Reconnaissance movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant reconnaissance movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, realistic and exciting films and TV shows about / with reconnaissance, espionage, spy, betrayal, prospector, military, danger, soldier, secret agent and murder plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and War genres shot in USA, Russia, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as reconnaissance: Yosi, The Regretful Spy (2022), Kandahar (2023), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), Call Sign Banderas (2018), Badaber Fortress (2018), Rampage: President Down (2016), Hero (2019), Slow Horses (2022), Kiss of the Dragon (2001), The Courier (2020).
Best films
New films
| Malibu Road (2021) | 4.0 | |
| Tasian (2025) | 7.1 | |
| First Signal (2021) | 3.3 | |
| Natural Light (2021) | 5.9 | |
| 1978 (2024) | 4.9 |
List of reconnaissance movies
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 367 min.
TV show
Story:
An Argentinean intelligence agent infiltrates the Jewish community to gather information that is then allegedly used to perpetrate two of the worst terrorist attacks in Latin American history, leaving over 100 dead.
Style:
suspense, captivating, realistic, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
reconnaissance, terrorist, terrorism, undercover agent, prospector, torture, male protagonist, special agent, secret agent, organized crime, terrorist bombing, fighting crime ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 90s
Place:
israel, paraguay, argentina, egypt, patagonia
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46K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, independent film ...
Plot:
cia agent, taliban, covert operation, stranded, mission, undercover agent, behind enemy lines, undercover, reconnaissance, cia, translator, dangerous mission ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
langley virginia, iran, dubai, middle east, pakistan ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
sniper, military, behind enemy lines, survival, courage, fighter pilot, combat, u.s. navy, reconnaissance, war crime, fighter plane, rescue ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, year 1995, 21st century
Place:
bosnia, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the autumn of 2014, in the ATO zone, an intelligence group headed by experienced captain Anton Saienko (called by nickname "Banderas") tries to prevent sabotage and neutralize the Russian saboteur.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense
Plot:
counter intelligence, reconnaissance, war, terror, wartime, terrorism, soldier, social problems, prospector, diversion, fight, military ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
Place:
ukraine, russia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Afghanistan, spring of the 1985th.
Style:
breathtaking, compassionate, thought provoking, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prospector, reconnaissance, torture, soviet afghanistan war, weapons, soldier, danger, war, team, murder, saving a life, heroes ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
ussr, afghanistan
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bill Williamson is back, alive and well and doing a recon mission around D.C. This time he wants to cause a major population disruption within the USA which result in devastating consequences reverberating throughout the world. His new mission this ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, political thriller ...
Plot:
reconnaissance, terrorist, fbi, massacre, mission, serial killer, assassination, police, fbi agent, special agent, gunfight, murder ...
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The story is centered on the story of Andrei, who was trained in the special school of the Foreign Intelligence Service 15 years ago, where teenagers were trained from adolescents. In the early 2000s, the project was closed, and the main character ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, intense
Plot:
sting operation, secret agent, shooting, gunfight, father son relationship, chase, betrayal, pursuit, fleeing, male friendship, patriotism, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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142K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
This quick-witted spy drama follows a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, funny, dark comedy ...
Plot:
espionage, team, reconnaissance, secret agent, cia agent, crime investigation, british intelligence, misfit, prospector, spy thriller, agent, spy ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
united kingdom, england, london, britain
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
Style:
intense, stylized, rough, suspenseful, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, police corruption, kung fu, reconnaissance, asian man white woman relationship, conspiracy, heroin, murder, one man army, fight, one against many, framed for murder ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, hong kong, china
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, powerful, action drama ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, russian spy, cuban missile crisis, counter intelligence, husband wife sex, cold war era, agent, prospector, spy hero, reconnaissance, politics ...
Time:
2020s, 1950s, 60s, year 1962, year 1964 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, cuba, langley virginia, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Action
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
He teaches mathematics and she teaches biology. The only thing they have in common is their brilliance: they both speak several languages fluently, have a command of the latest technology, know how to use all kinds of weapons and are trained in the ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, entertaining, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
black ops, secret service, spy, double life, espionage, escapades, danger, undercover agent, transformation, chase, secret agent, investigation ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, manly, kids ...
Plot:
world war two, prison, prisoner, soldier, pow, freedom, prison escape, nazi, chase, war, capture, courage ...
Time:
1940s, year 1963, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
germany, america, europe, switzerland, alps ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, Latvia, France, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Sub-Lieutenant in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
prospector, reconnaissance, soldier, partisan, realism, eastern front, military, military officer, fight for supremacy, ambush, war, struggle for survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Russian paratroopers company meets superior forces of Chechen separatists during raid in mountains and accept uphill battle with no chance to survive. Based on Battle for Height 776.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense
Plot:
reconnaissance, russian soldier, soldier, paratrooper, wartime life, terrorist attack, commando mission, showdown, combat, mission, fight, struggle for survival ...
