The Hunted'' – 2003 film by William Friedkin about assassins hunting other assassins * ''The Hebrew Hammer'' – 2003 comedy by Jonathan Kesselman where Santa Claus is assassinated by his own son (Andy Dick) and holiday harmony must be restored by a Jewish crime fighter in a pimpmobile (Adam Goldberg) * ''Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, Children of Dune'' – 2003 miniseries by Greg Yaitanes * ''X2 (film), X2'' – 2003 film by Bryan Singer where an attempted assassination of the U.S. President is a pretext for a general war of human against mutant * ''Head of State (2003 film), Head of State'' – 2003 comedy by Chris Rock in which an alderman (Rock) becomes the first black candidate for U.S. President and imagines his own assassination * ''Alexander (2004 film), Alexander'' – 2004 film by Oliver Stone in which Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) ascends the throne of Macedon after the assassination of King Philip II of Macedon, Philip (Val Kilmer) in 336 B.C., then campaigns through Hellenistic Period#The Macedonian Empire, Africa and Asia until his suspicious death in 323 B.C.. * ''Gunpowder, Treason & Plot'' – 2004 BBC Television, BBC miniseries by Gillies MacKinnon about the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up Palace of Westminster, Parliament and King James VI and I * ''Stauffenberg (film), Stauffenberg'' (a.k.a. ''Operation Valkyrie'') – 2004 German television film by Jo Baier about the Claus von Stauffenberg, Stauffenberg plot against Adolf Hitler, starring Sebastian Koch * ''Die Stunde der Offiziere'' – 2004 German television film by Hans-Erich Viet about various plans to kill Adolf Hitler, culminating in the Claus von Stauffenberg, Stauffenberg plot, starring Harald Schrott * ''Helter Skelter (2004 film), Helter Skelter'' – 2004 television film by John Gray (director), John Gray, starring Jeremy Davies (actor), Jeremy Davies, about the Charles Manson Family murders, the Family including Lynette Fromme, Squeaky Fromme, would-be 1975 assassin of Gerald Ford, President Ford * ''H2O (miniseries), H₂O'' – 2004 CBC Television, CBC miniseries by Charles Binamé where the Canadian Prime Minister of Canada, PM dies in an apparent canoeing accident, but suspicions point to the Americans * ''The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film), The Manchurian Candidate'' – 2004 remake by Jonathan Demme in which a U.S. Gulf War veteran (Liev Schreiber) is brainwashed into being a corporate agent who, as Vice-President, will assume the Presidency once the newly elected President is assassinated by his former comrade (Denzel Washington), brainwashed into acting as a hitman * ''A Line in the Sand (film), A Line in the Sand'' – 2004 television film by James Hawes in which the Iranians dispatch an assassin to punish a U.K. weapons expert who had spied on them * ''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' and ''Kill Bill: Volume 2, Volume 2'' – 2004 films by Quentin Tarantino about an assassin (Uma Thurman), seeking vengeance against her former allies after they kill her fiancé and unborn child * ''Collateral (film), Collateral'' – 2004 film by Michael Mann (director), Michael Mann in which a hitman (Tom Cruise) enlists a cabbie (Jamie Foxx) in his work * ''Man on Fire (2004 film), Man on Fire'' – 2004 film by Tony Scott about a bodyguard and ex-CIA assassin in Mexico (Denzel Washington) whose young charge is kidnapped – remake of the Man on Fire (1987 film), 1987 film, set in Italy * ''The President's Last Bang'' – 2005 South Korean black comedy by Im Sang-soo about the assassination of President Park Chung-hee in 1979 by his own National Intelligence Service (South Korea), KCIA Director of intelligence and Kim Jaegyu, friend * ''The Feast of the Goat (film), The Feast of the Goat'' – 2005 Anglo-Spanish film by Luis Llosa about the assassination in 1961 of Rafael Trujillo, Dominican Republic, Dominican ''caudillo'' and occasional President, based on the The Feast of the Goat, novel by Mario Vargas Llosa * ''Sometimes in April'' – 2005 television film by Raoul Peck in which the Assassination of Habyarimana and Ntaryamira, assassinations of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, Habyarimana, Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira, Ntaryamira and Prime Minister of Rwanda, Rwandan PM Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Uwilingiyimana initiate the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, Genocide * ''The Persistence of Dreams'' – 2005 short by Erik Courtney depicts U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's final moments in 1865, in the Petersen House, boarding house across the street from Ford's Theatre * ''Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration'' – 2005 film by T.C. Christensen and Gary Cook about the Death of Joseph Smith, death of Joseph Smith (Nathan Mitchell), founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, Hyrum in 1844 by an Illinois mob * ''Magnicidio – Complot en Lomas Taurinas'' – 2005 Mexican film by Miguel Marte about the 1994 assassination of Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio by a Mario Aburto Martínez, lone gunman * ''Pope John Paul II (TV miniseries), Pope John Paul II'' – 2005 CBS miniseries by John Kent Harrison in which the Pope John Paul II, Pope (Jon Voight) survives an assassination attempt by a Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish assassin in 1981 * ''Munich (2005 film), Munich'' – 2005 film by Steven Spielberg about the hunt for those purportedly involved in the 1972 Munich massacre * ''The Assassination of Richard Nixon'' – 2005 film by Niels Mueller about the attempted assassination, by hijacked airliner, of Richard Nixon, President Nixon, based on the suppressed 1974 Samuel Byck case * ''Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara'' (''I Did Not Kill Gandhi'') – 2005 Indian (Hindi) film by Jahnu Barua about a retired university lecturer (Anupam Kher), suffering from early symptoms of Alzheimer's, who suddenly claims to have not killed Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 * ''Paradise Now'' – List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar-nominated 2005 Dutch-Israeli (Languages of Israel#Arabic, Arabic) film by Hany Abu-Assad where two Palestinian suicide bombers in Nablus, despairing of living under unending foreign occupation, are assigned a wedding in Tel Aviv, in retaliation for Israeli assassinations * ''Syriana'' – 2005 film by Stephen Gaghan about a CIA assassin (George Clooney) who is assigned to kill the foreign minister of an Arab emirate * ''The Interpreter'' – 2005 film by Sydney Pollack about a United Nations interpreter (Nicole Kidman) who overhears a plot to assassinate a visiting African President * ''The State Counsellor (film), The State Counsellor'' – 2005 Russian film by Filipp Yankovsky in which a detective (Oleg Menshikov) in 1891 tries to prevent the assassination of the Tsarist Governor of Moscow by revolutionaries * ''Left Behind: World at War'' – 2005 film by Craig R. Baxley in which the U.S. President (Louis Gossett Jr., Louis Gossett) tries to assassinate Nicolae Carpathia, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Secretary-General of the UN and the Antichrist, but fails * ''Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' – 2005 science fiction film by George Lucas in which the Chancellor (Ian McDiarmid) employs assassins, including Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen), against his Jedi opposition * ''Æon Flux (film), Æon Flux'' – 2005 science fiction film by Karyn Kusama where a rebel assassin (Charlize Theron) is assigned to kill the leader of her city-state (Marton Csokas) * ''The Matador'' – 2005 comedy by Richard Shepard about an aging bisexual hitman (Pierce Brosnan) who wants to retire

