Casablanca (1942)
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
Director: Michael Curtiz
This wartime romance is probably Bergman's best-loved appearance.

Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Starring: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Less romantic Hitchcock thriller focuses on international espionage.

Rebecca (1940)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Romantic, chilling Hitchcock thriller with more Gothic ambiance.

Suspicion (1941)
Starring: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Similar threatened-wife plot, minus the political backdrop.

The Third Man (1949)
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles
Director: Carol Reed
Equally well-paced, romantic thriller set in post-WWII Europe.

Creative Movie Matches

Eye of the Needle (1981)
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan
Director: Richard Marquand
Well-crafted WWII thriller features similar international intrigues.

No Way Out (1987)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman
Director: Roger Donaldson
Sexier, similarly suspenseful international intrigue thriller.

Vertigo (1958)
Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Classic tale of obsession is fine example of later Hitchcock.