Double agent movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant double agent movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense, tense and exciting films and TV shows about / with double agent, spy, undercover, secret agent, espionage, betrayal, covert operation, agent, surveillance and dishonesty 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 double agent: Anna (2019), Breach (2007), The Double (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Good Shepherd (2006), The Berlin File (2013), The Americans (2013), The Recruit (2003), Salt (2010), Cypher (2002).
Best films
New films
| Infernal Affairs (2023) | 6.7 | |
| The Veil (2021) | 7.8 | |
| The Game (2022) | 7.1 | |
| Carter (2022) | 5.1 | |
| The Eastern Gate (2025) | 7.1 |
List of double agent movies
107K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Canada, Russia, Serbia, Guadeloupe
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Style:
suspense, action thriller, satanic, period piece, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female spy, female assassin, spy, female protagonist, female agent, cia agent, one woman army, murder, double agent, russian spy, assassin, female killer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 90s, 80s, year 1985 ...
Place:
paris france, moscow russia, russia, bahamas, milan italy ...
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64K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
espionage, surveillance, investigation, spy, double agent, cia, betrayal, working undercover, fbi, manipulation, suspicion, mission ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
assassination, espionage, double agent, cia, spy, plot twist, twists and turns, surveillance, special agent, hunt down, hitman, haunted by the past ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., paris france, sonora, mexico ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, Hungary, Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Style:
confusing, neo noir, bleak, period piece, political ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, secret service, mole, british intelligence, investigation, double agent, kgb, government agency, secret agent, undercover ...
Time:
70s, year 2011, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, istanbul turkey, hungary ...
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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. ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Latvia, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
JUNG Jin-soo, a South Korean intelligence agent, comes across an unidentifiable operative, a 'ghost,' while surveilling a North Korean weapons deal in Berlin. The mystery figure is a North Korean secret agent, PYO Jong-seong, whose ...
Style:
tense, serious, stylized, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot:
espionage, double agent, undercover, intrigue, hidden identity, on the run, manhunt, working undercover, danger, dishonesty, rivalry, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, berlin germany, germany, south korea, korea
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122K
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, captivating, sexy, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, undercover, working undercover, mission, top secret, kgb, mole, government agency, couple relations, investigation ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., soviet union, usa, ussr
Is relevant?
147K
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:
clever, surprise ending, intense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
spy, cia, espionage, twists and turns, secret service, undercover, double agent, basic training, traitor, caper, hotshot hero, rookie ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
boston, washington d.c., peru, usa, langley virginia ...
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342K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
secret service, cia, espionage, spy, secret agent, female protagonist, strong female lead, female spy, chase, conspiracy, cia agent, hitman ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, washington d.c., new york, russia, usa ...
Is relevant?
33K
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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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers ...
Style:
suspenseful, sentimental, suspense, melancholic, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
nazi germany, double agent, espionage, behind enemy lines, world war two, wartime, spy, wartime life, destiny, secret agent, working undercover, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, new york, usa, europe
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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: 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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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
Style:
talky, clever, serious, political thriller, contemplative ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, secret service, double agent, book, investigation, betrayal, kgb, mole, spy thriller, british intelligence ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, paris france ...
Is relevant?
57K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, heroic, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, working undercover, spy, cia, double agent, female agent, female spy, strong female lead, young woman, betrayal, secret identity, escapades ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Lithuania
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Carl Hamilton has just returned to Sweden after many years of secret education in the US when Stockholm is shaken by a series of terrorist attacks. Hamilton is assigned to assist the Swedish intelligence service in their pursuit of the guilty, but ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
spy, terrorism, secret service, rogue agent, black ops, double agent, disguise, government agent, secret agent, terrorist, investigation, conspiracy ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Engaging, emotional and riveting, FAREWELL is an intricate and highly intelligent thriller pulled from the pages of history— about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan called this piece ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, iron curtain, undercover, double agent, danger, betrayal, state affairs, dishonesty, working undercover, kgb, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2009, 80s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, france, russia, ussr
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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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216K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Austria
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Prima ballerina, Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies ...
Style:
sexy, surprise ending, suspense, erotic, satanic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
spy, female spy, female agent, uncle niece relationship, secret agent, deception, russian spy, female assassin, femme fatale, secret mission, female secret agent, strong female character ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, budapest, hungary, ussr, chechnya ...
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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: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
FBI agent Charles Barker applies controversial techniques in his attempts to bring criminals to justice, which often border on illegal and unsettle his uninitiated partner, Ellis Dove. Over the course of the first season, Barker is investigated by ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fbi, rookie, working undercover, undercover, double agent, partner, internal affairs, undercover agent, crime investigation, unconventional method, danger, recruit ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, non-linear ...
Plot:
secret agent, cia, hitman, double agent, double life, undercover, marriage proposal, kgb, spy, intrigue, profanity, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2002, 1940s, 2000s, y2k, 70s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, mexico, new york, latin america ...
Is relevant?
275K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, mind bending, suspense, cyber ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, virtual reality, technology, memory loss, post apocalypse, dystopic future, dystopian future, on the run, flying car, mars, false memory ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, near future
Place:
seattle, big ben london, australia
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Genre: Crime, Action, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
frame up, arms deal, secret agent, double agent, betrayal, ship, agent, female agent, secret service, espionage, female nudity, covert operation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, switzerland, morocco, europe, madrid ...
Is relevant?
206K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method ...
Style:
cliffhanger, serious, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, president, political conspiracy, terrorist, terrorist plot, secret service, government agency, race against time, assassination of president, bodyguard, twists and turns, assassination attempt ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
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:
teen, exciting, entertaining, ironic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
teenager, youth, high school, female spy, teenage life, female agent, tough girl, danger, adolescence, undercover, school, assassin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, moscow russia, usa, chechnya
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Style:
political, black and white, suspense, grim, realistic ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, berlin wall, british intelligence, iron curtain, double agent, spy thriller, literary, politics, great ending, secret agent ...
Time:
60s, year 1965, 20th century
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, london, england, persia ...
Is relevant?
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 ...
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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?
4K
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. In the 70s, during the last stages of Franco's dictatorship, Txema, a basque construction worker, is arrested because of his connection to some terrorists who have just committed a murder. The secret service see in him an ...
Style:
rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, chase, danger, undercover, double agent, infiltration, working undercover, fish out of water, life turned upside down, on the run, dishonesty, betrayal ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
basque country, spain, europe, madrid, iberian peninsula ...
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