Top 10 Sniper Movies
If you are reading this article you definitely love the best Sniper Movies. While watching the top sniper movies we people are always wondering that how can a man be such a dam shooter. We have seen deadly movie snipers such as Bob lee Swagger in Shooter(2007), the Jackal in The Day of the Jackal(1973), and Vasily Zaitsev in the movie Enemy at the Gates(2001).
We here listed the Top 10 Sniper Movies You Can’t-Miss to watch if you are really a Sniper movie lover. All these movies are amazing thrillers and definitely make you sit at the edges of the seat and think about how it is possible to shoot this much accurately with a rifle.
10, The Wall(2017)
The Thriller War film ‘The Wall’ is directed by Doug Liman, known for the films Swingers, Go, and Edge of Tomorrow. Released in 2017, the movie follows two American Army officers, Sergeant Allen and Staff Sergeant Shane Matthew who were trapped on the battlefield by an Iraqideadly sniper.
The movie hit on the Boxoffice on May 12, 2017, and grossed $4.5 million against the budget of $3 million.
In the Iraqi desert, the two American soldiers are sent to investigate the pipeline construction area. After watching over 22 hours the two soldiers are confirmed that the pipeline is secure. Staff Sergeant Shane Matthew stands and proceeds to the pipeline. Hidden Iraqi sniper Juba shoots Shane Mathews, Sergent Allen moves towards Mathews to rescue him, Allen also got sniper shot at his knee.
The wounded Allen cover behind an unsteady wall made up of bricks and tries to recover his radio damaged during the shooting. The Iraqi Sniper tunes the American Channel and pretends as an American officer and communicates with Allen to get useful information.
Is the two American Army officers are able to save themselves from this deadly Iraqi Sniper!
| Movie Name | The Wall |
| Director | Doug Liman |
| Producers | Dave Bartis |
| Writer | Dwain Worrell |
| Editing | Julia Bloch |
| Production Companies | Big Indie Pictures, Picrow, Amazon Studios |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Genre | Thriller, Drama, Action |
| Running Time | 1 Hour 28 Minutes |
| Release Date | May 12, 2017 |
| IMDb Rating | 6.210 |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Aaron Taylor-Johnson | Isaac |
| John Cena | Matthews |
| Laith Nakli | Juba |
09, Jack Reacher(2012)
Jack Reacher is a significant action thriller that has full of fun actions throughout the movie with the Charismatic performance by Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. Christopher McQuarrie directed movie hit the box office on December 21, 2012
A sniper shooting occurs on the riverside of an ordinary town and the shooter assassinates five people before driving off. After the investigation headed by officer Calvin Emerson, the evidence points to one person the US former Army officer Mr. James Barr.
During the interrogation, the suspect James Barr takes a notepad and writes one statement “Get Jack Reacher”.
The former military officer Jack Reacher arrives in Pittsburgh to meet the shooting suspect, but the investigating officer denied seeing the evidence against James Barr but agree to let the Reacher meet Barr.
The more Reacher digs deeper into the case the less clear-cut it appears. Watch How Reacher solves this puzzle.
| Movie Name | Jack Reacher |
| Director | Christopher McQuarrie |
| Producers | Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, Don Granger, Gary Levinsohn |
| Writers | Lee Child, Christopher McQuarrie |
| Editing | Kevin Stitt |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Genre | Thriller, Action |
| Running time | 2 Hour 10 Minutes |
| Release Date | December 10, 2012 |
| IMDb Rating | 7.0/10 |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Tom Cruise | Reacher |
| Richard Jenkins | Rodin |
| David Oyelowo | Emerson |
| Michael Raymond | Linsky |
| Josh Helman | Jeb |
| Rosamund Pike | Helen |
| Werner Herzog | The Zec |
| Jai Courtney | Charlie |
| Joseph Sikora | Barr |
| Alexia Fast | Sandy |
08, The Hurt Locker(2008)
The Hurt Locker is a full-tilt war thriller movie directed by Kathryn Bigelow, stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. If you are looking for a ferociously suspenseful war movie then this is for you.
