Movies like Spy 2023
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Spy (2023)
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Original name: స్పై
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A RAW agent is in search of his brother’s killer, unravels the connection between a notorious arms dealer and the hidden secrets of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, risking everything to protect India from impending chaos.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, tension, patriotic, twisted, dark
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, espionage, intelligence, national security, nuclear threat, investigation, political intrigue, patriotism, secrets, revenge, betrayal, undercover, arms dealer, assassination, legacy, cat and mouse, brotherhood, spy thriller, agent, death, mission
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Most similar movies to Spy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, dark and noir films with plots about moral ambiguity, betrayal, investigation, conspiracy, espionage, urban and cat and mouse mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Spy: Goodachari (2018), White Crow (2025), Agent (2023), Eagle (2024), Raktabeej 2 (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Gopi, is the son of an ex-RAW agent Raghuveer. Brought up by his uncle Sathya, he wants to be an agent just like his father and uncle. But Satya wants him to lead a normal life and not be killed like his father was. What happens in Gopi’s life ...
Style:
suspense, telegu, twisted, tense, dark ...
Plot:
spy, intelligence agency, espionage, conspiracy, national security, deception, revenge, surveillance, investigation, undercover, betrayal, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An alone and wounded spy is on the hunt for members of a dark agency he used to work for, White Crow. This will push his skills to their limit, and maybe uncover a dark and sinister conspiracy that could change the world as we know it.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, psychological, twisted ...
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, spy thriller, secret organization, rogue agent, espionage, cat and mouse, betrayal, investigation, paranoia, revenge, surveillance ...
Similarity:
93%
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Ramakrishna aka Ricky's only one goal in life is to be a RAW recruitee and undertake some Planet-saving mission. Mahadev, RAW head, ropes him in for the most important mission ever known and unknown to even the Prime Minister of India. Ricky ...
Style:
suspense, fast paced, tense, political thriller, masala
Plot:
spy, secret mission, espionage, national security, criminal syndicate, conspiracy, cat and mouse, terrorism, urban, betrayal, hand to hand combat, patriotism ...
Similarity:
87%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
A journalist pieces together the story of Eagle, a former professional sniper who falls in love with Rachana, and on a mission to redeem himself by working towards eradicating illegal arms from this world.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, intense, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
sniper, investigative journalism, secrets, investigation, assassin, journalist, assassination, criminal syndicate, character study, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, redemption ...
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Months after the failed assassination attempt on President Animesh Chatterjee, investigator Pankaj Sinha and SP Sanjukta Mitra uncover a deadly plot, Mission M2, led by Munir Alam.
Style:
tense, political thriller, suspense, twisted, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, investigation, assassination, political intrigue, police procedural, terrorism, national security, betrayal, corruption, mistrust, cat and mouse, urban ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A retired assassin is pulled back into action when his friend uncovers a dangerous conspiracy at the heart of the South African government.
Style:
tense, political thriller, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
conspiracy, investigation, spy thriller, spy, assassin, espionage, problem, criminal conspiracy, uncover truth, government conspiracy, crime investigation, assassination plot ...
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, Taiwan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.
Style:
tense, suspense, twisted, noir, neo noir
Plot:
undercover, secrets, betrayal, weekend getaway, urban, mature, espionage, conspiracy, revenge, identity, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse ...
Place:
taiwan, taipei, paris france, asia
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When an ex-CIA agent discovers his family have been kidnapped he sets out to rescue them, only to discover they are being held hostage and won't be released unless he carries out a mission to assassinate the President. He must use his advanced ...
Style:
suspense, tense, action thriller, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
assassination of president, conspiracy, spy, espionage, family in danger, hostage, kidnapping, assassination, frame up, special agent, scapegoat, assassination plot ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
An Indian army officer goes after the mastermind behind a terror attack that also resulted in personal loss to him.
Style:
tense, suspense, action packed, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorist, military, working undercover, undercover agent, fighting crime, criminal gang, organized crime, terrorist group, terrorist plot, counter terrorism, war on terror, terrorism ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Ex-special forces officer turned Private security bodyguard Arjun Varma, agrees to protect Central Environment Minister Adtiya Raj Bahadur while he’s in London for a Climate Change Conference at the UN. But a series of events force him to protect ...
Style:
action packed, tension, suspense, political, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bodyguard, danger, security, conspiracy, rescue mission, espionage, ex special forces, fight scenes, dangerous mission, cat and mouse, investigation, chase ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A programmer who's working with the secret EWS computer system at a military air force base is threaten by foreign agents, along with his family. His only chance of rescue seems to be the war veteran Haglund who is a leader of a special ...
Style:
action thriller, tension, tense, suspenseful, noir
Plot:
military, military base, danger, threat, espionage, surveillance, special forces, air force base, national security, computer hacking, family in danger, rescue mission ...
Similarity:
77%
156
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After Alicia Velorus' father is convicted as a communist spy, CIA asks her to prove her loyalty by getting close to her father's friend, who's a suspected arms dealer. In the meantime she and her CIA contact Devlin fall in love.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, noir, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
arms dealer, spy, spy thriller, cia, undercover, espionage, seduction, betrayal, female protagonist, deception, female spy, secret mission ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
75%
811
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Arjun aka Ramakrishna is a RAW marshall from Delhi who has a 100% success rate at nabbing terrorists. What happens when he makes enemies out of India's most wanted Ibrahim Qureshi and his son Sohail?
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense, action packed ...
Plot:
terrorism, spy thriller, spy, espionage, counter terrorism, problem, fight, war on terror, fighting crime, special agent, agent, terrorist ...
