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Movies that feel like Three Days of the Condor (1975)

If you loved Three Days of the Condor, the closest films we have are Angels & Demons (2009), Chinatown (1974) and Blow Out (1981). All three share Three Days of the Condor's tense and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel and Philo and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 88% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sydney Pollacktensetwistyparanoid

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If Three Days of the Condor hit the spot, these will too

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

Conspiracy sits at the heart of each

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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

Conspiracy is the engine of both

The difference: Leans crime where Three Days of the Condor does not

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

The same mix in both: tension, then twists

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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Secret Window
2004 Β· dir. David Koepp
πŸ… 46%β˜… 6.5mystery Β· thriller

Both trade on paranoia more than on being thriller

The difference: A 2000s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

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Enemy
2014 Β· dir. Denis Villeneuve
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.9thriller Β· mystery

Tense mystery in both cases

The difference: 39 years apart, and the 2010s show

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

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Identity
2003 Β· dir. James Mangold
πŸ… 63%β˜… 7.3mystery Β· thriller

Thriller built on twists, twice over

The difference: Missing the paranoia of Three Days of the Condor

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

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

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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The Da Vinci Code
2006 Β· dir. Ron Howard
πŸ… 25%β˜… 6.6thriller Β· mystery

Tense mystery, and it commits to that

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that β€” should it come to light β€” could rock the very foundations of Christianity.

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Red Sparrow
2018 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.6thriller Β· mystery

Both circle central intelligence agency (cia) and spy

Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

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The Game
1997 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.7drama Β· thriller Β· mystery

Thriller with a pulse of paranoia, in both cases

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

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

Both trade on twists more than on being mystery

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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Disturbia
2007 Β· dir. D.J. Caruso
πŸ… 69%β˜… 6.8thriller Β· drama Β· mystery

A streak of paranoia through both

Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There’s only one problemβ€”he’s not allowed to leave the house. Kale’s under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.

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