Undercover movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant undercover movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, suspense and cult classic films and TV shows about / with undercover, spy, espionage, secret agent, murder, violence, dishonesty, undercover agent, deception and pistol plots mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as undercover: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), The Departed (2006), The Night Manager (2016), The Americans (2013), Barely Lethal (2015), Spy Game (2001), Chuck (2007), Rubicon (2010), D.E.B.S. (2004), Deception (2013).

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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Style: exciting, entertaining, clever, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, boys' night ...
Plot: secret agent, spy, espionage, secret service, secret organization, undercover, mentor, british, tough guy, chase, undercover agent, murder ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, year 1997, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, kentucky, united kingdom ...
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 8.5
 1.4M
The Departed (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story: To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, clever, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: mafia, police, organized crime, mole, mobster, undercover cop, twists and turns, undercover, gunfight, corruption, working undercover, gangster ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: boston, america, persia, massachusetts, usa ...
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The Night Manager (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 346 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, suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: espionage, spy, arms dealer, undercover, corruption, working undercover, secret service, arms dealing, british secret service, violent, betrayal, murder ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, switzerland, morocco, spain, london ...
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 8.4
 110K
The Americans (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI ...
Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, undercover, kgb, mole, double life, working undercover, investigation, double agent, fbi, top secret ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., soviet union, usa
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 5.4
 23K
Barely Lethal (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A 16-year-old international assassin yearning for a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as a senior in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that being popular can be more painful than getting water-boarded.
Style: exciting, teen, entertaining, ironic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: teenager, youth, high school, teenage life, young heroes, female agent, assassin, tough girl, high school life, danger, adolescence, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, moscow russia, berlin germany, chechnya
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 7.1
 166K
Spy Game (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Japan, France, UK
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: suspense, suspenseful, stylized, rough, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, cia, espionage, mentor, undercover, working undercover, government agency, conspiracy, secret agent, terrorist, cold war, against the rules ...
Time: year 2001, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: china, washington d.c., saigon, cyprus, shanghai ...
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 8.2
 146K
Chuck (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Chuck is an American action-comedy/spy-drama television series created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an ...
Style: light, semi serious, humorous, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: geek, double life, cia, secret agent, espionage, enemy, peril, spy, lifestyle change, misfit, dishonesty, undercover ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
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 7.9
 11K
Rubicon (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Rubicon is an American television series that centers on an intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute, who discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: conspiracy, uncover truth, analyst, prodigy, undercover, surveillance, spy, boss, twists and turns, government facility, workplace, intelligence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 5.4
 18K
D.E.B.S. (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
Style: humorous, sexy, not serious, offbeat, exciting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, high school, lesbian love, espionage, female protagonist, feminine wiles, love and romance, hot chick, love affair, female warrior, nymph ...
Time: year 2004, 1950s, 2000s
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 6.6
 4K
Deception (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A detective goes undercover to investigate the murder of her best friend.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: female detective, wealthy family, murder investigation, police detective, murder mystery, uncover truth, death of friend, lifestyle, working undercover, high society, heir, estate ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover ...
Style: sexy, entertaining, romantic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids, boys' night ...
Plot: spy, hitman, secret agent, secret service, cia, battle of the sexes, couples, strong female lead, female killer, tough girl, secret identity, female assassin ...
Time: year 2005, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, iran, italy, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.3
 76K
Nikita (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Style: neo noir, suspense, stylized, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female assassin, hitman, female killer, spy, mentor, assassin, undercover, secret government organization, impossible love, bodyguard, training, woman with a gun ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: france, paris france, venice, europe, italy
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 7.7
 330K
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Style: neo noir, realistic, clever, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, organized crime, fbi, undercover, mentor, mobster, investigation, working undercover, undercover agent, italian mafia, law enforcement, friends ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1978
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, miami, florida ...
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 5.0
 21K
So Undercover (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris (Miley Cyrus) must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter of a one-time ...
Style: feel good, witty, humorous, semi serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: college, teenager, youth, undercover, fbi, private detective, female protagonist, working undercover, hidden identity, student life, lifestyle, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.6
 57K
Warehouse 13 (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: After saving the life of the President, two secret service agents - Myka Bering and Pete Lattimer - find themselves assigned to the top secret Warehouse 13. The Warehouse is a massive, top secret facility that houses dangerous and fantastical ...
