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10 Best Movies Like Waterfront

If you loved Waterfront, 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 Waterfront for fans of 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
The MacKintosh Man

The MacKintosh Man

1973★ 6.1

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

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose ...

#3
Journey into Fear

Journey into Fear

1943★ 6.1

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

An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on bo...

#4
Black Widow

Black Widow

1987★ 6.2

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

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a ma...

#5
Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

1953★ 7.4

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

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been ...

#6
The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waterfront for fans of Thriller. 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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