Movies Like The Underdog Knight (2008)

The Underdog Knight is a 2008 action, crime film from Ding Sheng with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Underdog Knight 2 and The Bodyguard.

Action Crime

Underdog Knight 2

2011

Lao San, is a retired Marine veteran who lives in his world of innocence and optimism due to a brain injury. He assumes the role of a dedicated vigilante and fights people whom he considers bad.

6.5

MagicScore

The Bodyguard

2004

Wong, bodyguard to a tycoon, is fired by his boss's son after he fails to save his boss. Now, the assassins are after the son, who takes refuge in a slum. Wong, meanwhile, tackles the villain's goons.

5.9

MagicScore

How to Steal a Million

1966

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.

7.5

MagicScore

Faces Places

2017

Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

7.6

MagicScore

The First Monday in May

2016

Chronicles the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibition in history, "China: Through The Looking Glass," an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton.

7.4

MagicScore

Hitler Versus Picasso

2018

In 1937 the Nazi regime held two exhibitions in Munich: one to stigmatize “Degenerate Art” (which they systematically looted and destroyed) and one, personally curated by Hitler, to glorify “Classic Art”. This immersive new documentary reveals the Nazi’s complicated relationship with classical and modern art, displaying an incredible number of masterpieces by Botticelli, Klee, Matisse, Monet, Chagall, Renoir and Gauguin amongst others, intertwined with human stories from the most infamous period of the twentieth century. A state-of-the-art detective story exploring the Nazis’ obsession with creative expression, Hitler versus Picasso combines history, art and human drama for an unforgettable cinema experience.

7.3

MagicScore

Dressed to Kill

1980

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.

7.0

MagicScore

The Square

2017

A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.

6.7

MagicScore

Francofonia

2015

Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.

6.6

MagicScore

#10

Louvre Come Back to Me!

1962

Pepe Le Pew, the eternally amorous skunk, is in Paris, where his stench sends a female cat upward to hit a freshly painted flagpole, which puts a white stripe on her back and causes Pepe to think she also is a skunk. He lustfully pursues her into the Louvre art gallery.

6.6

MagicScore

#11

Cremaster 3

2002

CREMASTER 3 (2002) is set in New York City and narrates the construction of the Chrysler Building, which is in itself a character - host to inner, antagonistic forces at play for access to the process of (spiritual) transcendence. These factions find form in the struggle between Hiram Abiff or the Architect ...

6.6

MagicScore

#12

Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray

2017

A yakuza boss hires Goemon Ishikawa, a modern day samurai, to protect him aboard his cruise ship casino. Everything goes sideways when the famous thief, Lupin the Third, tries to rob the vessel. Lupin's being hunted by a powerful and mysterious man: the so called “Ghost of Bermuda.” With Goemon's employer dead in the ensuing chaos, his honor is at stake, and the only way to preserve it is with blood. But this opponent is like no other, and to make things right, Goemon may need to sharpen not only his sword, but himself as well!

7.8

MagicScore

#13

In the Line of Fire

1993

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

The Hitman's Bodyguard

2017

The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

The Bodyguard

2016

Wu-Lin is the successor of an ancient, once powerful Chinese clan, the "Iron Feet." After the death of his master, Wu-Lin leaves his rural village for the City of Stone-Cold looking for his fellow apprentice Jiang Li. Along the way, he becomes the bodyguard of Fei-Fei, the daughter of Jia-Shan Li, the richest family in the city, and quickly gets drawn into a mob war in order to protect her.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

2021

The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful madman.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

Smokin' Aces

2006

When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

6.5

MagicScore

#18

Vanguard

2020

Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Executive Protection

2001

After causing a commotion with his last assignment, Falk has been given a desk job, which hardly agrees with his personality, and he ends up accepting an offer from an old friend to buy into a private investigation agency. Another friend of Falk's, Sven, purchased a business in Estonia, and when local gangsters attempted to pressure him into paying protection money, Sven retained the services of Nikolaus Lehmann, a burly private eye, to throw them off his trail. However, Lehmann does his job all too well, murdering the racketeers, and then threatening Sven and his family. With no where else to turn, Sven asks Falk to help him deal with the crazed Lehmann; Falk agrees, but soon realizes he's dealing with a more dangerous man than he imagined when Lehmann kidnaps Falk's wife Jeanette, and then releases her with a time bomb locked around her neck, demanding that Falk hand over ownership of his detective agency to Lehmann.

6.2

MagicScore

#20

XX: Beautiful Killing Machine

1996

Cheryl, a sexy bodyguard, crosses paths with a hit man from her past; she is forced to use all her skills, including the art of seduction, to escape.

5.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Underdog Knight?

The top films similar to The Underdog Knight by MovieMagicScore are Underdog Knight 2 (6.5), The Bodyguard (5.9), How to Steal a Million (7.5). Each shares action/crime themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Underdog Knight worth watching?

The Underdog Knight holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 34 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Underdog Knight?

The Underdog Knight (2008) is a action, crime film directed by Ding Sheng, starring Liu Ye, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, You Yongzhi.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Underdog Knight?

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About movies like The Underdog Knight

This ranked list pairs The Underdog Knight (2008), a action and crime film from Ding Sheng, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Liu Ye 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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