Torn Curtain (1966)

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.

Genres: Thriller

What to watch after Torn Curtain

• Secret Agent (1936) — Alfred Hitchcock directed both
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) — Same feel: suspenseful, tense
• Stage Fright (1950) — Same feel: suspenseful, tense
• The MacKintosh Man (1973) — Paul Newman appears in both
• The Prize (1963)
• The Drowning Pool (1975) — Same feel: suspenseful, tense