20 movies like The Debt, ordered by similarity : Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer(2016), The Nile Hilton Incident(2017), Cop Car(2015), Decision Before Dawn(1951), The Manchurian Candidate(1962), Balam(2017), Foreign Correspondent(1940), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit(2014), A Good Woman Is Hard to Find(2019), Suburra(2015), Transporter 2(2005), 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi(2016) ...
Mystery & Thriller
2015
99 Minutes
Stephen Dorff Elsa Olivero Amiel Cayo Marco Antonio Ramírez David Strathairn Alberto Ammann Carlos Bardem Melvin Quijada Lucho Cáceres Brooke Langton Delfina Paredes
finance expert financier young boy politician thrilling tense new york peru political commentary political intrigue politicians politics international intrigue finance rise sacrifice temptation 21st century
An American businessman is torn between helping a poverty-stricken Peruvian boy and helping his company's CEO secure more land.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Israel|USA
2016
118 Minutes
Richard Gere Lior Ashkenazi Michael Sheen Steve Buscemi Charlotte Gainsbourg Dan Stevens Hank Azaria Harris Yulin Josh Charles Yehuda Almagor Neta Riskin
fixer dignitary prime minister businessman politician israeli amusing brash confident engaging touching new york city park shoe store house big city business politics reputation unlikely allies
Norman Oppenheimer is a small time operator who befriends a young politician at a low point in his life. Three years later, when the politician becomes an influential world leader, Norman's life dramatically changes for better and worse.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Sweden|Germany|Denmark|Morocco|France
2017
107 Minutes
Fares Fares Mari Malek Yasser Ali Maher Slimane Dazi Ahmed Selim Mohamed Yousry Hania Amar Tareq Abdalla Nael Ali Ger Duany Emad Ghoniem
police officer maid politician dark thrilling tense sultry cairo hotel city egypt crime justice cover-up murder politics uprising discovery pursuit underdog
A maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
88 Minutes
Kevin Bacon James Freedson-Jackson Hays Wellford Camryn Manheim Shea Whigham Sean Hartley Kyra Sedgwick Sit Lenh
young boy friend sheriff mysterious man woman hostage brutal disturbing gory intense suspenseful tense united states field road car woods country road rebellion mystery
A small-town sheriff sets out to find the two kids who have taken his car on a joy ride.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, War
USA|West Germany
1951
119 Minutes
Richard Basehart Gary Merrill Oskar Werner Hildegarde Neff Dominique Blanchar O.E. Hasse Hans Christian Blech Helene Thimig Robert Freitag George Tyne
lieutenant colonel prisoner of war spy soldier brash thrilling tense germany prison camp bavaria espionage gestapo world war ii military intelligence cooperation betrayal sacrifice adventure rise
As the US Army approaches Nazi Germany, they recruit German prisoners to spy behind German lines.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1962
126 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Laurence Harvey Janet Leigh Angela Lansbury Henry Silva James Gregory Leslie Parrish John McGiver Khigh Dhiegh James Edwards Douglas Henderson
war hero politician soldier spy communist tense intricate china washington, d.c. rally costume party brainwashing communism cold war political campaign assassination conspiracy transformation rise revenge
A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
2017
140 Minutes
Hrithik Roshan Yami Gautam Ronit Roy Rohit Roy Narendra Jha Girish Kulkarni Sahidur Rahaman Suresh Menon Shaji Chaudhary Urvashi Rautela
husband wife married man married woman blind man politician emotional thrilling india city love revenge crime politics revenge sacrifice 2010s
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, Action
USA|Russia
2014
105 Minutes
Chris Pine Kevin Costner Kenneth Branagh Keira Knightley Gemma Chan Karen David Nonso Anozie Colm Feore
executive cia agent russian fiancée handler cia analyst brooding chilling suspenseful thrilling intense cia office house russia office wall street big city cia global finances spying
Jack Ryan, as a young covert C.I.A. analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|Belgium
2019
97 Minutes
Sarah Bolger Edward Hogg Andrew Simpson Jane Brennan Caolan Byrne Packy Lee Susan Ateh Sean Sloan Nigel O'Neill Rudy Doherty Macie McCauley
widow mother bleak tense thrilling suspenseful home united kingdom murder loss drug smuggling metamorphosis sacrifice 21st century
A recently widowed young mother will go to any lengths to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband's murder.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Italy|France
