Movies Like Snowden

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Serpico

1973·2h 10m·★ 7.7·Sidney Lumet

4 shared themes: idealist, fighting the system, idealism...Fans also likedCrime & Drama & History

Risk

2017·1h 31m·★ 6.3·Laura Poitras

4 shared themes: surveillance state, mass surveillance, national security agency (nsa)...Fans also liked

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

2013·2h 7m·★ 6.9·Alex Gibney

Themes: national security agency (nsa), investigative journalismFans also liked

Winner

2024·1h 43m·★ 6.5·Susanna Fogel

Themes: national security agency (nsa), whistleblowerFans also liked

Paths of Glory

1957·1h 28m·★ 8.4·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: idealist, fighting the system, idealism

Official Secrets

2019·1h 52m·★ 7.3·Gavin Hood

Fans also likedThriller & History & DramaStarring Rhys Ifans

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962·2h 27m·★ 7.8·John Frankenheimer

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime & History

The Most Hated Woman in America

2017·1h 31m·★ 6.1·Tommy O'Haver

Fans also likedStarring Melissa LeoCrime & Drama

I Swear

2025·2h 1m·★ 8.4·Kirk Jones

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

WarGames

1983·1h 54m·★ 7.1·John Badham

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

The China Syndrome

1979·2h 2m·★ 7.4·James Bridges

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

The Courier

2020·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Dominic Cooke

Fans also likedThriller & History & Drama

Breach

2007·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Billy Ray

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller & Crime & History

Kill the Messenger

2014·1h 52m·★ 6.9·Michael Cuesta

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller & History

The Angel

2018·1h 54m·★ 6.7·Ariel Vromen

Fans also likedDrama & History & Thriller

In Too Deep

1999·1h 35m·★ 6.2·Michael Rymer

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller & Crime

J. Edgar

2011·2h 17m·★ 6.5·Clint Eastwood

Fans also likedDrama & Crime & History

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

2017·1h 43m·★ 6.4·Peter Landesman

Fans also likedDrama & History & Thriller

How Good Is Snowden?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.

Where to Watch Snowden

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