British intelligence movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant british intelligence movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, tense, realistic, suspense, serious and exciting films and TV shows about / with british intelligence, spy, espionage, secret agent, undercover, betrayal, spy thriller, conspiracy, covert operation and murder plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres shot in UK, USA, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as british intelligence: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Night Manager (2016), No Time To Die (2021), Smiley's People (1982), Mrs Wilson (2018), A Spy Among Friends (2022), A Call to Spy (2019), Spooks: The Greater Good (2015), Slow Horses (2022), Spooks (2002).
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List of british intelligence movies
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, Hungary, Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Style:
confusing, neo noir, bleak, period piece, political ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, secret service, mole, british intelligence, investigation, double agent, kgb, government agency, secret agent, undercover ...
Time:
70s, year 2011, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, istanbul turkey, hungary ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer ...
Style:
suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
espionage, spy, arms dealer, violence, working undercover, corruption, secret service, british secret service, arms dealing, undercover, violent, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, egypt, morocco, switzerland, spain ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
James Bond is retired and living a peaceful life, but after a visit from Felix Leiter, Bond must follow the trail of a dangerous new villain with never before seen technology.
Style:
exciting, epic, saga, thrilling, anamorphic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
james bond, spy, agent, espionage, cia, cia agent, 007, secret service, british intelligence, master criminal, secret service agent, death ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
jamaica, london, havana cuba, italy, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, thought provoking, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
espionage, cold war, spy, british intelligence, investigation, cold war era, assassination attempt, covert operation, working undercover, spy thriller, defector, prospector ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, hamburg germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
Alison Wilson thinks she is happily married until her husband Alec dies and a woman turns up on her doorstep claiming that she is the real Mrs. Wilson. Alison is determined to prove the validity of her own marriage - and her husband's love for ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, tense, slasher ...
Plot:
secret past, british intelligence, secret life, death of husband, cold war, widow, world war two, uncover truth, writers, couples, investigation, family relations ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 60s, future
Place:
india, britain, london
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the defection of notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent, Kim Philby, through the lens of his complex relationship with MI6 colleague and close friend, Nicholas Elliott.
Style:
tense, captivating, dramatic, exciting
Plot:
british intelligence, espionage, kgb, cold war, double agent, secret agent, reconnaissance, officer, undercover agent, friend, agent, fellow agent ...
Time:
60s, 1940s, 1950s, year 1934
Place:
moscow russia, london
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women ...
Style:
rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, islamic
Plot:
world war two, british intelligence, espionage, gestapo, female spy, strong female character, female secret agent, nazi, disguise, secret, female protagonist, lie ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1942, year 1944
Place:
germany, london, paris france, europe, scotland ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, undercover, female agent, british intelligence, escape, one man army, corruption, disobeying orders, police, secret agent, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, united kingdom, berlin germany ...
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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, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, intelligence agency, spy, cia, terrorism, undercover, profanity, code breaking, police, heroes, double agent, renegade ...
Time:
2000s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, lebanon, europe, britain ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
Style:
humorous, captivating, saga, perverse, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
spy, top secret, secret service, world war one, spy hero, closeted gay, traitor, espionage, war, female warrior, master criminal, mysterious villain ...
Time:
1910s, 2020s, future, 1900s, year 1914 ...
Place:
london, south africa, buckingham palace, washington d.c., germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Style:
political thriller, political, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, whistleblower, british intelligence, paranoia, murder, covert operation, cold war era, russian spy, revenge, traitor ...
Time:
year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Plot:
terrorism, spy, biohazard, female warrior, rogue agent, cia agent, virus, female protagonist, female spy, cia, biological warfare, terrorist ...
Time:
future, year 2017, 2010s, year 2012
Place:
london, paris france, moscow russia, big ben london, tower bridge london ...
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A writer named Adrian Messenger believes a series of apparently unrelated "accidental" deaths are actually linked murders. He asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, recently retired from MI5, to help clear up the mystery. However, ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot:
disguise, serial killer, multiple murder, crime investigation, murder, british intelligence, british, danger, hidden identity, world war two veteran, airport, spy ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1963
Place:
england, burma
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Genre: Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, tense, suspense, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war two, espionage, spy, nazi, storm at sea, nazi spy, submarine, war, murder, chase, surveillance, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 20th century, year 1944, year 1981 ...
