
Movies that feel like The Third Man (1949)
If you loved The Third Man, the closest films we have are Identity (2003), The Da Vinci Code (2006) and Red Sparrow (2018). All three share The Third Man's tense and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel and HBO Max Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If The Third Man hit the spot, these will too

Tense and twisty in the same breath
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both trade on tension more than on being thriller
The difference: Not nearly as atmospheric as The Third Man

Twisty mystery in both cases
The difference: 69 years apart, and the 2010s show

Thriller built on atmosphere, twice over
The difference: Plays it as science fiction more than The Third Man does

The same hand behind both of them: Carol Reed
The difference: Leans crime where The Third Man does not

Tense mystery, and it commits to that
The difference: A 1970s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Thriller with a pulse of twists, in both cases

The same thriller instincts

Both are mystery through and through

Cut from the same thriller cloth

Both circle film noir and black and white

Mystery approached the same way
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