I Hired a Contract Killer

1990 · directed by Aki Kaurismäki

Rating

70/100

Hit

no

After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love.

I Hired a Contract Killer (1990), directed by Aki Kaurismäki, rates 70/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Jean-Pierre Léaud
• Margi Clarke
• Kenneth Colley
• T.R. Bowen
• Imogen Claire
• Angela Walsh
• Cyril Epstein
• Nicky Tesco
• Charles Cork
• Michael O'Hagan

Crew

• Timo Salminen — Director of Photography
• Aki Kaurismäki — Editor
• Aki Kaurismäki — Screenplay

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1. Drifting Clouds (1996) — 86/100 · hit
2. The Match Factory Girl (1990) — 85/100 · hit
3. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) — 82/100 · hit
4. The Man Without a Past (2002) — 81/100 · hit
5. Fallen Leaves (2023) — 80/100 · hit
6. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100

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