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10 Best Movies Like Dirty Wars

If you loved Dirty Wars, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Night Strangler

The Night Strangler

1973★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Wars for fans of Crime. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string o...

#2
The East

The East

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Wars for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert att...

#3
Backstabbing for Beginners

Backstabbing for Beginners

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Wars for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An idealistic young employee at the U.N. investigates the grisly murder of his predecessor – and uncovers a vast global conspiracy that may involve his own boss....

#4
Citizenfour

Citizenfour

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Wars for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her....

#5
The Operative

The Operative

2019★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Wars for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject....

#6
Canary Black

Canary Black

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Wars for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld conta...

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