2006–2007

* ''Bobby (2006 film), Bobby'' – 2006 film by Emilio Estevez about the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, assassination of U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 by an Sirhan Sirhan, Arab nationalist * ''The Killing of John Lennon'' – 2006 film by Andrew Piddington about the 1980 murder of former The Beatles, Beatle John Lennon by a Mark David Chapman, delusional Christian fan (Jonas Ball) * ''Me Nathuram Godse Boltoy (film), Me Nathuram Godse Boltoy'' – 2006 Indian (Marathi language, Marathi) film about the Naturam Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, based on the banned Me Nathuram Godse Boltoy, play by Pradeep Dalavi * ''October 1970 (film), October 1970'' – 2006 CBC Television, CBC miniseries by Don McBrearty about the assassination of Quebec Ministry of Labour (Quebec), Labour Minister Pierre Laporte by Front de libération du Québec, FLQ terrorists during the 1970 October Crisis * ''Lilís'' – 2006 Dominican film by Jimmy Sierra about Dominican Republic, Dominican dictator Ulises Heureaux and his assassination in 1899 * ''Karol: The Pope, The Man'' – 2006 miniseries by Giacomo Battiato, about the papacy of Pope John Paul II, John Paul II (Piotr Adamczyk), involves the assassinations of Salvadoran archbishop Óscar Romero, Polish priest Jerzy Popiełuszko, Italian magistrate Paolo Borsellino, and the "Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo, Romeo and Juliet of Sarajevo", as well as the 1981 wounding of the Pope by a Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish assassin, sponsored by the Soviets and Grey Wolves (organization), Turkish terrorists * ''Oswald's Traces'' – 2006 Dutch film by Cindy Jansen in which an Volkert van der Graaf, activist prepares to murder politician Pim Fortuyn in 2002 * ''The Last King of Scotland (film), The Last King of Scotland'' – 2006 film by Kevin Macdonald (director), Kevin Macdonald in which Ugandan President Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker) eliminates those whom he dislikes, provoking his physician (James McAvoy) to plot his assassination * ''The Way I Spent the End of the World'' – 2006 Romanian film by Cătălin Mitulescu about a seven-year-old boy who decides to assassinate dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu with friends from the school choir * ''Death of a President (2006 film), Death of a President'' – 2006 fictional documentary by Gabriel Range recalling the 2007 assassination of President

in Chicago * ''The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film), The Wind That Shakes the Barley'' – Palme d'Or-winning 2006 film by Ken Loach about political violence in 1920 during the Anglo-Irish War, starring Cillian Murphy * ''All the King's Men (2006 film), All the King's Men'' – 2006 remake#Film, remake by Steven Zaillian about the assassination of Southern governor Willie Stark (Sean Penn), inspired by the 1935 death of Louisiana governor

* ''Bordertown (2006 film), Bordertown'' – 2006 film by Gregory Nava about the killing of a newspaper editor (Antonio Banderas) who publicizes the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, murders of maquiladora workers in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico * ''American Dreamz'' – 2006 satire by Paul Weitz (filmmaker), Paul Weitz about a terrorist plot against a strongly George W. Bush, Bush-like U.S. President (Dennis Quaid) when he appears as a guest judge on a strongly ''Pop Idol''-like TV programme * ''Land of the Blind'' – 2006 film by Robert Edwards (film director), Robert Edwards in which the despotic king (Tom Hollander) and queen (Lara Flynn Boyle) of Everycountry are overthrown and killed by a rebel leader (Donald Sutherland) * ''Rang De Basanti'' – 2006 Indian (Hindi) film by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in which a group of university students becomes radicalized while making a movie about the assassination of British police superintendent J.P. Saunders in 1928, so when they, and other anti-corruption protesters, are badly beaten by police colluding with Hindu extremists, one (Aamir Khan) volunteers to kill the Defence Minister * ''V for Vendetta (film), V for Vendetta'' – 2006 film by the Wachowskis wherein the main character, known only as V, inspired by the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, assassinates numerous governmental and quasi-governmental officials in his quest to topple a fascist regime; based on the V for Vendetta, graphic novel by

* ''End Game (2006 film), End Game'' – 2006 film by Andy Cheng in which the assassination of the U.S. President leads to a series of other murders, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Cuba Gooding * ''The Sentinel (2006 film), The Sentinel'' – 2006 film by Clark Johnson about a plot within the United States Secret Service, Secret Service to assassinate the U.S. President, starring Michael Douglas * ''The Contract (2006 film), The Contract'' – 2006 film by Bruce Beresford in which a notorious assassin (Morgan Freeman), presumably targeting the U.S. President, is himself targeted while under arrest by a citizen (John Cusack) * ''Casino Royale (2006 film), Casino Royale'' – 2006 film by Martin Campbell that shows how James Bond (Daniel Craig) first became "licensed to kill", through two assassinations * ''Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film), Shake Hands with the Devil'' – 2007 film by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Roy Dupuis, in which the Assassination of Habyarimana and Ntaryamira, assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana triggers the 1994 Rwandan genocide – the same incident killed Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira * ''Il Capo dei Capi'' – 2007 Italian Canale 5 miniseries by Alexis Sweet and Enzo Monteleone about the murders of Italian lawmen Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, and others, through the 1960s and 1970s, by Sicilian ''mafiosi'' * ''Héroes (Chilean miniseries), Héroes, la gloria tiene su precio'' – 2007 Chilean Canal 13 (Chile), Canal 13 miniseries by Cristián Galaz '' et al.'', about 19th-century Chilean history, includes the murder of statesman Diego Portales (Carlos Concha) by a Santiago Florín, coup plotter in 1837 * ''National Treasure: Book of Secrets, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets'' – 2007 sequel by Jon Turteltaub which opens with the 1865 assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln in Ford's Theatre during a performance of ''Our American Cousin'' * ''Kuppi'' – 2007 Indian (Tamil language, Tamil) film based on the assassination of Indian Prime Minister of India, PM Rajiv Gandhi in Tamil Nadu in 1991 * ''Elizabeth: The Golden Age'' – 2007 film by Shekhar Kapur, where Queen

