Movies Like The Lady Vanishes

If you liked The Lady Vanishes (1938), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 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 Lady Vanishes (1979)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thriller
On the eve of World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly travels by train to Switzerland. While passing through Germany, she meets a sweet elderly lady, who suddenly vanishes. Distraught, she questions her fellow…
2
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and mystery
An 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.
3
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thriller
Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.
4
Murder at the Embassy (2025)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thriller
Private detective Miranda Green investigates a murder perpetrated in the British Embassy in Cairo, where a top secret document was stolen, risking to jeopardize both Buckingham Palace and the peace of the world.
5
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
★ 6/10Also mystery
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
6
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…
7
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and mystery
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.
8
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.
9
Arabesque (1966)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery
When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information…
10
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…
11
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
Retired 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…
12
Charade (1963)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery
After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three…
13
The Amateur (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
After 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.
14
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thriller
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.
15
Agatha (1979)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
16
Murder She Said (1961)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
17
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
18
The Third Man (1949)
★ 7.9/10Also thriller and mystery
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a…
19
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…
20
Live and Let Die (1973)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.