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Movies Like Secret Agent of Japan

If you liked Secret Agent of Japan (1942), a thriller and mystery movie directed by Irving Pichel, 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. 1Secret Agent

    Secret Agent (1936)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mystery

    During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric…

  2. 2The Glass Key

    The Glass Key (1942)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thriller

    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

  3. 3The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.

  4. 4Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

    Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects…

  5. 5Lady in the Lake

    Lady in the Lake (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to…

  6. 6Rebecca

    Rebecca (1940)

    ★ 7.9/10Also mystery and romance

    Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips…

  7. 7The House of Fear

    The House of Fear (1945)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members…

  8. 8Frequencies

    Frequencies (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance and mystery

    The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.

  9. 9The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  10. 10Black Angel

    Black Angel (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.

  11. 11The Time Machine

    The Time Machine (1960)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller and romance

    A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

  12. 12Young and Innocent

    Young and Innocent (1937)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller and romance

    When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.

  13. 13Vertigo

    Vertigo (1958)

    ★ 8.1/10Also mystery and romance

    A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

  14. 14Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent (1940)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller and mystery

    American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a…

  15. 15The Moon-Spinners

    The Moon-Spinners (1964)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome. The coolness of the owner is only out-done by the surliness of her brother Stratos, recently…

  16. 16The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller and mystery

    London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the…

  17. 17A Blueprint for Murder

    A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that…

  18. 18Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller and mystery

    In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…

  19. 19Young Sherlock Holmes

    Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

    ★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thriller

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a…

  20. 20Dark Passage

    Dark Passage (1947)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

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