It follows the story of the American Bomb disposal Team deployed on Bagdad, Iraqi Warfield, the brave, crazy, and the best soldiers who are targeted by the rebel forces, and the stress they have to face during the combat.
| Movie Name | The Hurt Locker |
| Director | Kathryn Bigelow |
| Producers | Kathryn Bigelow, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro, Mark Boal |
| Writer | Mark Boal |
| Editing | Chris Innis, Bob Murawski |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Genre | Action, Thriller |
| Running Time | 2 Hour 11 Minutes |
| Release Date | June 26, 2009 |
| IMDb Rating | 7.5/10 |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jeremy Renner | William James |
| Anthony Mackie | J. T. Sanborn |
| Brian Geraghty | Owen Eldridge |
| Evangeline Lilly | Connie James |
| Ralph Fiennes | Military Company Leader |
| David Morse | Reed |
| Guy Pearce | Matthew Thompson |
| Suhail Dabbach | suicide bomber |
| Sam Spruell | Charlie |
| Sam Spruell | Charlie |
07, Saving Private Ryan(1998)
If you are not seen this epic war classic movie included in our list of the top 10 sniper movies It’s really a big miss to you. Saving Private Ryan is a visual masterpiece of Steven Spielberg, with full of audacious and heart-pounding thriller action sequences. It stars Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, and Tom Sizemore.
Saving Private Ryan follows John H. Miller (US Army Captain) and his Team who are in a search for Ryan(Private First Class) he is the last surviving brother trapped on the battlefield. Rayan’s three brothers have been killed during the war and he is the last surviving brother.
| Movie Name | Saving Private Ryan |
| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Producers | Steven Spielberg, Mark Gordon, Ian Bryce, Gary Levinsohn |
| Writer | Robert Rodat |
| Editing | Michael Kahn |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Genre | War, Action, Thriller |
| Running Time | 2 Hours 49 Minutes |
| Release Date | July 24, 1998 |
| IMDb Rating | 8.6/10 |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Tom Hanks | Captain John H. Miller |
| Edward Burns | Private First Class Richard Reiben |
| Matt Damon | Private First Class James Francis Ryan |
| Tom Sizemore | Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath |
| Jeremy Davies | Corporal Timothy Upham |
| Vin Diesel | Private First Class Adrian Caparzo |
| Adam Goldberg | Private Stanley “Fish” Mellish |
| Barry Pepper | Private Daniel Jackson |
| Dennis Farina | Lieutenant Colonel Walter Anderson |
| Ted Danson | Captain Fred Hamill |
06, Phone Booth(2002)
Phone Booth is Joel Schumacher directed thriller sniper movie released in 2002, starring Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, and Forest Whitaker. The movie follows Stuart Shepard a selfish and dishonest publicist who becomes trapped in a phone booth by a trained sniper and starts threatening his life.
| Movie Name | Phone Booth |
| Director | Joel Schumacher |
| Producers | David Zucker, Gil Netter |
| Writer | Gil Netter |
| Editing | Mark Stevens |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Releasing Date | April 4, 2003 |
| Running Time | 1 Hour 21 Minutes |
| IMDb Rating | 7/10 |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Colin Farrell | Stuart Shepard |
| Kiefer Sutherland | The Caller, Sniper |
| Katie Holmes | Pamela McFadden |
| Forest Whitaker | Captain Ed Ramey |
| Paula Jai Parker | Felicia |
| Radha Mitchell | Kelly Shepard |
| John Enos III | Leon |
| Tia Texada | Asia |
| Keith Nobbs | Adam |
| Richard T. Jones | Sergeant Jonah Cole |
05, Jarhead(2005)
Jarhead a Sam Mendes directed movie follows the story of a US Marine sniper Anthony Swofford who is trained under a callous trailer. Staff Sergeant Sykes notices his skills and invited him to attend the sniper course. Upon completion, he is deployed in the Gulf War.
The war movie shows the isolation, boredom, and uncertainty the snipers have to face each day and the psychological effects of the war on the marine snipers.
| Movie Name | Jarhead |
| Director | Sam Mendes |
| Producers | Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher |
| Writers | William Broyles Jr, Anthony Swofford |
| Editor | Walter Murch |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Releasing Date | November 4, 2005 |
| Running Time | 2 Hours 5 Minutes |
| IMDb Rating | 7/10 |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jake Gyllenhaal | Anthony Swofford |
| Scott MacDonald | D.I. Fitch |
| Jamie Foxx | Sgt. Sykes |
| Peter Sarsgaard | Alan Troy |
| Brian Geraghty | Fergus O’Donnell |
| Lucas Black | Chris Kruger |
| Jacob Vargas | Juan Cortez |
| Laz Alonso | Ramon Escobar |
| Chris Cooper | Kazinski |
| Evan Jones | Dave Fowler |
04, Shooter(2007)
Have you seen the shooting sequence of the film Shooter, if not you really missed this sniper shooter, GySgt Bob Lee Swagger is an internally tormented ex-military sharpshooter, get set up by RAW Govt agent. The ex-military officer gets into action once again by the high govt authorities to help them to prevent a plot against the President of the US. Meanwhile, he was targeted for murder. How he seeks his revenge against this betrayal? Watch this interesting movie.
