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10 Best Movies Like The Secret Agent

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

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#1
Marighella

Marighella

2021★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Secret Agent for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 an...

#2
Four Days in September

Four Days in September

1997★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Secret Agent for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and capture...

#3
A Perfect World

A Perfect World

1993★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Secret Agent for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal....

#4
Barron's Cove

Barron's Cove

2025★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Secret Agent for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerfu...

#5
Brake

Brake

2012★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Secret Agent for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract needed information for their sinist...

#6
Blood Ties

Blood Ties

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Secret Agent for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s....

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