20 movies like American Assassin, ordered by similarity : Mission: Impossible -- Fallout(2018), Avalanche Express(1979), The Sum of All Fears(2002), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit(2014), La Femme Nikita(1990), Olympus Has Fallen(2013), Baby(2015), Point Break(1991), Tiger Zinda Hai(2017), Headlock(2019), Criminal(2016), The Foreigner(2017) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2017
111 Minutes
Dylan O'Brien Michael Keaton Sanaa Lathan David Suchet Navid Negahban Scott Adkins Taylor Kitsch Shiva Negar Charlotte Vega Joseph Long Mohammad Bakri
recruit fiancé terrorist agent operative emotional engaging thrilling government building cia office secret mission terrorism special ops training chase discovery transformation love sacrifice 21st century
After the death of his girlfriend at the hands of terrorists, Mitch Rapp is drawn into the world of counterterrorism, mentored by tough-as-nails former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Stan Hurley.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
USA|China|France|Norway|UK
2018
147 Minutes
Tom Cruise Henry Cavill Ving Rhames Simon Pegg Rebecca Ferguson Sean Harris Angela Bassett Michelle Monaghan Alec Baldwin Vanessa Kirby Wes Bentley
cia agent assassin secret agent spy arms dealer terrorist thrilling suspenseful tense gripping helicopter truck cliff basement base camp italy weapons terrorism undercover operations secret mission
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Ireland|USA
1979
88 Minutes
Robert Shaw Lee Marvin Linda Evans Maximilian Schell Joe Namath Horst Buchholz Michael Connors Claudio Cassinelli Kristina Nel David Hess Günter Meisner
russian russian general cia agent agent spy kgb agent thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping milan milan, italy train swiss alps plot disaster dangerous mission spying natural disasters terror
Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany|Canada
2002
118 Minutes
Ben Affleck Morgan Freeman James Cromwell Liev Schreiber Bridget Moynahan Alan Bates Ciarán Hinds Philip Baker Hall Ron Rifkin Bruce McGill Colm Feore
cia agent president scientist partner secret agent cia analyst thrilling suspenseful gripping intense washington, d.c. baltimore white house government building cia office big city espionage war terrorism nuclear attack
CIA analyst Jack Ryan must stop the plans of a Neo-Nazi faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia's President by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game in Baltimore, Maryland.
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, Action
1990
117 Minutes
Anne Parillaud Jean-Hugues Anglade Tcheky Karyo Jeanne Moreau Jean Reno Jean Bouise Marc Duret Patrick Fontana
convict junkie assassin man love interest thrilling sultry prison france pharmacy death robbery training mission secret identity transformation pursuit love 1990s
A French government agent (Tcheky Karyo) turns a Paris drug punk (Anne Parillaud) into a chic assassin whose skill is cued by her code name.
