Best Assassin movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.

Actors : Ellen Barkin, Al Pacino, Michael Rooker, John Goodman,
Directors : Harold Becker,

A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.

Actors : Arlin Miller, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Pierce Brosnan,
Directors : Richard Shepard,

A globetrotting hitman and a crestfallen businessman meet in a hotel bar in Mexico City in an encounter that draws them together in a way neither expected.

Actors : Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

Actors : John Randolph, Robert Loggia, Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : John Huston,

A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love.

Actors : Michael Callan, Lee Marvin, Jane Fonda, Dwayne Hickman,
Directors : Elliot Silverstein,

A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.

Actors : Joel Grey, J.A. Preston, Fred Ward, Wilford Brimley,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinarily unique assassin in service of the US president.

Actors : Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Kaye Ballard, Jerry Stiller,
Directors : Richard Lester,

On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives at the Ritz, a gay ...

Actors : Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Diana Rigg, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Basil Dearden,

A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.

Actors : Richard Harris, Bradford Dillman, Ann Turkel, Edmond O'Brien,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's enemy, Big Eddie.

Actors : Peter Fonda, Bianca Roe, Tania Raymonde, Shane Brolly,
Directors : Fabien Pruvot,

Code name "Japan" is a contract killer on a job. Accustom to staying in hotels, Japan find himself jet-lagged in the middle of the night and forced to eat in the hotel restaurant, room ...