While war movies are generally popular due to their non-stop brutal action scenes involving firearms and constant shootings, many people also love a more specific sub-genre like movies about snipers which commonly drive their plot through great narrative, unpredictable plot twists and action scenes that are more memorable due to the smaller number of them.

In this occasion, Dunia Games has prepared a list of best movies about snipers down below which consists of 15 top-notch titles for war movie fans or those who are simply yearning for some action movies.

15. Sun Cheung Sau (2009)

Fans of the Western movies might not be familiar with Sun Cheung Sau, but it is a very great and worthy movie to watch nonetheless. The main protagonist is one of the best snipers in Hong Kong Police Department hunting an ex-cop who intends to destroy the police from within through provocation, though it becomes a rather complicated issue once he realizes he’s facing a person who used to bear a rather high title previously.

14. Jack Reacher (2012)

Based on a renowned novel titled One Shot, Jack Reacher tells the story of the titular ex-US Army soldier Jack who’s investigating the death of five people allegedly murdered by an ex-US Army sniper whose modus operandi is too memorable for him based on his experience back in Iraq. However, his search not only hits a snag but also leads toward a new conflict among the Russian gangs.

13. Elephant White (2011)

Elephant White features a totally unique point of view and storyline from the perspective of a successful and rich businessman who hires a sniper to murder his intended target out of sheer revenge. However, things get more complicated when an internal dilemma and some conflicts start to get in the way.

12. The Hurt Locker (2008)

Although not entirely a movie about sniping, The Hurt Locker is still a beautiful war movie with some exciting sniper scenes. A bomb squad team is screening an area allegedly planted with a lot of bombs by the terrorists, thus the difficult situation turns into some dramatic actions where the sniper team clashes with the opposing people.

11. The American (2010)

The American depicts a rather complicated story about a hitman and a weaponsmith who’s extremely obsessed with every kind of weapon including sniper rifle. One day, the weaponsmith is tasked to design and craft a cutting-edge sniper rifle for the hitman, until it turns out a hitman from Sweden is spying on the weaponsmith.

10. Rambo 4 (2008)

After 20 years since Rambo III came out, Rambo 4 finally came out with Thailand being the main setting. Here, Rambo must come out of hiding once again to finish his business by unleashing his sniping skill, which by the way is the first depiction of him being a sniper in the series.

9. Wanted (2008)

Wanted is a pretty unique sci-fi movie that throws off real-life logic out of the window, so expect the unexpected. The movie portrays an organization of assassins whose targets are predetermined by an old sewing machine which generally reveals a target they must kill, although the organization leader slowly succumbs to greed and uses it for his own profit. It’s only until the most skilled sniper in the team decides to defect and destroy the organization.

8. Phone Booth (2002)

Being a target of a professional sniper from inside a phone booth is such a bizarre premise, but the movie manages to pull off a great story out of it. An arrogant man named Stu Shepard is trapped inside a phone booth by an unknown sniper who knows every little detail of Stu’s life and attempts to bait him into some unexpected conflicts.

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7. Jarhead (2005)

Jarhead is heavily themed around hunting terrorists with one of the soldiers tasked to hunt the terrorists being a young, 20-year-old soldier named Swofford. With his sharpshooter friend backing him up, they both must take some quick decision-making to keep them away from the pressure.

6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Similar to the aforementioned The Hurt Locker movie, Saving Private Ryan is a movie about a military unit tasked to rescue a person named Ryan who remains behind the enemy frontline after the rest of his family members have passed away. Along the way, the fierce battles cost the unit some of the soldiers’ life until they’re finally able to contact Ryan and get involved in an epic scene where a soldier enters a sniper tower and single-handedly defends the area from the opposing army, and being pushed back by a single unit forces them to deploy a tank to outright destroy the tower.

5. The Jackal (1997)

Fighting fire with fire is pretty much an accurate description for The Jackal, a movie about a sniper released from prison to help prevent a killer from taking down the leader of the FBI. Throughout the story, the sniper must survive a lot of obstacles and incidents that continue to bring him down.

4. Shooter (2007)

Shooter is full of dirty politics, telling the tale of a retired sharpshooter who has long quit the business until an agent recruits him back, although it was all just a ruse to frame him for the death of a pastor during a presidential speech shortly after the President gave his speech. Eventually, the man uncovers the truth with the help of an honest FBI agent who believes that he’s innocent.

3. Targets (1968)

Despite being an old movie, it earns its place in the hearts of the fans of sniper movies due to its non-stop action scenes and unexpected point of view from the perspective of a sniper. In the movie, a man named Bobby Thompson ruthlessly murders his wife and mother as well as massacring pedestrians by shooting left and right, until a retired cop is tasked to hunt down Bobby with a sniper rifle.

2. Sniper (1993)

There’s no way to make a list of the best movies about snipers without mentioning Sniper, one of the best sniper movies with a couple of sequels. The story is based around Thomas Scott, a US Navy soldier who enters the deep forest of Panama with a fellow sniper called Richard Miller in a mission to finish off a rebel leader terrorizing the country, which proves to be rather difficult considering Panama forest is not the friendliest forest in the world to traverse and they both will have to overcome numerous obstacles.

1. Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Based on World War II, Enemy at the Gates tells the story of Vassili Ziatsev, a sniper who single-handedly takes down an entire German army during the tragedy of the Battle of Stalingrad, although the path toward his mission is full of obstacles with one notable thorn in his path being a Germany sniper master named König who’s obsessed and tasked with killing him, thus the two sharpshooters engage in a fierce duel.

That’s pretty much it for the 15 best movies about snipers that you should watch, especially if you’re a fan of war movies. Stick around for more gaming information and make sure to follow Dunia Games on Facebook and Instagram for the latest update!

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