20 movies like The Man Who Knew Too Much, ordered by similarity : The Man Who Knew Too Much(1934), The Clovehitch Killer(2018), Kidnap(2017), Never Let Go(2015), The Stolen(2016), The Clan(2015), Shadows on the Stairs(1941), Drishyam(2015), You're Next(2011), Escape Plan 2: Hades(2018), In the Fade(2017), Our Kind of Traitor(2016) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
120 Minutes
James Stewart Doris Day Brenda De Banzie Bernard Miles Ralph Truman Daniel Gélin Mogens Wieth Alan Mowbray Hillary Brooke Chris Olsen Reggie Nalder
kidnapper mother father son spy tense gripping melodramatic africa morocco london opera house murder espionage kidnapping family rescue pursuit adventure 1950s
A tale of innocent American tourists in Morocco whose son's kidnapping sets off a twisting plot of international intrigue.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1934
75 Minutes
Leslie Banks Peter Lorre Edna Best Frank Vosper Hugh Wakefield Nova Pilbeam Pierre Fresnay Cicely Oates D.A. Clarke-Smith George Curzon Henry Oscar
mother father daughter spy assassin tense suspenseful thrilling st. moritz england hotel london albert hall government secrets espionage kidnapping family murder adventure pursuit
An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Dylan McDermott Charlie Plummer Samantha Mathis Madisen Beaty Brenna Sherman Lance Chantiles-Wertz Kat Pérez Jonathan Riggs
family father son murder suspect killer chilling creepy dark disturbing eerie engaging frightful gripping intense shocking suspenseful thrilling tense uneasy america
A picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2017
82 Minutes
Halle Berry Sage Correa Chris McGinn Lew Temple Kristin McKenzie Christopher Berry Jason George Arron Shiver
single mother son kidnapped child police officer kidnapper mother intense gripping gutsy tense suspenseful powerful park freeway car police station vehicle amusement park kidnapping single mothers
A mother stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Morocco|Spain|UK
2015
93 Minutes
Angela Dixon Nigel Whitmey Lisa Eichhorn Velibor Topic Heather Peace Rami Nasr Samantha Bolter Michael Xavier
single mother baby child heroine kidnapped child kidnapper hero police captain chilling dark emotional frenetic gripping intense powerful shocking united states morocco spain city
A single mother on vacation, takes the law into her own hands to take back her abducted child.
Adventure, Action, Western, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Germany|United Arab Emirates|New Zealand
2016
95 Minutes
Alice Eve Graham McTavish Jack Davenport Richard O'Brien Cohen Holloway Gillian MacGregor Glen Levy Stan Walker Stig Eldred Lukas Hinch Emily Corcoran
mother son missing person maori englishwoman murderer intense gripping tense new zealand countryside missing persons kidnapping violence rescue revenge gold rush discovery pursuit rescue
The story of a woman who must find her kidnapped son, navigating a world she doesn't know, on the edge of danger with every heartbeat.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Biography
Argentina|Spain
2015
110 Minutes
Guillermo Francella Peter Lanzani Antonia Bengoechea Gastón Cocchiarale Stefanía Koessl Franco Masini Fernando Miró Giselle Motta
father son clansman murderer kidnapper crime boss intense suspenseful gory brutal disturbing brooding argentina villa clan war mafia kidnapping murder family secrets rise
The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
63 Minutes
Frieda Inescort Paul Cavanagh Heather Angel Bruce Lester Miles Mander Lumsden Hare Turhan Bey Charles Irwin Phyllis Barry Mary Field Paul Benay
murderer murder suspect murder victim woman intense suspenseful thrilling melodramatic profound brooding boathouse london murder suspicion investigation danger lie truth adventure discovery
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
father mother daughter police officer son thrilling gripping intense powerful house bungalow police station ashram forest protection father/daughter relationship family relationships love quest pursuit
Desperate measures are taken by a man who tries to save his family from the dark side of the law, after they commit an unexpected crime.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
2011
94 Minutes
Sharni Vinson Nicholas Tucci Wendy Glenn A.J. Bowen Joe Swanberg Sarah Myers Amy Seimetz Rob Moran Barbara Crampton Ti West Larry Fessenden
mother father son daughter murderer husband creepy unrestrained disturbing family estate country house murderous rampage family dysfunction survival home invasion pursuit rescue revenge 2010s
Members of an estranged, upper-class family must pull together to repel home invaders who are disguised in animal masks and trying to kill them.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
