Movies like 23: 20 to watch next
If you loved 23 (1998) — a drama and thriller film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of 23 most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like computer, hacker and court case. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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WarGames 1983★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Thriller
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Lives of Others 2006★ 8.0
Shares: Drama, Thriller
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Courier 2020★ 7.0
Shares: Thriller, Drama
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Stream in India on Zee5, Bookmyshow
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Ministry of Fear 1944★ 6.9
Shares: Thriller
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Falcon and the Snowman 1985★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Drama
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Minority Report 2002★ 7.4
Shares: Thriller
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Bridge of Spies 2015★ 7.2
Shares: Thriller, Drama
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 CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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THX 1138 1971★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Three Days of the Condor 1975★ 7.3
Shares: 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Sum of All Fears 2002★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Drama
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 young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Last Execution 2021★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Thriller
The ambitious scientist Franz Walter doesn't hesitate when he is promised a professorship at the university. He immediately accepts, pledges absolute loyalty to the system and agrees to work for the GDR's foreign intelligence service until he can take up his new position. Together with his colleague Dirk, he is sent on foreign assignments to West Germany. Franz soon has to use blackmail to get innocent people to talk. But his superiors go even further: GDR refugees and their relatives are targeted to be psychologically destroyed, forged letters, medical diagnoses, surveillance and wiretapping are on the agenda. However, this is more than Franz can bear: he feels powerless and increasingly isolates himself. When he then decides to steal secret documents for a later defection to the West, this results in an unfortunate chain reaction leading to his arrest and ultimately to his execution...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Eye of the Needle 1981★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Thriller
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Little Nikita 1988★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Thriller
An FBI agent works to uncover an all-American family as Soviet sleeper agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their oblivious teenage son.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011★ 7.1
Shares: Thriller
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
Stream in India on Netflix, JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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A Most Wanted Man 2014★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential terrorists.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Paycheck 2003★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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M 1931★ 8.1
Shares: Drama, Thriller
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta, Plex
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 2014★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Thriller
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Amateur 2025★ 6.9
Shares: 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.
Stream in India on JioHotstar