(Cate Blanchett) learns of an assassination plot against her by

and Anthony Babington (nobleman), Anthony Babington, based on the 1586 Babington Plot McGee Funeral

* ''Blood on the Moon (2007), Blood on the Moon'' – 2007 television film by Dennis Beauchamp about the trial of Fenian Patrick J. Whelan for the 1868 assassination of Canadian Canadian Confederation, Father of Confederation, D'Arcy McGee * ''Chapter 27'' – 2007 film by Jarrett Schaefer, J.P. Schaefer about the 1980 murder of former The Beatles, Beatle John Lennon by a Mark David Chapman, delusional Christian fan (Jared Leto) * ''September Dawn'' – 2007 film by Christopher Cain, about the 1857 Mountain Meadows massacre of settlers by Mormons, includes the 1844 Death of Joseph Smith, death of Joseph Smith (Dean Cain), founder of the Latter Day Saint movement * ''A Mighty Heart (film), A Mighty Heart'' – 2007 film by Michael Winterbottom about the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman) by Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Islamist terrorists in 2002 * ''The Warlords'' – 2007 Chinese (Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin) film by Peter Chan about the assassination of a Qing Dynasty, Qing general (Jet Li), based on the death of Ma Xinyi in 1870 * ''13 Roses'' – 2007 Spanish film by Emilio Martínez Lázaro about the fate of :es:Las Trece Rosas, 13 young women when rumours of an assassination plot against Francisco Franco, Generalissimo Franco circulate after the Siege of Madrid, Fall of Madrid in 1939 * ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'' – 2007 film by Andrew Dominik about the murder of outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt) by his friend Robert Ford (outlaw), Robert Ford (Casey Affleck) in 1882, and then Ford's own assassination in 1892 * ''The Hunting Party (2007 film), The Hunting Party'' – 2007 film by Richard Shepard in which journalists (Richard Gere, Terrence Howard) in Bosnia attempting to contact a Serb war criminal are mistaken for CIA assassins, inspired by actual events centred on Radovan Karadžić * ''Goodbye Bafana'' (a.k.a. ''The Color of Freedom'') – 2007 film by Bille August, about Nelson Mandela's James Gregory (writer), prison guard (Joseph Fiennes), includes speculation about the car crash death of Mandela's son, Nelson Mandela#First marriage, Thembi, in 1969 * ''Lust, Caution'' – 2007 film by Ang Lee where, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Sino-Japanese War, a group of Hong Kong students plot to kill a visiting official (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Tony Leung) of the collaborationist Wang Jingwei government * ''Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler'' (a.k.a. ''Mein Führer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler'') – 2007 German satire by Dani Levy in which Adolf Hitler (Helge Schneider) avoids assassination by his Jewish drama teacher (Ulrich Mühe) * ''Shooter (2007 film), Shooter'' – 2007 film by Antoine Fuqua about a recluse (Mark Wahlberg) set up to be the lone gunman in an apparent assassination attempt on the U.S. president * ''Hitman (2007 film), Hitman'' – 2007 film by Xavier Gens based on the popular Hitman (franchise), video game franchise of the same name, in the movie a genetically engineered assassin known only as "Agent 47" (Timothy Olyphant) who targets the Russian President

2008–2009

* ''Il Divo (film), Il Divo'' – 2008 Italian film by Paolo Sorrentino about Prime Minister of Italy, Italian PM Giulio Andreotti (Toni Servillo) and the murders of journalist Mino Pecorelli, Carabinieri general Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, bankers Michele Sindona and Roberto Calvi, and PM Aldo Moro Akbar orders punishment of Adham Khan, Akbarnama

