Best Ambush Movies & TV Series

Looking for the best ambush movies and TV series? These 37 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 ★ 8.1

Platoon 1986 ★ 7.8

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant 2023 ★ 7.7

Fury 2014 ★ 7.5

Bonnie and Clyde 1967 ★ 7.5

Dirty Harry 1971 ★ 7.5

Black Hawk Down 2001 ★ 7.4

Assault on Precinct 13 1976 ★ 7.3

Extreme Job 2019 ★ 7.2

Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge 1991 ★ 7.0

Die Hard 2 1990 ★ 7.0

Desperado 1995 ★ 6.9

The Naked Spur 1953 ★ 7.0

Bone Tomahawk 2015 ★ 6.9

Ulzana's Raid 1972 ★ 6.9

Con Air 1997 ★ 6.8

One-Eyed Jacks 1961 ★ 6.8

Five Element Ninjas 1982 ★ 6.8

Blood & Gold 2023 ★ 6.7

Clear and Present Danger 1994 ★ 6.6

Will Penny 1967 ★ 6.7

Buried 2010 ★ 6.6

The Manchurian Candidate 2004 ★ 6.5

The Hills Have Eyes 2006 ★ 6.5