Movies Like Q Planes
If you liked Q Planes (1939), a thriller and mystery movie directed by Tim Whelan and Arthur B. Woods, 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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Firefox (1982)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerThe Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam…
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Chief of Station (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerAfter 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…
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No Highway in the Sky (1951)
★ 7/10Also thrillerJames Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a…
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Foreign Correspondent (1940)
★ 7/10Also thriller and mysteryAmerican 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…
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The Hindenburg (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerColonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard…
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and mysteryAn American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
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North by Northwest (1959)
★ 8/10Also thrillerAdvertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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A Shot in the Dark (1964)
★ 7.2/10Also mysteryInspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles…
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Get Smart (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerWhen 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…
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The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerBased on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and mysteryIn 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
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Song of the Thin Man (1947)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryWhile attending a glamorous jazz cruise on New York’s East River, Nick and Nora Charles witness the fatal shooting of a wealthy patron. When suspicion falls on a young bandleader and his musicians, the couple steps in…
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Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerAn airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
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Airport (1970)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerAn airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.
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The Interview (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also mysteryA duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted?
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The Fast and the Fierce (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerWhen terrorists plant a bomb on a commercial flight, the passengers aboard the plane must fight to keep the plane in the air and all the passengers alive: the bomb is rigged to detonate whenever the plane dips below…
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Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also mystery and thrillerWhen disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new friend called Astrid, can he stop the Christmas inferno?
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
★ 7.1/10Also mysteryHoping for a peaceful visit with his parents in the small town of Sycamore Springs, Nick Charles and his wife Nora soon find themselves surrounded by old rivalries, family tensions, and a mysterious murder. Nick’s…
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A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
★ 7.7/10Also mysteryAfter being forced into early retirement, former detective Jeff Jackson returns to a quiet life on Martha's Vineyard. Quiet, at least, until a body washes up and he's drawn back into crime solving.
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Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerAfter a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.