Akbar orders punishment of Adham Khan, Akbarnama

* ''Jodhaa Akbar'' – 2008 Indian (Hindustani language, Hindustani) film by Ashutosh Gowariker includes the assassination of the Prime Minister of the Mughal Empire, Ataga Khan, Shamsuddin Atka Khan, by Adham Khan in 1562, as well as two attempts against Emperor Akbar (Hrithik Roshan), orchestrated by his brother-in-law * ''Valkyrie (film), Valkyrie'' – 2008 film by Bryan Singer about the Claus von Stauffenberg, Stauffenberg plot against Adolf Hitler, starring Tom Cruise * ''The Devil's Whore'' – 2008 Channel 4 miniseries by Marc Munden, set during the English Civil War, in which a Edward Sexby, disillusioned officer plots the assassination of Oliver Cromwell (Dominic West) until his arrest in 1657 * ''Che (2008 film), Che'' – 2008 film by Steven Soderbergh in which Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Benicio del Toro) meets his death in Bolivia in 1967 * ''Che Guevara (film), Che Guevara'' – 2008 film by Josh Evans (film producer), Josh Evans in which Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Eduardo Noriega (Spanish actor), Eduardo Noriega) meets his death in Bolivia in 1967 * ''House of Saddam'' – 2008 BBC/HBO miniseries by Alex Holmes (director), Alex Holmes and Jim O'Hanlon includes the 1982 failed assassination of then-U.S. ally Saddam Hussein (Yigal Naor) in Dujail by Islamic Dawa Party, Islamic terrorists, but grossly exaggerates the reaction of the Iraqi government * ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'' – 2008 film by Gus Van Sant about the murders of San Francisco mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) by a Dan White, disgruntled coworker in 1978 * ''Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, The Baader Meinhof Complex'' – 2008 List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar-nominated German film by Uli Edel about the Red Army Faction, Baader Meinhof Gang and their assassinations of prominent citizens – Siegfried Buback, Jürgen Ponto, Hanns Martin Schleyer – in 1977 * ''Flame & Citron'' – 2008 Danish film by Ole Christian Madsen about the two principal assassins of the anti-Nazi Danish resistance movement, Danish Resistance * ''Les Femmes de l'Ombre'' – 2008 French film by Jean-Paul Salomé in which a group of French female Special Operations Executive, SOE agents are sent to Normandy in 1944 to assassinate an Schutzstaffel, SS colonel, based on the story of Lisé de Baissac * '':fr:Hitler est kaput!, Hitler is kaput!'' ('':ru:Гитлер капут!, Гитлер капут!'') – 2008 Russian comedy by Marius Waisberg where Soviet agents go after Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun with the aid of an American rapper (Timati) * ''Eagle Eye'' – 2008 film by D.J. Caruso in which an indignant computer system, outraged by a U.S. war crime, uses ordinary citizens (Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan) to wipe out the entire upper echelon of the U.S. government, and impose a President of its own choosing * ''Vantage Point (film), Vantage Point'' – 2008 film by Pete Travis about the seeming assassination of a U.S. President (William Hurt) in Spain * ''XIII (miniseries), XIII'' – 2008 Canal+ miniseries by Duane Clark in which the first female U.S. President (Mimi Kuzyk) is assassinated, and an amnesiac (Stephen Dorff) is suspected * ''Nothing but the Truth (2008 American film), Nothing But the Truth'' – 2008 film by Rod Lurie where the shooting of the U.S. President leads to war with Venezuela and the assassination of a CIA agent * ''Bangkok Dangerous (2008 film), Bangkok Dangerous'' – 2008 film by the Pang Brothers in which a hitman (Nicolas Cage), following a series of hits on crime lords, learns that he has been assigned the Thailand, Thai Prime Minister as his final target * ''Get Smart (film), Get Smart'' – 2008 comedy by Peter Segal includes a plot to kill the U.S. President (James Caan (actor), James Caan) during a concert with a nuclear blast * ''War, Inc.'' – 2008 satire by Joshua Seftel where, in Central Asia, after the first fully Halliburton, privatized war, a corporate assassin (John Cusack) is sent to kill a competing conglomerate's natural gas executive – a semi-sequel to ''Grosse Pointe Blank'' * ''The Dark Knight (film), The Dark Knight'' – 2008 film by Christopher Nolan includes the Joker (character), Joker's assassination of the Gotham City police commissioner, amongst others * ''La Linea (film), La Linea'' – 2008 film by James Cotten about a hitman (Ray Liotta) tracking a Tijuana drug lord * ''Wanted (2008 film), Wanted'' – 2008 film by Timur Bekmambetov about an overstressed accountant (James McAvoy) who becomes involved with a hypermasculine girl assassin (Angelina Jolie) from an assassins' "fraternity" * ''The White Ribbon'' – 2009 German language film by Michael Haneke ends with the 1914 assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand * ''Trópico de Sangre'' – 2009 Dominican film by Juan Delancer, starring Michelle Rodriguez, about the 1960 murders of the three Mirabal sisters for their opposition to Dominican Republic, Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo Assassination of Henry IV by Gaspar Bouttats

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* ''Henri IV (film), Henri IV'' (a.k.a. ''Henri 4'') – 2009 German film by Jo Baier involves the death of French King Henry IV of France, Henry IV in 1610 * ''The Young Victoria'' – 2009 film by Jean-Marc Vallée in which Queen Victoria survives an assassination attempt by a Edward Oxford, deranged young man in 1840 * ''Bodyguards and Assassins'' – 2009 Hong Kong film by Teddy Chan where China's Empress Dowager Cixi, Empress Dowager dispatches assassins to murder revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen (Zhang Hanyu) in 1905 * ''Notorious (2009 film), Notorious'' – 2009 film by George Tillman, Jr. about the unsolved murders of rappers Tupac Shakur (Anthony Mackie) in 1996 and The Notorious B.I.G., Notorious B.I.G. (Jamal Woolard) in 1997 * ''Me and Orson Welles'' – 2009 film by Richard Linklater about Orson Welles (Christian McKay) and his 1937 theatre production of

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'' * ''Inglourious Basterds'' – 2009 film by Quentin Tarantino about two fictional plans to assassinate Adolf Hitler, one by a team of Jewish Office of Strategic Services, OSS agents, the other by a French Jew * ''Pope Joan (2009 film), Pope Joan'' – 2009 film by Bernd Eichinger about Pope Joan (Johanna Wokalek), the legendary female English Pope * ''Sherlock Holmes (2009 film), Sherlock Holmes'' – 2009 film by Guy Ritchie about a plot to kill members of the Houses of Parliament with poison gas * ''The International (2009 film), The International'' – 2009 film by Tom Tykwer about the murder of a candidate for Prime Minister of Italy * ''Law Abiding Citizen'' – 2009 film by F. Gary Gray about the assassinations of Philadelphia city officials by an aggrieved family man (Gerard Butler) * ''Frame of Mind (film), Frame of Mind'' – 2009 film by Carl T. Evans where a detective (Evans) discovers film showing a gunman on the Dealey Plaza#Grassy knoll, grassy knoll at the time of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy's assassination in 1963 * ''Let Him Be'' – 2009 film by Peter McNamee (director), Peter McNamee which proposes that John Lennon survived his 1980 assassination, then went into hiding in rural Ontario, Canada * ''Watchmen (film), Watchmen'' – 2009 science fiction film by Zack Snyder, about a conspiracy to assassinate retired superheroes, based on the Watchmen, graphic novel by

, also includes a recreation of the 1963 John F. Kennedy, Kennedy assassination * ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' – 2009 fantasy film by David Yates in which a

Draco Malfoy, student is assigned to assassinate headmaster Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) * ''Assassination of a High School President'' – 2009 film by Brett Simon in which a disgraced student council president takes aim at his successor

