Movies Like The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)

The Thirty Nine Steps is a 1978 mystery, thriller film from Don Sharp with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The 39 Steps and Hunted.

Mystery Thriller

The 39 Steps

1935

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.

7.3

MagicScore

Hunted

1952

An unexpected bond develops between a fugitive killer and a runaway orphan on an odyssey across England.

6.8

MagicScore

The Last Hard Men

1976

In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is thrown upside-down when his old enemy Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for Burgade.

6.1

MagicScore

Howards End

1992

A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.

7.0

MagicScore

Trainspotting

1996

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

8.0

MagicScore

The Vanishing

2019

Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.

5.7

MagicScore

The 39 Steps

1959

In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.

6.2

MagicScore

The Getaway

1972

A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

7.1

MagicScore

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

1969

While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.

5.8

MagicScore

#10

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

1978

The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Survivor

2015

A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.

5.7

MagicScore

#12

The Suspect

1945

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

Man Hunt

1941

Shortly before the start of WW2, renowned British big-game hunter Alan Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

28 Weeks Later

2007

Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the virus has killed everyone there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

Sherlock Holmes

2009

Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Layer Cake

2004

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

6.9

MagicScore

#17

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.

6.5

MagicScore

#18

Blitz

2011

A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

6.2

MagicScore

#19

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

2014

Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

Kill Your Friends

2015

A&R man Steven Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where 'no one knows anything' and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record.

6.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Thirty Nine Steps?

The top films similar to The Thirty Nine Steps by MovieMagicScore are The 39 Steps (7.3), Hunted (6.8), The Last Hard Men (6.1). Each shares mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Thirty Nine Steps worth watching?

The Thirty Nine Steps holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 36 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Thirty Nine Steps?

The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) is a mystery, thriller film directed by Don Sharp, starring Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Thirty Nine Steps?

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About movies like The Thirty Nine Steps

This ranked list pairs The Thirty Nine Steps (1978), a mystery and thriller film from Don Sharp, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Robert Powell 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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