Best Ambush Movies & TV Series

Looking for the best ambush movies and TV series? These 52 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Buried 2010 ★ 6.6
Will Penny 1967 ★ 6.7
Payroll 1961 ★ 6.8
The Gauntlet 1977 ★ 6.6
The Bourne Identity 1988 ★ 6.5
The Manchurian Candidate 2004 ★ 6.5
The Lost Patrol 1934 ★ 6.5
The Hills Have Eyes 2006 ★ 6.5
A Man Called Horse 1970 ★ 6.4
The Appaloosa 1966 ★ 6.4
The Last Challenge 1967 ★ 6.3
Gun Glory 1957 ★ 6.2
Shrek the Third 2007 ★ 6.3
Star Trek: Nemesis 2002 ★ 6.3
Betrayed 1954 ★ 5.8
The Road to Fort Alamo 1964 ★ 5.7
The Gunfight at Dodge City 1959 ★ 5.7
Blowback 2022 ★ 6.1
Ironclad 2011 ★ 6.2
The Sea Wolves 1980 ★ 5.9
Rare Birds 2001 ★ 5.3
The Valdez Horses 1973 ★ 5.6
Never So Few 1959 ★ 5.5
Hell 2011 ★ 5.7