November 30, 2012 4:21 PM | By Daniel Bettridge
10 top Hollywood hitmen

Killing Them Softly

Killing Them Softly (© Melinda Sue Gordon/©The Weinstein Company/courtesy Everett Collection)
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  • Killing Them Softly (© Melinda Sue Gordon/©The Weinstein Company/courtesy Everett Collection)
  • T-800 – The Terminator (1984) (© MGM)
  • Michael Sullivan – Road To Perdition (2002) (© DreamWorks)
  • Nikita – La Femme Nikita (1990) (© Columbia/Tri-Star)
  • Jules and Vincent – Pulp Fiction (1994) (© Miramax)
  • Martin Blank – Grosse Point Blank (1997) (© CP)
  • Leon – Leon (1994) (© Sony)
  • Scaramanga - The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) (© MGM)
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Brad Pitt is back in the multiplex this week, playing a conscientious hitman in Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly. He’s not the first contract killer to grace Hollywood however; in fact film history is littered with all manner of assassins, crazed killers and crack shots. So in honour of these murderous movie mainstays here’s our rundown of Hollywood’s best hitmen, a who’s who of the best hired guns to ever grace the silver screen.