Style: exciting, serious, humorous, funny, thrilling ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: supernatural, artifact, secret place, ancient mystery, riddles and clues, top secret, investigation, legends and myths, undercover, agent, paranormal activity, secret service ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, south dakota
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 6.6
 142K
The Recruit (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
Style: surprise ending, clever, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: spy, cia, twists and turns, secret service, espionage, double agent, basic training, undercover, hotshot hero, rookie, recruit, deception ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., boston, usa, peru, langley virginia ...
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 7.8
 125K
Revenge (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.
Style: captivating, serious, soap opera, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: high society, vengeance, pretense, hidden identity, strong female character, twists and turns, revenge, enemy, half sister, suspicion, haunted by the past, victim ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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The Bourne Identity (2002)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him ...
Style: political thriller, intense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: spy, amnesia, cia, secret agent, secret service, hitman, tough heroes, espionage, one against many, on the run, escape, black ops ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, hamburg germany, greece, europe, langley virginia ...
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From Paris with Love (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig, working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with ...
Style: entertaining, intense, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: cia, spy, terrorism, chase, heroic mission, embassy, danger, one man army, shootout, twists and turns, espionage, secret agent ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe, pakistan
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: cia, espionage, terrorism, undercover agent, conspiracy, terrorist, race against time, murder, government agency, undercover, corruption, assassin ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, 2000s, year 2001 ...
Place: russia, new york, afghanistan, london, big ben london ...
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 6.7
 224K
2 Guns (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Style: buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot: undercover, heist, organized crime, cia, money, working undercover, corruption, foe turned friend, conspiracy, robbery, mafia, investigation ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, mexico
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 258K
Spy (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Style: funny, parody, humorous, action comedy, spoof ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, adult
Plot: spy, espionage, undercover agent, female spy, cia agent, cia, assassin, undercover, female protagonist, female killer, female agent, secret service ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, paris france, rome italy, bulgaria, budapest ...
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 8.2
 18K
Patriot (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: To prevent Iran from going nuclear, intelligence officer John Tavner must forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous "non-official cover" -- that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm.
Style: funny, ironic, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, spy, secret mission, lone hero, peril, election, investigation, composer, siblings, espionage, murder, spy thriller ...
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 7.4
 13K
Legends (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Working for the FBI's Deep Cover Operations division, Martin Odum can transform himself into a different person -- whether it's an assignment as a Serbian extremist, a corrupt Chicago police officer, a British special forces colonel, or a ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: twists and turns, espionage, spy, special agent, state affairs, betrayal, fbi, chases and races, dishonesty, on the run, government agency, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.7
 206K
Hanna (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.
Style: suspense, fairy tale, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: teenage girl, spy, hitman, assassin, vengeance, chase, female warrior, strong female lead, cia, female protagonist, espionage, woman with a gun ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: finland, berlin germany, germany, europe, africa ...
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 7.2
 194K
Ronin (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, car chase, mafia, cia, mercenary, car, undercover, caper, chase, shootout, ira, secret agent ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, france, europe, nice france, french riviera
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 6.4
 170K
The Punisher (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, vengeance, vigilante, lone hero, vigilantism, violence, superhero, tough guy, one man army, comic hero, mafia, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, year 2003
Place: florida, puerto rico, virginia, miami
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Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous ...
Style: light, funny, humorous, detective, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: teacher, fish out of water, children, kindergarten, police, education, mischievous children, small town, bullying, undercover, elementary school, school ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990
Place: astoria oregon, california, oregon, los angeles
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 6.4
 135K
Killer Elite (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, hitman, secret service, mentor, conspiracy, hostage, undercover, rescue, espionage, mercenary, secret agent, assassination ...
Time: year 2011, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place: middle east, london, australia, iran, europe ...
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 6.7
 212
Proof (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The discovery of a connection between a small-time thief's murder and the death of a crooked accountant, peeks the interest of investigative reporter Terry Corcoran. Further digging leads him into a sordid scandal involving human trafficking, ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Plot: investigation, undercover, uncover truth, journalism, fighting crime, workplace, power relations, dishonesty, media, political conspiracy, political corruption, price of justice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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