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, realistic, serious, tense, exciting and clever films and TV shows about / with british intelligence, spy, espionage, undercover, murder, betrayal, suspense, secret agents, danger and assassin plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres shot in UK, USA, France and other countries.
british intelligence
TOP 10 movies tagged as british intelligence: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), A Call to Spy (2019), Mrs Wilson (2018), No Time To Die (2021), Smiley's People (1982), The Night Manager (2016), The King's Man (2021), The Quiller Memorandum (1966), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), Skyfall (2012).
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List of british intelligence movies
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
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:
clever, tense, thought provoking, bleak, non-linear ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, investigation, secret service, mole, british intelligence, double agent, suspense, secret agents, betrayal, government agency ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, london, budapest, istanbul turkey ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, 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:
bleak, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, gestapo, british intelligence, spy, espionage, strong female character, female spy, female protagonist, disguise, british soldier, prisoner, secret ...
Time:
year 1944, year 1941, year 1942
Place:
germany, scotland, europe, france, vichy ...
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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, tense, psychological, slasher ...
Plot:
secret past, british intelligence, secret life, death of husband, widow, cold war, world war two, uncover truth, writers, couples, investigation, society ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 60s, future
Place:
india, london
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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, thrilling, anamorphic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, espionage, cia agent, cia, secret service, british intelligence, secret agents, infection, agent, british secret service, 007 ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
jamaica, havana cuba, london, italy, norway ...
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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:
sexy, serious, realistic, road movie, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, cold war, british intelligence, investigation, conspiracy, working undercover, secret agents, melancholy, betrayal, politics, mysticism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
berlin germany, hamburg germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 358 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:
serious, tense, tricky, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
spy, espionage, arms dealer, secret service, hotel, undercover, corruption, working undercover, arms dealing, violent, betrayal, british secret service ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
cairo egypt, europe, london, egypt, england ...
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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, realistic, talky, clever, bleak ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, double agent, berlin wall, british intelligence, iron curtain, suspense, politics, secret agents, loner, betrayal ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, london, england, europe ...
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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, tense, exciting, perverse ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
spy, secret service, spy hero, top secret, world war one, world domination, espionage, master criminal, spy mission, courage, female spy, reluctant hero ...
Time:
1910s, future, 20th century, year 1914
Place:
london, south africa, germany, russia, england ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neonazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. Soon Quiller is confronted with Neonazi chief "Oktober" and involved in a dangerous game ...
Style:
neo noir, exciting, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, british intelligence, cold war, neo nazi, undercover, secret agents, secret mission, gang, rivalry, heroes, racism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
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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:
serious, realistic, enigmatic, captivating, twisted ...
Plot:
disguise, serial killer, murder, crime investigation, british intelligence, suspense, british, hidden identity, airport, world war two veteran, spy, mysticism ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, burma
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Turkey
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, captivating, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, espionage, secret agents, spy, 007, secret service, british intelligence, suspense, heroic mission, mission, undercover, assassin ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
china, scotland, london, turkey, asia ...
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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:
conspiracy, british intelligence, mathematics, terrorism, dishonesty, death in the family, fall in love, love affair, computer system, brother brother relationship, presumed dead, faked death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
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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:
talky, realistic, serious, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, british intelligence, secret agents, undercover, politics, communism, iron curtain, political intrigue, weapon system, heroes ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, german democratic republic, england ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
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:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, spy, corruption, disobeying orders, undercover, police, race against time, uncover truth, secret agents, track down, missing person ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, united kingdom, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 290 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, ironic, cynical ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, secret service, espionage, double agent, secret agents, betrayal, investigation, russian, mole, kgb, twists and turns ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Negative is set in the American southwest and follows Natalie, a former British spy who flees Los Angeles for Phoenix after a deal with a cartel goes wrong. She's joined by Hollis, a street photographer who has put his life at risk by taking ...
Style:
intense, tense
Plot:
former spy, reconnaissance, suspense, determination, haunted by the past, female protagonist, escape, rescue, photographer, mafia, twists and turns, against the odds ...
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36K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK, USA, France
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:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, political, entertaining ...
Plot:
terrorism, biohazard, spy, betrayal, virus, female warrior, cia agent, female protagonist, cia, rogue agent, terrorist, female spy ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012
Place:
london, buckingham palace, paris france, moscow russia, tower bridge london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Quantum of Solace continues the adventures of James Bond after Casino Royale. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, entertaining, realistic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
james bond, chase, espionage, spy, secret service, 007, betrayal, car chase, revenge, suspense, secrets, vengeance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, italy, austria, south america, russia ...
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Genre: 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, realistic, serious, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, whistleblower, paranoia, murder, politics, intrigue, law enforcement, conspiracy, russian spy, government conspiracy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 55 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.
Plot:
spy, british intelligence, espionage, kgb, prospector, treason
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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, espionage, intrigue, secret hideout, spy, mother daughter relationship, secret service, undercover, government agency, double agent, british secret service, secret place ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 70s, 1930s
Place:
europe, new york, london, holland, new mexico
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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:
realistic, suspenseful, exciting, dieselpunk, twisted ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, mountain, war, spy, nazi, two man army, castle, twists and turns, secret mission, commando, winter ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
bavaria, austria, europe, germany, alps
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Genre: Action, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
This true story follows the exploits of a top secret British military mission to destroy Nazi radio ships in a neutral harbor during WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh (Gregory Peck) and Capt. Gavin Stewart ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, espionage, military, submarine, seaport, suspense, ship, heroic mission, sea, undercover ...
Time:
1940s, 80s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1943 ...
Place:
england, india, asia, goa india, portugal ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called "Firefox". Naturally, the British are worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon, as rumours say that the jet is indetectable on radar. They send ex-Vietnam ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, cerebral, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, fighter plane, behind enemy lines, espionage, chase, fighter jet, suspense, fighter pilot, military, submarine, aviation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, england, vietnam, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
James Bond and his American colleague Felix Leiter arrest the drug lord Sanchez who succeeds in escaping and takes revenge on Felix and his wife. Bond knows but just one thing: revenge.
Style:
exciting, sexy, controversial, entertaining, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, vengeance, spy, woman with a gun, 007, drug lord, revenge, shark, secret service agent, rape and revenge, cold war, murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, florida, mexico, miami, caribbean
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, law enforcement, kgb, traitor, plastic surgery, british intelligence, father daughter relationship, dishonesty, state affairs, secret agents ...
Time:
80s
Place:
russia, england, europe, london, scotland yard ...
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447K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, sexy, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, espionage, secret service, chase, british secret service, secret agents, kidnapping, one man army, terrorist, suspense, secret society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, london, italy, england, big ben london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Style:
intense, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, espionage, chase, suspense, 007, world war three, gadget, terrorism, car chase, secret service, hot and sexy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hamburg germany, hong kong, china, vietnam, england ...
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161K
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Style:
sexy, emotional, exciting, tense, scenic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war two, spy, espionage, nazi, french, love, double agent, female agent, suspense, soldier, betrayal, war ...
Time:
1940s, future, year 1942
Place:
london, france, england, berlin germany, paris france ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is none other than himself! Accompanying him on his mission is a ruthless partner, who gradually ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
spy, berlin wall, espionage, undercover, cold war, secret agents, secret mission, double agent, photographer, homesickness, british intelligence, graphic violence ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 60s
Place:
west berlin west germany, berlin germany, east berlin, england, europe ...
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