| Hopscotch (1980) | 7.1 | |
| Target (1985) | 5.9 | |
| MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994) | 6.1 | |
| Killers (2010) | 5.5 | |
| Death Hunt (1981) | 6.9 |
Former spy movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant former spy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, realistic, exciting, serious and neo noir films and TV shows about / with former spy, spy, espionage, secret agent, undercover, danger, murder, explosion, chase and betrayal plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as former spy: The Equalizer 2 (2018), American Assassin (2017), Killers (2010), Negative (2017), Skyfall (2012), James Bond (2015), Red Serpent (2003), McCinsey's Island (1998), Outsource (2022), Mother 007 (2011).
Best films
List of former spy movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Robert McCall returns to deliver his special brand of vigilante justice -- but how far will he go when it's someone he loves?
Style:
action thriller, action adventure, suspense, retro, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
revenge, vigilante, cia, one against many, one man army, tough guy, martial arts, vigilantism, ex military, kidnapping, slutty attitude, woman fights a man ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
boston, istanbul turkey, turkey, europe, north america ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Italy, Malta
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, exciting, action adventure, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, terrorism, cia, counter terrorism, terrorist, training, kickboxing, government agent, spy, hand to hand combat, showdown, mentor ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
london, warsaw poland, romania, istanbul turkey, virginia ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put a contract out on his life.
Style:
romantic, humorous, light, entertaining, parody ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teens, date night ...
Plot:
life & death, hitman, love and romance, killer, woman with a gun, couples, danger, contract killer, secret service, agent as target, marriage, happy ending ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, nice france, 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:
tense, suspense, intense, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Plot:
spy, escape, reconnaissance, former spy, on the run, haunted by the past, twists and turns, mafia, rescue, photographer, determination, female protagonist ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Turkey, China
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:
visually stunning, exciting, entertaining, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
james bond, espionage, 007, spy, secret service, chases and races, secret agent, british intelligence, heroic mission, killer, intelligence, undercover ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, china, turkey, scotland, britain ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Nani is a trepid and fearful guy who works as a software engineer. Bullet is a mafia don in Dubai. Her mother doesn't know about Bullet's profession. Bullet is forced to come back to India when her mother falls ill. Her mother's last ...
Style:
light, entertaining, humorous, romantic
Plot:
secret, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, strong female character, survival, woman with a gun, disorder, danger, undercover, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, runaway ...
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Genre: Adventure, Action
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Steve Nichols part à Moscou pour un voyage d'affaires de routine. Il doit remettre au point le transport par bateau de médicaments aux Etats-Unis et il va rencontrer ses associés russes. Le train-train... jusqu'au moment où il devient ...
Style:
suspenseful, action thriller, tension, dark, noir ...
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, smuggling, organized crime, drug traffic, kgb, rescue mission, corruption, revenge, underworld, vendetta, former spy ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hulk Hogan and Grace Jones star in this adventure tale about a onetime secret agent who finds a treasure map on the shell of a turtle. Soon he's on a chase to recover the loot, just one step ahead of other seekers of wealth.
Style:
action adventure, action packed, lighthearted, suspense, exotic
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
treasure hunt, hidden treasure, treasure map, chase, secret agent, island, former spy, survival, beach, jungle, machete, wrestler ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action
Country: United Arab Emirates
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A police chief hires an old friend, who is an international spy, to help him search for a wanted suspect in the Philippines. When the chief dies, all evidence points towards the spy, and he must go to extremes to defend himself.
Style:
action thriller, psychological, captivating, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
spy, investigation, police, revenge, problem, battles, police investigation, police officer, espionage, spy mission, crime investigation, police detective ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Nina Wenzel used to be an undercover agent. After her sister's death five years ago Nina gets child custody of the three orphans and quits her dangerous job. In her new family-life she manages to retain some of her skills. When Wolf Geiger, the ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, captivating, suspense, action comedy
Plot:
orphan, secret agent, death of sister, undercover, agent, special agent, female protagonist, undercover agent, fighting crime, confronting the past, secret past, strong female lead ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Canada 1931: The unsociable trapper Johnson lives for himself in the ice-cold mountains near the Yukon river. During a visit in the town he witnesses a dog-fight. He interrupts the game and buys one of the dogs - almost dead already - for $200 ...
Style:
cult classic, visually stunning, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
wilderness, survival, manhunt, winter, mountain, bounty hunter, treasure hunt, wilderness survival, nature, disaster, serial killer, tough guy ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1931, year 1981
Place:
canada, yukon, alaska, louisiana
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An ex-British spy (Michael Caine) helps a U.S. diplomat's wife (Sean Young) and blows the lid off a deadly government cover-up.
Style:
neo noir, political thriller, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, spy, love, arms dealer, femme fatale, assassin, former spy, shootout, covert operation, 007, murder, cover-up ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
tower bridge london, london, big ben london
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Spy Killer stars Robert Horton as a secret agent turned private eye. Framed for murder, Horton is released, but only after promising that he'll track down a book containing a list of government agents who are operating covertly in Red China. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, period piece, noir, moody ...
