Industrial espionage movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant industrial espionage movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, serious and neo noir films and TV shows about / with industrial espionage, espionage, betrayal, conspiracy, surveillance, spy, urban, moral ambiguity, investigation and greed plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, India, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as industrial espionage: Butterfly Kiss (2006), Duplicity (2009), Paranoia (2013), Riding the Edge (1989), The East (2013), Michael Clayton (2007), Replikator (1994), Incorporated (2016), Cypher (2002), Blood & Oil (2015).

List of industrial espionage movies

 4.8
 414
Butterfly Kiss (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Potseluy babochki (Russian: Поцелуй бабочки, meaning Butterfly Kiss) is a 2006 Russian film directed by Anton Sivers. The world premiere of the film was held July 21, 2006. He (Nikolai Orlanov) is the genius of industrial espionage. ...
Style: sincere, psychological, captivating, tragic ending, melancholic ...
Plot: espionage, industrial espionage, male female relationship, love story, fall in love, master criminal, relationships, love interest, changing lives, lifestyle change, couple relations, love affair ...
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 6.1
 54K
Duplicity (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Two romantically-engaged corporate spies team up to manipulate a corporate race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and enable them to lead an extravagant lifestyle together.
Style: clever, sexy, romantic, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: twists and turns, undercover, manipulation, love affair, investigation, rivalry, cia, justice, intrigue, caper, battle of the sexes, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: year 2009, year 2013, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, london, new york, miami ...
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 5.6
 40K
Paranoia (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, sexy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: spy, undercover, bodyguard, workplace, betrayal, surveillance, deception, danger, uninhibited rivalry, revenge, conspiracy, boss and employee ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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Riding the Edge (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Teenage cyclist rescues his dad from terrorists in the Middle East. "Iron Eagle" on a motorcycle.
Style: suspense, tense, heroic, fast paced, road movie ...
Audience: teens
Plot: industrial espionage, desert, espionage, terrorism, rescue, spy, rescue mission, father son relationship, hostage situation, danger, teen superhero, trick ...
Time: 80s
Place: middle east
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 6.8
 54K
The East (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Style: suspenseful, political, cerebral, intense, serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: terrorism, fighting the system, terrorist, environmentalism, espionage, anarchist, lost in the woods, undercover, working undercover, fbi, secret organization, anti capitalism ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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 7.2
 183K
Michael Clayton (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style: suspenseful, clever, suspense, political thriller, disturbing ...
Plot: lawyer, legal, business, twists and turns, conspiracy, guilt, character study, divorce, nervous breakdown, law firm, courtroom, trial ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, manhattan new york city ...
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 2.8
 301
Replikator (1994)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two rival corporations are developing replication technology which would enable the cloning of human tissue. The technology falls into a criminal group. Ludo Ludovic and Kathy Moskow with the help of a cop try to stop the criminals.
Style: tech noir, independent film, serious, rough, bleak ...
Plot: cloning, virtual reality, post apocalypse, terminator, dystopia, industrial espionage, lookalikes, dystopian future, artificial intelligence, inventions and discoveries, time travel, technology gone awry ...
Time: future
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 7.2
 6K
Incorporated (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Set in a near future where corporations have unlimited power, a young executive conceals his true identity to infiltrate a dangerous corporate world to save the woman he loves.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, enigmatic, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: paranoia, secret past, business, megacorporation, cyberpunk, global warming, corporation, corporate greed, climate change, dystopian future, corporate world, corporate conspiracy ...
Time: future
Place: milwaukee wisconsin
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 6.7
 33K
Cypher (2002)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Style: mind bending, sexy, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, twists and turns, espionage, spy, conspiracy, memory loss, disorder, brainwashing, double agent, technology, undercover, power relations ...
Time: future, year 2002
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 6.6
 4K
Blood & Oil (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Billy and Cody LeFever dream of a new life and move to "The Bakken" in North Dakota, booming after the biggest oil discovery in American history. They’re soon pitted against a ruthless tycoon who forces them to put everything on the ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
Plot: oil industry, oil field, love triangle, business deal, ambition, husband wife relationship, oil, business competition, murder, secret, revenge, industrialist ...