2010s

* ''The Conspirator'' – 2010 film by Robert Redford about Mary Surratt (Robin Wright (actress), Robin Wright Penn) and the 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassination * ''Formosa Betrayed (film), Formosa Betrayed'' – 2010 film by Adam Kane (director), Adam Kane in which the murder of a Taiwanese-American professor takes an FBI agent (James Van Der Beek) to Taiwan, based on two murders which occurred in 1981 and 1984 * ''Robin Hood (2010 film), Robin Hood'' – 2010 film by Ridley Scott features an assassination plot against King Richard I of England, Richard the Lionheart but he is killed first in battle (A.D. 1199) * ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' – 2010 film by Mike Newell (director), Mike Newell which begins with the poisoning of the Persian king * ''The Ghost Writer (film), The Ghost'' – 2010 film by Roman Polanski which includes the assassination of a former U.K. PM (Pierce Brosnan) * ''Salt (2010 film), Salt'' – 2010 film by Phillip Noyce in which Soviet-era moles target the Russian and American presidents * ''Red (2010 film), Red'' – 2010 film by Robert Schwentke where a retired CIA agent (Bruce Willis) pursues a plan to kill a war criminal, the U.S. Vice President * ''The Expendables (2010 film), The Expendables'' – 2010 film by Sylvester Stallone about a multinational military force (Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, others) tasked with assassinating a South American dictator * ''Green Zone (film), Green Zone'' – 2010 film by Paul Greengrass about a U.S. soldier (Matt Damon) who tries to prevent the assassination of an Iraqi general by U.S. government death squads * ''Machete (2010 film), Machete'' – 2010 film by Robert Rodriguez about a former Mexican federales, federale (Danny Trejo) whose assassination of a corrupt U.S. senator goes awry * ''Edge of Darkness (2010 film), Edge of Darkness'' – 2010 film by Martin Campbell about the murder of a corporate whistleblower and the investigation by her father (Mel Gibson) * ''The American (2010 film), The American'' – 2010 film by Anton Corbijn * ''The Kennedys (TV miniseries), The Kennedys'' – 2011 History Television/ReelzChannel miniseries by Jon Cassar where U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Jack Kennedy (Greg Kinnear) is killed by a Lee Harvey Oswald, Dallas Book Depository employee who is then killed, while his brother Robert F. Kennedy, Bobby (Barry Pepper) is killed five years later * '':es:El asesinato de Carrero Blanco, El asesinato de Carrero Blanco'' – 2011 Euskal Telebista, ETB miniseries by :es:Miguel Bardem, Miguel Bardem about the assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco (:es:José Ángel Egido, José Ángel Egido), Francisco Franco's Prime Minister, by the ETA (separatist group), ETA in 1973 * ''J. Edgar'' – 2011 film by Clint Eastwood about FBI director J. Edgar Hoover includes the 1919 1919 United States anarchist bombings, anarchist bomb attacks against U.S. Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer, A. Mitchell Palmer and others * ''The Devil's Double'' – 2011 film by Lee Tamahori involves several attempted assassinations of Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday Hussein, Uday (Dominic Cooper), or Uday's double, Latif Yahia (Cooper) * ''Killer Elite (film), Killer Elite'' – 2011 remake by Gary McKendry in which ex-Special Forces hitmen try to kill ex-Special Air Service, SAS men, including author Ranulph Fiennes, over a grudge about a 1972 Battle of Mirbat, Omani battle * ''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'' – 2011 film by Lasse Hallström with an attempt on a Yemeni sheikh (Amr Waked) for bringing water to the desert against God's will * ''The Double (2011 film), The Double'' – 2011 film by Michael Brandt involving the murder of a U.S. Senator *''The Mechanic (2011 film), The Mechanic'' – 2011 remake by Simon West about a hitman (Jason Statham), his protégé (Ben Foster (actor), Ben Foster), a drug lord, and a TV evangelist *''Assassination Games'' – 2011 film by Ernie Barbarash where two hitmen team up against a drug lord * ''Colombiana (film), Colombiana'' – 2011 film by Olivier Megaton about a Chicago hitwoman (Zoe Saldana) with a grudge against a CIA asset, a Colombian ganglord * ''Hanna (film), Hanna'' – 2011 film by Joe Wright about a bio-engineered girl (Saoirse Ronan) who tries to kill the intelligence agent responsible (Cate Blanchett) * ''God Bless America (film), God Bless America'' – 2011 comedy by Bobcat Goldthwait in which two angry citizens (Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr) target rightwing extremists and narcissistic TV personalities * ''Zero Dark Thirty'' – 2012 film by Kathryn Bigelow about the Death of Osama bin Laden, 2011 U.S. assassination of terrorist Osama bin Laden * ''The Dictator (2012 film), The Dictator'' – 2012 comedy by Larry Charles which features several attempts on the life of a North African dictator (Sacha Baron Cohen) * ''Snow White and the Huntsman'' – 2012 fantasy film by Rupert Sanders where an evil queen (Charlize Theron) decides to murder her possible successor, Snow White (Kristen Stewart) * ''Men in Black 3'' – 2012 science fiction film by Barry Sonnenfeld where Agent J (Will Smith) must prevent his partner's assassination back in 1969 * ''Lincoln (2012 film), Lincoln'' – 2012 film by Steven Spielberg; the film ends with Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865 * ''Olympus Has Fallen'' – 2013 action thriller film in which North Korean terrorists attack Washington, D.C. and take over the White House in which they assassinate the South Korean Prime Minister during a visit and also attempt to assassinate the President of the United States * ''White House Down'' – 2013 action thriller movie by Roland Emmerich in which a paramilitary group take over the White House and attempt to assassinate the President of the United States * ''Captain America: The Winter Soldier'' – 2014 superhero film in which S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury endures repeated assassination attempts while looking into a conspiracy inside his organization * ''The Interview'' – 2014 movie where a TV show host assassinates the dictator of North Korea * ''Heneral Luna'' – 2015 film by Jerrold Tarog; the film ends with Antonio Luna#Assassination and aftermath, his assassination in 1899 *Hitman: Agent 47 – 2015 reboot of the 2007 Hitman movie, again based on the same video game series. * ''Kingsman: The Secret Service'' – 2015 spy movie where a madman plans to depopulate Earth by using his personal technology (MP3 players and cellphones) to trigger people's combative instincts, driving them to attack and kill one another * ''The Purge: Election Year'' – 2016 dystopian science fiction action horror film by James DeMonaco in which Caleb Warrens, the Leader of the "New Founding Fathers of America", and the other NFFA members are killed by a group of rebels in a cathedral, during the film

In development

* ''Tlatelolco: Mexico 68'' – 2012 film by Carlos Bolado, currently in pre-production, about a journalist (Ryan Phillippe, rumoured) and the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre of student activists by Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Díaz Ordaz * ''The Amateur (2012 film), The Amateur'' – 2012 remake, currently in development * ''I, Claudius (2013 miniseries), I, Claudius'' – 2013 remake by Jim Sheridan, currently in development,Source: IMDb. Retrieved 17 March 2012. on political violence in ancient Rome, as observed by Emperor