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, 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, Action
USA|Japan
1991
122 Minutes
Patrick Swayze Keanu Reeves Gary Busey Lori Petty John C. McGinley James LeGros John Philbin BoJesse Christopher
undercover agent fbi agent bank robber surfer love interest leader gutsy thrilling confident southern california beach pacific ocean police station hawaii undercover operations bank heist romance career vs. love conflict of interest crime
An F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
India
2017
165 Minutes
Salman Khan Katrina Kaif Paresh Rawal Angad Bedi Jay-Jay Botha Erdal Besikçioglu Zachary Coffin Najmeddin AlHadad Pradeep Rawat Casey Shannon Kumud Mishra
spy agent terrorist nurse thrilling confident engaging suspenseful iraq austria hospital terrorism rescue abduction husband/wife relationship rescue pursuit quest adventure 21st century
When a group of Indian and Pakistani nurses are held hostage in Iraq by a terrorist organization, a secret agent is drawn out of hiding to rescue them.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|United Arab Emirates
2019
102 Minutes
Dianna Agron Mark Polish Justin Bartha Patrick Bauchau Andy Garcia James Frain Bar Paly Johnny Pemberton
cia agent wife former secret agent ex-cia agent doctor mother thrilling suspenseful intricate brooding gripping tense home cia office america truth inside job cia secret mission protection
A CIA agent is sent on a mission and ends up in a coma. CIA want to extract intel from his brain a lethal way but his wife says no. His comatose mind is active. She decides to investigate.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK|Bulgaria
2016
113 Minutes
Kevin Costner Gal Gadot Gary Oldman Ryan Reynolds Tommy Lee Jones Jordi Mollá Michael Carmen Pitt Alice Eve Amaury Nolasco Lara Decaro Antje Traue
cia agent hacker neurosurgeon death row inmate government agent terrorist brooding emotional intense thrilling suspenseful airplane operating room car prison apartment laboratory transference memories search
In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative's memories, secrets, and skills are implanted into a death-row inmate in hopes that he will complete the operative's mission.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|China|USA|India
2017
114 Minutes
Jackie Chan Pierce Brosnan Ray Fearon Orla Brady Tao Liu Charlie Murphy David Pearse Rufus Jones Niall McNamee Rory Fleck-Byrne Stephen Hogan
businessman teen girl terrorist government official daughter shocking fiery gripping engaging thrilling suspenseful london street office car house big city murder grief terrorism
A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
UK
2015
104 Minutes
Kit Harington Peter Firth Jennifer Ehle Tim McInnerny Elyes Gabel Tuppence Middleton Eleanor Matsuura Lara Pulver David Harewood Michael Wildman
british intelligence agent terrorist wrongly accused secret agent teamwork gripping tense dark thrilling emotional london big city terrorism manhunt escape redemption conspiracy corruption escape pursuit
When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Canada
1997
115 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Donald Sutherland Ben Kingsley Claudia Ferri Céline Bonnier Vlasta Vrana Liliana Komorowska Von Flores Al Waxman Mitchell David Rothpan Gregory Hlady
secret agent assassin cia agent wife kgb agent officer tense engaging france england germany airport espionage impersonation deception training dangerous assignment pursuit discovery 1990s
An American naval officer is recruited for an operation to eliminate his lookalike, the infamous terrorist Carlos The Jackal.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
USA|China|Hong Kong|Austria|UK|Morocco
2015
131 Minutes
Tom Cruise Jeremy Renner Simon Pegg Rebecca Ferguson Ving Rhames Sean Harris Alec Baldwin Simon McBurney Jingchu Zhang Jens Hultén
spy operative terrorist team leader agent boss charming confident cool warehouse subway street car party office spying secret life terrorism teamwork truth
Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet when they have to eradicate an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are and committed to destroying the IMF.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
USA|Germany
2000
123 Minutes
Tom Cruise Dougray Scott Thandie Newton Ving Rhames Richard Roxburgh John Polson Brendan Gleeson Rade Serbedzija William Mapother Dominic Purcell Anthony Hopkins
agent scientist thief nemesis spy special agent thrilling suspenseful tense spectacular beach car mountain spain united states vehicle love virus disaster crash
IMF agent Ethan Hunt is sent to Sydney to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera".
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
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|China|Spain
2016
123 Minutes
Matt Damon Tommy Lee Jones Alicia Vikander Vincent Cassel Julia Stiles Riz Ahmed Ato Essandoh Scott Shepherd Bill Camp Vinzenz Kiefer Stephen Kunken
jason bourne cia director hacker operative terrorist assassin brooding emotional intense cia office street bar hotel laboratory las vegas search terrorism hackers technology hiding
The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
South Africa|USA|Japan
2012
115 Minutes
Denzel Washington Ryan Reynolds Vera Farmiga Brendan Gleeson Sam Shepard Ruben Blades Nora Arnezeder Robert Patrick Liam Cunningham Joel Kinnaman Fares Fares
cia agent rogue agent boss mercenary british intelligence agent girlfriend thrilling suspenseful tense intense cape town, south africa safe house pentagon embassy shantytown cape town espionage car chase betrayal on the run
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.