Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Spy

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

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#1
The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

1966★ 5.9

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

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigat...

#2
36 Hours

36 Hours

1964★ 7.0

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

Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him....

#3
Indemnity

Indemnity

2022★ 6.7

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

An ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree....

#4
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

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

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

#5
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

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

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....

#6
The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962★ 6.5

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

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany....

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