Movies Like True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016)

True Memoirs of an International Assassin is a 2016 action, comedy film from Jeff Wadlow with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Mother and Throw Momma from the Train.

Action Comedy

Mother

1996

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

6.8

MagicScore

Throw Momma from the Train

1987

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.

6.2

MagicScore

Argylle

2024

When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway's fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accompanied by her cat Alfie and Aidan, a cat-allergic spy, Elly races across the world to stay one step ahead of the killers as the line between Conway's fictional world and her real one begins to blur.

6.0

MagicScore

Tony

2026

A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.

7.6

MagicScore

This Beautiful Fantastic

2016

Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London, this contemporary fairy tale revolves around the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young woman and a cantankerous old widower. Bella Brown is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. After she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her match, nemesis, and unlikely mentor in Alfie Stephenson, a grumpy, loveless, old man who lives next door who happens to be an amazing horticulturalist.

7.1

MagicScore

With a Friend Like Harry...

2000

Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.

6.8

MagicScore

You Hurt My Feelings

2023

A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.

6.4

MagicScore

Hans Christian Andersen

1952

A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.

6.2

MagicScore

This Is Not a Comedy

2021

A comedian finds new meaning in his life when his best friend asks him to be her sperm donor, and he meets a girl who connects with the cosmos.

6.1

MagicScore

#10

It Had to Be You

2000

Sparks fly when Anna Penn and Charlie Hudson meet. Unfortunately, they're both engaged to other people. In fact, they're staying at the same New York City hotel in order to work on wrapping up the last details of their nuptials. Over days and evenings of joint wedding planning, the two grow closer -- and start to wonder if they're getting married to the right people after all.

6.0

MagicScore

#11

Don't Read This on a Plane

2021

As novelist Jovana Fey attempts to check into the first hotel of her 3-week European book tour, she learns that her publisher has gone bankrupt. Penniless and stranded, she decides to continue the tour regardless.

5.1

MagicScore

#12

Adaptation.

2002

Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

Stranger Than Fiction

2006

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

Deconstructing Harry

1997

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

Something from Tiffany's

2022

One woman's life is forever changed by an engagement ring meant for someone else.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

The Winter Palace

2022

A novelist with a severe case of writer’s block is given the chance to finish her book at an empty winter chateau. She's surprised when the property's owner, a prince, decides to come stay as well.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

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.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

She Came to Me

2023

Composer Steven Lauddem is plagued by a creative block which leaves him unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. When his former therapist-turned-wife Patricia suggests he rekindle his creativity by getting lost in the city, Steven sets out in search of inspiration. His epiphany comes after he meets a spirited woman named Katrina and discovers his life has much more potential than he bargained for, or ever could have imagined.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

Susan Slept Here

1954

On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.

6.0

MagicScore

#20

We Love You, Sally Carmichael!

2017

Readers across the world are in love with author Sally Carmichael's series of romance novels that chronicle the epic love story between a human girl and a merman. But no one knows that Sally Carmichael is really Simon Hayes, a bitter, serious novelist - and Simon would like to keep it that way. When he is forced to meet a movie star about the movie adaptation, his life of anonymity starts to crumble.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like True Memoirs of an International Assassin?

The top films similar to True Memoirs of an International Assassin by MovieMagicScore are Mother (6.8), Throw Momma from the Train (6.2), Argylle (6.0). Each shares action/comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is True Memoirs of an International Assassin worth watching?

True Memoirs of an International Assassin holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 826 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is True Memoirs of an International Assassin?

True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016) is a action, comedy film directed by Jeff Wadlow, starring Kevin James, Kim Coates, Maurice Compte.

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This ranked list pairs True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016), a action and comedy film from Jeff Wadlow, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Kevin James 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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