2015
130 Minutes
Pierfrancesco Favino Elio Germano Claudio Amendola Alessandro Borghi Greta Scarano Giulia Gorietti Antonello Fassari Jean-Hugues Anglade Alessandro Bernardini Michele Bevilacqua Nazzareno Bomba
gangster mafia boss politician prostitute corrupt businessman dead person suspenseful thrilling brooding profound spectacular rome corruption abuse of power sex murder drugs prostitution rescue rivalry
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
France|USA|Germany
2005
88 Minutes
Jason Statham Amber Valletta Alessandro Gassman Hunter Clary François Berléand Jason Flemyng Jeff Chase Keith David Matthew Modine Tim Ware
driver politician son bodyguard terrorist wife frenetic unrestrained thrilling intense brutal miami laboratory convention center airplane warehouse school kidnapping drug trafficking biological warfare
Transporter Frank Martin, surfaces in Miami, Florida and is implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama
USA|Malta|Morocco
2016
144 Minutes
James Badge Dale John Krasinski Max Martini Pablo Schreiber Toby Stephens Dominic Fumusa Matt Letscher David Denman David Costabile David Giuntoli Demetrius Gross
militant ambassador government official soldier politician islamic fundamentalist brooding emotional intense consulate libya battlefield office white house airplane murder islamic fundamentalism politics soldiers fighting
During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2014
124 Minutes
Oscar Isaac Jessica Chastain David Oyelowo Alessandro Nivola Albert Brooks Elyes Gabel Catalina Sandino Moreno Peter Gerety Christopher Abbott Glenn Fleshler Jerry Adler
family immigrant family patriarch criminal crime boss thrilling tense suspenseful new york city crime violence city life immigrants corruption life business rise fall 1980s
In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1974
102 Minutes
Warren Beatty Paula Prentiss William Daniels Hume Cronyn Kelly Thordsen Earl Hindman Chuck Waters William Joyce Bettie Johnson Bill McKinney Joanne Harris
reporter editor politician assassin shocking dark disheartening intense seattle portland, ore. los angeles conspiracy political campaign political intrigue corporate espionage murder mystery pursuit discovery 1970s
An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2013
120 Minutes
Gerard Butler Aaron Eckhart Morgan Freeman Angela Bassett Melissa Leo Ashley Judd Rick Yune Dylan McDermott Radha Mitchell Finley Jacobsen Cole Hauser
u.s. president first lady secret service agent terrorist politician son gripping tense frenetic thrilling suspenseful white house washington, d.c. office government building capitol building terrorism kidnapping second chance race against time
Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1979
122 Minutes
Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas Scott Brady James Hampton Peter Donat Wilford Brimley James Karen
news reporter camera operator nuclear physicist supervisor cameraman gripping gutsy intense thrilling suspenseful tense california nuclear power plant newsroom car television studio home nuclear meltdown nuclear safety cover-up
A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
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".
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
139 Minutes
Jennifer Lawrence Joel Edgerton Charlotte Rampling Matthias Schoenaerts Mary-Louise Parker Ciarán Hinds Jeremy Irons Joely Richardson Douglas Hodge Thekla Reuten Sasha Frolova
ballerina spy killer victim cia agent brutal intense chilling confident raw unrestrained moscow russia hotel train pool spying assassination dangerous job murder
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA|Sweden
2017
101 Minutes
Jason Clarke Kate Mara Ed Helms Bruce Dern Jim Gaffigan Olivia Thirlby Clancy Brown Taylor Nichols Andria Blackman Tamara Hickey Victor Warren
man politician victim coworker campaign manager investigator tense uneasy dark disturbing shocking massachusetts car house ocean study bridge true crime historical events political campaign
Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
UK|USA|Australia
2008
111 Minutes
Jason Statham Saffron Burrows Richard Lintern Stephen Campbell Moore Daniel Mays Peter Bowles Keeley Hawes Colin Salmon Peter De Jersey James Faulkner Sharon Maughan
bank robber criminal crime boss intelligence officer photographer model confident intricate thrilling gripping intense london lloyds bank repair shop trinidad paddington station yacht bank heist deception negotiation
Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry along with a treasure trove of dirty secrets.