Movies Like The Recruit

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

Salt

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Minority Report

2002·2h 25m·★ 7.6·Steven Spielberg

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Armageddon

1998·2h 31m·★ 6.7·Michael Bay

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Three Days of the Condor

1975·1h 57m·★ 7.4·Sydney Pollack

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1973·1h 54m·★ 6.4·Michael Winner

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Mile 22

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Sicario

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The November Man

2014·1h 48m·★ 6.3·Roger Donaldson

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Predator

1987·1h 47m·★ 7.8·John McTiernan

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1982·1h 53m·★ 7.7·Nicholas Meyer

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Dhurandhar: The Revenge

2026·3h 49m·★ 8.3·Aditya Dhar

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The Spy Who Loved Me

1977·2h 5m·★ 7.0·Lewis Gilbert

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Live and Let Die

1973·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Guy Hamilton

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Tomorrow Never Dies

1997·1h 59m·★ 6.5·Roger Spottiswoode

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Two-Minute Warning

1976·1h 55m·★ 6.2·Larry Peerce

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The Usual Suspects

1995·1h 46m·★ 8.5·Bryan Singer

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North by Northwest

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