20 movies like The Man Between, ordered by similarity : Cornered(1945), The Sea Chase(1955), Five Fingers(1952), The Window(1949), Read My Lips(2001), Brute Force(1947), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), The Commuter(2018), A Canterbury Tale(1944), Man Hunt(1941), The American Friend(1977), Transpecos(2016) ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1953
101 Minutes
tourist criminal wife major young boy gripping intricate cool suspenseful berlin border kidnapping redemption world war ii nazism sacrifice escape transformation 1940s
In post-WW2 Berlin, when travel to the East was still possible, the sister of a British officer from West-Berlin is abducted by Communist agents and taken into the Soviet-sector where her eventual rescue is arranged by a German smuggler.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
102 Minutes
Dick Powell Walter Slezak Micheline Cheirel Nina Vale Morris Carnovsky Edgar Barrier Steven Geray Jack LaRue Luther Adler Gregory Gaye Jean Del Val
pilot wife nazi murderer widow dark tense gritty intricate argentina south america europe buenos aires, argentina revenge world war ii death sacrifice revenge pursuit adventure
Canadian flyer Laurence Gerard finds that his wife has been murdered by a French collaborator. His quest for justice leads him to Switzerland and Argentina.
Mystery & Thriller, War
USA
1955
117 Minutes
John Wayne Lana Turner David Farrar Lyle Bettger Tab Hunter James Arness Wilton Graff Richard Davalos John Qualen Paul Fix Luis Van Rooten
sea captain german spy nazi british officer commander suspenseful rousing australia ship south pacific port dangerous assignment world war ii espionage military nazism moral dilemma pursuit escape
As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.
Mystery & Thriller
1952
108 Minutes
James Mason Danielle Darrieux Michael Rennie Walter Hampden Oscar Karlweis Herbert Berghof John Wengraf Ben Astar Roger Plowden Michael Pate Ivan Triesault
spy mercenary countess ambassador agent cool tense creative turkey rio de janeiro world war ii espionage nazism true crime escape love fall 1940s
The Albanian valet (James Mason) for the British ambassador to Turkey sells secrets to World War II Germans.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
73 Minutes
Bobby Driscoll Barbara Hale Arthur Kennedy Paul Stewart Ruth Roman Anthony Ross Richard Benedict Jim Nolan Ken Terrell Lee Phelps Eric Mack
young boy mother father neighbor sailor police detective suspenseful thrilling frightening new york city apartment witnessing murder lying kidnapping children vs. adults working class fear escape discovery 1940s
A group of people come together in the Swiss Alps to climb a previously unconquered mountain, revealing their inner selves in the process.
Mystery & Thriller
France
2001
118 Minutes
Vincent Cassel Emmanuelle Devos Olivier Gourmet Olivia Bonamy Olivier Perrier Bernard Alane David Saracino Pierre Diot Serge Boutleroff
young woman secretary deaf woman colleague criminal bully engaging thrilling suspenseful intense gripping emotional office bullying corporate office life danger deafness relationships criminals discovery
She is almost deaf and he lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
98 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Hume Cronyn Charles Bickford Yvonne De Carlo Ann Blyth Ella Raines Anita Colby Sam Levene Howard Duff Art Smith Roman Bohnen
prisoner warden guard wife criminal dark gritty prison doctor's office prison escape illness violence escape quest 1940s
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
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, Action
USA|UK|France|China|Canada|Spain
2018
104 Minutes
Liam Neeson Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Jonathan Banks Sam Neill Elizabeth McGovern Florence Pugh Shazad Latif Letitia Wright Killian Scott Clara Lago
insurance salesman husband wife son mysterious woman stranger brooding crafty rousing suspenseful gripping thrilling train house train station train tracks mysterious strangers conspiracy train travel unlikely criminal
An action-thriller in which an insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1944
124 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Eric Portman Sheila Sim John Sweet Dennis Price Esmond Knight Charles Hawtrey Hay Petrie
soldier sergeant shopkeeper criminal lighthearted suspenseful amusing cathedral england small town hotel world war ii traveling mystery friendship discovery transformation mystery pursuit 1940s
A U.S. soldier (John Sweet), a British sergeant and a London girl (Sheila Sim) see minor miracles and catch a prude (Eric Portman).
