Movies Like The Tender Trap of Espionage

If you liked The Tender Trap of Espionage (1960), a thriller movie directed by Lo Wei, 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
The Message (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
After a series of assassinations in Nanking, a Japanese spy master gathers a group of suspects in a mansion, then a tense cat-and-mouse game erupts as the Chinese agent tries to keep his or her identity a secret.
2
Weekend in Taipei (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.
3
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners…
4
Shanghai (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a…
5
Telefon (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hypnosis, so they can't remember their…
6
The Courier (2020)
★ 7/10Also thriller
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
7
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…
8
The Shadow's Edge (2025)
★ 8.4/10Also thriller
Macau Police brings the tracking expert police officer out of retirement to help catch a dangerous group of professional thieves.
9
Spy Game (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid…
10
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
11
Sniper: The Last Stand (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
To stop an arms dealer from unleashing a deadly superweapon, Ace sniper Brandon Beckett and Agent Zero are deployed to Costa Verde to lead a group of elite soldiers against an unrelenting militia. Taking an untested…
12
Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
When an international terrorist cult threatens global political stability and kidnaps a fellow agent, Ace Sniper Brandon Beckett and the newly-formed Global Response & Intelligence Team – or G.R.I.T. – led by Colonel…
13
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the…
14
Die Another Day (2002)
★ 6/10Also thriller
James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.
15
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country…
16
Inheritance (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
When Maya learns her father Sam was once a spy, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an international conspiracy. As she seeks answers, Maya herself becomes a target and must quickly learn the skills of her…
17
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
18
Sniper: No Nation (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
Brandon Beckett and Agent Zero lead a rescue mission in Costa Verde when their friends are taken hostage.
19
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller
When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.
20
Shadow Force (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
Kyrah and Isaac were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on…