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Movies Like Circle of Danger

If you liked Circle of Danger (1951), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Jacques Tourneur, 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. 1No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    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.

  2. 2Force of Nature: The Dry 2

    Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery and thriller

    When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of…

  3. 3Black Widow

    Black Widow (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…

  4. 4Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  5. 5Cornered

    Cornered (1945)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.

  6. 6Oscar Shaw

    Oscar Shaw (2026)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…

  7. 7The 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.

  8. 8The Quiller Memorandum

    The Quiller Memorandum (1966)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

  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. 10The 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.

  11. 11Brand Upon the Brain!

    Brand Upon the Brain! (2007)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery

    After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

  12. 12Foreign 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…

  13. 13Footsteps in the Fog

    Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

  14. 14Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street (1953)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…

  15. 15The Blue Gardenia

    The Blue Gardenia (1953)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery

    Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…

  16. 16Shadow of the Thin Man

    Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

    ★ 7/10Also mystery

    While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of…

  17. 17The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp (1950)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    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. 18Murder Most Foul

    Murder Most Foul (1964)

    ★ 7.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.

  19. 19The MacKintosh Man

    The MacKintosh Man (1973)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out…

  20. 20Song of the Thin Man

    Song of the Thin Man (1947)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery

    While 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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