Movies Like The Silent Partner (1978)

The Silent Partner is a 1978 drama, thriller film from Daryl Duke with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Experiment in Terror and Deadly Eyes.

Drama Thriller

Experiment in Terror

1962

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.

7.1

MagicScore

Deadly Eyes

1982

Corn grain contaminated with steroids produces large rats the size of small dogs who begin feeding on the residents of Toronto. Paul, a college basketball coach, teams up with Kelly, a local health inspector, to uncover the source of the mysterious rat attacks and they eventually try to prevent the opening of a new subway line as well as find the mutant rats nest quickly, or there will be a huge massacre of the entire city!

5.7

MagicScore

Inside Man

2006

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

7.4

MagicScore

Box 507

2002

Modesto, an honest and responsible professional, is a manager of a small bank branch in Costa del Sol. His daughter died in a forest fire which he had thought to be accidental. One day he wakes up in his bank, after being locked and dragged by unknown men, and finds out in a safety-deposit box that the fire was plotted. From that day on, he sets on a personal crusade for justice.

6.4

MagicScore

Free Guy

2021

A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it's too late.

7.5

MagicScore

The Vault

2017

Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank.

4.9

MagicScore

Mercenary for Justice

2006

Mercenary John Seeger is one of the best in the business. John and his crew battle some soldiers on Galmoral Island in Southern Africa as they're trying to rescue the French Ambassador -- there's a coup going on. Some of John's soldiers unload their machine guns into the Ambassador and his family, blowing the mission and getting his best friend Radio Jones killed. He heads back to the US and visits Radio's wife Shondra to tells her the news, and then promises that he'll take care of her and her son Eddie. But shortly after he makes that vow, Shondra and Eddie get kidnapped.

4.4

MagicScore

Deadline

1980

A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.

5.1

MagicScore

Bandidas

2006

When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.

6.0

MagicScore

#10

The Brood

1979

A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed by a brood of mutant children coincides with the husband's investigation.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Starship Invasions

1977

Captain Rameses and his Legion of the Winged Serpent brigade are out to claim Earth for their dying race. Out to save Earth is an alien guard patrol located in the Bermuda Triangle, the League of Races. LOR leaders warn Rameses that he's breaking galactic treaty rules. The alien villain responds by launching an invasion which telepathically drives Earthlings to suicide. The LOR implore UFO expert Professor Duncan to help them. Eventually, the two alien forces battle. Will the Earth be saved?

2.9

MagicScore

#12

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2009

When a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.

5.4

MagicScore

#13

Chloe

2010

A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

Matchstick Men

2003

A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

7.0

MagicScore

#15

Christmas Twister

2012

During the holiday season, Ethan, a meteorologist, and his wife Addison, a TV news reporter, must put aside their differences and band together to help save others and rescue their missing children from a massive F6 twister that has unexpectedly descended upon their small Texas town.

5.0

MagicScore

#16

Dawn of the Dead

2004

A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

Friday After Next

2002

Craig and his cousin Day Day have finally moved out of their parents' houses and into their own crib, working nights at a local mall as security guards. When their house is robbed on Christmas Eve they set out to track down the culprit.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

The Fly

1986

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Little Women

2019

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

7.9

MagicScore

#20

Last Night

1998

Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.

6.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Silent Partner?

The top films similar to The Silent Partner by MovieMagicScore are Experiment in Terror (7.1), Deadly Eyes (5.7), Inside Man (7.4). Each shares drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Silent Partner worth watching?

The Silent Partner holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 152 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Silent Partner?

The Silent Partner (1978) is a drama, thriller film directed by Daryl Duke, starring Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Silent Partner?

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About movies like The Silent Partner

This ranked list pairs The Silent Partner (1978), a drama and thriller film from Daryl Duke, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Elliott Gould 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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