This thriller marine sniper movie is released on March 23, 2007, directed by Antoine Fuqua starring Mark Wahlberg as the sniper shooter Bob Lee Swagger.
| Movie Name | Shooter |
| Director | Antoine Fuqua |
| Producers | Lorenzo di Bonaventura |
| Writers | Jonathan Lemkin |
| Editing | Conrad Buff |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Genre | Thriller, Action |
| Releasing Date | March 23, 2007 |
| Running Time | 2 Hours 4 Minutes |
| IMDb Rating | 7.2/10 |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Mark Wahlberg | Bob Lee Swagger |
| Michael Peña | Nick Memphis |
| Kate Mara | Sarah Fenn |
| Danny Glover | Isaac Johnson |
| Rhona Mitra | Alourdes Galindo |
| Elias Koteas | Jack Payne |
| Justin Louis | Howard Purnell |
| Jonathan Walker | Louis Dobbler |
| Rade Sherbedgia | Mikhayo Sczerbiak |
| Tate Donovan | Russ Turner |
03, The Day Of The Jackal(1973)
The Day Of The Jackal is a classic political thriller movie that received BAFTA Award for Best Editing and one Oscar nomination. The Fred Zinnemann directed movie stars, Edward Fox, as Jackal, the pro-Assasin engage to kill the French President Charles de Gaulle.
An underground military organization hires “The Jackal” to kill the French President, At the same time, a native detective(lebel) from Pars takes the responsibility to unsolve the mystery behind the deadly sharpshooter Assasin(The Jackal) Identity to stop this hitman from his mission.
| Movie Name | The Day Of The Jackal |
| Director | Fred Zinnemann |
| Producers | John Woolf |
| Writers | Kenneth Ross, Frederick Forsyth |
| Editing | Ralph Kemplen |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Releasing Date | 16 May 1973 |
| Running Time | 2 Hours 23 Minutes |
| IMDb Rating | 7.8/10 |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Edward Fox | The Jackal |
| Michael Lonsdale | Claude Lebel |
| Michel Auclair | Colonel Rolland |
| Terence Alexander | Lloyd |
| Derek Jacobi | Caron |
| Tony Britton | Brian Thomas |
| Cyril Cusack | Gunsmith |
| Denis Carey | Casson |
| Delphine Seyrig | Colette de Montpellier |
| Maurice Denham | Colbert |
02, Enemy At The Gates(2001)
The second movie in our list of Top 10 Sniper Movies is Enemy At The Gates. This is a thriller war film based on the famous Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, written by William Craig.
The story follows a superhero sniper of the USSR during world war 2. It is an epic action between two snipers a german and a Russian Sniper in the background of the Stalingrad War. During the war, Nazi commands bring their most qualified sniper (Ed Harris) to shoot down the Russian Sniper Hero Vasily Zaitsev.
| Movie Name | Enemy At The Gates |
| Director | Jean Jacques Annaud |
| Producers | Jean Jacques Annaud |
| Writers | Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alain Godard |
| Editing | Humphrey Dixon |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Genre | War, Thriller |
| Release Date | March 16, 2001 |
| Running Time | 2 Hours 11 Minutes |
| IMDb Rating | 7.6/10 |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Joseph Fiennes | Danilov |
| Jude Law | Vasily Zaitsev |
| Rachel Weisz | Tania Chernova |
| Bob Hoskins | Nikita Khrushchev |
| Ed Harris | Erwin König |
| Eva Mattes | Filippova |
| Ron Perlman | Koulikov |
01, American Sniper(2014)
The first film in our list of Top 10 Sniper Movies we have one of the best war drama films”American Sniper” released in 2014. This film is based on the work of Chris Kyle “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History”.
The film is based on the true-life of Kyle one of the deadliest sniper shooters in the history of the US Military. He saves countless lives on the battlefield using his deadly shooting skill during his four tours in the Iraqi War and turns into a legend of the battlefields.
| Movie Name | American Sniper |
| Director | Clint Eastwood |
| Producers | Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Peter Morgan, Bradley Cooper, Andrew Lazar |
| Writers | Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice, Scott McEwen |
| Editing | Gary D. Roach, Joel Cox |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Genre | War, Thriller |
| Releasing date | December 25, 2014 |
| Running Time | 2 Hours 13 Minutes |
| IMDb Rating | 7.3/10 |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Bradley Cooper | Chris Kyle |
| Sienna Miller | Taya Kyle |
| Luke Grimes | Marc Lee |
| Cory Hardrict | Dandridge |
| Jake McDorman | Ryan |
| Keir O’Donnell | Jeff Kyle |
| Navid Negahban | Sheikh Al-Obodi |
| Sam Jaeger | Martens |
| Kyle Gallner | Goat-Winston |
| Sammy Sheik | Mustafa |
