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Throw Momma from the Train

Movies Like Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

Throw Momma from the Train is a 1987 comedy, crime, thriller film from Danny DeVito with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Mad Magician and Mother.

Comedy Crime Thriller

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The Mad Magician

1954

Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.

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Mother

1996

A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

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Agatha

1979

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.

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Strangers on a Train

1951

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

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Lady on a Train

1945

While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.

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True Memoirs of an International Assassin

2016

After a publisher changes a writer's debut novel about a deadly assassin from fiction to nonfiction, the author finds himself thrust into the world of his lead character, and must take on the role of his character for his own survival.

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Skin Deep

1989

Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's block, Zach slips in and out of casual relationships and one-night stands, while his drinking becomes more and more severe. With the help of a bartender and his therapist, Zach confronts his demons — women and alcohol.

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The Black Cat

1934

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

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Man Up

2015

A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling across London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget.

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My Name Is Julia Ross

1945

Julia Ross secures employment with a wealthy widow and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house in different clothes and with a new identity.

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The Bat

1959

Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.

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Dial M for Murder

1954

When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.

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Big Driver

2014

Tess Thorne, a famous writer, is determined to seek revenge on the man who brutally assaulted and raped her on a desolate New England road.

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The Big Clock

1948

Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.

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Swimming Pool

2003

A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.

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Sundays at Tiffany's

2010

Jane, a soon-to-be-married woman, is reunited with her imaginary friend Michael who returns in a human form. Soon, Jane begins doubting her feelings for her fiance as she gets attracted to Michael.

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Brideshead Revisited

2008

Artist Charles Ryder runs into aristocrat Julia Flyte and recalls his friendship with her eccentric family prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

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Blithe Spirit

1945

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.

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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

1936

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Throw Momma from the Train?

The top films similar to Throw Momma from the Train by MovieMagicScore are The Mad Magician (6.9), Mother (6.8), Agatha (6.1). Each shares comedy/crime/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Throw Momma from the Train worth watching?

Throw Momma from the Train holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 613 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Throw Momma from the Train?

Throw Momma from the Train (1987) is a comedy, crime, thriller film directed by Danny DeVito, starring Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist.

Where can I find more recommendations like Throw Momma from the Train?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Throw Momma from the Train

This ranked list pairs Throw Momma from the Train (1987), a comedy and crime and thriller film from Danny DeVito, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Danny DeVito take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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