Movies Like Operation Avalanche

If you liked Operation Avalanche (2016), a thriller and mystery movie directed by Matt Johnson, 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
Europa Report (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama
A crew travels to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, to investigate signs of life in its subsurface ocean, but disaster cuts them off from Earth, leading to a tense and dangerous exploration.
2
The Dyatlov Pass Incident (2013)
★ 6/10Also thriller and mystery
In February of 1959, nine Russian hikers ventured into a remote area of the Ural Mountains. Two weeks later, all of them were found dead. What happened is a mystery that has baffled investigators and researchers for…
3
Salt (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and…
4
Gorky Park (1983)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama
Police 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…
5
The X-Files (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thriller
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
6
American Made (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
7
All the Old Knives (2022)
★ 6/10Also thriller and mystery
When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.
8
Kill the Messenger (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
A 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…
9
Shimmer Lake (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama
Shot in reverse day-by-day through a week—a local sheriff embarks on a quest to unlock the mystery of three small-town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong.
10
The Commuter (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mystery
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
11
Amsterdam (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and comedy
In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
12
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
13
The Deadly Affair (1967)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have…
14
The Initiated (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and drama
Based on the novels by Colombian writer Mario Mendoza and on the character of detective Frank Molina, the filming of Los Initiados took place in Bogotá. In the saga of Frank Molina, which uses the books Lady Massacre…
15
Wasp Network (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller
Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro…
16
Inherent Vice (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mystery
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
17
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller
Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
18
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and…
19
Klute (1971)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and drama
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
20
Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama
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.