China|USA
2018
94 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Dave Bautista Curtis Jackson Jaime King Jesse Metcalfe Huang Xiaoming Lydia Hull Baylee Curran Ashley Cusato Vincent Young Tyler Jon Olson
operative kidnapper team leader teammate prisoner prison guard brutal brooding gripping thrilling prison cell yard prison break kidnapping rescue crime ring prison rescue revenge
Years after he fought his way out of an inescapable prison, Ray Breslin has organized a new top-notch security force. But when one of his team members goes missing, Breslin must return to the hell he once escaped from.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany|France
2017
105 Minutes
Diane Kruger Denis Moschitto Johannes Krisch Samia Chancrin Numan Acar Ulrich Tukur Rafael Santana Ulrich Brandhoff Laurens Walter
mother grieving mother terrorist murderer murder victim son husband german sad shocking intense tense germany court workplace family home city terrorism extremism revenge
Katja's life collapses after the death of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|France|USA
2016
108 Minutes
Ewan McGregor Stellan Skarsgård Damian Lewis Naomie Harris Jeremy Northam Khalid Abdalla Mark Gatiss Saskia Reeves Alicia von Rittberg Alec Utgoff Mark Stanley
money lender spy love interest russian mobster traitor british intelligence agent tense suspenseful thrilling morocco russia united kingdom london england cia office money laundering espionage spying russian mob treason
A couple finds themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect, and are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1957
88 Minutes
father convict girlfriend wealthy man wife son suspenseful dark melodramatic london england countryside prison mansion courtroom murder investigation wrongfully accused father/son relationship vigilantism cover-up
The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK
1965
109 Minutes
Michael Caine Nigel Green Guy Doleman Sue Lloyd Gordon Jackson Aubrey Richards Frank Gatliff Thomas Baptiste Oliver MacGreevy Barry Raymond Pauline Winter
spy scientist intelligence officer guard love interest thrilling intense gripping london office apartment train warehouse investigation espionage kidnapping brainwashing corruption deception mystery
In London, a counter espionage Agent deals with his own bureaucracy while investigating the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
South Korea
2009
128 Minutes
Kim Hye-ja Won Bin Ku Jin Je-mun Yun Mi-Seon Jeon Byoung-Soon Kim
mother widow son suspect police detective defense attorney dark emotional gripping small town south korea shop family home mother/son relationship murder investigation incarceration framed vigilantism love
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2017
115 Minutes
Glenn Close Terence Stamp Max Irons Stefanie Martini Julian Sands Gillian Anderson Christina Hendricks Amanda Abbington
aristocratic lady detective chief inspector tycoon granddaughter ex-lover murder suspect suspenseful tense sultry brooding uneasy engaging london family estate office estate road murder accusation murder investigation poison
In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2014
105 Minutes
Raúl Arévalo Javier Gutiérrez Antonio de la Torre Nerea Barros María Varod Perico Cervantes Jesús Ortiz Jesús Carroza
detective teen girl teenager father missing girl murder victim bleak thrilling intense disturbing suspenseful gripping marsh spain madrid countryside missing persons rape murder relationships
Two cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of secrets and lies to disclose.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
1987
90 Minutes
Cristina Marsillach Urbano Barberini Daria Nicolodi Ian Charleson Antonella Vitale William McNamara
actress opera singer opera director murderer macbeth detective bleak brutal creepy dark intense frightening opera house stage apartment opera murder serial murders terror sadism
A hooded figure forces a young diva (Cristina Marsillach) to watch as he murders performers in a production of Verdi's opera "Macbeth."
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Western
Ireland|Belgium|France|Luxembourg|UK
2019
100 Minutes
Emile Hirsch John Cusack Danny Webb Antonia Campbell Hughes Paul Ronan Déborah François Blake Berris Paul Reid
outlaw gang member undertaker family member murderer victim brutal brash bleak tense gripping uneasy frontier small town house cemetery church california frontier life gang war
An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful American frontier town, but his family comes under threat as the death toll rises.