Movies Like The Sum of All Fears
If you liked The Sum of All Fears (2002), a thriller and action movie directed by Phil Alden Robinson, 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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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also action and dramaJack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
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Clear and Present Danger (1994)
★ 6.6/10Also action and dramaAgent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts…
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The Amateur (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and actionAfter his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
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The Courier (2020)
★ 7/10Also thriller and dramaCold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
★ 7.4/10Also action and thrillerA new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst…
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Fail Safe (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and thrillerCold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
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The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and dramaThe true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
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Chief of Station (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also action and 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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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also action and thrillerEthan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to…
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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also action and dramaBourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a…
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Bridge of Spies (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and dramaDuring the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a…
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WarGames (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thrillerHigh school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and…
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Mission: Impossible III (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerRetired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as…
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Breach (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerEric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned…
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Topaz (1969)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerCopenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.
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The Andromeda Strain (1971)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and dramaWhen virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent…
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Tenet (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also action and thrillerArmed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real…
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Fair Game (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thrillerA devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crumbles, she must navigate the fallout of her…
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You Only Live Twice (1967)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thrillerA mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
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All the President's Men (1976)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and thrillerDuring the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.