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Movies: Best "arms deal" Movies


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Mission: Impossible(1996)

PG-13
| 1h 50min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 3,841 votes)

When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

The Last Samurai(2003)

R
| 2h 34min | Drama, Action, War
3.8/5 (with 3,186 votes)

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

Ronin(1998)

2h 2min | Action, Thriller, Crime
3.5/5 (with 1,039 votes)

A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.

The Living Daylights(1987)

PG
| 2h 10min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 800 votes)

After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

Jackie Brown(1997)

R
| 2h 34min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
3.7/5 (with 2,810 votes)

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

Elevator to the Gallows(1958)

1h 31min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 245 votes)

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

Secret Agents(2004)

1h 49min | Action, Crime, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 62 votes)

From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is "Janus"; and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe...

Short Sharp Shock(1998)

1h 33min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 26 votes)

Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabriel wants to turn his back on crime, but the others continue to operate as petty criminals. Friendships are tested as the trio navigate a dark world of mafia bosses and deals gone wrong.

Doomsday Gun(1994)

2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When an operational plan by the CIA to export sanctioned arms to apartheid-South Africa through him was exposed, the CIA denied all knowledge and he went to jail. He was later released, and moved to Belgium to start a subsidiary, of which a major project was to help Saddam Hussein build a new supergun capable of firing over 500 miles.

Directed by Robert Young - With Frank Langella

Pancho Villa(1972)

PG
| 1h 32min | Western
2.6/5 (with 8 votes)

In 1916, during the Mexican Revolution, General Pancho Villa manages to escape from the clutches of General Goyo, his greatest enemy, only to face an even greater problem when he meets McDermott, a mysterious adventurer who promises to get him weapons and ammunition for his troops.

The General Died at Dawn(1936)

1h 38min | Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum of money to Mr. Wu with the task of buying weapons in Shanghai to help end General Yang's tyranny that keeps an entire province under his ruthless iron boot.

Killer Kid(1967)

2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

The ruthless and cruel Captain Ramirez hunts down and kills revolutionaries in his search for The Saint, the righteous leader of the Mexican insurrection against the Federales.

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Babeck(1968)

3h 30min | Crime, Thriller

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Directed by Wolfgang Becker