Place:
india, delhi
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Crime, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
In 1933, when Korea was under Japanese occupation, five people in Gyeongseong are suspected to be "Phantom" spies of the anti-Japanese organization.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
spy, independence movement, espionage, japanese occupation of korea, fight, spy mission, colony, betrayal, suspicion, patriotism, underground movement, political intrigue ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The Indian Government suspects that this is the work of some terrorists and assign this case to their best agent Gunmaster G-9 alias Gopinath, who takes charge and begins the investigation, that will lead him to the dark secret world of underground ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, detective, dark, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy, secret agent, investigation, conspiracy, government agent, mad scientist, biological warfare, female scientist, revenge, betrayal, terrorism, espionage ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
A once decorated member of the Special Anti-Terrorism Squad (SATS) is called back into action by his former colleagues for an important mission, setting him on a dangerous collision course with his own past.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, action packed, intense, fast paced ...
Plot:
spy thriller, revenge, special forces, redemption, espionage, urban, mature, betrayal, cat and mouse, determination, conspiracy, investigation ...
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A British secret agent takes up the job of solving a dark mystery. He is led into a web of love, deceit and betrayal. His success and failure can change the course of history.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
secret agent, deception, agent, secret, spy, espionage, british, investigation, special agent, relationships, love affair, spy thriller ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, london
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Suspended but unbroken, an NIA agent, an ACP, and a constable race against time to expose a deadly nexus of arms, espionage, and human weapon camps-fighting from the shadows against a faceless enemy.
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, fast paced, political thriller ...
Plot:
conspiracy, espionage, national security, intelligence agency, corruption, law enforcement, investigation, undercover, human experiment, surveillance, cat and mouse, sacrifice ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An assassin hunts and tortures his old predecessor in the basement of his European home, only to reveal the lies and corruption of their international hitman agency by taking a journey through the manipulations of the old man's past.
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, crime drama, intense ...
Plot:
hitman, assassin, revenge, conspiracy, betrayal, love, murder, corruption, interrogation, spy thriller, torture, violent ...
Similarity:
70%
109
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film tells the female agent Ameera after a failed mission, private life crisis, conspiracy, and attempt to create organizational struggle Resident Evil dark story found during the processing of personal crisis.
Style:
dark, tense, intense, suspense, noir
Plot:
conspiracy, female protagonist, female agent, betrayal, espionage, moral ambiguity, spy thriller, identity crisis, corruption, survival, resilience, investigation ...
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Aditya, the son of a terminally ill businessman, discovers that his father has lost all his wealth to a swindler. Seeking revenge for this crime, he travels to London.
Style:
tension, suspense, twisted, intense, fast paced ...
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, cat and mouse, power struggle, fraud, con men, conspiracy, strategy, urban, moral ambiguity, investigation, terminal illness ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Movie MARTIN is a Suspense Thriller which is new experiment in the Konkani film industry. "It's a story about a person who comes to Goa after 8 years, and how his life turns upside down is the crux of the movie.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tension, experimental, tense ...
Plot:
secrets, revenge, homecoming, conflict, slow burn, mature, identity, mistrust, betrayal, small town, moral ambiguity, loss ...
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Kichu takes up an assignment to befriend a gangster David, who has lost his memories to learn about a valuable gold shipment that has gone missing. Will Kichu pull off the task, or end up waking the monster in the gangster?
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
friend, job, friends, two friends, male protagonist, job offer, male male relationship, job seeking, relationships, friendship, friendship between men, amnesia ...
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
A Special Protection Group officer has to identify the threat to the prime minister, who he is protecting, and also the nation.
Style:
political thriller, patriotic, action drama, heroic, fast paced ...
Plot:
assassination, bodyguard, prime minister, national security, politics, combat, conspiracy, espionage, government, loyalty, terrorism, investigation ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Enrique Chacon kills Oscar Romero, a Catholic archbishop in San Salvador. The CIA calls a special agent, Malko Linge, a ruined prince who lives with an expensive woman - Countess Alexandra - to get rid of this nuisance of a man. He does, with many ...
Style:
suspense, tense, tropical, action drama, neo noir ...
Plot:
covert operation, espionage, assassin, spy thriller, cia agent, assassination, political intrigue, secret mission, moral ambiguity, black ops, spy, femme fatale ...
Time:
80s
Place:
central america
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An ex-Interpol officer wreaks havoc and sends shock waves across the global underworld but goes missing in action, only to remerge years later, for his beloved family.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
officer, male female relationship, battles, relationships, fight, gang, fighting crime, mysterious disappearance, criminal, bandit, revenge, espionage ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Aadhi, A troubled young man who desperately in need of money crosses path a self-centric police officer Maithreyan, during a theft. They both get involved in an idol smuggling and face the repercussions.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, tense, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, anti hero, betrayal, police corruption, corrupt cop, black market, ethical dilemma, revenge, investigation, violence, murder mystery, guilt ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four canisters of deadly VX nerve gas have fallen into the hands of an international arms dealer in Myanmar. A CIA recruit delivers a high-tech detection device to an agent already on the ground.
Style:
action thriller, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
martial arts, undercover agent, covert operation, spy thriller, espionage, cia, agent, undercover police officer, battles, swashbuckler, working undercover, arms dealer ...
Place:
southeast asia
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
Colonel Peter Stride is on the trail of a mysterious international criminal known only as Caliph.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, action packed, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, espionage, manhunt, justice, military, betrayal, intelligence agency, cat and mouse, chase, cavalry, operative, urban ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A weathered CIA agent is thrown into a web of deception when he uncovers a rogue government plot to unleash a deadly drug on humanity.
Style:
suspense, tension, political thriller, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
agent, conspiracy, cia agent, political conspiracy, organized crime, fighting crime, evil plot, plan, drug, spy thriller, cover up, espionage ...
Similarity:
64%
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