Movies Like The Whistle Blower
If you liked The Whistle Blower (1986), a action and thriller movie directed by Simon Langton, 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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Telefon (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and actionNicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hypnosis, so they can't remember their…
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Section 8 (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thrillerAfter avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.
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The November Man (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also action and 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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Kandahar (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerAfter his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding…
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The Fourth Protocol (1987)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerLed by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country…
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The Gray Man (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also action and 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 Ghost Writer (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerA writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
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American Assassin (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thrillerFollowing the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
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Shadow Force (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerKyrah and Isaac were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on…
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thrillerJack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
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Art of Eight Limbs (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerFour canisters of deadly VX nerve gas have fallen into the hands of an international arms dealer in Myanmar. A CIA recruit delivers a high-tech detection device to an agent already on the ground.
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A Working Man (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thrillerLevon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to…
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The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerA psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
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Gorky Park (1983)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerPolice Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and…
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Shining Through (1992)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerSpirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight…
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Patriot Games (1992)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thrillerWhen CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
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Off the Grid (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also action and thrillerAfter a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their…
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Canary Black (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also action and 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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Zip Wire (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also action and thrillerWhen her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial…
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Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerA reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…