Movies Like The Glass Cage
If you liked The Glass Cage (1996), a thriller movie directed by Michael Schroeder, 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.
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Canary Black (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerTop 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 contacts to survive and help locate the…
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The Get Out (2026)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerA nightclub owner is on the verge of leaving his dangerous past behind for retirement with his girlfriend. When masked gunmen rob him and he finds himself squeezed by ruthless cartels, a mysterious newcomer arrives…
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The Infiltrator (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerA U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
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Three Days of the Condor (1975)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerWhen bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.
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Chief of Station (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerAfter learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…
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The November Man (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerAn ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
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Kill the Messenger (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerA reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the…
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
★ 8.5/10Also thrillerA burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip…
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Wardriver (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also thrillerHe’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.
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The Anderson Tapes (1971)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerThief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being…
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The Gray Man (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerWhen a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.
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The Getaway (1972)
★ 7.2/10Also thrillerA recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
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Under Fire (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerStory unfolds in the scorching heat of the Mexico border, where rival drug dealers Griff and Abbott arrive at a remote drop point for a routine drug deal. But when the exchange goes down, both reveal undercover badges…
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The Last Seduction (1994)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerA devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
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Hider in the House (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
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The Virtuoso (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerDanger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.
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Sniper: Rogue Mission (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerWhen a crooked federal agent is involved in a human sex trafficking ring, Sniper and CIA Rookie Brandon Beckett goes rogue, teaming up with his former allies Homeland Security Agent Zero and assassin Lady Death to…
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Hunting Grounds (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerDesperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns…
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Relay (2025)
★ 7/10Also thrillerA broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.
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War (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerFBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a…