Place: north dakota
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Jane Doe: Vanishing Act (2005)
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Cathy Davis, one the smartest government agents in the country is urged out of retirement to crack the case of a missing computer file.
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: cryptography, housewife, national security, secret agent, industrial espionage, theft, kidnapping, family relations, parents and children, special agent, hidden identity, who done it ...
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 6.4
 2K
Them who? (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: David's life is changed forever after his meeting with Marcello, a clever con man.
Style: light, feel good, enigmatic, funny, captivating ...
Plot: robbery, book editor, mayor, disguise, carabinieri, industrial espionage, writers, revenge, cons and scams, con artists, escapades, opportunist ...
Place: italy, europe
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 7.0
 637
Bugs (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who ...
Style: detective, psychotronic
Plot: industrial espionage, monster, future war, covert operation, terrorist plot, hi-tech, female spy, violence, race against time, spy hero, espionage, secret agent ...
Time: 90s
Place: london, england
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 4.1
 230
Killing Cars (1986)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In a complex story of automotive intrigue, oil barons, corporate finance, and international villainy, the inventor of an environmentally friendly car powered by energy cells becomes the target of killers. After Ralph Korda has given his patented ...
Style: suspenseful, dark, period piece
Plot: car, oil industry, industrial espionage, greed, corporate conspiracy, power struggle, environmental, political corruption, sabotage, assassination, suspicion, european ...
Time: 80s
Place: germany
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 4.4
 2K
Off the Grid (2025)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their biggest mistake of all – they ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, neo noir, noir
Audience: adult
Plot: chase, manhunt, conspiracy, on the run, fugitive, industrial espionage, cat and mouse, moral dilemma, dystopia, black ops, ruse, isolation ...
Time: near future
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 6.6
 196
Adaptation (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The series is about how an American spy infiltrated the largest gas producing company in Russia.
Style: feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, suspenseful ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: culture clash, foreigner, secret agent, heroes, adaptation, society, transformation, escapades, relationships, cultural difference, mission, espionage ...
Place: russia, siberia
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 5.5
 3K
Money (2016)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Two wealthy businessmen are about to get away with $5 million in ill-gotten money until their plans are revealed by an uninvited house guest.
Style: suspense, tense, crime thriller, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: money, hostage, greed, industrial espionage, corporate crime, heist gone wrong, hidden money, burglar, conspiracy, cat versus mouse, partners in crime, corporate world ...
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The Sun Does Not Move (2021)
Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Kazuhiko Takano and Ryoichi Taoka are industrial spies. A conspiracy exits behind the technology which can shake the political and economic world in Japan. Takano faces Korean spy Kim, a mysterious woman Ayako and powerful men from various countries.
Style: tense, suspenseful, tension, captivating, action drama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: spy, espionage, teamwork, secret agent, conspiracy, industrial espionage, spy mission, advanced technology, intrigue, political unrest, mission, technology ...
Place: east asia, tokyo
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 8.3
 52
Wish It Inc. (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story: A 12-part web series about the world's only wish-granting company, "Wish It Inc." is run by founder & CEO, Fairy Godmother. Hannah, a muggle, finds herself working alongside magical employees, meeting genies, clowns, and fairies ...
Style: satirical, fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: fairy, office, espionage, workplace, desire, magic, fairy godmother, magical, satire, female protagonist, wizard, industrial espionage ...
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Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (2005)
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Declaration Of Independence is stolen while on display in a Los Angeles Bank. The NSA with the assistance of a puzzle slover Code Name Jane Doe becomes involved and solves the mystery.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense, tense ...
Plot: undercover, investigation, national security, state affairs, law enforcement, independence, hidden identity, family relations, special agent, false identity, who done it, industrial espionage ...
Place: usa, los angeles
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Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Based by the life of ISRO Scientist Nambi Narayanan who was falsely accused of being a spy and arrested in 1994. Though free, he is still fighting for justice, with those police officials alleged to have falsely implicated him, still free.
Style: tense, disturbing, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Plot: angry, spy, police, rocket, espionage, framed for a crime, accusation, space probe, fight for justice, injustice, industrial espionage, guilty verdict ...
