
Movies that feel likeThree Days of the Condor (1975)
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).
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If Three Days of the Condor hit the spot, these will too

Two things both keep coming back to: spy and conspiracy
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Three Days of the Condor does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: conspiracy
The difference: Leans harder into crime than Three Days of the Condor does

Tense where it counts, twisty underneath
The difference: 37 years apart, and the 1930s show

New York City shapes both of them

Paranoid thriller in both cases

Both lean on tension more than on mystery

Twisty thriller, and it commits to that

Sydney Pollack directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Easier on the paranoia than Three Days of the Condor

Mystery built on paranoia, twice over

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Twisty mystery in both cases

Both sit in the same paranoid register
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