Movies Like The Devil's Own (1997)

The Devil's Own is a 1997 crime, drama, thriller film from Alan J. Pakula with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Patriot Games and The Jackal.

Crime Drama Thriller

Patriot Games

1992

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

6.7

MagicScore

The Jackal

1997

Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.

6.4

MagicScore

Hidden Agenda

1990

In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.

6.9

MagicScore

Conspiracy Theory

1997

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.

6.6

MagicScore

In the Name of the Father

1993

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

7.9

MagicScore

The Foreigner

2003

This story is about a freelance agent who is the courier of a package from France to Germany. He soon finds that many people want to get their hands on it.

3.9

MagicScore

The Foreigner

2017

Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.

7.0

MagicScore

The Kingdom

2007

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

6.7

MagicScore

The Crying Game

1992

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

'71

2014

A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

F/X

1986

A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.

6.6

MagicScore

#12

Attack Force

2006

Marshall Lawson is the commander of an elite military unit. Marshall Lawson loses his strike-team in a cold-blooded and seemingly random attack, and he takes it upon himself to investigate the attack, with the help of his girlfriend Tia and his friend Dwayne.

4.3

MagicScore

#13

Bloody Sunday

2002

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.

7.2

MagicScore

#14

Hunger

2008

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

Elephant

1993

A chilling depiction of a series of violent killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

6.6

MagicScore

#16

Omagh

2005

The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

Invasion U.S.A.

1985

A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

Black Moon Rising

1986

An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.

5.5

MagicScore

#19

Anonymous

2011

Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.

6.4

MagicScore

#20

Sissi

1955

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.

7.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Devil's Own?

The top films similar to The Devil's Own by MovieMagicScore are Patriot Games (6.7), The Jackal (6.4), Hidden Agenda (6.9). Each shares crime/drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Devil's Own worth watching?

The Devil's Own holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 1,287 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Devil's Own?

The Devil's Own (1997) is a crime, drama, thriller film directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Devil's Own?

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About movies like The Devil's Own

This ranked list pairs The Devil's Own (1997), a crime and drama and thriller film from Alan J. Pakula, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Harrison Ford 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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