Netflix subscribers can’t get enough of 2019 spy thriller Anna – watch these 3 skilful assassin movies next

Three killer movies that we think you’ll love more than Luc Besson’s latest

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Luc Besson’sAnna, a film that promised to deliver thrills like the same director’s excellentLa Femme NikitaorLéon, is currently the most-watched spy movie onNetflixdespite terrible reviews and allegations of sexual misconduct by Besson.

Times have changed sinceLa Femme Nikitabut the critics suggest that Besson hasn’t based on his 2019 filmAnna.The Guardiansays that the plot “feels patchworked together from better films” and “at times the film plays like a softcore porno just with the sex scenes cut short”. But “what ultimately sinks the film is its overwhelming blandness”.RogerEbert.comagrees: “Even long-standing fans of [Besson’s] will find it hard to muster much enthusiasm for this startlingly lazy bit of by-the-numbers hackwork.”

The good news is that there are plenty of other killer thrillers to watch on Netflix. Here are some of our favoritenew Netflix moviesto watch instead.

The Killer

David Fincher directs Michael Fassbender in this stylish take on the genre in which death is just another thing for sale. According toThe Movie Cricket, Fincher “depicts Fassbender’s assassin as the Grim Reaper [and] as the ultimate vulture capitalist”. Although there’s a suitably thrilling finale this isn’t an action-packed assassination extravaganza; it’s more of a mood piece that lures you into the killer’s world and worldview.

Oldboy

This astonishing revenge movie focuses on an obnoxious drunk who’s abducted and imprisoned for more than a decade with only a TV for company. And then he’s out, and after his jailer. Although it’s since been remade it’s the original, directed by Park Chan-wook, that you want to stream. It’s one of the best movies in Asian cinema and, asStarburstsays, “still holds up as a true tour de force that is just as fresh and hard-hitting… as it was upon its release 16 years ago.” As theWall Street Journalput it:“Shakespearean in its violence,Oldboyalso calls up nightmare images of spiritual and physical isolation that are worthy of Samuel Beckett or Dostoyevsky.”

Available to stream on Now in the UK and Shudder in Australia.

Kill Bill: Vol 1

You can’t have a list of great killers without Uma Thurman’s The Bride, who wakes from the coma that resulted from an unsuccessful attempt to murder her. The Bride isn’t just after the titular Bill: she’s after every single person who played a part in the many sadnesses she’s endured.Varietycalled it “a strange, fun and densely textured work that gets better as it goes along”, whileThe Guardiansaid that it’s “brutally bloody and thrillingly callous from first to last.”

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Available to stream on Starz in the UK.

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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.

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