Movies Like The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)

The Man Who Knew Too Little is a 1997 action, comedy, crime film from Jon Amiel with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Die Hard: With a Vengeance and The Kremlin Letter.

Action Comedy Crime

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

1995

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

7.3

MagicScore

The Kremlin Letter

1970

After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow, a former naval officer and his team go undercover to retrieve it. Their plans are disrupted when a cunning politician raids their hideout.

6.0

MagicScore

Colosio

2012

It's 1994 in Mexico, the nation was witnessing a turbulent year since its beginnings. An indigenous rebellion shakes the country. Three months later, the ruling party's presidential candidate is brutally murdered during a rally in Tijuana. The country is concerned. Nobody knows who's behind this event, it all points to a conspiracy. Andrés Vázquez, an intelligence expert, is commissioned to lead a secret investigation parallel to the official government issued one. But another expert agent, el Seco, has received orders to wipe out all witnesses and get rid of the evidence surrounding the candidate's murder. As Andrés begins putting the pieces of this intricate puzzle together and comes closer to the truth, he realizes he's also putting his life and that of his loved ones in peril.

7.0

MagicScore

The Tall Target

1951

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

6.8

MagicScore

Shanghai

2010

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.

6.1

MagicScore

I Am Omega

2007

In post apocalyptic LA, being rampaged by zombie like cannibals humans that have some kind of genetic infection, local man Renchard is forced to live a daily struggle as he tries to locate radio signals and find a cure.

3.6

MagicScore

Live Wire

1992

Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.

5.3

MagicScore

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.

6.3

MagicScore

A Wednesday!

2008

Prakash Rathod, a retired police commissioner recounts the most memorable case of his career wherein he was informed about a bomb scare in Mumbai by an ordinary commoner.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

The Amateur

2025

After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

Q Planes

1939

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.

5.9

MagicScore

#12

The Marksman

2005

When Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear reactor, it’s up to a special ops marksman to rescue the hostages and prevent nuclear catastrophe.

5.4

MagicScore

#13

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

#14

C.I.D. Moosa

2003

Moosa, a private detective, faces many challenges while solving various cases. His only rival is his own brother-in-law, Peethambaran, who is a police officer.

7.9

MagicScore

#15

The Satan Bug

1965

A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The big fear is that a more virulent strain, named The Satan Bug because all life can be killed off by it should it escape, may have been stolen.

6.1

MagicScore

#16

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

#17

Lonely are the Brave

1962

A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.

7.4

MagicScore

#18

Bullet Train

2022

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Sabotage

1937

Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.

6.7

MagicScore

#20

Live and Let Die

1973

James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.

6.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Man Who Knew Too Little?

The top films similar to The Man Who Knew Too Little by MovieMagicScore are Die Hard: With a Vengeance (7.3), The Kremlin Letter (6.0), Colosio (7.0). Each shares action/comedy/crime themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Man Who Knew Too Little worth watching?

The Man Who Knew Too Little holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 543 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Man Who Knew Too Little?

The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) is a action, comedy, crime film directed by Jon Amiel, starring Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley.

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This ranked list pairs The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), a action and comedy and crime film from Jon Amiel, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Bill Murray 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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