Place:
london, scotland, england, europe, fictional island ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorist, laboratory, terrorism, terrorist plot, military, investigation, rescue, evacuation, gunfight, deception, soldier, bomb ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iran, big ben london, london, rome italy, ukraine
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Style:
political, black and white, suspense, grim, realistic ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, berlin wall, british intelligence, iron curtain, double agent, spy thriller, literary, politics, great ending, secret agent ...
Time:
60s, year 1965, 20th century
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, london, england, persia ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Researcher Dr. Stephen Ezard returns home to the UK after the reported death of his brother, Michael Ezard, only to find that his widow, Yasim Anwar, is harboring a wanted yet deathly ill illegal immigrant. Yasim, on the rebound from her ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, touching
Plot:
mathematics, conspiracy, british intelligence, terrorism, fall in love, death in the family, computer system, love affair, brother brother relationship, sibling rivalry, male protagonist, presumed dead ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, britain, london
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, visually stunning, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, espionage, berlin wall, spy, funeral, 007, cold war era, betrayal, chase, covert operation, murder, hotel ...
Time:
year 1966, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a strange message from an unknown source. The message is coded. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, surprise ending, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, computer, undercover, disappearance, conspiracy, computer cracker, race against time, on the run, deception, assassin ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
Style:
talky, clever, serious, political thriller, contemplative ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, secret service, double agent, book, investigation, betrayal, kgb, mole, spy thriller, british intelligence ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, paris france ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
From the John le Carre novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
Style:
neo noir, political thriller, contemplative, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, british intelligence, secret agent, spy, undercover, cold war era, politics, undercover agent, sexual assault, bare chested male, political intrigue ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, geneva switzerland, finland, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general ...
Style:
retro, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, mind blowing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, mountain, nazi, two man army, winter, military, espionage, machine gun, fortress, castle, secret mission, army ranger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, alps, bavaria, europe, austria
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, mother daughter relationship, spy, espionage, intrigue, secret hideout, secret service, government agency, undercover, double agent, british secret service, secret agent ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 70s, 1930s
Place:
europe, united kingdom, new york, london, holland ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
TV show
Story:
A British agent comes back from retirement after several of his former colleagues, including his former lover, are murdered. He must examine events from his own past to determine who killed them and why.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, noir, f word
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, spy thriller, british intelligence, espionage, murder mystery, betrayal, surveillance, paranoia, revenge, ex lover, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Bahamas
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
Style:
saga, exciting, action adventure, cult classic, thrilling ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, scuba diving, 007, secret agent, agent, vigilante, underwater, assassin, secret service, cold war, femme fatale, terrorist ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
bahamas, miami, caribbean, paris france, florida ...
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501
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 1970s London during the height of the Cold War when a young spy discovers the disturbing truth about his father's complex past. Based on Alan Judd's 2001 novel Legacy, the second in the Thoroughgood series after 1981's A ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
spy, forbidden love, cold war, espionage, kgb, secret agent, government agency, love and romance, betrayal, undercover, dishonesty, political unrest ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, soviet union ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The Scorpio Letters (1967) was a TV movie starring Alex Cord as a secret agent uncovering a blackmail ring in London and Paris.
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, noir, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy thriller, blackmail, espionage, group of criminals, undercover agent, british intelligence, british, investigation, conspiracy, secret identity, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
paris france, england, london
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an endless parade of glamorous women, exotic locales, menacing villains and daring intrigue! Before ...
Style:
retro, period piece, cult classic, surreal, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
womanizer, espionage, spy, seduction, dandy, british intelligence, blackmail, irreverent, camp, police, secret agent, playboy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assignment is to protect her until the plans can be properly destroyed.
Style:
action thriller, suspense, political thriller, fast paced, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, ira, spy, covert operation, conspiracy, rescue mission, british intelligence, betrayal, neo nazi, violent, cat and mouse, european ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
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