* ''The Devil in the White City (film), The Devil in the White City'' – 2013 film, currently in development, includes the assassination of Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison, Sr. * ''Hitman 2 (film), Hitman 2'' – 2013 sequel, currently in development, about a genetically engineered assassin known only as "Agent 47" (Timothy Olyphant) * ''The Perfect Assassin'' – 2013 film, currently in development * ''Death Note'' – 2014 film by Shane Black, currently in development * ''Manhunt (201x film), Manhunt'' – 201x film, currently in development, about the aftermath of the Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln assassination, based on ''Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer'', by James L. Swanson * ''Man's Fate (unfinished film)#Aftermath, Man's Fate'' – 201x film by Michael Cimino, currently in development

Assassinated filmmakers

One direct and one indirect victim of terrorism. * Theo van Gogh (film director), Theo van Gogh (1957–2004) – provocative Dutch producer/director ** ''Submission (2004 film), Submission'' (2004) ** ''Interview (2007 film), Interview'' (2007), an English-language remake by Steve Buscemi of van Gogh's 2003 film * Moustapha Akkad (1930–2005) – provocative Syrian producer/director ** ''Mohammad, Messenger of God, The Message'' (a.k.a. ''ar-Risālah'') (1976) – a respectful, subjective-camera telling of the life of the Muhammad, Prophet of Islam – informative for People of the Book, أهل الكتاب (People of the Book) ** ''Lion of the Desert'' (a.k.a. ''Omar Mukhtar'') (1981) – about Omar Mukhtar, and Libyan resistance movement, Libyan resistance to Italy replacing the Ottoman Empire as colonial power – a subject not otherwise addressed in an English-language film

Television

* ''Playhouse 90'' (1956–1960) – The 1958 episode "The Plot To Kill Stalin" involved a plot against Joseph Stalin, Uncle Joe (Melvyn Douglas).''The Plot To Kill Stalin'' can be viewed at the Internet Archive. Assassination-of-spencer-perceval

* ''On Trial (series), On Trial'' (1960) – a series of dramatizations of important U.K. legal cases, including the case of Governor Joseph Wall (British Army officer), Joseph Wall. In that episode, Spencer Perceval appears as a character. Perceval is the Assassination of Spencer Perceval, only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated (in 1812). * ''The Time Tunnel'' (1966–1967) – The episode "The Death Trap" involves both the 1865 assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln and the 1861 conspiracy against him, known as the "Baltimore Plot". * ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' (1966–1969) – In the episode "Journey to Babel", the Tellarite ambassador is assassinated and an attempt is made on the life of Captain James T. Kirk. In the episode "The Savage Curtain", U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is murdered, but in battle on an alien world. * ''Saturday Night Live'' (1975–''present'') – ''Nightline'' broadcaster Ted Koppel (Joe Piscopo) reports as famous but incomprehensible actor Buckwheat (character), Buckwheat (Eddie Murphy) is assassinated on live television, and then Buckwheat's assassin (Murphy again) is assassinated in turn. * ''Red Dwarf'' (1988–1999) – The episode "Tikka to Ride" features an elaborate plot which takes place in an alternate timeline where John F. Kennedy, JFK survives due to accidental interference by the Red Dwarf crew. After witnessing the negative result of his survival the crew enlist Kennedy to go back in time to carry out the assassination. The plan works: Kennedy shoots his past self and the timeline is restored. Kennedy grimly thanks the gang for the chance to restore himself to his proper place in history, and fades away as a result of the resetting timeline. * ''Quantum Leap (TV series), Quantum Leap'' (1989–1993) – The episode "Lee Harvey Oswald" concerns the assassination of U.S. President

. * ''Babylon 5'' (1993–1998) – features several assassinations (meaning the targeted killing of a significant political figure, rather than the many other deaths or murders that occur in the show). One of the earliest assassinations is of Earth's President Santiago, in a spectacular scene showing the explosion of the Presidential Spaceship, Earth Force One. The same episode shows his Vice-President Clark being sworn in. The scene is shot as a replica of the swearing in of Lyndon B. Johnson, LBJ, following the John F. Kennedy, JFK assassination, complete with Santiago's widow posed in the background. Clark's assumption of power begins Earth's slow decline into fascism, and it was discovered his faction arranged the assassination of President Santiago. * ''La Femme Nikita (TV series), La Femme Nikita'' (1997–2001) – a television spy drama, based on the French film ''Nikita (film), Nikita'', starring Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis as assassins who work in a secret government counter-terrorist organization, "Section One". Section One's operatives (assassins) work not for monetary gain nor from ideological devotion, but out of a fear of being cancelled (executed) for sub-standard performance. ''La Femme Nikita'' had a run of five seasons and a total of 96 episodes; during its first two seasons, it was the highest-rated drama on American basic cable. Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran (TV producer), Robert Cochran, who created and produced ''La Femme Nikita'', later went on to create ''24 (TV series), 24''. * ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000) – Episode 15, "Noshing and Moshing", is set at the time of the assassination attempt on U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Reagan. One character believes that it was the result of a conspiracy organized by Vice-President George H. W. Bush, Bush. * ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006) – In the first-season finale, in the episode "What Kind of Day Has It Been" there is an assassination attempt on U.S. Josiah Bartlet, President Bartlet's personal aide, Charlie Young. It is, however, thwarted by the United States Secret Service, Secret Service. In the following episodes the assassins are discovered to have been members of an organization called ''Virginia White Pride'', a group of racists and white supremacists. In the third season, President Bartlet orders the assassination of Qumari Defence Minister Abdul Ibn Shareef, after it comes to light that the latter has ordered a group of terrorists to blow up the Golden Gate Bridge and is plotting other terrorist acts. * ''Alias (TV series), Alias'' (2001–2006) – Numerous assassinations, real and simulated, take place over the course of Sydney Bristow's odyssey through the underworld of covert intelligence and international organized crime. * ''24 (TV series), 24'' (2001–2010) – Assassination plots have featured prominently throughout: Season 1 revolves around Counter-Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer's attempts to stop the assassination of Democratic Party (United States), Democratic presidential candidate David Palmer. Season 2 ends with the attempted assassination of now-President Palmer. Season 3 involves the assassination by Jack Bauer of his superior Ryan Chappelle at the behest of terrorist Stephen Saunders. Season 4 features an attempt to assassinate U.S. President Keeler by shooting down Air Force One (and subsequently the assassination of the president's son). Season 5's plot begins with a hired killer assassinating former U.S. President David Palmer at the beginning of the first episode, along with the assassination of CTU employee Michelle Dessler. Later in the 13th episode, Christopher Henderson attempts to assassinate Michelle's husband Tony Almeida. Season 6 involves the attempted assassinations of U.S. President Wayne Palmer and former U.S. President Charles Logan. In season 7, the husband of president Allison Taylor is assassinated. In season 8, the president of a fictitious Middle-East country is assassinated; later, after his partner Renee Walker is assassinated, Jack Bauer goes on a killing spree, killing several Russian officials who were members of the conspiracy, and finally targets the Russian president, but his assassination attempt is thwarted by his friend Chloe O'Brien, now acting director of CTU. In 24: Live Another Day, U.S. president James Heller is targeted for assassination. * ''Monk (TV series), Monk'' (2002–2009) – The Mr. Monk and the Candidate, pilot episode centres on the failed assassination of a mayoral candidate, while the Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan, first episode of Season 3 involves the murder of the Latvian ambassador in New York City. In Season 3 Episode 12, Monk himself becomes the target of Chinatown hitmen. * ''NCIS (TV series), NCIS'' (2003–present) – In NCIS (season 1), Season 1, Episode 1 the death of a naval officer aboard Air Force One may represent an assassination attempt on ostensible U.S. President