Place:
chechnya, caucasus
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of a reluctant teen spy on his missions to save the world.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, light, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
intelligence agency, child spy, spy hero, heroic mission, agent, teen superhero, espionage, boarding school, mission, teenager, spy, spy mission ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
london
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, romantic, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
secret agent, hitman, spy, secret identity, secret service, couples, battle of the sexes, cia, strong female lead, female killer, tough girl, female assassin ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iran, italy, coney island brooklyn new york city, new york ...
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Genre: War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
"War intelligence service: Northern Front" is a prequel to the Season 1. It tells us about the formation of the crew of scouts and illustrates its actions on the Northern Front before the beginning of the Finnish war and during it. They ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
military, reconnaissance, prospector, heroism, revenge, battlefield, courage, espionage, battles, social relations, wartime, war hero ...
Time:
1940s
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of Soviet spies performs missions of special importance during World War II.
Style:
captivating, tense, tension, suspense, patriotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
espionage, reconnaissance, love triangle, world war two, counter intelligence, spy, spy mission, relationships, wartime, male female relationship, military, soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, germany
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
After a defector is murdered, British agent Fielding Scott is assigned to track down a mole in his own ranks in 1961 Berlin. His investigation leads him into a deadly web of crime, betrayal and paranoia. Who can Scott trust in the city of spies?
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, counter intelligence, cold war, secret agent, government agent, spy mission, secret mission, betrayal, spy thriller, special agent, mission ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set in 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend ...
Style:
sexy, bleak, realistic, scenic, christmas classics ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, world war, military, innocence lost, friendship, violence, tragedy, great war, friendly fire, cold, surrender ...
Time:
1940s, year 1992, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe, poland
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story:
Somewhere in the Middle East, undercover agent Victor Bystroletov arrives in one of the oil kingdoms posing as an international journalist. His true goal is to contact a former terrorist named Javad. It has been several years since the holy warrior ...
Style:
tense, captivating, tension, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prospector, reconnaissance, terrorism, terrorist, spy thriller, espionage, behind enemy lines, gang, criminal, special agent, criminal gang, secret agent ...
Place:
middle east, russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, Egypt, France, Morocco, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Russian spy in England, Alex Wilkie, is tasked with infiltrating American intelligence and identifying a mole – our intelligence officer, who transmits intelligence information to the enemy. The hero is forced to overcome incredible obstacles ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, realistic, noir
Plot:
spy, counter intelligence, espionage, russian spy, blackmail, infiltration, soviet spy, spy mission, secret service, secret mission, prospector, top secret ...
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, switzerland, morocco
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralised, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous ...
Style:
freeze frame, political, cult classic, brutal, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, eastern front, military, soldier, war, battlefield, german army, anti war, wehrmacht, nazi, blood ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
bolivia, germany, siberia, france, russia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Lurk is a 2009 Chinese television series based on a spy novel. The series is directed by Jiang Wei.
Style:
tension, captivating, tense, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, reconnaissance, secret service agent, special agent, undercover, secret agent, husband wife relationship, family relations, federal agent, family secret, prospector ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china
Is relevant?
92K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.
Style:
suspense, political, rough, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
strong female lead, strong female character, female soldier, military, soldier, basic training, army, fighting the system, female protagonist, feminism, female leader, officers and cadets ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
libya, middle east, usa, israel
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Moldavia, 1944. An elite squad of Red Army scouts is sent to stop an equally elite squad of Germans soldiers committing war crimes behind Soviet lines.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, rough, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, war crime, reconnaissance, behind enemy lines, battles, great patriotic war, military, heroic mission, danger, anti nazi, soviet army, eastern front ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ukraine, crimea, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A story about a heroic nurse working for Soviet Intelligence during and after WWII.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, melancholic, medical drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
reconnaissance, female protagonist, world war two, sacrifice, patriotism, resilience, espionage, courage, post war, survival, political intrigue, spy thriller ...
Place:
eastern europe, kiev ukraine, soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, thrilling ...
Plot:
mission, military, ex military, veteran, betrayal, fight, soldier, murder, wound, hunted, flashback, reconnaissance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, atlanta georgia
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Infiltrating a criminal empire, undercover agent Tea becomes torn between her mission and a desire to help the ringleader's girlfriend escape.
Style:
crime drama, tense, psychological thriller, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, undercover, criminal organization, reconnaissance, espionage, deception, double life, female protagonist, betrayal, moral ambiguity, manipulation, danger ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, danger, war, anti war, escapades, mission, world war, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
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