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Movies that feel likeAll the President's Men (1976)

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

If you loved All the President's Men, the closest films we have are Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Name of the Rose (1986) and The Firm (1993). All three share All the President's Men's contemplative and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Le Corbeau (1943).

πŸ… 95% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Alan J. Pakulacontemplativetwistytense
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Murder on the Orient Express
1974 Β· dir. Sidney Lumet
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.2drama Β· thriller Β· mystery

Both land stillness and twists at once

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

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The Name of the Rose
1986 Β· dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
πŸ… 74%β˜… 7.7drama Β· thriller Β· mysteryPrime Video

Drama built on tension, twice over

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.

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The Firm
1993 Β· dir. Sydney Pollack
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.9drama Β· mystery Β· thrillerMaxParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: fbi

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

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Joint Security Area
2000 Β· dir. Park Chan-wook
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.7drama Β· thriller Β· mystery

Contemplative mystery, and it commits to that

The difference: 24 years apart, and the 2000s show

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The lead investigator (Lee Young-ae) receives differing accounts from the two sides.

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The Ghost Writer
2010 Β· dir. Roman Polanski
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.2thriller Β· mysteryPrime VideoStarz

Common ground: politics

The difference: Trades the stillness of All the President's Men for an angle of its own

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

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Le Corbeau
1943 Β· dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8mystery Β· drama Β· thriller

Thriller with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets.

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Blow-Up
1966 Β· dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4drama Β· mystery Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: burglar

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.

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Kahaani
2012 Β· dir. Sujoy Ghosh
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.1mystery Β· thriller

Both lean on tension more than on mystery

Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.

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The Hidden Face
2011 Β· dir. AndrΓ©s Baiz
β˜… 7.3thriller Β· mystery

Twisty thriller in both cases

A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.

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Saboteur
1942 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· mystery

Another one that scratches it

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 Β· dir. Tomas Alfredson
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7drama Β· thriller Β· mystery

Contemplative drama in both cases

George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.

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Exam
2009 Β· dir. Stuart Hazeldine
πŸ… 61%β˜… 6.7thriller Β· mystery

The mystery is handled with the same confidence

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, where an armed guard keeps watch, they are given 80 minutes to answer one simple question.

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