20 movies like Sword in the Desert, ordered by similarity : John Wick: Chapter 2(2017), Place Vendome(1998), Black Swan(2010), Captive State(2019), May God Save Us(2015), Retribution(2015), The Velvet Touch(1948), Anthropoid(2016), The Last Witness(2018), The Saint in Palm Springs(1941), The Hessen Affair(2009), The Ghazi Attack(2017) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Dana Andrews Märta Torén Stephen McNally Jeff Chandler Philip Friend Hugh French Liam Redmond Lowell Gilmore Stanley Logan Hayden Rorke George Tyne
captain rebel smuggler jew british soldier powerful intense unrestrained palestine freighter city street israel refugees smuggling dangerous mission world war ii religion quest transformation
In 1947, with only months remaining until the partition of British-administered Palestine, an American freighter captain smuggles European Jewish refugees ashore under the nose of the British authorities.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Italy|Hong Kong|Canada
2017
122 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Common Laurence Fishburne Riccardo Scamarcio Ruby Rose Lance Reddick Peter Stormare Bridget Moynahan Franco Nero John Alberto Leguizamo Ian McShane
assassin widower dog enemy crime boss murderer soldier guard criminal thrilling tense suspenseful engaging gripping intense united states italy art museum city catacombs
After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1998
118 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Jean-Pierre Bacri Emmanuelle Seigner Jacques Dutronc Bernard Fresson François Berléand Philippe Clévenot Laszlo Szabo Dragan Nikolic Otto Tausig Malik Zidi
wife husband merchant gripping tense jewelry shop paris diamonds suicide the past alcoholism jewel smuggling business discovery transformation quest 1990s
Realising a dishonest deal has been found out a diamond merchant commits suicide, leaving the gems in question for his wife. Knowing the business from the time before drink largely took ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Natalie Portman Mila Kunis Vincent Cassel Barbara Hershey Winona Ryder Benjamin Millepied Ksenia Solo Kristina Anapau
ballerina mother director rival young woman ballet instructor eerie shocking suspenseful thrilling intense emotional new york city studio stage dance studio ballet big city ballet competition
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2019
109 Minutes
John Goodman Ashton Sanders Jonathan Majors Vera Farmiga Kevin Dunn James Ransone Alan Ruck Madeline Brewer Machine Gun Kelly Kevin J. O'Connor Ben Daniels
rebel alien insurgent leader villain uneasy intense brooding thrilling suspenseful washington, d.c. beach building office garage football field rebellion occupation alien invasion war
Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2015
127 Minutes
Antonio de la Torre Roberto Álamo Javier Pereira Luis Zahera Raúl Prieto Mónica López Alfonso Bassave
serial killer pope religious person detective investigator government official engaging thrilling suspenseful intense dark madrid spain police station street crime scene big city investigation murder mysterious deaths
Inspectors Velarde and Alfaro must find what appears to be a serial killer. This hunt against the clock will make them realize something they'd never thought about: neither one of them is that different from the killer.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2015
95 Minutes
Luis Tosar Goya Toledo Javier Gutiérrez Pedro Alonso Fernando Cayo Elvira Mínguez Antonio Mourelos María Mera Ricardo de Barreiro Luis Zahera
banker father child blackmailer psychopath son suspenseful thrilling intense gory brooding car street city helicopter docks bank blackmail bomb police pursuit
Breakfast, kiss to his wife, take the children to the school, a bomb under the car, one neverending day ahead.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Leo Genn Claire Trevor Sydney Greenstreet Leon Ames Frank McHugh Walter Kingsford Dan Tobin Lex Barker Nydia Westman Theresa Harris
broadway star producer ex-girlfriend rival architect police detective intense suspenseful melodramatic broadway theater new york city blackmail murder investigation broadway show business crimes of passion transformation rivalry mystery
A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it when the police investigator targets a rival actress.