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon Joan Bennett George Sanders John Carradine Roddy McDowall Ludwig Stossel Heather Thatcher Frederick Worlock
hunter nazi con artist secret agent police officer gripping germany forest ship london adolf hitler assassination identity theft hunting world war ii pursuit escape 1940s
British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.
Mystery & Thriller
West Germany|France
1977
127 Minutes
Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz Elisabeth Kreuzer Gérard Blain Nicholas Ray Samuel Fuller Peter Lilienthal Daniel Schmid Jean Eustache Rudolf Schündler Sandy Whitelaw
art dealer husband artist forger friend wife uneasy profound dark suspenseful hamburg, germany car train city apartment murder plot unlikely criminal family desperation terminal illness
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2016
86 Minutes
Gabriel Luna Johnny Simmons Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Luis Bordonada David Acord Oscar Avila Will Brittain Jake Lockett
border patrol officer drug trafficker drug smuggler mafia boss thrilling suspenseful brooding raw spectacular border mexican-american border drug cartel drug smuggling border patrol corrupt police extortion adventure pursuit rescue revenge
For three Border Patrol agents working a remote desert checkpoint, the contents of one car will reveal an insidious plot within their own ranks. The next 24 hours will take them on a treacherous journey that could cost them their lives.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2018
100 Minutes
Gabriela Muskala Lukasz Simlat Malgorzata Buczkowska Piotr Skiba Halina Rasiakowna Zbigniew Walerys Dariusz Chojnacki Iwo Rajski Klara Bielawka Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
amnesiac mother daughter wife family member friend gripping raw emotional intricate tense forest hospital house beach train tracks train station amnesia starting over going home
Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free-spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother, and daughter to people who are strangers to her.
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
UK|France
2015
95 Minutes
Andrew Simpson Joséphine de La Baume Frédéric Pierrot Barbara Crampton Féodor Atkine Pierre Boulanger Susanna Cappellaro Edward Hogg
hitchhiker couple drifter killer kidnapper brutal creepy gripping suspenseful thrilling france french countryside car house bedroom mystery kidnapping hitchhiking murder escape
The sun drenched days of summer turn dark and ominous for hitchhiking duo Jack and Véronique when they become inexplicably entangled with a mysterious married couple and a local road kill collector in rural France.
Mystery & Thriller
2019
93 Minutes
Adriana Barraza Camila Mendes Charlie Weber Manny Perez Andrés Vélez Neil Sandilands Tyler Silva
mother daughter guest young man criminal creepy dark disturbing gripping intense guest house border united states secrets murder unexplained deaths family unlikely allies escape growing up
Two unwanted guests threaten a young woman and her overbearing mother at a small bed-and-breakfast near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Australia
2011
87 Minutes
Ray Liotta Dominic Purcell Andy McPhee Vanessa Gray Brad McMurray Aaron Pedersen Robyn Moore Ty Hungerford Carmel Rose Jordanna Allen
reformed criminal criminal robber drug addict girlfriend drug dealer gritty thrilling suspenseful intense brutal emotional on the run motel convenience store crime scene united nations flat on the run crime
Reformed criminal gets blackmailed into doing one last job when former partner crawls out of the woodwork.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Canada
2018
110 Minutes
Jovan Adepo Wyatt Russell Pilou Asbæk Mathilde Ollivier John Magaro Iain De Caestecker Jacob Anderson Dominic Applewhite Bokeem Woodbine Marc Rissmann
paratrooper enemy soldier nazi zombie scientist bleak creepy brutal gory thrilling suspenseful village laboratory office underground shelter airplane nazi occupation soldiers world war ii
A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1946
96 Minutes
Deborah Kerr Trevor Howard Raymond Huntley Liam Redmond Harry Webster
spy nazi lieutenant irishwoman gutsy crafty melodramatic patriotic suspenseful ireland dublin northern ireland world war ii nationalism espionage romance love rescue escape pursuit
A British agent (Trevor Howard) follows a young Irishwoman (Deborah Kerr) duped by a Nazi spy (Raymond Huntley).
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.