🎬 Movies Like Léon: The Professional

Loved Léon: The Professional (1994)? After her father, step-mother, step-sister and little brother are killed by her father's employers, the 12-year-old daughter of an abject drug dealer manages to take refuge in the apartment of a professional hitman who at her request teaches her the methods of his job so she can take her revenge on the corrupt DEA agent who ruined her life by killing her beloved brother.. Here are 22 films with the same DNA — matched on shared themes, tone, people and story elements by CinePick's similarity engine, with the reasons each one made the list. Or explore Léon: The Professional itself.

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   Payback1999

   7.0 IMDb56% RT critics69% RT audience68% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: neo-noir, new york city, revenge

2. 2
   The Fifth Element1997

   7.6 IMDb71% RT critics87% RT audience76% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser71·87

   Shared talent: director Luc Besson, Gary Oldman; Both are action films

3. 3
   Gotti1996

   7.2 IMDb60% RT critics83% RT audience65% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser60·83

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: new york city, set in new york city, set in united states

4. 4
   Shaft2000

   6.0 IMDb67% RT critics40% RT audience60% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: corruption, new york city, revenge

5. 5
   The Yards2000

   6.4 IMDb64% RT critics51% RT audience62% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: corruption, set in new york city, murder

6. 6
   Once Upon a Time in America1984

   8.3 IMDb86% RT critics93% RT audience84% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim86·93

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: corruption, gangster, new york city

7. 7
   La Femme Nikita1990

   7.2 IMDb89% RT critics84% RT audience71% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Luc Besson; Both are crime/action films

8. 8
   Dead Man Down2013

   6.4 IMDb42% RT critics47% RT audience62% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: new york city, revenge, set in new york city

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   Seven1995

   8.6 IMDb84% RT critics65% Metacritic95% RT audience84% TMDB

   Shared themes: s.w.a.t., suspenseful, neo-noir; Both are crime/drama films

10. 10
    A Walk Among the Tombstones2014

    6.5 IMDb68% RT critics53% RT audience63% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: new york city, set in new york city, murder

11. 11
    From Dusk Till Dawn1996

    7.2 IMDb66% RT critics76% RT audience70% TMDB

    Both are crime/action films; Matching dark, intense tone

12. 12
    Grosse Pointe Blank1997

    7.3 IMDb82% RT critics86% RT audience70% TMDB

    Both are crime/action films; Matching funny, light tone

13. 13
    The Silence of the Lambs1991

    8.6 IMDb95% RT critics86% Metacritic95% RT audience84% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim95·95

    Both are crime/drama films; Matching dark, tense tone

14. 14
    Wild at Heart1990

    7.2 IMDb66% RT critics81% RT audience70% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser66·81

    Shared themes: hotel room, hitman, murder; Both are crime/drama films

15. 15
    The Crow1994

    7.5 IMDb88% RT critics90% RT audience75% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim88·90

    Both are crime/action films; Matching intense, dark tone

16. 16
    American Gangster2007

    7.8 IMDb81% RT critics91% RT audience76% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim81·91

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: set in new jersey, suspenseful, gangster

17. 17
    In the Line of Fire1993

    7.2 IMDb96% RT critics79% RT audience70% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling96·79

    Shared themes: assassin, suspenseful, set in united states; Both are crime/action films

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    Point of No Return1993

    6.1 IMDb50% RT critics50% RT audience62% TMDB

    Shared talent: writer Luc Besson; Shared themes: assassin, set in united states

19. 19
    Pulp Fiction1994

    8.8 IMDb92% RT critics95% Metacritic96% RT audience85% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim92·96

    Shared themes: neo-noir, gangster, set in united states; Both are crime/drama films

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    The Devil's Own1997

    6.2 IMDb34% RT critics41% RT audience62% TMDB

    Shared themes: assassin, new york city, revenge; Both are crime/action films

21. 21
    Clean2021

    5.6 IMDb44% RT critics56% RT audience62% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: gangster, new york city, revenge

22. 22
    The Anderson Tapes1971

    6.4 IMDb75% RT critics53% RT audience61% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling75·53

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: new york city, set in new york city, set in united states