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Movies that feel likeThree Days of the Condor (1975)

When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.

If you loved Three Days of the Condor, the closest films we have are The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Blow Out (1981) and The Lady Vanishes (1938). All three share Three Days of the Condor's tense and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Cutter's Way (1981).

πŸ… 88% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sydney Pollacktensetwistyparanoid
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.4thriller Β· mystery Β· drama

Two things both keep coming back to: spy and conspiracy

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Three Days of the Condor does

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.

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Blow Out
1981 Β· dir. Brian De Palma
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.4crime Β· mystery Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: conspiracy

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Three Days of the Condor does

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead β€” a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

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The Lady Vanishes
1938 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.7mystery Β· thrillerMax

Tense where it counts, twisty underneath

The difference: 37 years apart, and the 1930s show

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

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Pi
1998 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.3mystery Β· drama Β· thrillerPrime Video

New York City shapes both of them

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

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Chinatown
1974 Β· dir. Roman Polanski
πŸ… 98%β˜… 8.1crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Paranoid thriller in both cases

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

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Foreign Correspondent
1940 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.4thriller Β· mystery Β· actionMax

Both lean on tension more than on mystery

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

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Red Eye
2005 Β· dir. Wes Craven
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.4thriller Β· mysteryParamount+

Twisty thriller, and it commits to that

An overnight flight to Miami quickly becomes a battle for survival when Lisa realizes her seatmate plans to use her as part of a chilling assassination plot against the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. If she refuses to cooperate, her own father will be killed. As the miles tick by, she's in a race against time to find a way to warn the potential victims before it's too late.

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The Firm
1993 Β· dir. Sydney Pollack
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.9drama Β· mystery Β· thrillerMaxParamount+

Sydney Pollack directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Easier on the paranoia than Three Days of the Condor

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

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The Tenant
1976 Β· dir. Roman Polanski
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.5thriller Β· mystery Β· drama

Mystery built on paranoia, twice over

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

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Angels & Demons
2009 Β· dir. Ron Howard
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.7thriller Β· mysteryNetflixStarz

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

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Cutter's Way
1981 Β· dir. Ivan Passer
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.8drama Β· mystery Β· thriller

Twisty mystery in both cases

Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg and an arm. When his drifter playboy friend Richard Bone is falsely accused of murder, Cutter sets out for revenge in his own inimitable style.

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The Commuter
2018 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 55%β˜… 6.3action Β· thriller Β· mysteryHulu

Both sit in the same paranoid register

A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

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