Time: 2020s
Place: russia, india
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 5.2
 138
Vortex (1982)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and poet) plow her way through the plans of a corporate businessman who seeks government defense contracts through real "corporate wars" and the ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, noir, detective, dark ...
Plot: transgression, political corruption, investigation, female protagonist, conspiracy, industrial espionage, power struggle, moral ambiguity, manipulation, urban, musician, anti establishment ...
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The Lithium Conspiracy (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In the 21th century getting hold of natural resources of emerging countries, is no matter of war--it is a matter of complex financial actions. And the power of governments behind the events has been replaced by the power of holding companies. ...
Style: suspenseful, thought provoking, tense, political thriller, crime drama ...
Plot: corporate conspiracy, corruption, power struggle, greed, industrial espionage, dystopia, ethical dilemma, paranoid, betrayal, banker, media manipulation, love ...
Time: 21st century
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The Rhinemann Exchange (1977)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: During World War II, an intelligence officer is dispatched by the U.S. government to arrange an exchange in Argentina of industrial diamonds needed by the Germans for a secret gyroscope needed by the Allies.
Style: suspenseful, tension, serious, political thriller, period piece ...
Plot: world war two, nazi germany, espionage, spy thriller, covert operation, industrial espionage, intelligence, moral dilemma, suspicion, betrayal, family tragedy, male protagonist ...
Time: 1940s
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina, europe
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Kalaga Thalaivan (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A corporate behemoth hires a ruthless hit man to find out the identity of a whistleblower in the organization. Who wins in the end - the hunter or the hunted?
Style: crime thriller, suspense, tension, tense, thrilling ...
Plot: killer, analyst, hitman, corporate corruption, changing lives, battles, fight, career, problem, murderer, killing, cat and mouse ...
Time: 2020s
Place: india
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 6.1
 147
The Cache (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Highly intelligent hacker Lillian joins a cybersecurity company in order to gain access to the bank where her father used to work. She discovers nothing is what it seems and it turns out she isn’t the only one pretending to be someone else. But ...
Style: psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, dark, crime drama ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hacker, cybersecurity, deception, identity, revenge, double life, moral dilemma, industrial espionage, manipulation, cat and mouse, surveillance, vigilantism ...
Place: rotterdam netherlands
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History of the Salaryman (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: History of a Salaryman is a 2012 South Korean television series that aired on SBS from January 2 to March 31, 2012 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 22 episodes. Starring Lee Beom-soo, Jung Ryeo-won, Jung Gyu-woon, Hong Soo-hyun, Lee Deok-hwa, ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, satirical, parody ...
Audience: adult
Plot: relationship vs career, office politics, professional rivalry, unrequited love, intrigue, relationship problems, love interest, relationships, unlikely couple, love affair, male female relationship, lifestyle ...
Place: korea, seoul
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The Fear Index (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Alex Hoffman, an American ex-pat physicist, creates an AI-driven system that exploits fear in the financial markets and operates at lightning speed to make big returns. But on the day of launch, Alex’s sanity is shaken after he is viciously ...
Style: tense, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: conspiracy, artificial intelligence, finance, wall street, scientist, frame up, technology, financier, assassination plot, financial problem, doubt, murder ...
Place: london
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 7.8
 23
Spark Riders (2010)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: August Haynes invents a way for people to place their soul on the internet. However, her idea is stolen by a power hungry madman and a beautiful but greedy foreign spy.
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, captivating, serious, philosophical ...
Plot: computers and web, escapades, master villain, twists and turns, danger, race against time, power, virtual reality, society, moral dilemma, identity crisis, industrial espionage ...
Time: near future, 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.8
 132
Counterattack (2021)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Security expert Lu Zi Ming is hired to work at an oil and gas plant project bidding event. He is framed by several of the parties involved. In order to prove his innocence he must now devise the ultimate counter-attack.
Style: suspense, tension, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: frame up, special ops, corporate corruption, battles, terrorist bombing, fight, runaway, gunfight, revenge, conspiracy, investigation, surveillance ...
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