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Movies Like The House of a Thousand Candles

If you liked The House of a Thousand Candles (1936), a action movie directed by Arthur Lubin, 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. 1Batman

    Batman (1943)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and…

  2. 2Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    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…

  3. 3Our Man Flint

    Our Man Flint (1966)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action

    When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.

  4. 4Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite

    Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    It's been ten years since the creation of the Great Truce, an elaborate joint-species surveillance system designed and monitored by cats and dogs to keep the peace when conflicts arise. But when a tech-savvy villain…

  5. 5Beckman

    Beckman (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    A contract killer, becomes the reverend of a LA church, until a cult leader and his minions kidnap his daughter. Blinded by vengeance, he cuts a bloody path across the city. The only thing that can stop him is his…

  6. 6Johnny English Strikes Again

    Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep…

  7. 7Airborne

    Airborne (1993)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    Good-natured teen surfer Mitchell Goosen finds himself staying with his aunt and uncle in Cincinnati, Ohio when his parents head to Australia for work. There he meets his cousin, Wiley, and together they try to…

  8. 8Get Smart

    Get Smart (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief has to promote hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field…

  9. 9Johnny English

    Johnny English (2003)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    A lowly pencil pusher working for MI7, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When a billionaire entrepreneur sponsors the…

  10. 10Secret Society of Second-Born Royals

    Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    A rebellious teenage princess discovers she has superhuman abilities and joins a secret society of extraordinary second-born royals tasked with protecting the world.

  11. 11Sahara

    Sahara (1983)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action

    Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara…

  12. 12See Spot Run

    See Spot Run (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible…

  13. 13Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent (1940)

    ★ 7/10Also action

    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…

  14. 14Double Threat

    Double Threat (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    With ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother's ashes.

  15. 15No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

  16. 16The Living Daylights

    The Living Daylights (1987)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union…

  17. 17The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp (1950)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also…

  18. 18Mythica: A Quest for Heroes

    Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action

    Stuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets the beautiful priestess Teela in need of help, she offers her assistance and provides a motley troupe. Together they go in…

  19. 19Born to Race: Fast Track

    Born to Race: Fast Track (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action

    Danny Krueger is a twenty-year old drag racer who plays by his own rules. After winning a scholarship to the prestigious Fast Lane Racing Academy, Danny finds himself competing against some of the fiercest young…

  20. 20Kill Shot

    Kill Shot (2023)

    ★ 8/10Also action

    Posing as hunters, a group of terrorists are in search of $100 million that was stolen and lost in a plane crash en route from Afghanistan.

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