Movies Like Innocent Bystanders

If you liked Innocent Bystanders (1972), a action and thriller movie directed by Peter Collinson, 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
Back in Action (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also action
Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown.
2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also action
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo…
3
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.
4
Bridge of Spies (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller
During 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…
5
My Spy (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also action
A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
6
The Amateur (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and action
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.
7
xXx (2002)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an…
8
The Saint (1997)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and action
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its…
9
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and action
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a…
10
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
11
Gemini Man (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…
12
The Union (2024)
★ 6/10Also action
A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission.
13
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.
14
Barbarosa (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also action
Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger…
15
Heart of Stone (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller
An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable — and dangerous — weapon.
16
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
★ 7.4/10Also action and thriller
A 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…
17
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
★ 7.3/10Also action and thriller
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who…
18
Stormageddon (2015)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human…
19
Blacklight (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also action and 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…
20
Knight and Day (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also action
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with…