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama, History
Czech Republic|UK|USA|France
2016
120 Minutes
Cillian Murphy Jamie Dornan Charlotte Le Bon Anna Geislerová Toby Jones Harry Lloyd Alena Mihulová Bill Milner Pavel Reznícek Jirí Simek Sam Keeley
soldier resistance fighter agent nazi commandant assassin gripping tense intense thrilling suspenseful czechoslovakia world war ii assassination plot nazi occupation resistance fighters secret plans quest pursuit 1940s
Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
UK|Poland
2018
93 Minutes
Alex Pettyfer Michael Gambon Talulah Riley Robert Wieckiewicz
journalist soldier refugee colonel polish man chilling dark powerful suspenseful thrilling poland england forest city war war aftermath massacre cover-up world war ii discovery
An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of twenty-two thousand Polish officers during World War II. A secret that has been kept hidden for far too many years.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
66 Minutes
George Sanders Wendy Barrie Paul Guilfoyle Jonathan Hale Linda Hayes Ferris Taylor Harry Shannon Eddie Dunn
detective tennis player thief partner police chief friend suspenseful tense thrilling palm springs, calif. resort bungalow new york city hotel train stamps smuggling theft murder protection
Inspector Fernack asks Simon to watch over an old friend who's carrying $200,000 worth of postage stamps, but the friend is killed, and the stamps stolen.
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?
War, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
India
2017
150 Minutes
Rana Daggubati Kay Kay Menon Atul Kulkarni Om Puri Nassar Rahul Singh Milind Gunaji Tapsee Pannu Satyadev Kancharana Bharath Reddy Kunal Kaushik
indian pakistani navy pilot ship captain indian agent refugee inspiring intense gripping patriotic passionate spirited house naval base ship submarine patriotism mission conspiracy danger
A Pakistani submarine, Ghazi plans to secretly attack Vizag port. For doing so, it has to get past Indian submarine S21.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Hong Kong
2006
152 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson Mark Wahlberg Martin Sheen Ray Winstone Vera Farmiga Alec Baldwin James Badge Dale David O'Hara Mark Rolston
mobster criminal cop informant girlfriend wife dark intense gritty tense suspenseful frightening boston police station bar vehicle city apartment secret hideout crime mafia
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2019
131 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Halle Berry Ian McShane Laurence Fishburne Mark Dacascos Asia Kate Dillon Lance Reddick Tobias Segal Anjelica Huston Saïd Taghmaoui Jerome Flynn
assassin hitman goon love interest partner thrilling intense gripping confident cool unrestrained new york city apartment street grand central station times square bounty assassination attempt on the run fight to the death
John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassins' guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1995
115 Minutes
Denzel Washington Gene Hackman George Dzundza Viggo Mortensen James Gandolfini Matt Craven Lillo Brancato Jr. Rocky Carroll Danny Nucci Steve Zahn Rick Schroder
captain lieutenant commander officer sailor executive officer submarine officer tense thrilling gripping submarine russia washington, d.c. command center government offices nuclear weapons seafaring mutiny leadership war anger
On a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Israel
2018
95 Minutes
Hani Furstenberg Yoav Paz Ishai Golan Brynie Furstenberg Adi Kvetner Lenny Ravich Alex Tritenko
young woman invader sick person creature jewish woman jewish man bleak brooding uneasy tense dark village farm woods house mysticism judaism protection village life illness
During an outbreak of a deadly plague, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from foreign invaders, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada
1941
107 Minutes
Eric Portman Laurence Olivier Anton Walbrook Leslie Howard Raymond Massey Glynis Johns Niall MacGinnis Finlay Currie
nazi soldier trapper inuit native american priest patriotic melodramatic offbeat train canada hudson bay trading post countryside world war ii nazism war politics pursuit 1940s
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France
2008
120 Minutes
Sophie Marceau Julie Depardieu Marie Gillain Déborah François Moritz Bleibtreu Maya Sansa Julien Boisselier Vincent Rottiers Volker Bruch Robin Renucci
frenchwoman resistance fighter british officer geologist ss officer german officer thrilling engaging suspenseful intense gripping emotional france london germany airplane hospital world war ii danger saving the world
London, 1944: SOE's section for French ops parachute 4 women into France, plus a woman there, to free an English geologist and kill SS colonel Heindrich.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany|USA
1998
138 Minutes
Samuel L. Jackson Kevin Spacey David Morse Ron Rifkin John Spencer J.T. Walsh Regina Taylor Siobhan Fallon Hogan Paul Giamatti
negotiator police officer hostage con artist wife embezzler tense gripping thrilling intense chicago police station house office building street big city hostage situation embezzlement framed for murder police corruption
In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth.