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Movies Like The Debrief

If you liked The Debrief, a drama and thriller movie directed by Dan Binns, 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. 1The Operative

    The Operative (2019)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller

    A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.

  2. 2The House on Carroll Street

    The House on Carroll Street (1988)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller

    A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house…

  3. 3Kill 'em All 2

    Kill 'em All 2 (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Phillip and Suzanne are retired from the spy game, living peacefully off the grid. That's until their whereabouts are discovered by Vlad, the vengeful brother of their target from the first film.

  4. 4Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    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…

  5. 5Shadow Force

    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…

  6. 6Sniper: The Last Stand

    Sniper: The Last Stand (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10Also 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…

  7. 7Weekend in Taipei

    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.

  8. 8Kandahar

    Kandahar (2023)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding…

  9. 9Blacklight

    Blacklight (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of…

  10. 10The Good Neighbor

    The Good Neighbor (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama

    A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and…

  11. 11The Courier

    The Courier (2020)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller and drama

    Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  12. 12Rogue Agent

    Rogue Agent (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama

    Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

  13. 13The Hummingbird Project

    The Hummingbird Project (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.

  14. 14The Quiller Memorandum

    The Quiller Memorandum (1966)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama

    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.

  15. 15Light It Up

    Light It Up (1999)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller

    On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.

  16. 16Tyler Perry's Duplicity

    Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama

    High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…

  17. 17Chatroom

    Chatroom (2010)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller

    When strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. But beneath the surface lies a much darker truth…

  18. 18Take Cover

    Take Cover (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    A burned-out professional sniper finds himself trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a lethal competitor and must find a way to survive and escape with little to no cover between him and the killer.

  19. 19Dangerous

    Dangerous (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…

  20. 20War

    War (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a…

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