| Allied (2016) | 7.1 | |
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| Transatlantic (2023) | 6.6 | |
| Die Another Day (2002) | 6.1 |
British secret service movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant british secret service movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, serious and realistic films and TV shows about / with british secret service, spy, espionage, undercover, secret agent, betrayal, covert operation, secret service, conspiracy and danger plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres shot in UK, USA, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as british secret service: Stratton (2017), Deep State (2018), Official Secrets (2019), Spy(ies) (2009), Operation Mincemeat (2021), Allied (2016), Fleming (2014), Unlocked (2017), Restless (2012), Atomic Blonde (2017).
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List of british secret service movies
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: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
What happens when a man who believes he has retired from MI6 is called back to do one more job to regain his life, only to discover that this job may mean he has no life to go back to.
Style:
serious, disturbing, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
intelligence agency, british secret service, cia, terrorist, spy, tough guy, conspiracy, father son relationship, estranged son, special agent, revenge, danger ...
Place:
middle east, washington d.c., africa, london, iran
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA, Canada, China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun, who prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed ...
Style:
political, psychological, romantic drama, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, adult
Plot:
whistleblower, espionage, politics, legal, british secret service, spy, lawyer, iraq war, female agent, expose, british politics, female secret agent ...
Time:
year 2003, year 2019, 2000s, year 2004
Place:
kurdistan, united kingdom, london, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Vincent is a bright young man but has introverted personality. He is working as a baggage handler at an airport and refuses to follow a career path accordingly to his education. With his colleague, Gerard, Vincent used to steal objects from the ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
british secret service, espionage, terrorism, undercover, female spy, danger, love and romance, dishonesty, secret agent, terrorist attack, syrian war, profanity ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
europe, london, syria, paris france, france ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, british secret service, military, world war, army, secret mission, prospector, life is a bitch, mission, wartime life, reconnaissance, wartime ...
Time:
year 1943, 1940s
Place:
sicily, spain, greece, london, berlin germany
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179K
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA, China
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, suspense, period piece, tense, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
world war two, espionage, spy, nazi, female agent, love, secret mission, double agent, betrayal, prospector, female spy, undercover ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, year 1942, future, 2010s ...
Place:
london, france, england, south africa, north africa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
A look at the 007 creator, Ian Fleming, and his early life set against the permissive society of war-torn WWII London.
Style:
serious, stylized, period piece, sexy, dramatic ...
Plot:
spy, british secret service, writers, world war two, espionage, hotshot hero, post war, biopic, james bond, womanizer, love and romance, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 50s
Place:
london, england, britain
Is relevant?
41K
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: 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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219K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Style:
sexy, surprise ending, exciting, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
spy, cold war, female spy, assassin, female killer, lgbt, female assassin, female agent, female warrior, rogue agent, lesbian, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 1989, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, germany, eastern europe, german democratic republic ...
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.
Style:
suspense, intense, suspenseful, factual, realistic ...
Plot:
propaganda, woman, female spy, atomic bomb, closeted homosexual, politics, world war two, soviet spy, female secret agent, espionage, war crime, love ...
Time:
year 1945, year 1946, year 1941, year 2019, 1940s ...
Place:
soviet union, canada, russia, hiroshima japan, montreal ...
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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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, political, exciting, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, hitman, terrorism, assassin, police investigation, spy thriller, politics, assassination plot, serial killer, assassination attempt, espionage, french president ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, year 1973, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, europe, big ben london ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge men are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass Britain's biggest secrets to Moscow. Based on true ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, kgb, treason, politics, traitor, communist, betrayal, university, homosexuality, cold war, spy, secret agent ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
russia, england, europe, london, big ben london
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Two Americans and their allies form a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, period piece, exciting ...
Plot:
nazi occupied france, rescue mission, refugee, british secret service, french resistance, social issues, holocaust, emergency, relationships, social problems, male female relationship, help ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 20th century, year 1940
Place:
france, marseille, europe
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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: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is ...
Style:
political, suspense, disturbing, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, against humanity, british secret service, nazism, danger, reconnaissance, controversy, allies, ideology, courage, political unrest, world war ...
Time:
2020s, 1930s, year 1939
Place:
england, europe, united kingdom, germany
Is relevant?
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: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A spinoff of The Fate of the Furious, focusing on Johnson's US Diplomatic Security Agent Luke Hobbs forming an unlikely alliance with Statham's Deckard Shaw.
Style:
entertaining, buddy comedy, saga, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
tough guy, car, terrorism, chase, car chase, speed, secret organization, pursuit, assassination attempt, martial arts, fight, brother and sister ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, future
Place:
usa, moscow russia, london, los angeles, ukraine ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
Style:
sexy, suspense, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, nazi officer, gestapo, german soldier, nazi occupation, royalty, espionage, conspiracy, german army, love, sex scene ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 1920s, year 1934
Place:
germany, berlin germany, poland, netherlands, holland
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
Style:
sexy, exciting, serious, tense, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
007, james bond, secret agent, espionage, cold war, british secret service, secret service, car chase, undercover, top secret, vengeance, spy thriller ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future
Place:
greece, albania, england, europe, london ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Jamaica
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.
Style:
saga, retro, exciting, humorous, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, james bond, 007, espionage, snake, fictional country, virginity, human sacrifice, interracial romance, cia, occult, british ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
caribbean, west indies, louisiana, united kingdom, fictional island ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
James Bond helps a Russian General escape into the west. He soon finds out that the KGB wants to kill him for helping the General. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious.
Style:
saga, suspense, exciting, spy action, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
007, espionage, cold war, soviet afghanistan war, desert, cello, assassin, secret service, secret agent, deception, british secret service, cia agent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
vienna, britain, soviet union, central europe, middle east ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies introducing the sly, dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer. The story, centers on Palmer's investigation into British Intelligence security. He's soon enmeshed in a world of ...
Style:
atmospheric, enigmatic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, conspiracy, double agent, brainwashing, undercover, politics, british, investigation, political intrigue, secret agent ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
albania, london, england, europe, scotland yard ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take ...
Style:
parody, spoof, psychedelic, saga, spy comedy ...
Plot:
007, espionage, spy spoof, spy, satire, james bond, auction, woman fights a man, sexual attraction, secret agent, james bond spoof, farce ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, scotland, india, highlands, france ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a confident façade in the British countryside until daughter Anne becomes an ...
Style:
clever, realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, spy, adopted daughter, disorder, life turned upside down, uncover truth, secret movement, confined, betrayal, war, world war, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 1939, 1930s, year 2009, 20th century, pre world war two
Place:
england, london, europe
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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, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The ...
Style:
sexy, political, talky, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, politics, gangster, roman empire, mentor, adultery, brainwashing, undercover, conspiracy, secret agent, debt ...
Time:
year 2001, y2k, 90s
Place:
panama, latin america, england
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
James Bond must unmask the mysterious head of the Janus Syndicate and prevent the leader from utilizing the GoldenEye weapons system to inflict devastating revenge on Britain.
Style:
exciting, cliffhanger, saga, intense, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, kids, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, espionage, mission, woman with a gun, satellite, intelligence agency, secret agent, bond girl, female killer, agent, undercover, romancing partners ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s, 20th century, year 1986, 80s
Place:
london, cuba, europe, paris france, britain ...
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561
Genre: Biography
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Fact-based biography of James Bond author, Ian Fleming. The film focuses on his wartime exploits and romantic adventures which ultimately led to his creation of the super-spy.
Style:
period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy, world war two, secret agent, british secret service, biopic, writers, james bond, agent, british history, creative process, wartime, legacy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
london, united kingdom, europe, jamaica, scotland ...
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