Movies Like The Alphabet of Fear

If you liked The Alphabet of Fear (1961), a thriller and war movie directed by Fadil Hadžić, 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
Kandahar (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and war
After 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…
2
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
★ 6.8/10Also war and thriller
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners…
3
Relay (2025)
★ 7/10Also thriller
A 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.
4
Chief of Station (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
After 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…
5
Shining Through (1992)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and war
Spirited 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…
6
Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
An idealistic young employee at the U.N. investigates the grisly murder of his predecessor – and uncovers a vast global conspiracy that may involve his own boss.
7
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and war
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles…
8
Sniper: Rogue Mission (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
When 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…
9
The Operative (2019)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
10
Sniper: No Nation (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
Brandon Beckett and Agent Zero lead a rescue mission in Costa Verde when their friends are taken hostage.
11
Red Scorpion (1988)
★ 6/10Also war
A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission.
12
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.
13
Hell Hath No Fury (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also war
Branded a traitor by her countrymen, French national Marie DuJardin is rescued by American soldiers on one condition: to survive, she must lead them to a cache of gold - before the Nazis return to claim it for…
14
The East (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
15
Blacklight (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of…
16
The Secrets We Keep (2020)
★ 6/10Also thriller
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
17
Weekend in Taipei (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.
18
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and war
Italian partisans help a professor sent by the OSS to find an atomic scientist held by Nazis.
19
Atomic Blonde (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
20
Shanghai (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a…