Intelligence agency movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant intelligence agency movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, realistic and serious films and TV shows about / with intelligence agency, spy, espionage, conspiracy, danger, agent, secret agent, covert operation, surveillance and spy thriller plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as intelligence agency: Deep State (2018), Mercury (2017), Alex Rider (2020), Body of Lies (2008), Secrets of State (2008), The Lieutenant (2012), The Tourist (2010), Take Point (2018), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Spooks (2002).
Best films
New films
| Tempest (2025) | 6.8 | |
| Decoded (2024) | 5.7 | |
| Sipahi (2024) | 7.2 | |
| I Am Hope (2023) | 7.1 | |
| Assassin (2023) | 3.3 |
List of intelligence agency movies
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: Action
Country: Egypt
TV show
Story:
Omar Salah, a surveillance camera technician at General Jalal’s company, is recruited by Egyptian intelligence through officer Khaled Sabry in order to infiltrate Europe to uncover the Mossad cells present there and in Egypt and learn the tasks ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
espionage, undercover agent, intelligence agency, special agent, secret agent, surveillance, spy thriller, spy, fight, recruitment, agent, spy hero ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
egypt, europe, cairo egypt, alexandria egypt
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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?
249K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style:
political thriller, political, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, cia agent, intelligence agency, terrorist, undercover, secret service, government agency, roman empire, politics ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
middle east, jordan, iraq, syria, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
counter terrorism, terrorist, politics, espionage, spy, intelligence agency, terrorism, prison rape, secret agent, political conspiracy, race against time, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Action
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
La Teniente takes a cinematic approach to scripted TV, using locations throughout Mexico and top Spanish-language TV actors as it depicts the adventures of a Special Operations unit of the Mexican Navy. Centering on Mexican Naval graduate Lieutenant ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, telenovela
Plot:
navy, intelligence agency, military training, war violence, military base, mission gone awry, military officer, special agent, commando mission, military, military service, officer ...
Place:
mexico
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268K
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
American tourist Frank (Johnny Depp) meets mysterious British woman Elsie (Angelina Jolie) on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye. Remake of the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer", ...
Style:
exciting, surprise ending, twist ending, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
love story, mysterious character, master criminal, twists and turns, undercover agent, female spy, undercover, female agent, outsmarting, femme fatale, intelligence agency, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
venice, italy, europe, iran, paris france ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, a team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea's politician in an underground bunker below the Korean Demilitarized Zone. However, they get caught in the ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspense, confusing, brutal
Plot:
mercenary, intelligence agency, military, bunker, gunfight, inter-korean relations, spy, secret mission, swat, betrayal, conspiracy, graphic violence ...
Time:
near future, 2020s
Place:
north korea
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Jordan
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Style:
tense, political, talky, historical drama, controversial ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, cia, 9/11, military, manhunt, islamic terrorism, combat, terrorist plot, cia agent, al qaeda, propaganda ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2003, year 2005, year 2011, 2000s ...
Place:
middle east, pakistan, iraq, baghdad iraq, afghanistan ...
Is relevant?
20K
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 ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
When a pizza delivery driver is shot dead in south London, a tenacious detective goes after the people traffickers behind his murder and unravels a conspiracy that goes to the top.
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
intelligence agency, female detective, conspiracy, murder investigation, border, law enforcement, murder, danger, rescue, lookalikes, twists and turns, death ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Is relevant?
24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
National Security agent Fatima receives a tip that a terrorist attack against Sweden is in the planning stage. Meanwhile Sulle, a teenage girl in Stockholm, gets interested in her student assistent who opens doors to a new and fascinating world - ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, exciting, tense, dramatic ...
Plot:
isis, terrorist, hijab, suicide bomber, islamic terrorism, islam, terrorism, conspiracy, female protagonist, intelligence agency, muslim, rape ...
Place:
syria, middle east, eastern europe
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31K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation on land ...
Style:
enigmatic, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder mystery, female police detective, murder, policewoman, murder investigation, lesbian relationship, submarine, conspiracy, lesbian, investigation, intelligence agency, puzzle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
united kingdom, britain, scotland
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A mysterious computer virus wipes out highly classified personnel files at the NSA, prompting a top secret investigation. RAYMOND BERRY, an NSA operative is thrown into a detention center, where he is suspected of crimes against the United States. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
intelligence agency, conspiracy, investigation, computer virus, espionage, surveillance, spy thriller, government agent, crime investigation, analyst, special agent, sleuth ...
