Movies like Message from the King (2017)
The best movies like Message from the King (2017) are You Were Never Really Here (2017), A Score to Settle (2019) and Elizabeth Is Missing (2019). If Message from the King hooked you with its action and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMemento (2000)8.2/10 from 17,022 votes
- Newest72 Hours (2024)Released 2024
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Score to Settle (2019)
A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisElizabeth Is Missing (2019)
Maud's best friend Elizabeth has disappeared, but as she tries to solve the mystery, dementia threatens to erase all the clues, giving the search a poignant urgency.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisArsenal (2017)
After the deadbeat brother of a businessman is assumed to be in on his own kidnapping, his sibling must take action to rescue him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSalt (2010)
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA. Her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDamascus Cover (2017)
A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisClose (2019)
A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Accountant (2016)
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCut to the Chase (2017)
An ex-con sets out in search of his kidnapped sister through the criminal underbelly of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Sicario (2015)
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBent (2018)
On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy agency.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPoint Blank (2019)
A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParadox Effect (2024)
An innocent woman is forced to confront a dangerous kingpin who has kidnapped her young daughter and is holding her for ransom. She teams up with a corrupt Interpol agent, whose son is also being held hostage, to rip off various criminals to raise the ransom to save their offspring. Together they have one hour to save their families from the wrath of bigwig.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like this10 Minutes Gone (2019)
Crime boss Rex hires Frank and his crew to steal a priceless jewel stash — but the job goes wrong when someone tips off the cops. After Frank suffers a blow to the head, he wakes up to find the jewels gone and no memory of his attacker. Now, Frank must confront his team members one by one to find the traitor — before Rex covers his tracks by having Frank murdered.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisLet Me Make You a Martyr (2016)
A cerebral revenge film about two adopted siblings who fall in love, and hatch a plan to kill their abusive father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisAtomic Blonde (2017)
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hunter's Prayer (2017)
An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisRage (2014)
When the Russian mob kidnaps the daughter of a reformed criminal, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Captive (2014)
Eight years after their daughter Cassandra's abduction tore them apart, an estranged couple discover disturbing clues that indicate that she is still alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like this72 Hours (2024)
Two brothers, one an FBI agent and the other an international money launderer, put aside their differences and band together to save their family by going after a perilous extraction deep in kingpin territory.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
In Darkness (2018)
A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMarauders (2016)
An untraceable group of elite bank robbers is chased by a suicidal FBI agent who uncovers a deeper purpose behind the robbery-homicides.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisLooking Glass (2018)
A psycho- sexual thriller following a couple that buys an old motel in the desert looking for a new beginning, but what seemed at first as an escape is soon a thrilling ride through a mysterious world when Ray discovers a two way mirror and witnesses a horrifying murder. In a twisted game of cat and mouse, Ray must race to save his wife and himself from a gruesome secret connected to the motel and the strange people who visit there.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisNocturnal Animals (2016)
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Trust (2016)
A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2021)
Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Black Book (2023)
After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe International (2009)
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMemento (2000)
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisFoxy Brown (1974)
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Message from the King?
The closest matches to Message from the King are You Were Never Really Here (2017), A Score to Settle (2019) and Elizabeth Is Missing (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Message from the King?
People who watched Message from the King most often go on to You Were Never Really Here (2017), A Score to Settle (2019) and Elizabeth Is Missing (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like Message from the King?
Memento (2000), rated 8.2/10 by 17,022 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Message from the King?
72 Hours (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Message from the King?
Yes: You Were Never Really Here (2017), A Score to Settle (2019) and Elizabeth Is Missing (2019).
How are movies similar to Message from the King chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Message from the King, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.