20 movies like The 39 Steps, ordered by similarity : Frenzy(1972), North by Northwest(1959), Foreign Correspondent(1940), Mean Dreams(2016), The 39 Steps(1959), Seduced(2016), Our Kind of Traitor(2016), Shadows on the Stairs(1941), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), The Thirty-Nine Steps(1978), 21 Bridges(2019), The Man Who Knew Too Much(1934) ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1935
80 Minutes
Robert Donat Madeleine Carroll Godfrey Tearle Lucie Mannheim Peggy Ashcroft Wylie Watson John Laurie Helen Haye
tourist spy bystander police officer suspenseful intricate amusing london scotland espionage murder fugitives romance escape pursuit adventure love 1930s
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage Agent. But when the Agent is killed, and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring which is trying to steal top secret information.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1972
116 Minutes
Jon Finch Barry Foster Barbara Leigh-Hunt Anna Massey Alec McCowen Vivien Merchant Billie Whitelaw Jean Marsh Bernard Cribbins Michael Bates Clive Swift
murderer suspect ex-wife inspector murder suspect murder victim dark gritty thrilling suspenseful london bar market river office restaurant framed for murder murder manhunt serial murders
A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1959
136 Minutes
Cary Grant Eva Marie Saint James Mason Leo G. Carroll Martin Landau Jessie Royce Landis Philip Ober Adam Williams Josephine Hutchinson Edward Platt Robert Ellenstein
ad executive spy secret agent mother henchman police officer amusing suspenseful engaging thrilling new york city long island, n.y. south dakota cornfield mount rushmore hotel room mistaken identity espionage romance fugitives
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
119 Minutes
Joel McCrea Laraine Day Herbert Marshall George Sanders Albert Basserman Robert Benchley Edmund Gwenn Edward Ciannelli Harry Davenport Martin Kosleck
reporter editor spy diplomat love interest politician suspenseful gripping thrilling london europe new york city amsterdam espionage conspiracy romance world war ii adventure love pursuit
On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2016
105 Minutes
Josh Wiggins Sophie Nélisse Bill Paxton Colm Feore Vickie Papavs Joe Cobden Ryan Blakely George Buza
boy teenager girl corrupt cop abusive father love interest romantic interest thrilling engaging tense suspenseful united states money escape on the run romance love young love desperation adventure
Follows Casey and Jonas, two teenagers desperate to escape their broken and abusive homes and examines the desperation of life on the run and the beauty of first love.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
93 Minutes
Kenneth More Taina Elg Brenda De Banzie Barry Jones Reginald Beckwith Faith Brook Michael Goodliffe James Hayter
man diplomat spy assassin schoolteacher police officer spectacular frenetic thrilling suspenseful scotland london train music hall boarding school police station espionage treason escape pursuit
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
90 Minutes
Elisabeth Röhm Jon Prescott Julie Mond Robert Mailhouse Jessica Amlee April Audia Tanner Stine Ser'Darius Blain Cade Carradine Alexandria Basso
widow woman con man love interest murder suspect lover charming cheeky emotional passionate suspenseful disheartening germany city beach love love interest relationships betrayal trust
A woman is conned by a man who uses online dating ads to rob women.
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
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.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1978
102 Minutes
Robert Powell David Warner Karen Dotrice Eric Porter John Mills George Baker Ronald Pickup Donald Pickering Timothy West Miles Anderson Andrew Keir
engineer spy pretty woman secret agent suspenseful engaging london apartment scotland train big ben espionage conspiracy fugitives secret society murder adventure pursuit mystery 1910s
A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
China|USA
2019
99 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Sienna Miller J.K. Simmons Stephan James Taylor Kitsch Keith David Alexander Siddig Louis Cancelmi Victoria Cartagena Gary Carr Morocco Omari
police officer criminal detective murderer family member murder suspect cool confident thrilling suspenseful intense intricate new york city subway apartment crime scene police station car murder manhunt
An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
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
UK
1938
73 Minutes
Wilfrid Lawson Sonnie Hale Alexander Knox Louise Henry Patrick Barr John Longden Patricia Roc Charles Eaton George Merritt Arthur Hambling
lawyer murderer scotland yard agent police detective secretary fiancée chilling dark suspenseful london apartment scotland yard police station office street crime murder investigation engagement brother/sister relationship
A millionaire in London falls for a poor girl with a great singing voice, but his gold-digging past girlfriend tries her best to ruin the relationship.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2009
113 Minutes
Billy Zane Lyne Renée Michael Bowen Guido De Craene John B. Lowe Mike O'Brien Rudolph Segers
officer colonel lieutenant gangster love interest romantic interest princess american officer thief criminal tense suspenseful thrilling striking intricate frankfurt, germany castle london new york robbery
A poet who starts a health-conscious food stand finds support from his friends, as well as a potential love match with one of his customers. But will unexpected complications jeopardize his dreams of a hot dog-free future?
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Malta|USA
2017
114 Minutes
Kenneth Branagh Johnny Depp Michelle Pfeiffer Penélope Cruz Willem Dafoe Judi Dench Josh Gad Derek Jacobi Leslie Odom Jr. Daisy Ridley Marwan Kenzari
investigator detective passenger murder suspect governess widow brooding suspenseful uneasy tense train train tracks mountain dining room cabin murder investigation murder plot murder accusation suspicion mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Horror
India
2019
91 Minutes
Sabumon Abdusamad Chemban Vinod Jose Antony Varghese
butcher buffalo father bride police officer gripping intense thrilling village india animal slaughter escape love triangle capture adventure forbidden love love pursuit 21st century
A portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence.
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, Action
2017
92 Minutes
Violetta Schurawlow Tobias Moretti Robert Palfrader Sammy Sheik Friedrich von Thun Murathan Muslu Nursel Köse Ercan Kesal Verena Altenberger Susanne Gschwendtner Edis König
taxi driver young woman turkish woman killer murder victim investigator engaging thrilling bleak suspenseful intense emotional taxi vienna street murder danger suspicion fear murder case
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
96 Minutes
Alix Elizabeth Gitter James Ralph Erick Avari Steve Bacic Jade Ramsey James C. Burns Nikita Ramsey Tadhg Kelly Tara Westwood James Cavlo
orphan uncle young girl murder victim murderer ghost creepy dark dreamy suspenseful touching thrilling united states countryside country house village small town murder murder investigation ghosts
A small town is haunted by the twin daughters of a wrongfully convicted man. Young Jordan is sent down the path to who the real killer is, only to find the killer is very close to her.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2016
126 Minutes
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Vicky Kaushal Sobhita Dhulipala Mukesh Chhabra Anuschka Sawhney
serial killer police chief psychopath murderer murder suspect murder victim intense disheartening disturbing thrilling suspenseful mumbai, india police station obsession serial murders psychopath investigation crime revenge discovery
Ramanna, a maniac murderer, finds a soulmate in Raghavan, a policeman, who inspects his murder cases. He tries to make Raghavan realize how they both are similar.