20 movies like Little Nikita, ordered by similarity : The Man Who Knew Too Much(1934), The Bourne Identity(2002), Sicario(2015), The Man Who Knew Too Much(1956), 21 Bridges(2019), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy(2011), The Living Daylights(1987), Cold Front(1989), Custody(2017), The Hunter's Prayer(2017), Searching(2018), Seven Days in May(1964) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1988
98 Minutes
Sidney Poitier River Phoenix Richard Jenkins Caroline Kava Richard Bradford Richard Lynch Loretta Devine Lucy Deakins
fbi agent spy assassin teen boy father mother intricate tense confident san diego family home office mexican-american border trolly espionage extortion cold war secret life parent/child relationship serial murders
An F.B.I. Agent works to uncover an All-American family as Soviet sleeper Agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son.
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, Action
USA|Germany|Czech Republic|France
2002
113 Minutes
Matt Damon Franka Potente Chris Cooper Clive Owen Brian Cox Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Gabriel Mick Walton Goggins Josh Hamilton Julia Stiles Orso Maria Guerrini
jason bourne girlfriend assassin government official killer amnesiac gripping thrilling intricate intense europe bank car government offices italy on the run identity memory loss pursuit government agents
A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico|Hong Kong
2015
121 Minutes
Emily Blunt Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Victor Garber Jon Bernthal Daniel Kaluuya Jeffrey Donovan Raoul Trujillo Julio Cesar Cedillo Bernardo Saracino
fbi agent government official hit man drug czar police officer mexican brooding emotional intense bleak thrilling mexican-american border car warehouse street drug house hotel drugs assassination surveillance
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.
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, 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|France|Germany
2011
127 Minutes
Gary Oldman Kathy Burke Benedict Cumberbatch David Dencik Colin Firth Stephen Graham Tom Hardy Ciarán Hinds John Hurt Toby Jones Konstantin Khabensky
spy agent chief researcher deputy mole brooding intricate tense london istanbul budapest, hungary safe house office government building espionage infidelity cold war investigation homosexuality
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|USA
1987
130 Minutes
Timothy Dalton Maryam d'Abo Jeroen Krabbé Joe Don Baker John Rhys-Davies Art Malik Andreas Wisniewski Desmond Llewelyn Robert Brown Geoffrey Keen Walter Gotell
james bond secret agent assassin sexy woman kgb agent commander thrilling confident concert hall airplane office espionage assassination cold war gun running defection chases mystery pursuit 1980s
James Bond is sent to investigate a KGB policy to kill all enemy spies and uncovers an arms deal that potentially has major global ramifications.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
1989
90 Minutes
Martin Sheen Michael Ontkean Kim Coates Beverly D'Angelo Yvan Ponton Shelagh McLeod Joshua Murray Katharine Isabelle Doug McGrath
agent canadian government official assassin ex-wife inspector gripping intense thrilling vancouver, british columbia warehouse bridge espionage assassination love diplomacy serial murders friendship mystery pursuit
An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.
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.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Germany|Spain|USA
2017
91 Minutes
Sam Worthington Odeya Rush Allen Leech Amy Landecker Martin Compston Verónica Echegui
assassin killer young woman murderer damsel in distress tycoon thrilling tense suspenseful gritty europe office building basement on the run big city home assassination plot assassination attempt escape allegiance
An assassin helps a young woman avenge the death of her family.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Russia
2018
102 Minutes
John Cho Debra Messing Joseph Lee Michelle La Sara Sohn Alex Jayne Go Thomas Barbusca Gage Biltoft
daughter father police officer friend missing girl disturbing shocking intricate uneasy tense house room school party missing persons mystery father/daughter relationship investigation internet secrets
After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
118 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Kirk Douglas Fredric March Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Martin Balsam George Macready Whit Bissell Hugh Marlowe
president military officer assistant mistress tense intricate suspenseful washington, d.c. white house office army base texas politics deception political coup cold war discovery rivalry pursuit 1960s
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1987
104 Minutes
father linguist mole spy friend brooding intricate gripping england london cover-up murder espionage cold war investigation government secrets mystery quest revenge 1980s
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems to be impenetrable.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|Canada|USA
2017
111 Minutes
Jeremy Renner Elizabeth Olsen Gil Birmingham Jon Bernthal Julia Jones Kelsey Asbille James Jordan Martin Sensmeier Ian Bohen Matthew Del Negro Eric Lange
fbi agent police officer native american animal-control officer victim hunter gripping thrilling tense suspenseful wyoming indian reservation indian territory wilderness murder investigation wilderness homicide mystery fbi native americans
A veteran hunter helps an FBI agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada|USA
1987
88 Minutes
Terry O'Quinn Jill Schoelen Shelley Hack Charles Lanyer Stephen Shellen Stephen E. Miller Robyn Stevan Jeff Schultz Lindsay Bourne Anna Hagan Gillian Barber
stepfather wife stepdaughter young man police officer chilling tense seattle washington state household serial murders psychopath deception investigation secret life mother/daughter relationship escape transformation 1980s
After murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2012
135 Minutes
Jeremy Renner Rachel Weisz Edward Norton Stacy Keach Dennis Boutsikaris Oscar Isaac Joan Allen Albert Finney David Strathairn Scott Glenn Donna Murphy
cia agent spy scientist cia director doctor assassin crafty tense thrilling intense suspenseful cia office city philippines united states new york city alaska espionage assassination on the run
An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
India
2015
159 Minutes
Akshay Kumar Anupam Kher Tapsee Pannu Danny Denzongpa Kay Kay Menon Rana Daggubati Sushant Singh Rasheed Naz
intelligence officer agent terrorist traitor spy police chief brash confident frenetic gripping gritty intricate patriotic suspenseful thrilling pakistan india turkey terrorism prevention espionage
An elite counter-intelligence unit learns of a plot, masterminded by a maniacal madman. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to track the terrorists' international tentacles and prevent them from striking at the heart of India.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Darren Barnet Lizze Broadway Shawn Christian Rick Dano Paris Dylan Tunisha Hubbard Hector Hugo Jared Scott Kelly Sullivan
concerned mother daughter celebrity stalker detective suspect melodramatic brooding suspenseful tense gripping uneasy america office family home suburb coffee shop mother/daughter relationship internet dealing with fame
When a woman's teenage daughter becomes internet famous, she becomes worried about the amount of attention her daughter is receiving. Her fears prove justified when she realizes someone is stalking her daughter.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|UK|France|Germany
2014
107 Minutes
Kristen Bell Jason Dohring Krysten Ritter Ryan Hansen Francis Capra Percy Daggs III Tina Majorino Chris Lowell Enrico Colantoni Christine Lakin Ken Marino
sleuth ex-boyfriend police detective defense attorney assassin father charming confident cool high school law office house gym reunion kitchen law school high-school reunion murder ex-boyfriends detective work
Years after walking away from her past as a young private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown, just in time for her high school reunion, in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery.
Gay & Lesbian, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany|Sweden|Hungary
2017
115 Minutes
Charlize Theron James McAvoy Eddie Marsan John Goodman Toby Jones James Faulkner Roland Møller Sofia Boutella Bill Skarsgård Sam Hargrave Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
spy partner secret agent police officer double agent cool dark intense spectacular sultry suspenseful berlin city government building espionage gunfight secret mission sex appeal discovery pursuit
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.