Movies Like 13 Rue Madeleine

If you liked 13 Rue Madeleine (1947), a thriller and war movie directed by Henry Hathaway, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Courier (2020)
★ 7/10Also thriller
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
2
Pressure (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also thriller and war
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne…
3
Breach (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned…
4
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
★ 7/10Also thriller and war
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies…
5
Eye of the Needle (1981)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an…
6
Operation Mincemeat (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also war
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning…
7
Spectre (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible…
8
The Saint (1997)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its…
9
Waiting for Anya (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also war
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.
10
The Sea Wolves (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also war and thriller
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to undertake a full military operation in the Portuguese stronghold…
11
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
12
Cypher (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
13
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also war
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him…
14
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a…
15
The Great Escaper (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also war
In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
16
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970)
★ 6.9/10Also war
During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.
17
36 Hours (1964)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and war
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.
18
The Longest Day (1962)
★ 7.6/10Also war
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall…
19
The Amateur (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
20
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also war
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way…