List of assassinations in fiction

Assassinations have formed a major plot element in works of fiction.

In Assassinations and Murder in Modern Italy: Transformations in Society and Culture, Stephen Gundle and Lucia Rinaldi — as well as analyzing Italian assassinations in their historical and cultural contexts — explore films, plays, other forms of fiction, and works of art that have been inspired by the act of assassination.

[2] Nick Cullather has discussed "the movie version" of John F. Kennedy's assassination.

[3] This list article preferentially highlights some less familiar cultural works while eschewing run-of-the-mill Ian Fleming or Agatha Christie titles and like Mafia films.

Within each year, films based on genuine historical events are listed first, followed by any purely fictional entries.