Movies like The 39 Steps: 20 to watch next
If you loved The 39 Steps (1935) — a mystery and thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The 39 Steps most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like london, england, based on novel or book and scotland. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Sherlock Holmes 2009★ 7.2
Shares: Mystery
Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Gaslight 1944★ 7.5
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Stream in India on Plex
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Blackmail 1929★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
Stream in India on Artiflix, JustWatch TV Beta, Plex
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Midnight Lace 1960★ 6.6
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Verdict 1946★ 6.5
Shares: Mystery
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The List of Adrian Messenger 1963★ 6.7
Shares: Mystery, 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Young and Innocent 1937★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ministry of Fear 1944★ 6.9
Shares: Mystery, 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 Mask of Dimitrios 1944★ 7.1
Shares: Mystery
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Marlowe 1969★ 6.1
Shares: Mystery
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars, and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Live and Let Die 1973★ 6.5
Shares: 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.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 2014★ 6.1
Shares: 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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Foreign Correspondent 1940★ 7.0
Shares: Thriller, 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 beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Force of Nature: The Dry 2 2024★ 6.3
Shares: Mystery, 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 finding their whistle-blowing informant, Alice Russell, alive.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The House on Telegraph Hill 1951★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.
Stream in India on Plex
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While the City Sleeps 1956★ 6.9
Shares: Thriller
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Agatha 1979★ 6.1
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Brannigan 1975★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller
A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings American law to the people of Scotland Yard but has to contend with a stuffy old London first.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Red Joan 2018★ 6.6
Shares: Thriller
London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Bourne Ultimatum 2007★ 7.4
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now