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Movies that feel likeThe Bourne Identity (2002)

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

If you loved The Bourne Identity, the closest films we have are Cube (1998), Mulholland Drive (2001) and Salt (2010). All three share The Bourne Identity's twisty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The End of Oak Street (2026).

🍅 84% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Doug Limankinetictwistytensecerebral
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Bourne Supremacy (2004) · The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) · The Bourne Legacy (2012) · Jason Bourne (2016)

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Cube
1998 · dir. Vincenzo Natali
🍅 61%★ 7.1thriller · science fiction · mystery

Strangers dropped into a trap with no idea how they got there

The difference: One sealed set and lo-fi gore — no chase, no world

A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.

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Mulholland Drive
2001 · dir. David Lynch
🍅 83%★ 7.9thriller · drama · mystery

The same preoccupation in both: amnesia

The difference: Easier on the momentum than The Bourne Identity

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

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Salt
2010 · dir. Phillip Noyce
🍅 61%★ 6.5action · mystery · thrillerStarz

A trained operative on the run from her own agency

The difference: Bigger and pulpier — the twists strain to top themselves

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA. Her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"

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Limitless
2011 · dir. Neil Burger
🍅 68%★ 7.4thriller · mystery · science fiction

One man suddenly outclassing everyone hunting him

The difference: The battles are mental — slick montage over hand-to-hand

The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life.

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The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996 · dir. Renny Harlin
🍅 67%★ 6.8crime · action · mystery

Amnesia hiding a lethal skill set that resurfaces under fire

The difference: Played for '90s swagger — one-liners over tradecraft

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.

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Unknown
2011 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 56%★ 6.8action · mystery · thriller

Kinetic and twisty in the same breath

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.

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Eagle Eye
2008 · dir. D.J. Caruso
🍅 27%★ 6.6mystery · thriller · actionPrime VideoParamount+

An ordinary man forced to run by forces he can't see

The difference: Techno-thriller silliness — the plot outruns plausibility fast

Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become the country's most-wanted fugitives and must figure out what is happening to them.

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Non-Stop
2014 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 62%★ 6.9action · thriller · mysteryStarz

Both lean on tension more than on action

The difference: Trades the ideas of The Bourne Identity for an angle of its own

Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.

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The Maze Runner
2014 · dir. Wes Ball
🍅 66%★ 6.8action · mystery · science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: escape

The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than The Bourne Identity does

A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.

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The Call
2020 · dir. Lee Chung-hyun
🍅 46%★ 7.1thriller · mystery · science fictionNetflix

Mystery built on ideas, twice over

Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a caller puts a woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.

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Inferno
2016 · dir. Ron Howard
🍅 23%★ 6.2mystery · thriller · actionNetflix

Amnesia kicking off a race across European cities

The difference: Puzzle-solving over survival — Langdon lectures, Bourne fights

After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.

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The End of Oak Street
2026 · dir. David Robert Mitchell
🍅 86%★ 6.5science fiction · mystery · thrillerRent or buy

Thriller with a pulse of twists, in both cases

The difference: 24 years apart, and the 2020s show

After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.

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