. * ''Veronica Mars'' (2004–2007) – Roman Emperor

is namechecked by Veronica (Kristen Bell) in Veronica Mars (season 2), Season 2, Plan B (Veronica Mars), Episode 39, and two evil principal characters are assassinated in the Not Pictured, season finale. * ''Stargate Atlantis'' (2004–2009) – Several assassination attempts are featured through the series, the most extreme of them being the coup when Ladon Radim assassinates Chief Cowen and his Elite Guard with a hidden nuclear device, taking over as the new Genii leader. On another occasion, the protagonists narrowly protect the 13-year-old Harmony from an attempt on her life ordered by one of her sisters (in order to usurp her position as would-be queen). In yet another incident, Teyla (disguised as a Wraith Queen) and Todd infiltrate a Hive Ship under the guise of negotiations. However, Todd stabs the Queen to death and blames Teyla for it, resulting in her becoming the new Queen. * ''Lost (TV series), Lost'' (2004–2010) – In Season 4, former Iraqi Army torturer Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) works as an assassin for the mysterious Ben Linus (Michael Emerson). In Season 6, Sayid again becomes an assassin, this time for the Mythology of Lost#The Monster, Smoke Monster (Terry O'Quinn). * ''House (TV series), House'' (2004–2012) – In Season 6 episode "The Tyrant (House), The Tyrant", a hospitalized African dictator (James Earl Jones) avoids one assassination attempt before being murdered by a doctor. * ''Rome (TV series), Rome'' (2005–2006) – HBO/BBC Television, BBC/RAI series by Michael Apted '' et al.'' on wars, intrigue, and personal and political violence in ancient Rome. Season 1 includes the assassinations of several historical figures, Pompey, Pothinus, and

. Season 2 includes the assassination of Cicero but, unhistorically, omits Caesarion. * ''Heroes (U.S. TV series), Heroes'' (2006–2010) – In the finale of the second volume of ''Heroes'', "Generations", former New York Congressman Nathan Petrelli gives a nationally televised speech to the media in Odessa, Texas, regarding the successful stopping of an outbreak of a deadly virus. About to reveal that he has the ability to fly, he is shot in the chest twice, mid-sentence, by an unknown assassin who quickly leaves the scene. Nathan falls into the arms of his brother, Peter, and uses his last breath to whisper his name. * ''Robin Hood (2006 TV series), Robin Hood'' (2006–2009) – The story involves plots against the life of King Richard I of England. * ''Reaper (TV series), Reaper'' (2007) – President William McKinley's assassin Leon Czolgosz is the demon in "Leon", Episode 6 of the first season. * ''Doctor Who'' (2005–''present'') – Series 3 episode 12 "The Sounds of the drums" U.S. President Arthur Coleman Winters was killed by UK Prime Minister Harold Saxon (The Master). * ''The Tudors'' (2007–2010) – There is an assassination attempt against Anne Boleyn on the way to her coronation, in Episode 3 of Season 2. * ''Burn Notice'' (2007–''2013'') – This series features several minor assassinations in order to cover up the conspiracy that burned spy Michael Weston (Jeffery Donnovan) investigates as he is attempting to clear his name after he becomes affiliated with it. His narration, in which he acts if he is teaching a class of new spies, also discusses the concept several times. * ''Murdoch Mysteries'' (2007–''present'') – The Season 3 episode "List of Murdoch Mysteries episodes, The Murdoch Identity" involves a plot against Queen Victoria and her War Secretary in Bristol, England. * ''Iris (TV series), IRIS'' (2009) – The South Korean TV series details a black ops agency named the National Security Service or NSS, an agency created by Park Chung-Hee that protected South Korea by operations including assassination. One of its agents, Kim Hyun-Jun, goes rogue after completing his assassination assignment in Hungary after being betrayed by NSS Director Baek San and threatened with assassination himself by his friend and fellow NSS operative Jin Sa-Woo. An arms-dealing terrorist group called IRIS also uses assassination to kill off anyone trying to rout out the group and prevent the Koreas from reuniting under peace talks. * ''Warehouse 13'' (2009–2014) – The Pilot (Warehouse 13), pilot episode features an attempted assassination of the U.S. president at a Washington museum. * ''The Event'' (2010–2011) – The story involves a U.S. presidential assassination attempt. * ''Nikita (TV series), Nikita'' (2010–2013) – An updating of the 1990s series, once again focusing on the exploits of a female assassin and her section. * ''Designated Survivor (TV series), Designated Survivor'' (2016–''present'') – A bombing during the State of the Union address successfully assassinates almost the entirety of the United States government, with the protagonist assuming the role of President having been the former administration's designated survivor for the address. * ''Hell on Wheels (TV series), Hell on Wheels'' (2011–2016) – There is an assassination attempt against Brigham Young by his son Phineas in Episode 7 of Season 5. *Killing Eve (2018) – Eve Polastri, a desk-bound MI5 officer, begins to track down talented psychopathic assassin Villanelle (character), Villanelle, while both women become obsessed with each other.