Plot:
blackmail, cold war, spy thriller, private detective, secret agent, framed for murder, conspiracy, betrayal, paranoia, double agent, undercover, investigation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
Style:
detective, sitcom
Plot:
chess, murder mystery, criminal, investigation, murder investigation, crime scene, llama, intruder, police investigation, senior citizen, telephone call, community ...
Time:
year 1973, 2020s
Place:
britain, united kingdom, england
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all ...
Style:
humorous, witty, laugh out loud, fast, semi serious ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, male male relationship, cold war, conspiracy, covert operation, kgb, chase, hotel, revenge, bookstore, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, munich germany, austria, germany, bahamas ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker (Cosby) quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his daughter, who changes her career more often than her clothes, has begun dating a man old enough to be ...
Style:
spoof, parody, humorous, psychotronic, not serious ...
Plot:
butler, espionage, race against time, absurdism, ex husband ex wife relationship, villainess, killer animal, animal attack, vegetarian, spy, secret agent, spying ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Iceland, Ireland, Australia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, epic fantasy, action adventure, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
wizard, dragon, witchcraft, magic, gang of thieves, dungeons and dragons, artifact, father daughter relationship, druid, magical power, black magic, cemetery ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, realistic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
espionage, outsmarting, spy, private investigator, investigation, starting over, uncover truth, secret agent, peril, ex law enforcer, new job, lifestyle change ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
florida, miami, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old orphan who has just inherited a fortune is trapped on an island with his uncle, a former British intelligence commander who intends to kill him. A young girl is the boy's only ally against the sarcastic uncle, who uses hypnotism, ...
Style:
dark comedy, psychotronic
Plot:
shark, island, young boy, boy, child, underground, swing, lost soul, evil child, scared, youth, uncle ...
Time:
year 1966
Place:
caribbean
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Kirk Warren, a former spy, is to be executed because he tried to steal a million dollars. But he is saved by Colonel Smithson because Sir Wilcox has prepared a mission for him. Warren has to steal a secret formula in Switzerland and try to expose ...
Style:
poliziottesco, slapstick, freeze frame, slapstick comedy, eurospy
Plot:
espionage, james bond spoof, woman with a gun, cold war, former spy, police officer, malingerer, golf, gas mask, messenger, kidnapped man, fight ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
venice, europe, london
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The film is about a group of Las Vegas sexy showgirls who are undercover agents working with a former C.I.A. agent (Robertson) to stop a terrorist attack.
Style:
sexy, exciting, captivating, spy comedy, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorism, vengeance, danger, rivalry, save the day, escapades, hunt down, bomb, murder, terrorist, frat party, showgirl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a micro-sized bomb has been planted in his brain so that should the mission ever look likely to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, undercover, computer, top secret, soldier, military, spy mission, communist, laboratory, covert operation ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
china, asia, usa, russia, london ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Six years ago a mysterious shooting takes place in Seoul. The after effects of the shooting results in Han-kyu Lee (Song Kang-Ho) losing his job at the NIS (National Intelligence Service). Six years later, Ji-won Song (Kang Dong-Won), an ex North ...
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, humorous ...
Plot:
undercover, foe turned friend, inter-korean relations, secret agent, hidden identity, intelligence agency, private detective, investigation, danger, treason, government, disorder ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, north korea, asia, korea, seoul
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Man in a Suitcase is a 1967–1968 British television series produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. It originally aired in the United Kingdom on ITV from 27 September 1967, to 17 April 1968. ABC broadcast episodes of Man in a Suitcase in ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, eurospy
Plot:
spy, wartime, covert operation, law enforcement, bounty hunter, private detective, drifter, loner, modern western, martial arts, british, gunslinger ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, europe, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, talky, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, hospital, murder, journalist, policewoman, conspiracy, corruption, trial, rape, lawyer, journalism, serial killer ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, europe, eastern europe
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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: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Burnt-out transit cop Jay forms an unlikely alliance with pickpocket Kay to stop a terrorist hijacker from blowing up a subway car during rush hour.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue, terrorism, swat team, terrorist, disaster, hostage, save the day, danger, tough heroes, law enforcement, runaway train, train ...
Place:
korea, hong kong, south korea
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A Texan with a secret past (Gene Hackman) searches Europe with his son (Matt Dillon) after the KGB kidnaps his wife (Gayle Hunnicutt).
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, espionage, father son relationship, missing person, rescue, spy, daring rescue, parents and children, secret agent, dishonesty, danger, heroes ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
hamburg germany, paris france, france, usa, texas ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The Satan Bug (1965) is a science fiction film in which a US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The big fear is that a more virulent strain, ...
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, apocalyptic, action thriller, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biological warfare, virus, laboratory, race against time, mad scientist, dystopia, disaster, apocalypse, bio weapon, epidemic, deadly virus, blackmail ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles, florida, california, usa, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Martial arts expert Matt Hunter was one of the most promising operatives in Army intelligence until his parents were killed by terrorists, and he retired to the family's farm in Louisiana to take care of his 12-year-old sister Sara and their ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, perverse, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, terrorism, martial arts, masked man, terrorist, rescue, survival, one man army, kidnapping, tough heroes, vengeance, save the day ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans
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