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Samantha Hunter suspects someone within the private intelligence agency she works at tried to kill her and she seeks to uncover the person behind it.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
female spy, agent as target, danger, espionage, who to trust, assassination attempt, dishonesty, betrayal, coworker, twists and turns, haunted by the past, squad ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
177K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Veteran spy Nathan Muir is on the verge of retiring from the CIA when he learns that his one-time protégé and close friend, Tom Bishop, is a political prisoner sentenced to die in Beijing. Although their friendship has been marred by bad blood and ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, clever, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, cia, spy, mentor, undercover, working undercover, terrorist, conspiracy, hitman, government agency, life risking, cold war ...
Time:
year 2001, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, saigon, washington d.c., munich germany, shanghai ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
A team of talented Australian and American intelligence analysts work together to ensure global stability in one of the world's most important and secretive joint intelligence facilities... Pine Gap. But the relationship between the Australian ...
Style:
political, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
intelligence agency, cia, politics, satellite, agent, television, danger, rivalry, intelligence, covert operation, heist, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, south australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Page Eight is lovingly turned, with elegant writing, a flawless cast and a heartfelt message from writer/director David Hare about the danger zone where spies and politicians meet. The tension builds gently as we follow the fortunes of Johnny ...
Style:
political thriller, political, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
spy, blackmail, espionage, politics, prime minister, secret service, funeral, intelligence agency, undercover, government agency, loss of friend, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
Style:
bleak, tense, political, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, spy, intelligence, islam, war on terror, surveillance, immigrant, secret service, investigation, betrayal, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, britain, middle east, berlin germany
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Genre: Action
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The ruthless extremist Bazgaev responsible for terrorist attacks which lead to deaths of hundreds of civilians, among them school children, is planning new actions. A group of security officers is to track and destroy him. Based on a true story.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, brutal, grim, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
resistance, terrorism, hostage, gang, leader, terrorist plot, intelligence agency, manhunt, danger, military, investigation, justice ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
caucasus, russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in ...
Style:
tense, sexy, suspense, political, factual ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, double agent, cia, politics, corruption, conspiracy, mentor, secret agent, patriotism, invasion ...
Time:
year 1960, 1940s, 20th century, year 2006, year 1961 ...
Place:
cuba, usa, london, berlin germany, washington d.c. ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Special Ops sniper Brandon Beckett is set up as the primary suspect for the murder of a foreign dignitary on the eve of signing a high-profile trade agreement with the United States. Narrowly escaping death, Beckett realizes that there may be a dark ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sniper, cia agent, intelligence agency, murder suspect, father son relationship, killer, fight for justice, manhunt, assassin, struggle for survival, murder, father ...
Place:
central america, california, montana, san francisco, vancouver ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Argentina, UK, USA, Uruguay
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An experienced commercial pilot is forced to collaborate with his country's intelligence services to avoid being punished for a serious fault he committed on the job. He is quickly plunged into an underworld of intrigue and extortion that will ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
extortion, blackmail, intelligence agency, flight attendant, blackmailer, danger, intrigue, pilot, peril, airport, problem, aviation ...
Place:
spain, latin america, madrid
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.
Style:
parody, spoof, colorful, cult classic, fast ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
mistaken identity, undercover, intelligence agency, chase, spy, femme fatale, espionage, home invasion, attempted murder, nervous breakdown, mind game, cia agent ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
virginia
Is relevant?
223K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, hostage, president, secret service, terrorism, white house, terrorist, hijacking, conspiracy, head of state, u.s. president, heroism ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, russia, washington d.c., iraq, germany ...
Is relevant?
284K
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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Belgium, Luxembourg, China, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon realises that Michael is just a pawn in a much ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Plot:
pickpocket, terrorism, cia, cia agent, rogue agent, terrorist, strong female character, secret service, french police, intelligence agency, conspiracy, investigation ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
Detective Sean Flynn and scientist Kate Finch are the latest recruits of The Global Frequency, a secret rogue spy agency that handles threats to global security. They must find a man who's somehow been melting people with his mind.
Style:
tech noir, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
intelligence agency, moral dilemma, on the run, conspiracy theory, manhunt, infiltration, speculation, corpse, desperation, spy, occult, comic hero ...
Time:
year 1979
Is relevant?
54K
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.
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Brilliant young actress Charlie strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on holiday in Greece, but it rapidly becomes apparent that his intentions are far from romantic.
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, captivating, stylized, tense ...
Plot:
arab israeli conflict, double agent, female spy, espionage, terrorism, mossad, sting operation, actress, terrorist, recruitment, female agent, terror ...
Time:
70s
Place:
israel, palestine, greece
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