Movies like The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer (2010) is a thriller movie directed by Roman Polanski. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Mission: Impossible (1996)
★ 7.0 · 10,362 votes · Adventure, Action, Thriller
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
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2. The Beekeeper (2024)
★ 7.3 · 4,612 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
One man's campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as Beekeepers.
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3. Jack Reacher (2012)
★ 6.7 · 7,922 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. The interrogation yields one written note: 'Get Jack Reacher!'. Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears. So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
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4. The Gray Man (2022)
★ 6.9 · 4,514 votes · Action, Thriller
When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.
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5. A Working Man (2025)
★ 6.7 · 2,127 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.
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6. Kill the Messenger (2014)
★ 6.6 · 954 votes · Crime, Drama, Mystery
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.
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7. Spy Game (2001)
★ 6.9 · 2,465 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
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8. Patriot Games (1992)
★ 6.7 · 1,904 votes · Drama, Action, Thriller
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
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9. Layer Cake (2004)
★ 6.9 · 2,492 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
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10. The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)
★ 6.4 · 493 votes · Mystery, Thriller
A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
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11. The Parallax View (1974)
★ 6.8 · 395 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
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