Animation

* ''Golgo 13: The Professional'' – Directed by Osamu Dezaki, the anime is about a professional assassin. Only two anime installments were made * ''Golgo 13#TV series, Golgo 13'' – The TV series details more on Duke Togo's assassination missions * ''Noir (anime), Noir'' – Anime television series that follows two female assassins' search to understand their past * ''Darker than Black'' – Anime television series about ordinary people inexplicably changed into ''Contractors'' with extraordinary abilities who typically become cold-blooded killers * ''Assassination Classroom'' – Anime television series adapted from a manga by Yūsei Matsui, about junior high students in their school's worst class, tasked with finding a way to assassinate an extremely powerful creature claiming it destroyed 70% of the moon, and will destroy the Earth one year later

Board games

* ''The Plot to Assassinate Hitler'' (1976) – Published by Simulations Publications, Inc., SPI. One player represents the forces in Nazi Germany opposed to Hitler, both military and civilian, while the other player plays the Gestapo and Schutzstaffel, SS. Prominent figures in the 20 July plot appear in the game as playing pieces, e.g. Canaris, Friedrich Olbricht, Olbricht, Erwin von Witzleben, Witzleben, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Goerdeler

Video games

* ''Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken'' (1983) – Adventure game focusing on a murder case in Kobe, Japan * ''Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode'' (1988) and ''Golgo 13: The Mafat Conspiracy'' (1990) – two NES games based on the anime/manga * ''Grand Theft Auto'' series (1997–2013) – features numerous missions which involve assassination * ''Tenchu'' (1998–2008) – Same as above, the originator of the next-generation ninja subterfuge gaming genre. Released earlier, more story-driven and somewhat less political, assassination is a trademark feature of the series * ''Hitman (franchise), Hitman'' series (2000–present) – Popular tactical stealth game series which involves the assassination of various targets. There has been over eight games in the series so far. * ''Ragnarok Online'' (2001) – An MMORPG where the player can choose to become an assassin as a second job class * ''Splinter Cell'' (2002) – Stealth action game which ends with an assassination of a powerful political leader * ''The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind'' (2002) – role-playing video game with numerous assassinations and even a guild dedicated to assassinations called the Morag Tong * ''XIII (video game), XIII'' (2003) – about an amnesiac and the assassination of a U.S. President * ''Grand Chase'' (2003) – Lass, the Thief and the fourth character, is an assassin as a second job using a curved sword called Scimitar * ''JFK Reloaded'' (2004) – The game's sole objective is to recreate the John F. Kennedy assassination * ''Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines'' (2004) – Several assignments (some mandatory, some optional) involving assassination are included in this game, and the endgame involves the player deciding whether to assassinate one or both of the game's vampire clan leader antagonists * ''Shinobido: Way of the Ninja, Shinobido'' (2005) – Heavily stealth-based video game centred around feudal-era Japan and its inhabitants. The protagonist is a ninja, who is given contact killing missions among others, and becomes a politically heavily involved reconnaissance agent, thief and mostly, assassin * ''Total War (video game series), Total War'' (2006) – a strategy game series where the player can send assassins against opponents * ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion'' (2006) – role-playing video game in which one may join an assassins' guild, the Dark Brotherhood. Also, the main storyline opens with an emperor being assassinated; the entire game hinges on this event * ''The Godfather: The Game'' (2006) – the game features several missions with the goal to assassinating high-ranking members of the Five Families, including the Dons * ''Assassin's Creed'' (2007) – Game in which one plays a member of the Hashshashin sect during the Third Crusade * ''Team Fortress 2'' (2007) – features one class, the spy, whose purpose is to assassinate other players. He features a knife among his weaponry that will kill instantly if it is a stab to the back of a character * ''No More Heroes (video game), No More Heroes'' (2007) – The player is an assassin called Travis Touchdown who is the 11th ranked assassin of an organization called the UAA. The game leads the player to fight against the top 10 assassins of the UAA * ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'' (2007) – In two missions, the player plays as a sniper on a failed assassination attempt * ''Star Wars: Force Unleashed'' (2008) – The four first levels are a mission where the player attempts to assassinate Jedi masters * ''Fable II'' (2008) – The player can be an assassin * ''Call of Duty: World at War'' (2008) – In the first level of the Russian campaign, the player participates in the assassination of a Nazi general responsible for Stalingrad atrocities * ''Fallout 3'' (2008) – The player is tasked by an organization known as the Brotherhood of Steel to assassinate John Henry Eden, the self-proclaimed President of the United States * ''MadWorld'' (2009) – The gameplay revolves around how creatively you murder other contestants in a game called "Deathwatch" * ''Assassin's Creed II'' (2009) – The player assumes the role of a young nobleman-turned-assassin named Ezio Auditore da Firenze. The plot takes place in Renaissance Italy * ''Assassin's Creed Brotherhood'' (2010) – Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze returns * ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'' (2010) – Operatives Mason and Woods are sent to Cuba to assassinate Fidel Castro, but later find out that he had a lookalike. Another instance is when the player finds out that Mason was a conspirator in the John F. Kennedy assassination at the end of the game * ''Just Cause (video game series)'' (2006–2018) – United States agent Rico travels to the fictional island-nations of San Esperito, Panau, Medici and Solis to assassinate the regime's corrupt dictators * ''Fallout: New Vegas'' (2010) – The player can assassinate three major political leaders, then cannibalize them to receive a special in-game bonus, called a Perk * ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' (2011) – Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze returns for the final time * ''Batman: Arkham City'' (2011) – The secondary mission "Shot in the Dark" involves contract killings. The League of Assassins are also part of the main plot * ''Assassin's Creed III'' (2012) – A new Assassin arises to the creed * ''Dishonored'' (2012) – Corvo Attano sets out to assassinate a conspiracy line to restore the rightful Emperess, Emily Kaldwin, on the throne. There are non-lethal alternatives to assassination targets * ''Payday 2'' (2013) – the Payday gang assassinates Ernesto Sosa, a fictional drug lord, who had been attacking weapon shipments of 'The Butcher,' an arms smuggler.

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* Mark Cousins (film critic), Cousins, Mark. ''The Story of Film'', BCA, Pavilion Books, London, 2004. * Hartley, William H., Ed.D. ''Selected Films for American History and Problems'', Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, 1940. * Bernard Lewis, Lewis, Bernard. ''The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1967; Phoenix, Orion Books, London, 2003. * Jack London, London, Jack. ''The Assassination Bureau, Ltd.'', McGraw-Hill, New York, 1963; Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1978. {{DEFAULTSORT:Assassinations in Fiction Fiction about assassinations, Incomplete literature lists Incomplete film, television, or video lists Literature lists History of fiction Lists of assassinations, Fiction

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