Movies like The Insider: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Insider (1999) — a drama and thriller film directed by Michael Mann — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Insider most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like newspaper, research and politics. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Kill the Messenger 2014★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nothing but the Truth 2008★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Thriller
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Tyler Perry's Duplicity 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Thriller, 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 private investigator – Marley’s search for what really happened leads her down a treacherous maze of deception and betrayal.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Operative 2019★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Crush 1993★ 6.7
Shares: Thriller, Drama
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Closet Land 1991★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire movie takes place in one room, with only the two actors. The movie is set in an unidentified, modern police state.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Experiment 2010★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Drama
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Enemy of the State 1998★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Thriller
When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is framed for the murder. With the help of the mysterious Brill, Dean attempts to throw the NSA off his trail and prove his innocence.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Relay 2025★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Palmetto 1998★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller
After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying millionaire). He discovers that he is being set up on multiple levels and will soon face a longer sentence if he doesn't prove the truth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Target Number One 2020★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller
Ex heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When the deal goes sour, Daniel gets thrown into a Thai prison and slapped with a 100-year sentence. While he tries to survive his Bangkok incarceration, the news of his conviction captures the attention of Globe and Mail journalist Victor Malarek, who decides to go after the shady undercover cops responsible for wrongly accusing Daniel.
Stream in India on Vrott Amazon Channel
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The Infiltrator 2016★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Neverwas 2005★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Thriller
Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson, spent many years of his life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Crisis 2021★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller, Drama
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new "non-addictive" painkiller to market.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Hummingbird Project 2019★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller, 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nightcrawler 2014★ 7.7
Shares: Drama, Thriller
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Public Eye 1992★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Light It Up 1999★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Canary Black 2024★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller
Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the kidnappers want.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Report 2019★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads